OD & International/Community Development (OD-ICD) SIG

1. OD & International/Community Development (OD-ICD) SIG Clarifying the Vision & Themes July 8, 2010 at Johns Hopkins University Co-Leaders Anne Pellicciotto & Kristen Barney

2. Meeting Goals and Agenda • 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

3. SIG Mission • 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.

4. Some Definitions • 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).

5. Vision/Scope of OD/ICD SIG • 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

6. Vision/Principles of OD/ICD SIG • 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

7. Proposed Format for SIG • 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

8. Themes to Drive Our SIG Sessions (from June 10 Meeting) • Sustainability • Multi-Culturalism /“Inter-culturality”/Identity • Partnerships • Complexity Science/ Knowledge Management • Power and Empowerment

9. Venn Diagram Exercise • 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?

10. Theme Area Open Space (handout) • 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

11. Revisiting Proposed Format • 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

12. Staying Connected • SIG Web Site http://www.cbodn.org/services_programs/sigs/ international.html • Join CBODN http://www.cbodn.org/membership/benefits.html • Connect with SIG members on Linked-In www.linkedin.com