Philadelphia Region
Organizational Development Network
December 2002
Highlights:
PRODN CALENDAR
Monthly Meetings – New
location for this meeting – Creshiem Cottage
- December 12 Monthly
Meeting (Thursday) – “99 Seconds” Presentations and
Holiday Gathering with Sister Organizations (Creshiem Cottage) Directions link hard
copy directions can be found at the end of the newsletter.
- January 16 Monthly
Meeting (Thursday) – The Meta Model of Change
Edie Seashore and Dr. Michael Broom (PCOM City Line Avenue – Rowland Building)
hard copy directions to PCOM can be found at the end of the newsletter.
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February
26 (Wednesday) – Sharing War Stories. An evening
of “Make Love Not War” the evening is “devoted” to learning lessons from one
another in a structured format.
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March
27 (Thursday) requested by membership in the recent
survey – Trust in the Balance: Building
Successful Organizations on Results, Integrity and Concern. An evening with Dr. Robert Shaw of Princeton
Consulting Group.
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April
29 (Tuesday) Reschedule of the October Cornell
Event Joint meeting with SHRM Interactive Theater as an Educational Medium.
The Cornell Interactive Theater Ensemble will engage us in conversations
to work through our reactions and stereotypes to gain appreciation of individual
motivations and subtleties in interactions.
SPECIAL LEARNING EVENTS
- January 16 – 17 2003 White
People Confronting Racism 9:00 – 6:00
Leaders - Antje Mattheus and Lorraine
Marino PCOM (City Line Avenue – Rowland Building)
- January 24, 2003 The Strengths
Revolution 9:00 – 5:00
Leader
– Paul Hilt Hilt and Associates PCOM (City Line Avenue – Rowland Building)
A $10.00 Discount is available for people who register at the December networking
event.
- February 3-4 2003 White
People Confronting Racism Part 2 9:00 – 6:00
Leaders
- Antje Mattheus and Lorraine Marino PCOM (City Line Avenue – Rowland Building)
Special Interest Groups (SIG)
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Next meeting in January
- Next meeting in January
OTHER NEWS
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Pro-Bono Work with People’s Emergency Center People’s
Emergency Center and help individuals move from welfare to work – Contact
Nancy Roggen for information (610-834-4418) Next mock interview session December
17, 2002 10:30 – 12:30 in Powelton Village.
- Chuck
Houghton takes on Membership. Chuck
Houghton is our new membership chair on the PRODN board
MONTHLY MEETINGS
Non-member fee of $20 can be applied to
Membership when you join at a meeting.
A PRODN membership includes free admission to monthly meetings with the
exception of a planned special monthly event featuring the Cornell Interactive
Theater Ensemble coming this spring.
Meeting
Summary
The week of Thanksgiving an eager
audience spent time with Marilee
Goldberg-Adams and Andrea Zintz learning about their experiences using
Strategic Inquiry to transform individuals, groups and individuals. We experienced something that Dr.
Goldberg-Adams has continued to discover as she delves deeper into this work:
the concept, which seems so simple, contains subtleties that enrich the
discussion and outcome. The theory, grounded in positive methodologies like
those of Martin Seligman and Carl Rogers, focuses on how the stance the
questioner takes can influence the experience of seeking information.
The two stances are both present in our
repertoire of normal human reactions, and choosing one over the other can make
a real difference in the outcome. The
two stances are the mindset of Judger and that of Learner.
Questions asked from the Learner stance
have the intent and purpose of engaging on the level of human spirit bring a
different focus they: inquire, are thoughtful, accept in an unbiased way, are
like those of an inquisitive researcher, are flexible and adaptive, have an
inclusive point of view, are built on win-win relationships, encourage
dialogue, result in feedback being seen as helpful and operate in a resolution
and innovation-seeking mode.
On the other hand, questions asked from a
judger stance have the more common problem solving focus and can more easily
move to finding blame, discover only the known outcomes and shift into debate
and advocate dynamics resulting in win-lose outcomes.
The equation our presenters used:
Q -> D ->A->RR
cycles to read
Question – leads to Decision – leads to
Action – Leads to Action – leads to Results – leads to reflection which leads
back to Question.
