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• Oregon ODN Partner Series: Launch Your Modeling Career…. Business Modeling That Is

  • When
    10/17/2025
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    3:00 PM - 4:30 PM
  • Location
    Zoom
  • Registered
    4 registrants

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  Launch Your Modeling Career…. Business Modeling That Is

  The Visual Methodology That Increases Everyone’s Operational Savvy

  Welcome to the beginning of your modeling career…business modeling that is. It’s easy to learn. This kind of modeling will advance situational awareness and take individuals (including YOU) and teams into a more effective, productive and aligned relationship with each other, your organization and your customers.

  You will discover and try visual tools to see the business models that surround you and your colleagues. See how to depict operations at the enterprise, team and individual levels to enable everyone to see how their organization really works and how they fit in.

  Show team members how to operate their enterprise/team not just their j-o-b

  See a visual method and tool that offers power beyond just words

  Experience a tool for hiring, onboarding, change management and, team building to develop outward focus and escape job-description myopia

  The painful truth is that people get hired for an individual j-o-b but are expected to produce group results by integrating that j-o-b into a vague, bigger scheme. This is why you need a BIGGER THEORY OF WORK. A “vague bigger scheme” isn’t good enough anymore. You need a way to explicitly and visually depict the bigger scheme: the value proposition, how you create it for your customers and what value you receive back for doing so. Shockingly, most team members can’t describe this.

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  As a leadership and career coach and OD consultant, Bruce Hazen combines business systems experience with clinical understanding to address the needs of individuals, in a range of different professions, who are managing other people, organizations, and constant change. He is the President of Business Models for Teams, LLC and coauthor of the Chapter on Career Coaching in The Complete Handbook of Coaching (2018) and co-author of Business Models for Teams: See How Your Organization Really Works and How Each Person Fits In. (2017) and Business Model You (2nd edition 2023). He consults primarily in healthcare today.

  Bruce has a B.S. in Industrial and Labor Relations from Cornell University, with emphasis in organizational behavior and psychology. In addition, he holds a MS in Clinical Psychology from California State University, San Jose, and is active within the Organization Development Network (ODN).

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• TODN October 24 CHANGE SIG - Save the Date

  • When
    10/24/2025
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    8:30 AM - 10:00 AM
  • Location
    ZOOM LINK
  • Spaces left
    35

  
  

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  TODN Change SIG 

  ️ Date: Friday, October 24, 2025
  ⏰ Time: 8:30 – 10:00 AM ET (note the new time!)
  Location: Online via Zoom

  
  

  We will be meeting for our October Change SIG event on Friday, October 24.

  Please save the date and stay tuned for the opening of registration.

  Thanks!

  Your Change SIG Team,

  Susan Westbrook and Dani Choi

  
  

  About TODN’s Change SIG

  Change SIG is a special interest group within the Triangle Organization Development Network (TODN), offering programs focused on supporting OD practitioners in leading change.

  [See full TODN calendar]
  [Become a TODN Member – contact Susan Westbrook or any Board member]

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• The Overlooked Power Skill: Why Relationship-Building Is Essential for Leadership and Growth

  • When
    11/12/2025
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    12:00 PM - 1:00 PM
  • Location
    zoom

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  In today’s shifting landscape—whether your organization is growing fast, facing uncertainty, or navigating constant change—leaders are being asked to do more with less clarity and more pressure. They’re trained to adapt, respond, and deliver.

  But what often gets overlooked is the one skill that makes all of that possible: relationship-building.

  When stress rises, connection drops. Leaders isolate. Silos form. And decisions are made in a vacuum. This session reframes relationship-building not as a “nice-to-have,” but as a crucial leadership skill—essential for collaboration, influence, innovation, and trust.

  We’ll explore the neuroscience of the social brain, the impact of pressure on connection, and why organizations—from founders to first-time managers—need to prioritize relationships as a strategic advantage.

  In this engaging session, we’ll also open the floor for shared insights and conversation around how L&D professionals are addressing this overlooked skill—and where opportunities may still be hiding.

  ABOUT THE PRESENTER:

  
  

  Noa Ronen, MCC MBA is the Co-Founder and CEO of Coaching Connection, bringing over 20 years of experience in Change Management, Leadership and Talent Development, HR, and Executive Coaching across the U.S. and Israel. Her personal relocation journey sparked a passion for bridging differences and staying curious—especially in times of uncertainty and change. Noa works with leaders and teams worldwide to challenge assumptions, strengthen collaboration, and lead with vision and values. Her core question: What can you see beyond yourself to influence the change you care about?

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• TODN Community Conversations November 13 - Save the Date

  • When
    11/13/2025
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    12:00 PM - 1:00 PM
  • Location
    ZOOM LINK
  • Spaces left
    30

  
  

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  TODN Community Conversations: Lunch & Learn

  
  

  Thursday, November 13, 2025
  ⏰ 12:00 – 1:00 PM ET
  Online via Zoom

  
  

  We will be back for our monthly Community Conversation on November 13, 2025. 

