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    • 10 Sep 2026
    • 12:00 PM - 1:00 PM
    • Zoom
    Register

    Member Spotlight • World Suicide Prevention Day

    Creating Workplaces Where People Feel Seen, Supported and Connected

    Thursday, September 10, 2026  •  12:00–1:00 PM PT  •  Online via Zoom
    Free, and open to everyone — you do not need to be a BCODN member to attend.

    Conversations about mental health at work can be difficult, particularly when someone may be struggling and the people around them are unsure what to say, what to notice, or how best to respond.

    This Member Spotlight creates space for a practical workplace conversation about connection, awareness, and the role that leaders, colleagues, HR, safety professionals and organizations can play in building supportive workplace environments.

    Hosted by BCODN member Jo-Ann Scott, joined by special guests from Pain BC and the Tailgate Toolkit, bringing perspectives on workplace mental health, chronic pain, prevention, awareness and practical support.

    Three threads for the conversation

    Noticing when something has changed. What can leaders and coworkers pay attention to, and how can concern be approached with care and without making assumptions?

    Making it easier to talk. What helps create a workplace where people feel able to speak up when they are struggling, and where colleagues feel more confident beginning a supportive conversation?

    Moving from awareness to workplace practice. Policies matter, but so do culture, relationships, leadership behaviour and everyday workplace practices. What can organizations do to create stronger support systems?

    This session is designed as a conversation rather than a traditional presentation. Expect practical framing, shared perspectives from our guests, facilitated discussion, and ideas that participants can take back to their own workplaces.

    Whether you work in organizational development, HR, health and safety, leadership, or another people-focused role, we hope you will join us.

    About this series

    Meet the People Behind the Practice

    BCODN’s Member Spotlight Series showcases the diverse experiences, insights, and journeys of our member professionals across Organizational Development, Human Resources, Leadership, Learning, and Change Management.

    Each session features a candid conversation with a BCODN member who shares:

    • Their professional journey
    • Lessons learned from real-world change initiatives
    • Career and consulting insights
    • Current projects and areas of expertise
    • Advice for emerging professionals
    • Opportunities for collaboration and connection

    The Member Spotlight initiative is part of BCODN’s commitment to helping members become more visible, known, and connected within the community.

    By learning more about one another’s backgrounds, strengths, and interests, BCODN strengthens trust-based networking and creates stronger pathways for mentorship, collaboration, referrals, and opportunity generation.

    Why Attend?

    • Learn from experienced practitioners across sectors
    • Discover hidden expertise within the BCODN community
    • Build authentic professional relationships
    • Gain practical career and consulting insights
    • Support and celebrate fellow members

    This is more than a presentation — it is a community-building conversation designed to strengthen connection, visibility, and contribution across the BCODN network.


    How it works

    2 -3 Member Presentations for 5-10 minutes each, followed by attendee questions and networking









    Who this is for

    OD practitioners
    Consultants, coaches, and facilitators with enough experience to have real questions about where the field is heading
    Internal OD leaders
    People & Culture executives and organizational leaders navigating the strategic and systemic end of change
    Critical thinkers
    Those who want more than trend summaries — people ready to pressure-test ideas with peers who will push back
    Community builders
    BCODN members and guests who believe the OD community is stronger when it thinks out loud together

    Registration

    Non-members
    $10
    Per session — or join BCODN for access to all events

    Get involved

    Interested in bringing a topic to a future session? We'd love to support you in shaping a conversation. Get in touch at [email protected] and we'll work with you to build it.

    • 17 Sep 2026
    • 6:00 PM - 7:30 PM
    Register

    Annual General Meeting

    BCODN 2026 Annual General Meeting

    Thursday, September 17, 2026
    5:45pm – 7:30pm Pacific  |  Online via Zoom

    Date  Thursday, September 17, 2026

    Time  5:45pm room opens · 6:00pm meeting begins · 7:30pm adjournment

    Where  Online via Zoom — link sent on registration

    Cost  Free. Open to members and the wider OD community.

    Voting  Members in good standing may vote. Guests are welcome to attend.

    You're invited to BCODN's 2026 Annual General Meeting.

