SV: Moscow mentoring circle

[Thomas Herrmann]

Dear Raffi, dear Michail
Congratulations to this break-through! Great to hear 20 participants showed
up. Impressed by the invisibility of the facilitator - a true master of the
art!
Thanks for sharing, I wish I was there!
See you in August! Keep the energy high!
Thomas Herrmann, Sweden (in the midst of facilitating an OST-training
together with Eiwor)

> -----Ursprungligt meddelande-----
> Fran: OSLIST [mailto:OSLIST at LISTSERV.BOISESTATE.EDU]For Галина Царькова
> Skickat: den 25 oktober 2005 21:09
> Till: OSLIST at LISTSERV.BOISESTATE.EDU
> Amne: Moscow mentoring circle
>
>
> Moscow mentoring circle
>
> > We'd like to share our impressions from our first OST mentoring circle
> > held in Moscow September 3rd.
>
> > It was facilitated by a new OST facilitator, Nikolai Silaev. In true
> > OST spirit after opening the space he disappeared and only reappeared
> > at the end.
>
> > More than 20 people attended, most of whom had never been to an OST
> > event. We'd announced this event in a variety of electronic forums
> > including some trainer/consultant electronic discussions lists. A
> > number of personal coaches came who were intrigued by the idea of
> > mentoring and had never heard of OST.
>
> > Unexpectedly, we spent the first part of what turned out to be a 6
> > hour gathering explaining what OST is in open space. One of the
> > participants had posted a topic essentially asking the questions "What
> > is OST?" Participants had received an invitation explaining the intent
> > of the event. The invitation included a weblink to a description of OST.
>
> > We continue to be a little baffled by what to do when first
> time attenders to an OST
> > mentoring circle event come to us ("experienced" OST facilitators) to
> > "explain" OST. It is very easy to slip into an expert position and
> > begin "explaining" OST. By the end most people seemed to have
> > "gotten" OST.
>
> > Among the topics:
> > Who are the people who buy the OS idea?
> > Tools for working with large groups
> > How can we use OST in trainings
> > Friendship and money: how can we keep relationships at work
> > Managing your emotions
> > How and where can we use OST
> > What is OST?
>
> > We also set up a "reading room" during the mentoring circle about
> > which we got positive feedback. One coach who found himself
> > bumblebeeing admitted later that he found it rather helpful to be able
> > to participate in three conversations at once and also to be leafing
> > Harrison's User's Guide even though his English is not top-notch.
>
> > The "creative space" with children's books, paints, coloring pencils,
> > play dough, balls, and soap bubble solution remained underused.
>
> > And we found that running a global village silent auction in parallel
> > was a bit much, too. Nevertheless some participants purchased some
> > books on virtualistics (Mikhail Pronin's area of specialty)
>
> > The Moscow mentoring circle was conceived of as a bi-monthly event.
>
> > November 10-12, however, instead of the mentoring circle we will be
> > running the OSonOSonOS (as previously announced), a meeting devoted to
> > attracting interest and assistance and ideas in organizing the August
> > 4-6 14th International OSonOS.
>
> In this web - information about 10-12 mentoring circle.
>
> http://www.b-seminar.ru/calendar/show/seminar3811/5331.htm
>
>
>
> > Should you have any Russian-speaking colleagues who might like to know
> > about this event, do let us know. We can send the announcement.
>
>
> best from Michail and Raffi,
>
> Galina Tsarkova,
> Moscow,
> gala_tsar_kova at mail.ru
>
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