Philadelphia Region Organization Development Network

  May 1, 2002  

Highlights:
- PRODN CALENDAR
- May 2 - New Practitioners Group Open Meeting: "It's a Wrap"
- May 21 - New Practitioners Group
- May 23 - Voices of OD Founders (Monthly Program)
- June 19 - New Practitioners Group
- June 20 - Developing Your Own Leadership Aria (Monthly Program)
- June 21-22 - A Healing & Self-Exploration Retreat
- June 27-28 - White People Confronting Racism

- OTHER ACTIVITIES
- New On-Line Journal from OD Network

- JOB CORNER - Click here
- NEW LISTING FROM VILLANOVA UNIVERSITY
--> Director of Training and Organizational Development
- NEW LISTING FROM CONECTIV, WILMINGTON, DE
--> Organizational Development Consultant
- AIR PRODUCTS AND CHEMICALS, ALLENTOWN, PA
--> Senior Organization Development Consultant
  
AND - Don't forget to renew today for 2002  - Renew 

 

PRODN Calendar

Thursday, May 2 - New Practitioners Group - It's A Wrap (Postponed until late June)

Join us for this pilot run of It's A Wrap, an exercise to use with client groups who don't seem to value vision and mission. Become employees of It's A Wrap, Inc. and provide feedback to the facilitators, then receive a copy of the exercise for your use.

Please e-mail Carol at cab6656@aol.com to RSVP and for directions.

 

Thursday, May 23 Monthly Program

Have you ever wonder what it would be like if you could dialogue with several OD founders at once, to ask them their various perspectives and how they have informed and influenced each other’s work? We have too! Join us for this imaginative, informative, fun program. 

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Logistics

Registration

5:30: Networking
6:00 - 8:00: Program
Location:
Buttonwood Square 
(formerly Korman Suites)
2001 Hamilton Street

Philadelphia
Free Parking!!! (get parking
lot coin at the desk)

Click here for directions

 

  
Questions: Eileen Shanahan
• Email: eileenshanahan@aol.com     
• Phone: 215-922-5223

 

 

Thursday, June 20 Monthly Program


with Beryl Byles.

Music is a key influencer in our day to day lives, but rarely do we consider it to provide a lens into our own leadership style. This evening's program will provide entertainment as well as a thought provoking, self discovery process in which you will discover your own unique, authentic leadership style and the opportunities to apply it effectively. 

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Logistics

Registration

5:30: Networking
6:00 - 8:00: Program
Location:
Buttonwood Square 
(formerly Korman Suites)
2001 Hamilton Street

Philadelphia
Free Parking!!! (get parking
lot coin at the desk)

Click here for directions

  

Questions: Tricia Steege
• Email: transformationstrategices@att.net      
• Phone: 610-296-0453

 

 

  Friday-Saturday June 21-22 - Special Learning Event
  

A HEALING & SELF-EXPLORATION RETREAT:
BLACK RACIAL IDENTITY –
A SELF-DISCOVERY APPROACH FOR AFRICAN AMERICANS

Facilitated by Dianne Bryant, Frederick Bryant, and James Crumel
 Friday-Saturday, June 21-22, 2002 

The retreat objectives are to increase racial appreciation and awareness of internalized oppression; to develop the ability to conduct open discussions regarding intra-group diversity dynamics; and to increase understanding of oneself as a racial being.

When & Where

Cost

Friday - Saturday
June 21-22, 2002
Gregg Conference Center
270 South Bryn Mawr Avenue
Bryn Mawr, PA 19010
(610) 526-1100

Friday: 8:30 a.m.: Registration & Continental Breakfast

Retreat: Friday 9:00 a.m. until Saturday 4:00 p.m.

$230 - Double Occupancy
$280 - Single Occupancy

Fee includes:
* Friday Continental Breakfast * Saturday Full Breakfast *
* Snacks * Lunches * Friday Dinner * Friday Lodging *

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  Thursday-Friday June 27-28 - Special Learning Event
  


A Two-Day Workshop Sponsored by PRODN
Facilitated by Antje Mattheus and Lorraine Marino
Thursday & Friday, June 27 & 28, 2002

Who should attend this workshop?

Consultants, trainers and leaders of European-American descent -- white people -- who want to strengthen their self awareness and ability to address racism and racial issues -- at the level of individual, group, and systems. It is also intended for whites who want to learn to become better allies with other whites and people of color to work toward a nonracist society. Also encouraged to come are consultants who might think they’ve already "been there, done that" with diversity or feel frustrated by previous experiences in diversity programs. We are our best instruments: the more we do our own work, the better we are able to support our clients.

What will I learn if I attend the workshop?

This workshop differs from traditional diversity offerings in that we will learn about racism from the perspective of our whiteness – to understand what it means to be white in a society where whites and white culture predominate.

When & Where

Cost

Thursday-Friday
June 27-28, 2002

Philadelphia Area (Gregg Center, Bryn Mawr)

$225

9:00 a.m. - 5:30 p.m.
Registration & Coffee at 9:00 am

The number of participants is limited to 20. We will run two workshops if numbers allow.
 

PRODN Activities

None submitted this month
 

Other News

OD Network announces a new On-Line Journal: PRACTICING

This new journal features short articles selected because of relevance to your OD practice. Check out the first two issues with articles by (among others) Marv Weisbord, Peter Block, and Judith Katz. And, if you've never visited the ODP On-Line site, a recent article by Edgar Schein on "Process" is available. Both are available @ http://www.odnetwork.org.

 

PRODN's Email Address is office@prodn.org 

Use this address to ask questions and to submit changes to your membership information to the PRODN office. Please keep your email address current to ensure you receive Network News.

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PRODN Network News is published by the
Philadelphia Region Organization Development Network
Editor: Warren Hoffman
Questions, suggestions, and feedback are welcome
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