    This year's AGM comes at a real moment of transition for the Network. We've been rebuilding — our events are running again and in person, the BCO program's learning materials have been rewritten for the first time in two decades, and the board is reorganizing itself around doing fewer things properly.

    The AGM is where we report on the year behind us, elect the board that takes us into the next one, and say plainly where we're heading. We'd like you there.

    Agenda


    6:00pm — Annual General Meeting

    • Call to order and land acknowledgement
    • Confirmation of quorum
    • Chair's statement — notice, and who may vote
    • Approval of the agenda
    • Adoption of the rules of order for the meeting
    • Introduction of the board
    • Approval of the minutes of the 2025 AGM
    • President's and Directors' report
    • Financial statements for the year ended March 31, 2026, and the 2026/27 budget
    • Auditor
    • Annual reports — communications, programming, and the BCO Committee
    • Election of Directors (approx. 7:10pm)
    • Election of Officers — President, Vice President, Secretary and Treasurer, elected separately from among the Directors just elected (approx. 7:15pm)
    • New business

    7:30pm — Adjournment

    If you can only join for part of the evening, the elections are the part to be there for. They begin around 7:10pm and the officer positions are voted on one at a time.

    Only business described in the notice of this meeting, or arising from the Directors' report, can be transacted on the day. If there is something you want the membership to consider, write to info@bcodn.org before the 17th so it can be properly noticed.

    Stand for the Board

    Have you considered honing your leadership skills with BC's only association focused on organization development?

    Under our bylaws, the officer positions are elected annually and are open at every AGM:

    • President
    • Vice President
    • Secretary
    • Treasurer

    There is also room on the board for additional Directors who want to help the Network deliver on its priorities for the year ahead.

    We welcome new, emerging and experienced OD practitioners, and business professionals who bring a diversity of interests and knowledge areas. You do not need decades of experience to contribute here — you need to want to build something, and to follow through on what you take on.

    A word about what this board actually is. It is a working board. Directors are expected to attend events, own what they commit to, and report on it. That's a real ask, and we'd rather be straight about it up front than have you discover it in November. If that sounds like the kind of contribution you're looking for, we'd genuinely like to hear from you.

    What you get out of it

    • A dynamic professional network
    • A deeper view of OD practice across the province
    • Governance, facilitation and financial experience
    • A voice in shaping where BCODN goes
    • The chance to leave this in better shape than you found it

    Nomination process

    Only current BCODN members may be nominated. Not a member? Join here.

    To nominate a colleague or yourself, please submit:

    • Your name and contact information
    • Your nominee's name and contact information
    • A brief professional biography of the nominee (the first 200 words will be published), and why they would make a strong Director
    • A digital photo (which will be published)

    Send nominations to info@bcodn.org by 12:00pm on Friday, September 11, 2026.

    That date is so we can circulate your bio and photo to the membership with the AGM package. It is our deadline, not a bar: under our bylaws, nominations may also be made from the floor at the meeting itself, right up to the moment each election is called.

    Want to talk it through first? Email info@bcodn.org and we'll find a time to work out whether the BCODN board is a good fit for you. That conversation costs you nothing and commits you to nothing.

    One specific ask: BCO mentors

    The Building Community Organizations (BCO) program pairs emerging OD practitioners with non-profits across BC, under the guidance of an experienced mentor. It has served more than 50 community organizations, and its learning materials have just been rebuilt from the ground up.

    For the coming cycle we are looking for experienced practitioners willing to mentor — including one senior person to support the mentor group itself. It's a defined, time-bounded contribution, and it is the single thing that most determines whether this year's cohort runs.

    If you have OD experience and this appeals, please write to info@bcodn.org. We'd be glad to talk about what it involves.

    Is your membership current?

    A note worth making plainly: when we moved platforms, our automated renewal reminders stopped going out. If you thought you were a member and haven't heard from us in a while, that's very likely our error rather than a decision you made.

    Membership includes:

    • Learning events hosted by us and our partner organizations
    • Mentoring and mentorship through BCO
    • Professional development opportunities
    • Community connection events
    • A vote at this AGM

    If your membership lapsed through our reminder gap and you'd like to vote on September 17, get in touch and we'll sort it out. We will apply one rule to everyone in that position, and the Chair will state it at the meeting before any vote is taken.

