About this event
How can Oregonians – across all sectors – most effectively address the
complex challenges we face in our communities, our county, and our state?
David’s presentation will provide an overview of why networks are such a
powerful tool for achieving transformational change and outline principles,
processes, and structures that enable them to succeed. He will also show how
to strengthen existing collaborative efforts to achieve greater levels of
impact.
The event will provide an opportunity to reflect and brainstorm across
sectors. This workshop is for executive-level leaders and senior staff who are eager
to operationalize change within their organization.
Cost:
– Early bird rate of $25; ends close of business April 27.
– Regular rate of $40
– Walk-in rate of $50
David Sawyer is a Partner at Converge, a team of strategists and designers
who collaborate with others to tackle complex social and environmental
problems.
He is also President of Context, a consulting firm with practice areas in
strategy, leadership, and culture.
David is a “strategy guy for a better world,” specializing in networks,
design, and systems thinking. He is active across all sectors and has played
key roles in a variety of fields: education reform, national service, social
entrepreneurship, women and girls, venture philanthropy, and environmental
preservation.
For a decade, David directed leadership and service-learning programs at
Berea College, receiving the nation’s highest award for voluntary service
from the White House and The Servant Leader Award from the National Youth
Leadership Council. He was the Design Director of the New Leadership Network,
a collective action network of cross-sector leaders in Fresno, CA.
David’s contributions include facilitating The New Generation Training
Program and other national leadership programs, helping to launch the
nation’s Americorps program, and in 1997 he led a community delegation to
the Presidents' Summit for America's Future. He spent four years working with
energy company BP, coaching senior leaders, designing the cultural
integration of the BP/ARCO merger, and facilitating a conference on global
climate change in Washington. He helped develop the Denali Initiative, a
national fellowship program for social entrepreneurs, and served as
executive-in-residence for the Kauffman Foundation, promoting citizen
engagement and civic innovation. David served as the first Executive Director
of Social Venture Partners Portland, as Chief Culture Officer for gDiapers
and as a Senior Network Practitioner with the Monitor Institute.
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