Philadelphia Region
Organizational Development Network
April 2003
Highlights:
SEEKING NOMINATIONS
The
PRODN Steering Committee is seeking nominations for the newly created role of
Diversity Chair. Please see attached
document for additional information. If
you are interested or know someone that would be great for this role, please
contact Kim Eberbach – Keberbach@onemain.com//215.836.4326. A full description of this position is included in the
newsletter.
PRODN CALENDAR12,
2002
- Monthly
Meetings
- 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. PCOM City Line Avenue – Rowland Building,
room 340) This event has a $25 charge and is well worth the time and
investment.
- May 22
(Thursday) How to Maximize Success with Organizational Political Savvy
With Joel R DeLuca, Ph.D. and Dr. Stewart Friedman, Head Director of Ford
Motor's Global Leadership Institute
5:30 pm - 9:00 pm -- Philadelphia College of Osteopathic Medicine (City Line
Avenue Philadelphia)
- June 26
(Thursday) Assessing the ROI of OD Interventions with Terrence R. Simmons, Ron Preston and Christine Dreyfus 5:30
– 8:30 Philadelphia College of Osteopathic Medicine
(City Line Avenue Philadelphia)
SPECIAL LEARNING EVENTS
- Friday April 11, 2003
Coaching; a Gestalt Approach 8:15 – 4:00 Session Full!
Leaders – John D.
Carter Ph.D. and Dorothy E.
Siminovitch, PhD (McCall Field, Upper Darby)
- Tuesday June 3, 2003
Merging Cultures with optional Trainer
Certification June 4, 2003 8:15 – 4:00 Leader
Barry Oshry of Power and Systems, Inc (McCall Field Upper, Darby)
- Thursday &
Friday, June 19-20, 2003 Facilitated by Antje Mattheus and Lorraine Marino 9:00 – 6:00 both days
(McCall Field, Upper Darby)
-
The Value of Monthly Meetings for PRODN members
Non-member fee of $20 can be applied to
Membership dues 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.
March Meeting Summary
SIG MEETINGS
Learning Group
Next meeting, 2003 6:30 – 9:00 at Page Morahan’s
House
735
Fetters Mill Road, Huntingdon Valley, PA 19006
Call for directions or check the website215-947-6542
We will be discussing pages 172-229 in the book we are currently
reading: Lessons from the Field, Applying Appreciative Inquiry,
Sue
Annis Hammond and Cathy Royal, eds., published by Thin Book
Publishing, ISBN: 0966537335.
New Practitioners Group SIG Next meetings
April 17
(Thursday),
May 13
(Tuesday) and
June 18
(Friday).
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
OTHER NEWS
- PRODN Diversity Chair &
Inclusion Track
The Steering Committee (SC) of PRODN is a volunteer board
with wide-ranging responsibilities and multiple interests. As individuals, our resources are
limited. The issue of diversity is a
complex and historically rooted issue that demands continuous efforts and
structural support to create enduring organizational change. As communities and workplaces become
increasingly multi-cultural, it is critical that organization development
practitioners gain the awareness and skills to work across race, gender, ethnic
and cultural boundaries. Our
professional organization must reflect the importance of this issue in its
board, its members, its monthly programs, and its special learning events. To reconcile these potentially conflicting
realities, we propose the creation of a Diversity Chair and an Inclusion
Learning Track.
Diversity Chair – The Diversity Chair will hold a
two-year position on the PRODN Steering Committee. The Chair will be a full acting member of the SC, attending all
SC meetings and having a vote in all SC business. The Chair’s responsibilities will be to:
1. Ensure
that the issue of diversity and creating an inclusive organization is reflected
in the workings and the decisions of the SC,
2. Work in
partnership with the Learning Events Chair to coordinate programs and events,
3. Connect
with the minority community members and professional organizations to establish
alliances and inform the SC,
4. Lead and
oversee the direction and workings of the Inclusion Learning Track,
5. Create a
committee of volunteers whose responsibility is to support all events related
to the Inclusion Learning Track.
The criteria for holding the Diversity Chair position will
be:
1. A
demonstrate passion for organization and/or community inclusion,
2. Proven
learning and expertise in the area of diversity and working to establish
inclusive organizations and/or communities,
3. Demonstrated
awareness of “whiteness” and white privilege,
4. The
ability to connect and establish relationships within the minority professional
community.
Inclusion Learning Track – This initiative and line
of programming will own the design, scheduling, and orchestrating of all events
relevant to the issue of inclusion. The
Diversity Chair and committee members will plan and schedule programs, learning
events, community meetings, and develop periodic learning experiences for the
SC. The Inclusion Learning Track will
be supported by the SC in the same manner and fashion as the traditional
Learning Events Committee, e.g., having access to the same resources and formal
and informal appeal.
A number of interesting learning events sponsored by
other organizations are highlighted on our website of particular interest are:
Pendle Hill Monday Night Lectures held
either in Wallingford at the Pendle Hill retreat or at the Arch Street Meeting
House in Philadelphia. These lectures
focus on racial and gender issues. These sessions conclude with a weekend
conference May 2-4.
Beyond Discovery and Dream an AI design workshop – May 7 –
9 Bryn Mawr, PA.
Chesapeake
Bay OD Network Conference Making the Business Case for OD March 22,
2003 Chevy Chase, MD.
Meeting
Location Directions
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).
If you’ve forgotten to renew your PRODN membership – now’s
the time!