One (+out of three so far+) of my previous blogs ended with a note saying ‘Why do we need mentors beyond SAP’? I am wondering even if people have answers none were poured out in the comments of the blog. [An evening with SAP Mentors/Director | An evening with SAP Mentors/Director] I have a real time answer to this question. I attended design thinking workshop at tech-ed Bangalore, 2011. Networked with few mentors. (+At least saw them beyond twitpics and SCN business card+). I blogged about the event. Received some encouraging feedback and hence this new blog. (+Does not mean I would get demotivated if you criticize my view+) I luckily read the blog about SIT India by Dipankar Saha. [SAP Inside Track India 2011 - Here we go! | SAP Inside Track India 2011 - Here we go!] [ | SAP Inside Track India 2011 - Here we go!]I asked mentor Jim Spath offline about few queries that I had. Conversation moved from SCN to Twitter. As expected he promptly replied them. The same can be seen in the blog. *First tweet by Jim Spath marking the organizer @buddydip* 
+Oh No! He just made my not so well expressed intention of attending SIT, explicitly out!+ His answers certainly convinced me and then drew many more participants reading that blog. I made sure people in my surrounding (+organization+ Facebook+) don’t miss the opportunity because of unawareness. (+Not all were lucky to read the blog as me in first instance+ +and then don’t forget I am following Design Thinking and I am not the only one following it)+ + +I silently updated my name in the Wiki without writing that as comment in the blog, but then this tweet proved me wrong (+I don’t know what triggered this lovely acknowledging tweet by @buddydip+) 
To which I replied 
+ I just ended with the last sentence hoping he would not give any thought to it and I was thinking more in terms of any distant management support than anything else owing to the fact that he would in Kolkata.+ The below tweet I saw the next day early morning and could not sleep after that.
I reconfirmed with @buddydip assuming there was no late night (sleepy) influence while tweeting that question and below is the reply! 
The captain added fuel with this tweet
+They just threw a naïve soldier in the battleground unarmed!+ +Does the soldier has any choice now! Even if I go by my mythological books it’s suggested, a warrior cannot run away from the battleground even if he has to fight against his own relatives.+ What followed after that is a twitter story written in twitter way: 
+(Mentors are strict --- good that I don’t directly work under them!)+ Gone. Now what are the topic options I have? I can’t bore people with *my +fundas+* (concepts) [this is not a generic statement, My fundas in bold], I know they can find themselves. And about my work perspective, ok, there is always a next time! Immediately the thought that came to my mind was “Making people aware of being active on SCN”. I still see people who are far more, and better experienced than me but are not using/contributing to the site as they are not moving beyond forums. I even heard someone say ‘I use forums when I am badly stuck, to see if that issue has been faced and resolved. If I get, fine else I post the question’+. Motivational “Power of Pull” by Mentors below: (*+bottom to top+*). (+Twitter stream started with me posting a twitpic with @singhkumud printed at back after making sure it’s not a copyright+! +And tweeting that I would be taking a session at SIT. Check my twitpic+)
So finally I am presenting a session (luckily 40 mins.) at SIT Bangalore this year. In one of the Design thinking blog of @thorstenster, he has emphasized that there are many instances which highlight that they are there because of Mentors and my blog boldly re-iterates that! Now what, and how well I engage people depends on me. Not to mention, I am getting all required guidance/moral support from the mentors (Somnath would be joining from Bangalore) there as well! Link for session: {code:html}http://wiki.sdn.sap.com/wiki/display/events/SAP+Inside+Track+India+2011{code} And don’t forget, expectations have been clearly outlined: 
I love ending my blog with moderators. So below is the pull from one of them: 
+Oh No! He just made my not so well expressed intention of attending SIT, explicitly out!+ His answers certainly convinced me and then drew many more participants reading that blog. I made sure people in my surrounding (+organization+ Facebook+) don’t miss the opportunity because of unawareness. (+Not all were lucky to read the blog as me in first instance+ +and then don’t forget I am following Design Thinking and I am not the only one following it)+ + +I silently updated my name in the Wiki without writing that as comment in the blog, but then this tweet proved me wrong (+I don’t know what triggered this lovely acknowledging tweet by @buddydip+) To which I replied + I just ended with the last sentence hoping he would not give any thought to it and I was thinking more in terms of any distant management support than anything else owing to the fact that he would in Kolkata.+ The below tweet I saw the next day early morning and could not sleep after that. I reconfirmed with @buddydip assuming there was no late night (sleepy) influence while tweeting that question and below is the reply! The captain added fuel with this tweet +They just threw a naïve soldier in the battleground unarmed!+ +Does the soldier has any choice now! Even if I go by my mythological books it’s suggested, a warrior cannot run away from the battleground even if he has to fight against his own relatives.+ What followed after that is a twitter story written in twitter way: +(Mentors are strict --- good that I don’t directly work under them!)+ Gone. Now what are the topic options I have? I can’t bore people with *my +fundas+* (concepts) [this is not a generic statement, My fundas in bold], I know they can find themselves. And about my work perspective, ok, there is always a next time! Immediately the thought that came to my mind was “Making people aware of being active on SCN”. I still see people who are far more, and better experienced than me but are not using/contributing to the site as they are not moving beyond forums. I even heard someone say ‘I use forums when I am badly stuck, to see if that issue has been faced and resolved. If I get, fine else I post the question’+. Motivational “Power of Pull” by Mentors below: (*+bottom to top+*). (+Twitter stream started with me posting a twitpic with @singhkumud printed at back after making sure it’s not a copyright+! +And tweeting that I would be taking a session at SIT. Check my twitpic+) So finally I am presenting a session (luckily 40 mins.) at SIT Bangalore this year. In one of the Design thinking blog of @thorstenster, he has emphasized that there are many instances which highlight that they are there because of Mentors and my blog boldly re-iterates that! Now what, and how well I engage people depends on me. Not to mention, I am getting all required guidance/moral support from the mentors (Somnath would be joining from Bangalore) there as well! Link for session: {code:html}http://wiki.sdn.sap.com/wiki/display/events/SAP+Inside+Track+India+2011{code} And don’t forget, expectations have been clearly outlined: I love ending my blog with moderators. So below is the pull from one of them:
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