OD and International/Community Development (OD-ICD) SIG July 2010
Date: 08-Jul-2010
DEVELOP VISION FOR SIG
Co-Facilitators
Anne Pellicciotto (AnneP@seechangeconsulting.com | 202-246-5808)
Kristen Barney (kristen@openingcreativity.com | 703-966-2995)
Topic: An open discussion to help shape the SIG
Time: 6:30 pm gather for refreshments and networking; 7-9 pm program
Venue: Johns Hopkins University – DC Campus, 1625 Massachusetts Avenue, NW, Washington DC 20036, room number 207.
RSVP To: Use form below or contact a SIG co-facilitator for more information.
SIG Description:
After a productive and vibrant discussion last month, we look forward to continuing to define and clarify the direction of our SIG. For a brief report on our June SIG meeting please see below. Our agenda this month will be as follows:
1. Clarify vision
2. Desires and challenges
3. Prioritize our topics/themes
4. Define a schedule for the SIG
5. Discuss potential participants and speakers
Please come prepared with your ideas!
Brief report on June meeting and next steps:
Who Attended: 26 diverse professionals and students with interest/experience in over 20 countries, and a desire to share and learn from each other about the critical intersections between Org Development (OD), International Development (ID), and Community Development (CD).
What We Accomplished:
- Presentation by SIG leaders on mission, focus, scope of group (see PPT slides)
- Brainstorm of interests/affiliations of the group
- Open space exercise to delve into five key theme areas at the intersection of OD, ID and CD
- Energy to continue and grow the group and make connections
Key Takeaways:
- Five key themes areas to further explore in monthly SIG meetings:
- Sustainability
- Multi-Culturalism/Inter-cultural Identity
- Partnerships
- Complexity Science/Knowledge Management
- Power and Empowerment
- Importance of tapping into the wealth of knowledge "in the room" for presenters/facilitators
- Looking beyond the traditional infrastructure-focused definition of International Development to include a focus on Human Development, and a focus on multiple levels of system.
- Desire to stay aware of and openly discuss the dynamics in the group and in the SIG mission statement and definitions.
Who would benefit from attending:
OD practitioners, including both consultants and internals working with NGOs, multi-laterals, foundations and international and community development professionals, including policy analysts, NGO leaders, social entrepreneurs, subject matter experts, and capacity development specialists – all hoping to make connections, seek support for their work, share ideas, create synergies and improve the world in the process.
SIG Co-Leaders’ Bios:
Anne Pellicciotto (AnneP@seechangeconsulting.com | 202-246-5808)
Anne Pellicciotto, MSOD, is founder and president of SeeChange Consulting, Inc. focused on building capacity and improving results in non-profits and international development institutions. She leverages 20 years’ consulting experience, 12 as a systems analyst and project manager on government and banking transformation initiatives. She applies holistic, collaborative approaches to help bureaucratic institutions become more agile and soulful, and grassroots organizations more structured and sophisticated. In 2006 Anne took a sabbatical to test the waters of her own change. Traveling and living in Northeast Brazil, teaching English in an underserved fishing community, she discovered first-hand the challenges and rewards of change and the learning that comes in the process. Her Star Model and other change ideas can be found at www.seechangeconsulting.com , and she can be reached at annep@seechangeconsulting.com .
Kristen Barney (kristen@openingcreativity.com | 703-966-2995)
Kristen Barney, MA, MSOD, is Founder and Principal of Opening Creativity, where she supports individuals and organizations in harnessing the power of the collective – whether through engaging members of an organization or helping individuals access their wholeness in mind, body, and spirit. For fifteen years Kristen held leadership positions in community and international nonprofits. Today she specializes in values assessments that support alignment of vision, mission, strategy, and structure. Her web site is www.openingcreativity.com and she can be reached at kristen@openingcreativity.com .