How to Talk with Anyone, Anytime, Anyplace, about Anything:
The Joy of Mindful Conversation

• What is “Mindful Conversation?”
• Why is it a critical 21st century organization competence and an essential leadership skill?
• Why is it a challenge for so many?
• Can it be taught?

This interactive presentation is appropriate for managers, consultants, trainers, coaches, and just plain folk who want to make a difference in the world. Learn how to recognize and engage in Mindful Conversation in your work and home life. Learn how to stimulate deeper, more satisfying, more productive conversations where openness, authenticity and respect are the guiding principles. Explore the power of personal connection, the (not so) secret tool for building top performers, strong teams, and resilient organizations.

Attendees will be invited to participate in the free diagnostic “Understanding Conversational Style” survey. Each participant will receive a confidential, customized report that describes his/her unique conversational style, its strengths and limitations, with suggestions for further growth.

About the Speaker

Peter Gibb has taught, written and consulted in the field of communication and collaborative problem solving for 30+ years. Formerly a managing partner with Interaction Associates, a leading, international Organizational Development consulting firm, he lead seminars in 3 languages and 10 countries, from the emerging democracies in Eastern Europe to the U.S. congress, many Fortune 500 and smaller companies and non-profits. His recently published, multiple award-winning memoir, King of Doubt, has attracted a fervent following. Peter is now working on his forthcoming book, How to Talk with Anyone, Anytime, Anyplace, about Anything. The Joy of Mindful Writing. He lives in Ashland, OR.

You may contact Peter at www.petergibb.org, peter@petergibb.org, 541-646-1184.

Program Details

Date:  September 27, 2018
Time:  5:30PM - 8:30PM (Networking starts at 5:30PM; the program begins at 6PM)
Location:  Lucky Labrador 1945 NW Quimby St, Portland, OR 97209
Parking:  Street parking is available.
Food:  Light refreshments will be served. Beverages available for purchase.
Cost:  Chapter Members and Partner Organizations (ATD, PHRMA): $10; Guests: $25
To Register:  Through Eventbrite. Online registration available until 8 am the morning of the event. Registration will also be available at the door if space available. Space limited to 50 attendees.

Bridging the HR – OD Gap:
Exploring the Relationship Between HR and OD in Practice

In this program, the panelists will explore the relationship between HR and OD functions in practice. They will share their experience and expertise as we consider how OD fits into the broader HR landscape. They will speak to concepts such as:

• The relationship between traditional HR and OD in organizations
• Models/structures for embedding OD and L&D in HR organizations
• How the HR structure/model impacts service delivery

This session will help provide a framework for how HR and OD work together and how OD fits in structurally and philosophically with HR (traditionally and in the future). This session is great for experienced OD practitioners, employees in related fields, and beginners alike!

Facilitators

Sergio Sibaja
Director, Global Organization Effectiveness
Nike

Sergio an experienced management consultant leading organizations through change, revitalization, turnaround, and cultural transformation. He has proven success optimizing organizational capabilities by developing and implementing organizational change management, strategic human resource, and culture change solutions in a variety of industries. Sergio is a results-oriented professional advising business leaders how to implement and execute effective workforce management solutions to drive business strategy. He holds a Master’s in Education from the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign.

Margaret Smith
TekSystems

Margaret grew up in New York City and moved to Oregon with her family in 1990. She earned a Bachelor's in Humanities from The University of Oregon and a Master’s in Education and Human Development from The George Washington University.  Margaret has been helping leaders manage large scale change her entire career serving a wide variety of clients including the CIA, Microsoft, Nike, Oregon Health & Sciences University, and Portland General Electric. She is passionate about creating environments where people thrive, volunteers at Trinity Episcopal Cathedral, and loves being a Mom of a third grade boy who keeps her playing.

Beckie Vaughn
Senior Director, Global Learning and Development
Intel

Beckie has spent most of her 20+ year career at Intel, primarily in Human Resources. While she’s done many different roles, she has specialized in development, spending roughly half of her career doing learning and development to build individual capabilities, and the other half doing organizational development to build organizational capabilities. She sees these 2 pieces as highly complementary and is passionate about enabling business and individual success through growing capabilities.

Details

Date:  Wednesday, May 16, 2018
Time:  5 pm:  Gather and Networking;  5:30 - 7:30 pm:  Program
Location:  Multnomah Village Lucky Labrador Brewing Company, 7675 SW Capitol Hwy, Portland, Oregon, 97129
Parking:  Limited f Free parking in the lot and on the street.
Food:  Pizza, salad and water provided. Beverages available for purchase.
Cost:   $15 for ODN members and Partner Organizations (ATD, PHRMA); $25 Others
Register:  Through Eventbrite. Online registration available until 8 am the morning of the event. Registration will also be available at the door.

Origins of OD:
How the Founding Principles Play Into Your Everyday Work

In this interactive session, we will look back at the origins of Organization Development, the values and theories that supported its emergence, and explore together the ways we find those values supporting our work today. Expect to come away with actions you can take to bring a new lens and vibrancy to your work. This session is great for experienced OD practitioners, employees in related fields, and beginners alike!

Click here for the slide presentation.

Facilitators

Emily Logan
Emily is a recent graduate of Penn State’s Organization Development and Change Master’s program and a passionate advocate for values-based work. She has worked in management, marketing, and nonprofit strategy, and consults with organizations in Portland on the value of employee satisfaction and alignment.