This equation and a series of other tools
helped create a unique culture within the Johnson & Johnson family of
companies as a leadership team which included Dr. Zintz and her external
collaborator Dr. Goldberg-Adams helped create a sustainable culture of open and
curious questioning. The only
disappointment of the day was that we all wanted to learn more about the tools,
methods and stories that created a different way for a corporate environment to
be.
December 12, 2002 –
“99 Seconds” Presentations and Holiday Gathering with Sister Organizations.
PCOM
(City Line Avenue) Philadelphia 5:30 –
9:00
Join us on December 12 for a fun-filled
evening as either a participant or an observer. The Philadelphia chapters of
ODN and ASTD are joining together for a night of networking, fun and frolic!
This will be your opportunity to become reacquainted with old friends, meet new
ones and enjoy a casual unusual evening coupled with entertainment and
learning.
This is
the opportunity to bring out your very best, most comical, often poetic, and
sometimes philosophical thoughts of you, our talented memberships, whose ingenuity
will be challenged by one unwavering rule: talk about whatever you want, but do
it in 99 seconds!
January 16 Monthly
Meeting – The Meta Model of Change Edie Seashore and Dr. Michael Broom
(PCOM City Line Avenue) 5:30 – 9:00
The Meta
Model of Change provides the foundation for understanding the multiple facets
of effective organizational intervention. The model was developed by
renowned organization development practitioners, Edith Whitfield
Seashore and Dr. Michael Broom for use in the Johns Hopkins Fellows in
the Management of Change Program. It is currently being used in the OD
Practitioners Programs being held in New York City, Columbia, Maryland, and
Philadelphia Pennsylvania.
SIG MEETINGS
Learning Group Next meeting in January
Reading discussion topic for November 27 session continues to be from:
Lessons
from the Field, Applying Appreciative Inquiry,
Sue Annis Hammond
and Cathy Royal, eds., published by Thin
Book Publishing, ISBN: 0966537335. We are reading pages 101 - 143 for the
November meeting.
How to join us
If you are interested or curious, you are welcome to
contact Debbie Woolf at Deborah.J.Woolf@gsk.com
to let her know that you would like to come and to get directions.
New Practitioners Group SIG Next meeting in January.
No
meeting in December –
Beginning
in January, days the sessions are to be held will rotate.
Monthly
meetings will be near Conshohocken.
Please contact Cynthia Brancato for directions or additional information
at 215-652-1602 or email her at Cynthia_Brancato@Merck.com
January
16-17, 2003 White People
Confronting Racism with Antje Mattheus and Lorraine Marino Location: (PCOM) City Line Avenue. Phone
(610) 526-1100
Registration
at 8:30 AM, program from 9:00 AM– 6:00 PM
Cost:
$250 breakfast and lunch are included
Questions?
Diane Kitson
(215) 557-5715
diane_l_kitson@uhc.com
For phone
registration contact Devon Office Center at 610-341-8600
This workshop - White People Confronting
Racism - is part of a long-term learning process for all OD practitioners.
Parallel to the white people workshops, people of color will look at how racism
has affected them. In addition, joint sessions will be set up for cross-race
dialog. The majority of PRODN members who are people of color have
encouraged us to hold this workshop and have provided input to the content.
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.
February
3-4 2003 White People Confronting Racism Part 2 9:00 – 6:00 Leaders - Antje Mattheus and Lorraine Marino PCOM (City Line
Avenue) Phone (610) 526-1100
Whites Confronting Racism, part 2, is the second in
a series of three workshops for European Americans – whites – wanting to
continue their learning about racism and build skills in addressing it.
This workshop continues the dialogue from the conversations that were started
in the Level 1 workshop of this series.
Questions?
Diane Kitson
diane_l_kitson@uhc.com
or after 6:00 pm at 610.701.5698
Ongoing Pro-Bono Opportunity
to Make a Difference at The People’s Emergency
Center, Powelton Village area of Philadelphia
Thank you to the
individuals who are expressing an interest in supporting the learning and
development of the women of the People’s Emergency Center (PEC) who are moving
from homelessness to jobs and secure housing for their families.