  Save the date and stay tuned for the program announcement.

  
  

  About Community Conversations

  Community Conversations is a program of the Triangle Organization Development Network (TODN), designed to foster connection, learning, and real-time practice around the topics that matter most.

  To explore upcoming TODN events, check out the TODN calendar.
  Interested in joining the TODN community?  Contact Susan Westbrook or any TODN Board member.

  
  

  
  

  
  

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• MNODN Partner Series: Essential Architecture: Simple Systems to Amplify the Org Dev Work that Matters Most

  • When
    12/04/2025
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    7:00 PM - 8:30 PM
  • Location
    Zoom
  • Registered
    1 registrant

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  Essential Architecture: Simple Systems to Amplify the Org Dev Work that Matters Most

  Tired of fighting fires instead of focusing on strategy? Most organizations are drowning in complexity when what they really need is clarity. This workshop introduces an essentialist framework proven to help leaders and teams increase performance, engagement, and enterprise value. All that’s needed are a few timeless principles to unlock real leverage as it relates to organizational development.

  Participants will learn to:

  -Use Minimum Effective Dose thinking to reduce over-engineering

  -Apply Pareto and Parkinson’s Laws to workflows and schedules

  -Differentiate Maker vs. Manager time for better team productivity

  -Craft business processes that actually support operational strategy

  -Adopt the “BOP It” model to improve execution and increase clarity

  Participants will walk away with actionable strategies and a repeatable system to reduce operational drag, improve execution, and make space for high-impact work so they can finally work on the business, not just in it.

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  Ian C. Williams is a best selling author, speaker, and business advisor specializing in social and environmental impact. As Founder and CEO of Still Point Insight, Ian helps mission-driven organizations scale solutions to global challenges. Specializing in process improvement, change management, and workforce development, Still Point Insight helps leaders and teams grow culture and capacity to maximize their wellbeing and impact. He holds a Masters in Public Affairs from the University of Minnesota with an emphasis in Leadership Strategy and Organizational Culture.

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• Change SIG: 12/5/25 - Big 2025 AH-HA for You? 25th Annual GIFT EXCHANGE

  • When
    12/05/2025
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    8:30 AM - 10:00 AM
  • Location
    ZOOM
  • Spaces left
    40

  
  

  Save the date!

  Registration opens November 1.

  

  
  

  Big 2025 AH-HA for You!

  25th Annual Change SIG GIFTS EXCHANGE   

  (8:30-10:00 - Bring your own coffee/tea/snacks) 

  
  

  NOTE: Gifting will be by Google SLIDES again.

  --- INSTRUCTIONS and LINK to GIFT EXCHANGE slides
            are provided in your confirmation email.---
  
  

  This is our annual Change SIG Holiday GIFTS EXCHANGE. It is a joint Nov/Dec meeting and the agenda is one that we have had for 25 years. We gather to share TIPS & TRICKS that have impacted us either professionally or personally during 2025. 

  You 'gift' us by sharing a book, a tip, a technique, a brain-friendly recipe, a picture, a poem, a great quote, or anything else that has inspired, pleased or touched you in the past year. If it has been surprisingly successful, that's even better.
  
  NOTE: The 2025 Change SIG GIFT EXCHANGE will be shared with the group over ZOOM. For some Zoom clues: Getting Friendly with Zoom. 

  To enable our sharing in this virtual meeting, we have created a document in Google Slides, where you can add links, pictures, or text on your own slide. Your REGISTRATION confirmation email contains the document and Zoom LINKS.

  NOTE 1: Be sure to add your contact information, as it's our way of exchanging business cards.

  NOTE 2: Sign up, even if you have a conflict, so you can add your GIFT this year and be able to view other gifts later.

  We can then share these slides in the meeting. One by one, we'll go around the virtual room. Each person will have a few minutes to share something they are grateful for, and then explain their gift.. 

  At the end, we'll have a super cool artifact for ourselves and to share with anyone who couldn't be with us in real time.

  If you're new to Google Slides, it's just like PowerPoint, only simpler. There are INSTRUCTIONS that will guide you through the process of creating a slide for your gift in the GIFTS Exchange confirmation email, when you REGISTER.

  NOTE: If this process creates a barrier to your participation, don't sweat it!
  

  • You can send your responses to Susan Westbrook and someone will help you create your slide.
  • Or you can share your screen during the Change SIG and show us whatever you like as your gift.                                 

  For more information, contact Change SIG leader Susan Westbrook.

  We look forward to sharing the riches and wisdom of the past year with you.

  Best wishes,

  Susan and Dani

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• End of Year Celebration - Save the Date for December 10

  • When
    12/10/2025
  •  
    5:00 PM - 8:00 PM
  • Location
    TBD

  Celebrate the end of the calendar year with TODN! SAVE THE DATE. More details coming soon.

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