Clarifying the Vision & ThemesJuly 8, 2010 at Johns Hopkins University

Co-LeadersAnne Pellicciotto & Kristen Barney

Goals:

Integrate new voices

Clarify vision, themes, format for SIG

Agenda:

Introduction and Overview

Review of Mission, Principles, Format

SIG Vision- Venn Diagram Exercise

Building on the Themes

Next Steps, Closing

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The OD-ICD SIG provides a forum for attendees to learn about and discuss:

◦ the challenges and imperatives in international and community development,

◦ how OD can increasingly play a role in building sustainable organizations and improving outcomes for the world’s developing countries and communities, and

◦ how development practices and lessons learned can inform and shape the field of OD.

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Organization Development is a dynamic values-based approach to systems change in organizations and communities; it strives to build the capacity to achieve and sustain a new desired state that benefits the organization or community and the world around them. (OD Network)

International Development is the work of agencies and institutions to advance Human Development -- the process of expanding the freedom of individuals to pursue the kind of lives they value. (e.g. UNDP, Amartya Sen)

Community Development is a holistic, integrated, and interative process engaging community members in defining issues, goals, and plans; taking ownership of the community; building on what works; mobilizing sustainable resources; and collaborating to realize goals, building social capital in the process (various sources).

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Topics and speakers will ideally address synergies between three fields

Participants will also create connections between fields

Presentations will focus on:◦ multiple levels of system

(infrastructure to community)

◦ human development◦ global community,

including US

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Home-Grown: The pool of presenters will draw from resources within the room, supplemented with outside presenters as needed/desired.

Participatory: Presentations will ideally be participatory and experiential, to model best practices from OD/ID/CD.

Dynamic Membership: Group is beyond what’s in the room; flexible and evolving.

Awareness: Participants, presenters, and leaders will stay aware of the dynamics in the group and openly discuss issues of power, etc. which also exist in OD/ID/CD.

Transparency/Safety: Proceedings will be captured in high-level notes and posted on the CBODN web site, in order to:◦ model transparency and information sharing, and◦ maintain a safe meeting space for dialogue and discovery

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Action-Learning Process: SIG will evolve through our collective learning and evolving participation/needs/desires.

Iterative Cycles: One theme presentation/session per month over five months; pause to reflect, integrate, and refocus; new cycle.

Theme Leaders: Volunteers to lead theme areas, guide the selection of presenters, commit to attendance.

Schedule: ◦ August 2010: Theme Leaders’ Meeting◦ September 2010: Theme 1◦ October 2010: Theme 2◦ November 2010: Theme 3◦ December 2010: Theme 4◦ January 2011: Theme 5◦ February 2011: Reflection, Integration, and Refocusing for next 6 months

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Sustainability

Multi-Culturalism /“Inter-culturality”/Identity

Partnerships

Complexity Science/ Knowledge Management

Power and Empowerment

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Step into the zone that represents your experience and background

Who’s in the Room?

◦ Where are you and where would you like to expand?

Overall Reflection

◦ Observations/realizations from this exercise?

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How would you clarify and build-on these themes?

◦ Sustainability◦ Multi-Culturalism / “Inter-culturality” / Identity◦ Partnerships◦ Complexity Science /

Knowledge Management◦ Power and Empowerment

Provide information to assist SIG leaders in planning theme sessions/selecting presenters

Complete worksheets

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Action-Learning Process: Through our collective learning we will become clearer about what we want to achieve.

Iterative Cycles: We will have one presentation on each theme over five months and then pause to reflect, integrate, and refocus.

Theme Leaders: Five participants with strong commitment to monthly attendance will become Theme Leaders, to guide the selection of presenters.

Schedule: ◦ August 2010: Theme Leaders’ Meeting◦ September 2010: Theme 1◦ October 2010: Theme 2◦ November 2010: Theme 3◦ December 2010: Theme 4◦ January 2011: Theme 5◦ February 2011: Reflection, Integration, and Refocusing for next 6

months

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SIG Web Sitehttp://www.cbodn.org/services_programs/sigs/international.html

Join CBODNhttp://www.cbodn.org/membership/benefits.html

Connect with SIG members on Linked-Inwww.linkedin.com

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