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An Invitation to Serve Others

with You!

On Wednesday, May 14, 2008, we are inviting you to participate in an evening created by you – the PROFESSIONAL members of ODN OREGON - with the intention of sharing your best OD practices so others can grow and learn as a result of your experiences.

The idea of this session is to create an open forum where we can share with others our own OD philosophies, techniques, tools, and processes that we have found useful and valuable in working with our clients.

Whether we have 30 years of experience or are just starting out in the OD arena, we all have had learning experiences that now guide our planning and our working with clients. Some of these learning and growth experiences were absolutely delightful and pleasant. Other learning and growth experiences were painful, difficult, and moments we hope not to repeat. Regardless, each experience has helped us grow into the top quality professional OD practitioner that we are today.

The invitation is for you to come to the May 14th session prepared to share – in 10 minutes or less - an OD philosophy, a tool, a technique, a model, or a process that you have learned through your OD work experiences that could prove helpful to others in their growth and development as OD PROFESSIONALS. For example:

• Have you found through your experiences a way to position OD concepts and processes in a way that makes it easy for a client to “get it”?
• Through your own experiences, have you discovered or developed a “model” that more easily facilitates change, growth, or learning with individuals?
• Have you learned and regularly use a tool or technique that is consistently effective in achieving the clients desired outcomes?
• Have you developed a technique of working with teams or individuals that is “bullet proof”, which always works at moving people forward?
• What philosophy, tools, techniques, or processes have you learned that do not work well with clients?
• What have you done, that in your mind was a great idea, but turned out to be an “I’ll never do that again!” experience that could save others the pain of learning the hard way?

The following questions are intended to help formulate and organize your thinking and ideas so there is some uniformity to the discussions. These are only a guide so do not let your thinking be constrained by the questions.

A. How long have you been an OD PROFESSIONAL?
B. What was an experience that gave you an invaluable insight into how to operate as an OD PROFESSIONAL?
C. What is an OD philosophy, technique, tool, or process that you have learned is effective and beneficial in working with a client?
D. What is an OD philosophy, technique, tool, or process that you have learned is NOT particularly effective and beneficial in working with a client?
E. How do you use the technique, tool, or process when working with a client?
F. What do you do to make the technique, tool, or process especially valuable for each client?
G. While this is an excellent technique, tool or process, how do you know it is not appropriate in a given situation?
H. Where can a person go to get more detailed information on this technique, tool, or process?

On Wednesday, May 14, as many people as we can accommodate will have an opportunity to share their learning and insights about some element of OD work that will help others raise their personal performance capabilities.

Questions? Please feel free to call Rebecca Perry (503) 353-7400 or Rob Koch (503) 297-0712. A

Location

University Place (Multnomah Falls Room)
310 SW Lincoln Street
Portland, Oregon 97201
Ph: 503-221-0140
http://www.pdx.edu/cegs/uplace.html

Directions

• Traveling North on I-5, take the I-05 exit. Take the 4th Street Exit to Downtown. Take a right at Lincoln and the University Place will be on your right.
• Traveling South on I-5, take the I-405 S exit, then take 6th St exit, and go left. Take a right on Harrison, go to 1st and then take a left on Lincoln Street. University Place will be on the left. Please be sure to go to the second entrance to stop at the kiosk and get your parking ticket.

Parking

Paid parking available in the lot at University Place at $3.00. Some nights the booth has no attendant, so it¹s free then. There is metered parking on nearby streets at the rate of $1.25 per hour until 7pm when it is free. Some spaces may be available on Lincoln Avenue directly in front of University Place. Many more open spaces can be found to the West of University Place on Fourth Avenue and also on side streets to the West of 4th.

Times

Pre-Meeting: 5:00 - 6:00 pm (Meet in the restaurant called Encore 310. Come and meet your colleagues and have a bite to eat!)
KickOff: 6:00 – 6:30 PM
Program: 6:30 - 8:15 PM
Closing and Announcements: 8:15 - 8:30 pm

All sessions and meetings will meet in the Multnomah Falls Room at University Place.

Cost

Meeting attendance is free for chapter members. The cost for non-members is $10. The fee can be used to offset the membership fee if paid at the program.

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