PEC invites others to volunteer at the center and to give their time and
expertise to enrich PEC's programs. Contact Laura Fox via email lfox@pec-cares.org
if you want to:
· conduct a entry level 1-1/2 hour skill-building session
· be a speaker at a workshop, or
· be part of the monthly mock interview
process
If you want to support this wonderful organization,
please contact Laura and identify yourself as a member
of PRODN and tell her you want to volunteer in the JOBS Program. For
more information about PEC, visit their website at www.pec-cares.org.
Meeting
Location Directions
December meeting
Cresheim Cottage 7402 GERMANTOWN AVENUE
PHILADELPHIA, PA 19119
(215) 248-4365
(215) 248-1445 (FAX)
From the
Pennsylvania Turnpike:
Pennsylvania Turnpike to Ft. Washington exit #26, take 309 South
to Easton Road/Mt. Airy exit, take Easton Road which turns into
Wadsworth Avenue and Mt. Airy Avenue to end,
make right onto Germantown Avenue.
Cresheim Cottage Cafe is two blocks up on your left.
From Route 95 South:
Route 95 south to 76W, follow 76 W to Lincoln Drive exit,
take Lincoln drive to the end, make a right onto Allens Lane,
take Allens Lane to end, make a left onto Germantown Avenue.
Cresheim Cottage Cafe is one block up on your left.
From Route 476 North (Blue Route):
Route 476 north to 76E, follow 76 E to Lincoln Drive exit, take Lincoln drive
to the end, make a right onto Allens Lane, take Allens Lane to end,
make a left onto Germantown Avenue.
Cresheim Cottage Cafe is one block up on your left.
From Ben Franklin Bridge:
Cross the Ben Franklin Bridge into Pennsylvania, follow signs for 676 W,
take 676 W to 76 W, follow 76 W to Lincoln Drive exit,
take Lincoln drive to the end, make a right onto Allens Lane,
take Allens Lane to end, make a left onto Germantown Avenue.
Cresheim Cottage Cafe is one block up on your left.
Public Transportation:
R-7 Train to the Mt. Airy Station.
Walk two blocks to Germantown Avenue.
Cresheim Cottage Cafe is at the corner of Germantown and Gowen Avenues.
R-8 Train to the Allens Lane Station.
Walk two blocks to Germantown Avenue. Make a left onto
Germantown Avenue and walk one block.
Cresheim Cottage Cafe is at the corner of Germantown and Gowen Avenues.
Route 23 bus to Germantown and Gowen Avenues.
Parking:
Please park on Germantown Avenue or in the Brewer’s Outlet parking lot across
the street.
Directions to Philadelphia
College of Osteopathic Medicine
4170 City Ave
Rowland Building
Philadelphia, PA 19131
215 871-6100 (after hours 215 871 6351)
From Philadelphia
International Airport
Take
Interstate 95 North.
Look for signs to Interstate 76 West to Philadelphia - Valley Forge.
I-76 (follow signs to Valley Forge) at St. Joseph's University sign - stay in
left lane and look for Exit City Line Avenue, Route 1 South.
Take City Avenue South two blocks to Monument Road (Adam's Mark Hotel is on the
left).
Make a left onto Monument Road, PCOM's entrance is on right before light. Our
meetings will be in the Rowland Building. Follow signs to parking garage (flat
fee $4).
From New York,
New Jersey or New England
Take the New
Jersey Turnpike South to the PA Turnpike Exit 6.
Take the PA Turnpike West To Exit #24 (King of Prussia/Valley Forge).
After the tollbooth, follow signs for Philadelphia, Interstate 76 East.
Take I-76 East to the City Avenue Exit (also known as City Line Avenue or U.S.
Route 1 South). Take City Avenue South two blocks to Monument Road (Adam's Mark
Hotel is on the left). Make a left onto Monument Road, PCOM's entrance is on
right before light. Our meetings will be in the Rowland Building. Follow signs
to parking garage (flat fee $4).
From the West
Drive east
on the PA Turnpike to Exit #24 (King of Prussia/Valley Forge).
After the toll booth, follow signs for Philadelphia, Interstate 76 East.
Take I-76 East to the City Avenue Exit (also known as City Line Avenue or
U.S. Route 1 South). Take City Avenue South two blocks to Monument Road (Adam's
Mark Hotel is on the left). Make a left onto Monument Road, PCOM's entrance
is on right before light. Our meetings will be in the Rowland Building. Follow
signs to parking garage (flat fee $4).
