Greetings! It isn’t yet spring here in cold, gray Ohio, yet here is the perennial popping-up of the BGSU MOD student, immersed in coursework on Facilitating Collaborative Change. I wish to offer an introduction of myself as a newcomer to this community and seek two questions as a matter of inquiry.
My name is Stacey Hartley, an aged graduate student of BGSU’s Master of Organization Development program. My extroverted nature has guided my 30-year career along a meandering path touching on education, customer service in small business, management in small business, philanthropy in public higher education and finally business development/student engagement (an odd combo, I know) in public higher education. I’ve been active in and committed to community work since I was in grade school, having been raised by parents who were always civically engaged. One of my current engagements is as an elected official, serving as a member of our local school board. It is in this capacity that I’m finding greatest relevance and need for the OD knowledge and practice my program offers. My introduction out of the way, I am reaching out to this community as part of an assignment for my course. Two colleagues and I are exploring OST as a collaborative change method, and working on an event for the rest of our cohort in two weeks. I have two questions as part of my learning about OST and respectfully invite responses: 1) What career path or community engagement led you to this work? 2) Why OST? Thank you in advance for your consideration and I look forward to learning more about the individuals who make up this wonderful community of practitioners. Warmest wishes, Stacey
_______________________________________________ OSList mailing list -- [email protected] To unsubscribe send an email to [email protected]
