What
are PDNs?
The Organization Development
Network of Chicago (ODN/C), along with other professional organizations,
sponsors a number of Professional Development Networks (PDNs)
which meet around the Chicago area. New PDNs are forming all the
time. The purpose for a PDN is to encourage OD and training
practitioners to get together and share experiences, methods,
materials, ideas, trends, etc. Participants cover the spectrum
from practitioners with decades of experience to those just "checking
out the field." PDNs are free to members however, some PDNs may
chose to collect fees to cover expenses. How
are PDNs structured?
PDNs are somewhat
self-managed, thus there is no single process used consistently
across all PDNs. The meetings are typically held monthly, run
by volunteer "conveners" and may be informal or highly structured
with anywhere from 2 to 50people. PDN membership remains open,
and participants are encouraged to come and go as their needs
and time dictate.
How
to start a PDN?
1. One or more people
(conveners) decide on a topic or function about which they would
like to learn more.
2. Convener(s) determines
a time and place for meetings.
3. Announcements
in the newsletter spread the word.
Get
Involved!
Join a PDN.
For more info, contact the conveners listed. As
PDNs go "on hiatus," they will cease to meet unless someone
chooses to serve as the convener of the PDN. We welcome
new PDNs at anytime! If you are interested in starting
up a new PDN or reconvening one that is placed on hiatus, please
contact Andrew
Rich at (630) 462-0101 for information
and application.
Internal Consulting PDN
The Internal
Consulting PDN of the OD Network Chicago area is a special
interest group meeting monthly in downtown Chicago, the Western
Suburbs and the Northwestern Suburbs to explore topics centering
on internal consulting issues inside organizations across
the spectrum of Organizational Development, Human Resources,
and Training & Development. Learning from one another's
experiences and exploring new perspectives and resources are
key areas of focus for the groups. The PDN invites attendance
and perspectives from both internal and external (independent)
consultants, and at the Chicago and/or either Suburb group
meetings. This is a forum free of direct marketing appeals
or overt networking from those in job transition. Come be a
part of the conversation!
Chicago group meeting
information: Except for December and August, group meets
regularly the third Friday morning of each month at 7:30
a.m. - 9:00 a.m. (9-10am optional open discussion session)
at Northern Trust Bank, 181 West Madison, 7th floor, Chicago
(room number posted in the elevator lobby). Planning
committee members: Steve Garrett Steve.Garrett@GarrettConsulting.US; Christopher
Tadda Christopher_M_Tadda@notes.ntrs.com;
Debra Krause deb628@sbcglobal.net;
Jodi Lanis jlanis@huronconsultinggroup.com
Western Suburb group meeting
information: Except for December, January, June and August, group
meets on the third Wednesday of each month from 8:00
am to 9:30 am at various locations in the Western Suburbs. Planning
committee members: Sandra Lamartine sandra.lamartine@jameshardie.com ; Cathy
Mejia cmejia@nicor.com
Northwestern Suburb group meeting
information: Group meets the 2nd Thursday of the odd number
months from 8:30-10:00am at Zurich in Tower I (south tower
with letter Z on top of it) 1400 American Way Schaumburg
(corner of Woodfield Road and Plaza Drive ). Parking is available and if crowded,
valet parking is available at no charge. Planning committee
members: John Kelly John.Kelly@us.schneider-electric.com; Diane
Kubal dk@fulcrumnetwork.com
If there is a meeting date change, typically due to holiday
conflicts, the revised meeting date will be announced in email
communications to those on the distribution list.
For this
month’s
meeting notice information and/or to be added to the email
distribution list, please contact Russ Winter, Communications
Committee Member at rjjnwinter@hotmail.com
2008-2009
West Suburban PDN Schedule:
Date |
Location |
Facilitator |
Topic/Speaker |
Sept 17 |
Edward Hospital
|
Teresa Oliszewicz |
Managing and Motivating the
Generations |
Oct 15 |
Office Max
|
Matt Vosmik |
Creating the Employee Deal/Brand
|
Nov 19 |
Molex |
Mark
Cerkvenik |
Facilitation
Techniques with Executives |
Feb 18 |
Nalco |
Jill Wheeler |
Sustaining a Performance Management
Culture
|
Mar 18 |
Molex
|
Marilyn
Steffel |
Career
Growth |
April 15 |
Nicor |
Cathy Mejia |
Orchestrating the OD, Project
Management, Business Process Partnership
|
May 20 |
Nicor |
Sandra Lamartine |
How OD Can Leverage
e-learning
|
July 15 |
TBD |
Cathy Mejia |
Annual Planning Meeting
|
STC has events planned for the 2008-2009 year.
For details,
see www.stc-chicago.org.
- Sept.
10 - Carleton Hotel, Oak Park
Bob Brill, Wood Phillips
Intellectual Property Issues for Technical Communicators
- Oct.
14 - DePaul
University, Rolling Meadows Campus
Mary
Sojoodi-Whalen
Panel: Education Options for Technical Communicators
- Nov.
12 - Carleton
Hotel, Oak Park
Matt
Mignogna, Dashe &Thompson
Software Benefits Maximization through Technical Communication
- Apr.
23 - Carleton
Hotel, Oak Park
Ken
Cook, Ken Cook Co.
Web-Based Project Management Tools
- May
3-6 - Atlanta,
GA
Annual
Conference
- June
2008 - Ballydoyle,
Downers Grove
Networking
Event
|