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Engage with OSR renewal 2012

Paula Brekke — Thu, 09 Feb 2012 11:32:00 -0800

We want to invite you to share your thoughts, ideas, questions and experience as OSR transitions to our new future. Our hope is that you will participate in creating the future of OSR!

Visit the OSR web site, log in and share your ideas with us. Look for the beautiful small fern representing new growth and the title, "Engage with OSR renewal 2012." From there you will be able to take part in the conversation and gather up to date information as we learn more.

Meet the OSR-NW Board members

Paula Brekke — Thu, 09 Feb 2012 11:13:00 -0800

As OSR begins to envision our new future, we want to introduce you to some of the folks behind the scenes who are supporting and guiding the strategic direction of OSR.

We invite you to meet our board members!

Dee Endelman, OSR 7, Board Chair, Principal. Keys Organizational Consulting, LLC
Imo Baseler, PhD, Vice Chair and Treasurer. Director, People and Organizational Capability at Microsoft.
Jean Singer, MA, OSR 10, Secretary. Partner, Ecology of Designing Human Systems.
Don Bell, PhD. Retired Dean, Business School at Pacific Lutheran University.
Marcella Benson-Quaziena, PhD. Faculty, Evergreen State College, Fielding Graduate Institute, Gestalt Center for Organization and Systems Development.
Tim Jaasko-Fisher, JD and MA, OSR 16. Director, Court Improvement Training Academy at the University of Washington Law School.
Dale Nienow, PhD. Executive Director, Center for Ethical Leadership.
Jane Shanaman, MA, OSR 8. Independent non-profit Organization Management Professional.
Peter West, MA. Leadership Principal, Global Leadership Development at Amazon.

Ex-officio members

Bill Koenig, OSR 8, Program Director
Don Swartz, Director Emeritus

Read a portion of Marv Weisbord's new book

Paula Brekke — Thu, 09 Feb 2012 10:54:00 -0800

OSR had the pleasure of hosting Marv Weisbord on Wednesday, January 25 and we're happy to be able to share a synopsis, in the form of a handout, of one chapter from his new book, Productive Workplaces, 25th anniversary edition.

Workshop handout and short version of one chapter from Productive Workplaces by Marv Weisbord

A big thank you to Colleen Ponto for orchestrating the opportunity to share a morning with Marv!

Join our free intro session to visual facilitation

Paula Brekke — Thu, 09 Feb 2012 10:43:00 -0800

Regina Rowland, OSR faculty member and Julie Gieseke will host a free introductory session on Visual Facilitation Friday evening, February 17, 2012 from 6:30 - 9 pm. Seattle University, Teilhard de Chardin Hall.

This free introductory session will be lecture-style w/mini activities to demo what’s to come in the two-day workshop where participants will learn to to integrate the skills of visual thinking and visual mapping across various professional practices.

Participants for this intro session do not need to be participants in the 2 day workshop however there are still spaces available in the 2 day session if you are interested.