Past Meeting Reports

Welcome to an archive of information. Here you will find material on the institutional history of the Learning Group, resources for study of many OD topics, and generally a lot of good stuff!

As part of our action learning model, we publish information about our meetings via this page. This generally includes discussion notes and resources for further learning. Sometimes there are specific tools you can download and even pictures of the events.

You can click on the meeting title to get the notes for that program, and these in turn have links to the other documents, including bibliographies and handouts. However, you might also just want to explore, as often there is topical material not necessarily apparent from the program title.

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Program

Date

Coordinator/Presenter

  2008

Four Models for Conflict Resolution

Aug.

Deborah Bercume, Carol Bergeron, Debra Harkins, Claudia Lach

Coaching with the Leadership Agility Compass

July

Bill Joiner

Broadening the Scope of OD Practice

June

Jim Murphy and team of 12

Applying Intercultural Concepts to Positive Organizational Change

May

Jaime Wurzel

Developing Leadership

Apr.

Brian McDonald

Four Types of Conversation

Mar.

Leslie Becknell Marx, Allyn Bradford, Bill Joiner, Tom Matera

Best Practices and New Ideas in Six Areas of OD

Feb.

Jim Murphy and team of 12

OD Meets PM 

Jan.  31

Harvy Simkovits

Riding the Wave

Jan. 17

Jonathan Mirin

    2007

(Dec. meeting postponed to January 31.)
Six Ways to Do OD Nov. Jim Murphy and team of 12
Systemic Project Leadership Oct. Joe Turner, Ken Kerber
Learning from the Future As It Emerges Sep. Otto Scharmer
OD Meets the Arts Aug. Crystal Brown, John Cimino, Jonathan Mirin, Laura Packer
Promoting OD July Jim Murphy and team of 12
Structural Dynamics June Steve Ober
How to Make Organizations More Employee Friendly May Bruce Katcher
One Group, One Voice Apr. Bonni DiMatteo, Paul Kampas, Louise Mallette, Tom Matera
Learning from Experience Mar. Anne Litwin, Harvy Simkovits
Leadership Agility Feb. Bill Joiner
Best OD Practices in Six Work Environments III Jan. Jim Murphy and team of 12

     2006

What a Way to Make a Living Dec. Barry Oshry and the "ODLG Players"
Authentic and Effective Communication Nov. Gary Berman
Large Group Dynamics Oct. Katharine Esty
OD Meets KM Sep. Patti Anklam, Bruce Hoppe
Supporting Strategy Implementation Aug. Jeff Stone, Nick Craig
Focus Groups and OD July Bonnie Gorbaty, Bruce Katcher, Louise Mallette, Karen Stahl, Mal Watlington
Going Around in Circles II June Allyn Bradford, Deb Jackson, Carla Kimball, Jill Smilow, Lisa Stefanac, Carol Zulauf
OD Toolkit III May Mindy Fried, Steve Ober, Larry Stybel, Jim Webber

Remodeling Leadership Performance

Apr.

Matt Carlen

Best Practices in Six Areas of OD III

Mar.

Jim Murphy and team of 12

OD Meets MBA

Feb.

Harvy Simkovits

Careers and Work in OD

Jan

Jim Murphy and team of 12

     2005

Theory U

Dec.

Otto Scharmer

Future of OD

Nov.

Jeana Wirtenbeg and Tom Rich

Leaderful Practice

Oct.

Donna Denio and Robert Rasmussen

Creativity Assessments and Applications

Sep.

Andy Potter and Kimberly Lewis

Organization Workshop

Aug.

Barry Oshry

Planning for Change

July

Louise Mallette

Case Studies

June

Nicole Collette, Todd Harris, Bruce Hoppe, Lorri Lofvers, Susanna Siu

Going Around in Circles

May

Deb Jackson, Carla Kimball, Lisa Stefanac, Claire Reinelt, Abby Yanow, Carol Zulauf

Social Network Analysis

Apr.

Patti Anklam, Bruce Hoppe

Project Management: Why It Needs OD Support

Mar.

Joe Turner

Best OD Practices in Six Work Environments II

Feb.