Visit Emily on her LinkedIn page at https://www.linkedin.com/in/emilyrlogan/

 

Ginny Sorensen
After over a decade in nonprofit management, Ginny recently took on a new role as a consultant at Portland-based Propeller. When she’s not helping clients find solutions for challenging problems you may find her working in her yard, hiking, backpacking, or cooking up a feast to enjoy with friends. Ginny has been a member of ODN since summer 2017 and participated in her first CCP project last fall. She was first introduced to OD as a graduate student at PSU in their Educational Leadership & Policy program.

Visit Ginny on her LinkedIn page at https://www.linkedin.com/in/ginnysorensen/

Details

Date:  Tuesday, April 24, 2018
Time:  5 pm:  Gather and Networking;  5:30 - 8:15 pm:  Program
Location:  United Methodist Church, 1838 SW Jefferson, Portland, Oregon, 97201 (Fireside Room)
Parking:  Free parking in the church lot.
Food:  Light hors d'oeuvres provided. Water provided.
Cost:  $10 for ODN members and Partner Organizations (ATD, PHRMA); $25 Others
Register:  Through Eventbrite. Online registration available until 8 am the morning of the event. Registration will also be available at the door.

Over the summer, the OODN Board conducted a survey to gather information about what members and interested colleagues and friends look for in the OODN meetings. The top responses reinforced our three core values for the OODN :

• Learning
• Networking
• Service

Our meetings since September have provided some of each of these experiences, and with our March meeting, we would like to combine all three of these themes in a creative way.

Three OODN/CCP members have volunteered to design and lead our session using the World Café format to include all three of our meeting goals:

• Learning: We will begin with an introduction to World Café, a methodology based on the premises that for conversations that matter, the wisdom is in the group and all or us together are more wise than each of us by ourselves. Then we apply this large group practice to an important question following up on the 2017 OODN survey.
• Service: In a real-time experience of World Café, we will engage in conversations focused on what we—members, friends and leadership-- can do to make the OODN programming more vibrant, effective and attractive for the remainder of this year and for the coming year.
• Networking: World Café uses successive rounds of conversations to deepen our understanding of what is possible and desirable. This provides a great opportunity to talk with many of those who come to the meeting, and to get to know them better.

Design and Facilitation Team Members

Kerri Nelson
Kerri has had a diverse career, having run an analytical lab at a university, done both research and environmental management at NASA-Johnson Space Center and served as a manager and senior executive in state government. Although her career is diverse, her focus has been on helping individuals and organizations be successful. She is certified in Strategic Organizational Management, Change Management and coaching and has trained numerous groups on management topics, centered around management and helping teams become even more effective.

Jacob Sakai
Jacob is a young professional interested in helping people, organizations, and communities build the capacity they need to pursue their values and vision. He was introduced to structured Organization Development through the Community Consulting Project Program and loves the way OD folds into his work at Pacific University coordinating sustainability projects with Aramark Food Service.

 

Tenley Proudfoot
Tenley holds a BS in Business Administration from Elmhurst College, IL, as well as dual Masters from Our Lady of the Lake Univerasity, San Antonio, TX (MBA and MS Org Leadership). She has worked in various fields including dot com/retail, fire & safety, accounting, finance, insurance and information technology. She also holds a certification in Change Management through PROSCI®.

 

 

Details

Date:  Tuesday, March 20, 2018
Time:  5 pm:  Gather and Networking;  5:30 - 8:15 pm:  Program
Location: Lucky Labrador Beer Hall, 1945 NW Quimby, Portland, Oregon 97209 (private party room)
Parking:  Free street parking. Paid lot parking at NW 20th and Pettygrove.
Food:  Various platters and wine provided. Beer and other food available for purchase.
Cost:  $10 for ODN members and Partner Organizations (ATD, PHRMA); $25 Others
Register:  Through Eventbrite. Online registration available until 8 am the morning of the event. Registration will also be available at the door.

Willing To Be Disturbed: Seeing the World in New Ways

Today’s world challenges us find new ways to see and make meaning of what we see around us, in our interpersonal relationships, our families and our communities, and in our places of work.

In this highly participative session, we will use various maps and other representations of the world to:

• explore one model of how we make meaning
• experiment with identifying underlying assumptions, beliefs, metaphors and stories that shape how we see the world and ourselves in it
• learn how to play with those stories, assumptions, etc., and determine if they continue to serve us

Speaker

Helen Spector has worked as an organizational consultant for over 35 years, providing team building, executive coaching and strategic planning support for clients as diverse as BP/Amoco, University of Chicago MBA program, the Urban Land Institute, and the National Episcopal Church. Helen has developed a multi-faceted practice based on an integration of large group methodologies, self-organizing systems theories and Gestalt group practice. She holds a BA in Sociology from Brown University and an MM Degree in Strategy and Environment, and Organizational Behavior from the Kellogg School of Management at Northwestern University.

Helen has served on volunteer boards including Mount Sinai Hospital Medical Center in Chicago, Katalysis North/South Partnership for Microcredit, and the Council for a Parliament of the Worlds Religions. She currently serves as a member at-large of the OODN Board and participates in the CCP program.

Contact Helen at 503-296-7248 or helen94611@gmail.com

Details

Date: Thursday, January 18, 2018
Time:

5:00 pm gather and networking
5:30 pm welcome and OODN announcements
5:45 – 8:00 pm program
8:00 – 8:15 pm, reflections and close

Location:  Daimler Trucks North America, 4555 N. Channel, Corporate Conference Center, Portland, OR 97217
Parking:  Parking available and free in the lot.
Food:  Light snacks and water provided.
Cost:  Chapter Members and Partner Organizations (ATD, PHRMA): $10; Guests: $25
To Register: Through Eventbrite. Online registration available until 8 am the morning of the event. Registration at the door if space available. Space is limited to 40.