Workshops & Events - 2010

Many consultants talk about the need to create “containers” for effective group and change processes to occur but what does that really mean?

A Board member has graciously offered her home located in a central Vancouver neighbourhood for this year’s holiday gathering.  Join us for an informal evening of fun and potluck as we swap OD stories from this past year. Celebrate the holidays, bring something to share, and enjoy an evening of good cheer with fellow BCODN members. Who: BCODN [...]

Come join us on Thursday, October 28 from 6:30-9:00pm, at the Roundhouse Community Centre for an evening of Systems Thinking Dialogue with Chris Corrigan; teacher, process artist, and facilitator of social technologies.  Register here:   http://www.gifttool.com/registrar/ShowEventDetails?ID=1616&EID=7999 In this session, Chris will: · Share his experience in working with various systems, · Deepen our learning about system dynamics, · Facilitate a dialogue about [...]

Mark your calendars, and prepare to join us: Tuesday September 21 6:00 to 8:00 PM at the Granville Island Hotel for the BCODN’s 2010 fall networking event Registration is now open Come join us to: kick off the exciting 2010/2011 season, meet the new president and board of directors, find out what’s in store for [...]

BC OD Network Annual General Meeting Noon to 1:00 PM  followed by Future Search for our Network facilitated by Paul Peel 1:00 PM to 4:00 PM Roundhouse Community Arts & Recreation Centre ROOM C 181 Roundhouse Mews (directions /location / parking) Vancouver The task: Let’s do the impossible – three days in three hours! A Future [...]

BCODN Spring Networking Event Join us as we celebrate the hard work and creativity at work in our BCO. Participating project consultants and mentors will be on hand to discuss their methodologies and lessons learned! The Building Community Organizations(BCO) program was created as a way for members to enhance their professional practice by “giving back” their services [...]

We are taking more time to organize this event. Tentatively, it will be rescheduled to the fall of 2010. Members and friends will be contacted. Join our panelists for this interactive evening, when we will turn our professional assumptions “on their head.” Through the use of case studies and provocative questions we’ll explore how professional [...]

Are you tired of teaching the same old stuff? Are your students/clients bored due to dry material? Have you thought of using laughter to perk them up? Come and learn from Jeannie Magenta about the benefits of laughter, and how to use it easily and effectively in your next series of workshops or in your [...]

On March 8th,  join us online for the first BCODN web conference. 7:00 PM to 9:00 PM Fees: $10 members / $15 non-members. Some important notes: Registration is limited to 10 participants. If your computer has a  a webcam or microphone, plus speakers or headphones you can use them to participate by voice at no [...]