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January 10, 2007
Overview
Social Network Analysis (SNA) offers a new tool for the OD toolkit to measure the quality of relationships between people. This session is relevant to both internal and external OD professionals interested in increasing and measuring productive collaboration in organizations. In this highly interactive presentation, Greg Ranstrom provides a general overview of SNA and offers a specific case study illustrating the use of SNA to measure results of an OD intervention with an R&D management team.
Attend this program and you can evaluate the utility of SNA to increase and measure collaboration among your organizational customers. Specifically, you will be able to:
* Recognize the utility of SNA for measuring interactions
* Generalize core concepts of SNA to influence interactions
* Read social network maps with ease and accuracy
* Translate SNA metrics for real world application
* Effectively evaluate SNA survey questions
Speaker
Greg Ranstrom is founder and principal of Outside Insights, LLC, a leadership and collaboration consulting firm based in Bend, OR. He is also faculty for the American Leadership Forum- Silicon Valley where he works with corporate and non-profit organizational leaders on significant regional issues. Ranstrom specializes in helping leaders manage the complexities of profitable collaboration to accelerate results, eliminate waste, and build healthy organizational cultures. He earned his M.A. in Management from JFK University and NTL.
Details
The Fairfield Inn & Suites
6100 SW Meadows Rd
Lake Oswego, OR 97035
Pre-meeting Session: Peer Coaching
You are part of a small peer coaching group of approximately six participants. You may participate in a group or if you choose, observe the activity. The Process: one person is searching for insight regarding a goal or challenge they are experiencing. The others in the group ask powerful questions to help that person gain new perspectives on their goal/challenge.
Pre-meeting Session 5:30-6:15 pm
Peer Coaching Document
Networking 6:00 – 6:45 (or 6:15 – 6:45 for Peer Coaching participants)
Program is from 6:45 - 8:30 PM
No need to be hungry during the ODN meeting! Bring your dinner to the Peer Coaching or to the meeting. Great take out dinner restaurants just 2 minutes from the Fairfield Inn. Both places are on Bangy Rd just around the corner to the west of the Fairfield Inn. They are Best Teriyaki (next to Deseret Books, near Washington Federal Savings, 503-598-9555) and Mac's Markets and Deli (soup, sandwiches and salads at www.macsdelis.com).
Networking is encouraged so come early (around 6 PM) for some delightful conversation with colleagues! The Peer Coaching meeting will be occurring in another part of the room but there will be an area for networking in the meeting room and the lobby adjacent to the meeting room is also an option.