Jim Murphy and team of 12

The Balanced Scorecard as an OD Tool

Jan.

Randy Russell

       2004

Interviewing and Surveying Customers and Employees

Dec.

Margaret Carver, Bruce Katcher, Louise Mallette, Tom Matera, Mal Watlington

Finding Work in OD II

Nov.

Beth Beard, Melisa Gillis, Christopher McMullen, Ted Witherell

21st Century Change Management: Nameless Organizational Change II

Oct.

Glenn Allen

OD Books II: Presence

Sep.

Otto Scharmer

Co-Active Coaching

Aug.

Paul Sherman, Steve Frigand, and Danila Szekely

Taming the Chaos of the Workplace

July

C. J. Saft

New Tool for Organizational Assessment

June

Doug Caldwell

Peer Coaching for OD Practitioners

May

Jill Kanter, Maggie Chernin, Jane Hodgetts, Debra Wilton-Kinney

Creative and Emotional Intelligence Tools

Apr.

Niela Miller

Communities of Practice III

Mar.

Jim Murphy and team of 14

Improving Organizational Thinking

Feb.

David Langdon

What's Your Story?

Jan.

Harvy Simkovits

                                                       2003
Best OD Practices in Six Work Environments

Dec.

John LeBlanc, Jim Murphy and team of 12
Mentoring Nov. Mike Halperin and Peter Smith
Finding Work in OD Oct. Karen Sontag, Susan Alvey, Nancy Hayes Bevington, Mike Halperin, Jonathan Mozenter
Whole Scale Change Sept. Bob Faw and Mary Eggers
Nameless Organizational Change Aug. Glenn Allen
Communities of Practice: Shared Learning in Six Areas of OD July John LeBlanc
Re-Visioning Your OD Approach: Practical Lessons from Ecology June Peter McLoughlin
Developing OD Skills May Peter Smith
Marketing Professional Services: Shortening the Sales Cycle April Barbara Bix
OD Books March DB Reiff and Mal Watlington

Priceless Advice: Using Unvarnished Truth from Customers to Help Clients

Feb. Curtis Bingham

Exploring the Whole Before Fixing the parts: An Introduction to Whole Systems Change and to Future  Search

Feb.
(ppd. from Dec.)

Bonnie Sontag

The Power of One Person: A Dialogue Session

Jan. Carol Zulauf, Jim Murphy, Ingrid Holcomb
                                                      2002

(Dec. meeting postponed to February 2003)
Storytelling as an OD Intervention Nov. Christine Tello, Janet Britcher, Ralph Figaro 
Acquiring and Retaining Clients Oct. Curtis Bingham, Jared Clark, Bonni DiMatteo, Don Glass
Action Learning Sept. Phil McArthur
Complex Adaptive Systems Aug. Maya Townsend and Amber Mayes
Mining for Business Aug.
bonus
Harvy Simkovits

Systems Thinking II

July

Carol Zulauf, Nancy Kristiansen, Matt Aspin

OD and Improv

June

Jonathan Mozenter, Will Leura, Rob Kanzer, Grant Keith, Kathy Maloney

The Business of Coaching

May

Rob Kanzer, Joanne Shapiro, Kirsten Bosworth

Organizational Culture

April

Sue Blaney, Curdina Hill, Paul O'Leary, Maya Townsend

First Annual Convention April
special
Infrastructure Renewal Committee

Conversations by Design

March

Tom Matera

The Future of Organizations

Feb.

Jim Murphy

Improving Program Production Feb.
special
Nicole Merrill and Jim Murphy

You Define 2002

Jan. 

Kirsten Bosworth, Kathy Ives, Nicole Merrill, Jim Murphy

                                                     2001
Systems Thinking for OD Professionals Dec. Carol Zulauf, Matt Aspin

OD Toolbox II

Nov.

Abby Yanow, Jackie Collins

Process Consultation II

Oct.

Iris Bagwell, Michael DiIanni, Tom Matera, Jonathan Mozenter, Jim Murphy

OD Responds to the Crisis Oct.
special
Jay Vogt, Nicole Merrill, Jim Murphy
Leadership - Membership - Learning Oct.
special
Steering Committee