    Registration is free, and it is how you receive the Zoom link and the AGM package — agenda, financial statements, annual reports and candidate bios — which goes out on Monday, September 14.

    We hope to see you on the 17th.

    Joe Bickson
    President, BCODN
    info@bcodn.org

    Connecting · Engaging · Building

    • 22 Sep 2026
    • 8:00 AM
    • Zoom
    Register
    BCODN · Monthly Series

    Senior OD Coffee Chat:
    Before the Workday Takes Over

    A monthly virtual gathering where senior OD professionals tackle the questions that don't get enough airtime anywhere else.

    About this series

    Some of the best thinking happens over coffee, before the workday takes over.

    Each month, a small group of senior OD professionals gathers to dig into one pressing question facing the field. Topics are drawn from current research, real organizational challenges, and the things practitioners are quietly wrestling with — not the polished conference version, but what's actually happening on the ground.

    Whether you're an independent consultant or an internal leader navigating complex change, the goal is the same: leave with at least one new perspective worth taking back to work.

    How it works

    Topic framing (5–7 min)
    Small-group breakouts
    Full-room synthesis

    Who this is for

    Senior OD practitioners
    Consultants, coaches, and facilitators with enough experience to have real questions about where the field is heading
    Internal OD leaders
    People & Culture executives and organizational leaders navigating the strategic and systemic end of change
    Critical thinkers
    Those who want more than trend summaries — people ready to pressure-test ideas with peers who will push back
    Community builders
    BCODN members and guests who believe the OD community is stronger when it thinks out loud together

    Registration

    Non-members
    $10
    Per session — or join BCODN for access to all events

    Get involved

    Interested in bringing a topic to a future session? We'd love to support you in shaping a conversation. Get in touch at [email protected] and we'll work with you to build it.

    • 26 Sep 2026
    • 12:00 PM - 2:00 PM
    • TBD Closer to Date
    • 10
    BCODN Senior OD Series

    The Leadership Lunch:
    A Peer Conversation for Senior OD

    An intimate, peer-only gathering for senior OD professionals — designed for the kind of candid, unhurried exchange that rarely happens at larger events.

    About this gathering

    This is more than a networking event — it's a space to reconnect with purpose, reflect honestly on the challenges facing our field, and engage in real dialogue with people walking similar paths.

    Senior OD professionals rarely get a room where they can speak plainly about the hard stuff: where OD is falling short, what actually works with executive teams, and what the field needs to become. This lunch creates that room.

    Conversations are guided but informal — structured enough to go somewhere, open enough to follow the energy in the room. Spots are intentionally limited to keep the exchange meaningful.

    Questions we'll explore together

    1

    How do you translate the intangible work of OD into results that leaders recognize and value?

    2

    What has actually worked when it comes to influencing executive teams or shaping organizational direction?

    3

    Where are the most significant gaps between OD theory and practice right now — and what would it take to close them?

    4

    What does making OD visible look like in your organization — and where does it still stay invisible?

    What to expect

    Peer-level conversation
    Everyone in the room has navigated the systemic and strategic end of OD. No introductory framing required.
    Intentionally small
    Limited spots, curated for depth. This is quality over quantity by design.
    Shaped by the room
    Conversations are guided but not scripted — the direction follows what's most alive for the people present.
    Lunch included
    Lunch, coffee and tea, and gratuity are all covered by your ticket. Just show up.

    Who this is for

    This gathering is designed exclusively for OD professionals with 10 or more years of experience in the field — consultants, practitioners, and leaders who have been doing this long enough to have real questions about where OD is headed and what it means in practice.

    Not sure if this is right for you? If you're navigating the strategic, systemic, and sometimes political dimensions of OD work and you're looking for peers who get it — this is a conversation for you.

    Tickets

    Non-members
    $55
    Includes lunch, coffee/tea, and gratuity

    Venue

    The venue for each lunch is announced closer to the date. Once confirmed, the location will be updated here and shared with registered attendees directly.
    • 11 Oct 2026
    • 10:00 AM - 11:00 AM
    • Zoom
    Register

    About this seriesz

    Meet the People Behind the Practice

    BCODN’s Member Spotlight Series showcases the diverse experiences, insights, and journeys of our member professionals across Organizational Development, Human Resources, Leadership, Learning, and Change Management.

