The St. Louis Organizational Development Network Is Excited to Announce

Our Programming Plan for 2024

With monthly sessions every 3rd Thursday, you’ll leave each in-person or virtual case study panels, practitioner-led workshops, or OD hackathons with a practical tool, process, approach, and/or new solution to apply in your daily work. 

Note: Dates and topics may change. Times are Central Time in the afternoon.

Date	Proposed Topics
Thu, Jan 25 12:00 - 1:30 PM (Zoom)	Chart a Meaningful OD Career with the M.O.S.T. Assessment Workshop Speaker: Dr. Bill Brendel  Takeaways: Career direction and planning
Thu, Feb 22 4:30 - 6:00 PM The Heights, 8001 Dale Ave, St. Louis, MO 63117	Change Management in Action  Panelists: Michelle Sevier, Mercy; Loren Wilson, Ameren; Nicole Dural, Wells Fargo Takeaways: ADKAR, PROSCI, evaluation tactics, making a business case
Thu, March 21 12:00-1:30 (Zoom)	Designing Effective Meetings & Engagements with the Meeting Canoe Facilitator: Judy Oyedele, MSOD, ACC Takeaways: a tool for managing effective meetings and designing meaningful engagements
Tue, March 26 5:30 - 7:00 PM (Zoom)	STL-ODN Special Program with ICF St. Louis: The Neuroscience of Transformation Speaker: Reut Schwartz-Hebron IMPORTANT: If you are also an ICF St. Louis member, please register directly through the ICF St. Louis Chapter website. Takeaways: a high-level introduction to the foundations of the Neuroscience of Transformation and to different neuroscience-based models
Thu, April 18 4:30 - 6:00 PM The Heights, 8001 Dale Ave, St. Louis, MO 63117	OD Hackathon: Bring Your Considerations and Get Solutions! Through a structured brainstorming session, the group will tackle three challenges or considerations that an OD practitioner is currently facing.
Thu, May 16 4:30 - 6:00 PM Center of Clayton, 50 Gay Ave, Clayton, MO 63105	Sustainable DEIB Practices for Organizations Speaker: Kesha Kent, Diversity Talent Strategist, Husch Blackwell Takeaways: tools for building diverse talent pools and facility equity through career mobility across the organization
Thu, June 20 12:00 - 1:30 PM (Zoom)	Organizational Design for OD Practitioners  Speaker: Meredith Paxton | Senior Manager, Operating Model and Organizational Design, Accenture Takeaways: process for evaluating an organization’s design and redesigning organizations
Thu, July 18 12:00 - 1:30 PM (Zoom)	OD Book Clubs STL-ODN will take the month of July to dive into some of our favorite OD books. We'll then meet at the end of the month to discuss the learnings together. Book topics: The Trusted Learning Advisor, Internal Communication Strategy, Humble Consulting

Thu, Aug 15 8:00 - 9:30 AM The Heights, 8001 Dale Ave, St. Louis, MO 63117	State of Leadership Development in OD Takeaways: best practices in assessment tools, program design, and coaching strategies for leadership development Panelists: Ryan McCrea, Steph Auping, David Rowan, Ph.D., Abigail (Abby) Finney, Gretchen (AuBuchon) Pettet
Thu, Sept 12 8:00 - 9:30 AM The Heights, 8001 Dale Ave, St. Louis, MO 63117	OD Hackathon: Bring Your Challenges or Considerations and Get Solutions! Through a structured brainstorming session, the group will tackle three challenges or considerations that an OD practitioner is currently facing.
Thu, Oct 17 8:00 - 9:30 AM The Heights, 8001 Dale Ave, St. Louis, MO 63117	Building a Skill-based Organization for the Future of Work Takeaways: talent marketplaces, skills mapping, strategies for growing skills and team or group learning, time allocation and budget for learning Speaker: Bree Champagne. Talent Impact Expert, Bayer
Thu, Nov 21 8:00 - 9:30 AM The Heights, 8001 Dale Ave, St. Louis, MO 63117	STL-ODN Looking Back and Looking Forward A time to connect, look back at where we've been, what we've done this year, and envision where we want to go as an organization.