Volunteer
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Contribute Content
Blog post, article or idea
Facilitate a Session
Faciliate our monthly Global Trends call or host a Community Conversation
Join a Committee
Ongoing participation with a committee
OD101 - Teach or Admin
Become a faculty member or help with administration of participants
Speak at a Conference
Speak at our Annual Conference each spring. Call for presenter proposals is issued in the fall.
Contribute Content
Contribute a blog post, article or idea to share on ODF’s social media.
Facilitate a Session
Global Org Design Trends
Facilitate one of our monthly virtual sessions where we share 5 provocative articles from around the globe. Participants read them in advance and discuss.
Community Conversation
Facilitate one of our virtual Community Conversations, where community members share and discuss various topics.
Join a Committee
Community Engagement & Learning Team
The Community Engagement and Learning Team focuses on the body of knowledge that supports organization design work and practice. We offer webinars, e-learning courses, workshops (in-house customized and public), and other knowledge exchange resources that connect you to three dimensions of ODF organization design:
- Application: How to apply principles and concepts of organization design, including design processes, case studies, tools, techniques, practices, methodologies and pilots/experiments
- Engagement: Ways to involve customers, employees, and stakeholder in stages of organization design, large group conferences, ideation and design methods
- Principles: Organization design theory, concepts, principles, history and/or thought leadership that helps to define the depth and scope of the field
Meets 3rd Friday at 11AM ET
Conference Planning Committee
The conference planning committee is responsible for determining the overall design of ODF’s annual conference. This includes selecting a location, securing exciting thought leaders, selecting concurrent presentation proposals, actively advertising the conference, mapping out the daily schedule for the event, and more. Time commitments vary, but typically range from an hour to two hours every other week from the summer before the conference through the conference itself each Spring.
Biweekly on Thursdays at 4PM ET
Content Team
The Content Committee focuses on special projects related to our Web presence, including LinkedIn and Twitter, as well as ongoing web maintenance associated with blogging and content. We have a WordPress platform and have training material for those who would like to assist in our virtual community.
Meets 1st Friday at 11AM ET
Teach OD 101
Become a faculty member and conduct ODF’s Virtual OD101 program designed to help early practioners build their skills in organization design; estimated time commitment 9-10 hours over a 6-week period.
Admin OD 101
Support the Virtual OD101 Workshop through program coordination, ensuring logistics, communication, and materials are managed for each workshop; estimated time commitment 10-12 hours over the course of a year.
Speak at a Conference
Interested in presenting at our 2025 Conference? Call for Presenter Proposals is open until Oct 27, 2024