    Each session features a candid conversation with a BCODN member who shares:

    • Their professional journey
    • Lessons learned from real-world change initiatives
    • Career and consulting insights
    • Current projects and areas of expertise
    • Advice for emerging professionals
    • Opportunities for collaboration and connection

    The Member Spotlight initiative is part of BCODN’s commitment to helping members become more visible, known, and connected within the community.

    By learning more about one another’s backgrounds, strengths, and interests, BCODN strengthens trust-based networking and creates stronger pathways for mentorship, collaboration, referrals, and opportunity generation.

    Why Attend?

    • Learn from experienced practitioners across sectors
    • Discover hidden expertise within the BCODN community
    • Build authentic professional relationships
    • Gain practical career and consulting insights
    • Support and celebrate fellow members

    This is more than a presentation — it is a community-building conversation designed to strengthen connection, visibility, and contribution across the BCODN network.


    How it works

    2 -3 Member Presentations for 5-10 minutes each, followed by attendee questions and networking









    Who this is for

    OD practitioners
    Consultants, coaches, and facilitators with enough experience to have real questions about where the field is heading
    Internal OD leaders
    People & Culture executives and organizational leaders navigating the strategic and systemic end of change
    Critical thinkers
    Those who want more than trend summaries — people ready to pressure-test ideas with peers who will push back
    Community builders
    BCODN members and guests who believe the OD community is stronger when it thinks out loud together

    Registration

    Non-members
    $10
    Per session — or join BCODN for access to all events

    Get involved

    Interested in bringing a topic to a future session? We'd love to support you in shaping a conversation. Get in touch at [email protected] and we'll work with you to build it.

    • 27 Oct 2026
    • 8:00 AM
    • Zoom
    Register
    BCODN · Monthly Series

    Senior OD Coffee Chat:
    Before the Workday Takes Over

    A monthly virtual gathering where senior OD professionals tackle the questions that don't get enough airtime anywhere else.

    About this series

    Some of the best thinking happens over coffee, before the workday takes over.

    Each month, a small group of senior OD professionals gathers to dig into one pressing question facing the field. Topics are drawn from current research, real organizational challenges, and the things practitioners are quietly wrestling with — not the polished conference version, but what's actually happening on the ground.

    Whether you're an independent consultant or an internal leader navigating complex change, the goal is the same: leave with at least one new perspective worth taking back to work.

    How it works

    Topic framing (5–7 min)
    Small-group breakouts
    Full-room synthesis

    Who this is for

    Senior OD practitioners
    Consultants, coaches, and facilitators with enough experience to have real questions about where the field is heading
    Internal OD leaders
    People & Culture executives and organizational leaders navigating the strategic and systemic end of change
    Critical thinkers
    Those who want more than trend summaries — people ready to pressure-test ideas with peers who will push back
    Community builders
    BCODN members and guests who believe the OD community is stronger when it thinks out loud together

    Registration

    Non-members
    $10
    Per session — or join BCODN for access to all events

    Get involved

    Interested in bringing a topic to a future session? We'd love to support you in shaping a conversation. Get in touch at [email protected] and we'll work with you to build it.

    • 20 Nov 2026
    • 12:00 PM - 1:00 PM
    • Zoom
    Register

    About this seriesz

    Meet the People Behind the Practice

    BCODN’s Member Spotlight Series showcases the diverse experiences, insights, and journeys of our member professionals across Organizational Development, Human Resources, Leadership, Learning, and Change Management.

    Each session features a candid conversation with a BCODN member who shares:

    • Their professional journey
    • Lessons learned from real-world change initiatives
    • Career and consulting insights
    • Current projects and areas of expertise
    • Advice for emerging professionals
    • Opportunities for collaboration and connection

    The Member Spotlight initiative is part of BCODN’s commitment to helping members become more visible, known, and connected within the community.

    By learning more about one another’s backgrounds, strengths, and interests, BCODN strengthens trust-based networking and creates stronger pathways for mentorship, collaboration, referrals, and opportunity generation.

    Why Attend?

    • Learn from experienced practitioners across sectors
    • Discover hidden expertise within the BCODN community
    • Build authentic professional relationships
    • Gain practical career and consulting insights
    • Support and celebrate fellow members

    This is more than a presentation — it is a community-building conversation designed to strengthen connection, visibility, and contribution across the BCODN network.


