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 professional development this year, and
- mingle with your fellow network members.
It promises to be a great evening full of great conversation and connection.
Agenda
6:00 pm: Registration opens.
6:30 pm: Mix and Mingle.
7:00 pm: Meet the new President and board of directors, learn more about outcomes of the June Future Search event and plans for the upcoming year.
7:30 pm: Mingle.
8:00 pm: Adieus.
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 Search for BC OD Network – inspired by Marvin Weisbord
Event open only to BCODN members.
Facilitated by Paul Peel, Psychologist, Gottman Certified Couples’ Therapist, and BC ODN Member. Assisted by Oxana Pavlenko, Family Counsellor and Gottman Certified Educator. After learning the Future Search Model from Marvin Weisbord in the late 1980’s, Paul began to use the model in family business, government, and educational environments. Both Paul and Oxana attended the ODN workshop with Marvin and Sandra Janoff in the Fall of 2009.
Registration Details
Please register online for both the AGM and the Future Search session. Registration closes June 4 at 12 Noon.
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 to both the OD community and BC based volunteer organizations.
In this networking and poster session, we have an opportunity to explore what we have learned so far through BCO. Learn how the BCO has affected the development of a deeper “community of practice” in BCODN.
Come and meet other OD professions. Let’s talk about what we can create both on an individual and network level to make the BCO initiative even more worthwhile!
Details and registration:
http://www.gifttool.com/registrar/ShowEventDetails?ID=1616&EID=6921
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 orientations such as coach, OD consultant or facilitator can both foster and block innovation and creative perspectives. Bring your willingness to think “outside of your profession” and engage in this lively discussion with members from BCODN, the International Coach Federation and the International Society for Performance Improvement.
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 work with clients.
Tuesday March 16
7:45 PM to 9:45 PM
Roundhouse Community Center
Room C
181 Roundhouse Mews, Vancouver, BC, Canada, V6Z2W3
Fees: $25 members / $40 non-members
Registration is now open:
http://www.gifttool.com/registrar/ShowEventDetails?ID=1616&EID=6513
In this experiential workshop, you will begin to laugh more, and you’ll be able to help others do the same. By using laughter tools, you can bring your team to a more productive, cohesive, and empowered level, because when it comes to laughter there are no limits.
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 cost. Otherwise, you’ll need to phone the teleconference number (which we will provide). This will be a long distance call, and so please be aware there may be long distance charges to your phone bill, according to whatever long distance calling rate or plan you may have. We regret this limitation; if this is a barrier to participation for anyone, please let us know: info@bcodn.org.
Registration is now closed
We will be discussing the intersection of web technology, organizational change, and OD practice. We will also be assessing web conferencing as a venue for connecting BCODN members.
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Mark your calendars for Monday, January 18, 2010, 7:00 PM to 9:00 PM
at the Roundhouse Community Centre, Room C
[location map and parking info]
$35 members | $50 non-members
The latest BCODN survey identified team processing and functioning as the top priority for programs in this coming year. Presented by Brian Fraser of Jazzthink, this session will engage participants in discovering what qualities of great teamwork can be seen in a jazz performance, how the wisdom in the room stacks up against the best of the research and reflection in the field, and what practical steps can be taken in the workplace to nurture high-functioning teams.
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A Board member has graciously offered her home located in North Vancouver’s Central Lonsdale neighbourhood for a holiday gathering.
All BCODN members, friends and family are invited to an informal evening to celebrate the holiday season and swap OD stories from this past year.
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What can we do to expand our BCO community consulting projects?
The Building Community Organizations (BCO) program was created as a way for members to enhance their professional practice by “giving back” their services to both the OD community and BC-based volunteer organizations.
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