    How it works

    2 -3 Member Presentations for 5-10 minutes each, followed by attendee questions and networking









    Who this is for

    OD practitioners
    Consultants, coaches, and facilitators with enough experience to have real questions about where the field is heading
    Internal OD leaders
    People & Culture executives and organizational leaders navigating the strategic and systemic end of change
    Critical thinkers
    Those who want more than trend summaries — people ready to pressure-test ideas with peers who will push back
    Community builders
    BCODN members and guests who believe the OD community is stronger when it thinks out loud together

    Registration

    Non-members
    $10
    Per session — or join BCODN for access to all events

    Get involved

    Interested in bringing a topic to a future session? We'd love to support you in shaping a conversation. Get in touch at [email protected] and we'll work with you to build it.

    • 23 Nov 2026
    • 8:00 AM
    • Zoom
    Register
    BCODN · Monthly Series

    Senior OD Coffee Chat:
    Before the Workday Takes Over

    A monthly virtual gathering where senior OD professionals tackle the questions that don't get enough airtime anywhere else.

    About this series

    Some of the best thinking happens over coffee, before the workday takes over.

    Each month, a small group of senior OD professionals gathers to dig into one pressing question facing the field. Topics are drawn from current research, real organizational challenges, and the things practitioners are quietly wrestling with — not the polished conference version, but what's actually happening on the ground.

    Whether you're an independent consultant or an internal leader navigating complex change, the goal is the same: leave with at least one new perspective worth taking back to work.

    How it works

    Topic framing (5–7 min)
    Small-group breakouts
    Full-room synthesis

    Who this is for

    Senior OD practitioners
    Consultants, coaches, and facilitators with enough experience to have real questions about where the field is heading
    Internal OD leaders
    People & Culture executives and organizational leaders navigating the strategic and systemic end of change
    Critical thinkers
    Those who want more than trend summaries — people ready to pressure-test ideas with peers who will push back
    Community builders
    BCODN members and guests who believe the OD community is stronger when it thinks out loud together

    Registration

    Non-members
    $10
    Per session — or join BCODN for access to all events

    Get involved

    Interested in bringing a topic to a future session? We'd love to support you in shaping a conversation. Get in touch at [email protected] and we'll work with you to build it.

    • 3 Dec 2026
    • 4:00 PM - 8:00 PM
    • TBD Closer to Date
    • 40

     

    Non-members
    $75
    Includes lunch, coffee/tea, and gratuity


Past events

29 Aug 2026 BCODN Leadership Lunch: A Peer Conversation for Senior OD
26 Aug 2026 August Member Spotlight Online Event
12 Aug 2026 August Inner Circle Building the Next Generation of HR, Change Management & Organizational Development Leaders
11 Aug 2026 Senior OD Coffee Chat: Before the Workday Takes Over
25 Jul 2026 BCODN Leadership Lunch: A Peer Conversation for Senior OD
18 Jul 2026 July Member Spotlight Online Event
16 Jul 2026 July Inner Circle Building the Next Generation of HR, Change Management & Organizational Development Leaders
14 Jul 2026 Senior OD Coffee Chat: Before the Workday Takes Over
25 Jun 2026 Member Spotlight Online Event
2 Jun 2026 BCODN June AGM
30 May 2026 BCODN Leadership Lunch: A Peer Conversation for Senior OD
12 May 2026 Senior OD Coffee Chat: Before the Workday Takes Over
28 Apr 2026 Beyond Buzzwords: The Science of Team Adaptation (UBC Montalbano Centre Partner Event)
14 Apr 2026 Senior OD Coffee Chat: Before the Workday Takes Over
28 Mar 2026 BCODN Leadership Lunch
10 Mar 2026 Leadership Insights #2
19 Feb 2026 The Handoff Diagnostic: Rewiring Structural Patterns to Build Adaptive Capacity for Transformation
10 Feb 2026 Leadership Insights #1: OD in the Human + AI Era: What must we protect, redesign, and stop doing?
3 Dec 2025 The Holy Cows of Organizational Development
29 Nov 2025 BCODN Leadership Insights Lunch
19 Nov 2025 EQi as Infrastructure: Designing Culture that Scales Social Capital
25 Oct 2025 BCODN Leadership Insights Lunch
23 Oct 2025 How Generative AI Affects the Workplace
24 Sep 2025 OD After Hours: An Evening with BCODN
3 Jun 2025 BCODN Annual General Meeting 2025!
13 May 2025 Networking event
30 Apr 2025 Designing the Future of Work for Gen Z
6 Mar 2025 Performance Management in Matrixed Organizations
24 Jan 2025 Networking Event
29 Oct 2024 Case Study: Amazon's RTO Policy
20 Jun 2024 AGM 2024
30 May 2024 Case Study Session: Two Businesses Merging – Marketing & IT
28 Mar 2024 Defeat Duchenne Canada: Scaling up a Charitable Organization
29 Feb 2024 Leap Year Social
17 Oct 2023 Cultural Awareness to Create Inclusive Workplaces
24 Feb 2023 Networking Social
28 Jan 2023 Dream - What might be?
1 Oct 2022 A Thread Through Time: Connecting the past to the future
21 Apr 2022 Responding to the Climate Crisis with Dialogic OD
31 Mar 2022 Fee Fie Fo Fun! – Managing to Have Fun: Part 2
23 Feb 2022 Fostering Inclusive Change with Adaptive Leadership
17 Jan 2022 Hidden Dynamics of Family Culture in the Workplace
26 Oct 2021 Design Our Future
29 Sep 2021 Managing to Have Fun
16 Jun 2021 Annual General Meeting & Community Dialogue
20 Apr 2021 Dancing on Shifting Sands: Skills to Thrive in a VUCA World!
24 Mar 2021 Promoting Inclusion: Communicating to interrupt bias
25 Feb 2021 Urgent: Regenerative Leadership and Organizations Needed. Inquire Inside.
26 Jan 2021 Building Coaching Cultures: A Fireside Chat
14 Jun 2012 BCODN Signature Event: Robert Kegan
7 May 2012 Adapting Leadership to Meet the Best and Worst of Times
10 Apr 2012 BCODN/ISPI Crackerbarrel – Core Tools for Performance Improvement
15 Mar 2012 The 5 Essential Conversations: Voice, Vibe, and Value in Organizational Development
23 Feb 2012 OD Interventions and Teams
26 Jan 2012 Where West Meets East: Relationships From an Evidence-Based Perspective
28 Nov 2011 Challenges and Opportunities in Your OD Career
17 Nov 2011 Selling Your Professional Services
27 Oct 2011 OD Core Tools – An Evening of Discovery
21 Sep 2011 Fall 2011 Building Community Organization Project

At BCODN, events are the heartbeat of our community. Each tier is designed with a specific audience and purpose in mind, from senior leadership dialogue, to professional development for emerging practitioners, to informal gatherings that build lasting connections.

Leadership Circles

For senior OD, HR, and business leaders

Leadership Circles are monthly, in-person gatherings that bring together experienced OD professionals, HR leaders, and executives. These curated sessions focus on peer-level dialogue about current challenges, emerging practices, and the future of organizational development.

Often hosted in partnership with centers of excellence such as the Montalbano Centre for Responsible Leadership, these events are designed to:

  • Bridge the gap between OD and business leadership

  • Elevate the profile of senior OD practitioners

  • Create space for thought leadership and influence

  • Provide opportunities for both panel discussions and social connection


Insight Circles

For early or mid-career OD practitioners

Insight Circles are quasi-monthly online sessions focused on learning and applied practice. These interactive events create space for:

  • Case studies and practice-based discussions

  • Presentations on OD tools, frameworks, and approaches

  • Networking for those building their careers in OD

Insight Circles are a welcoming space for students, new practitioners, and professionals expanding into OD. Members enjoy free access.


Social Mixers

For everyone in the BCODN Community

Social Mixers are quarterly networking events designed to bring the community together in an informal, collegial setting. These gatherings are an opportunity to:

  • Expand your network

  • Reconnect with colleagues

  • Share ideas and experiences in a relaxed environment

In some cases, Mixers are paired with Leadership Circles, creating a natural flow from structured dialogue to casual connection.


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