Triangle Organization Development Network upcoming events

What does Change Management mean to you? (08/20/2026)

Thu, 20 Aug 2026 16:00:00 GMT

What does Change Management mean to you?

Change is everywhere—and it's complex, challenging, and full of learning. Last month, we dove deep into change management in Change SIG, and now we're bringing the conversation to the community. Join us for an open discussion where you can share your perspectives, challenges, and insights on helping your clients navigate transformation.

Whether you're championing change, supporting teams through it, or discovering what works as you go, this Community Conversation is your space to connect with fellow OD leaders, ask tough questions, and build on what we're learning together. Bring your questions and your experiences—let's explore this together.

Discussion Facilitator

Tina Louise Vasquez is a strategist, institution builder, and advocate for equity integration with more than 18 years of experience helping organizations and individuals implement sustainable, equitable practices across sectors.

As Founder of Emerging Equity, Tina leads strategic change and capacity-building efforts, including a fellowship for Northeast food systems leaders with Community Food Funders and an initiative supporting children’s social-emotional health organizations with the John Rex Endowment. Additional current and past work include statewide and international equity initiatives, philanthropic partnerships, and co-founding the Arts-Education Exchange: Cuba. Tina holds a master’s degree in Organizational Behavior Systems and Analytics from NYU Polytechnic, a bachelor’s degree from NYU Gallatin, and additional training in Undoing Racism and Movement Analysis.

When not consulting, Tina enjoys spending time with her family and creating art projects.

Why Join the Conversation

Conversation, not presentations. These sessions are centered on dialogue and shared inquiry rather than slides, panels, or prepared talks
Inclusive and accessible. Open to members and nonmembers alike; no specific role, title, or OD background required.
Curiosity over certainty. Participants are encouraged to ask thoughtful questions, explore multiple perspectives, and sit with complexity.
Lived experience welcomed. Insights come from the room—your stories, reflections, and real-world practice are the curriculum.
A non-promotional space. We prioritize inquiry and shared sense-making over agenda-driven promotion.

About Community Conversations

Community Conversations are free, open gatherings focused on inquiry, dialogue, and shared learning around organizational development. Open to members and nonmembers alike, we prioritize inquiry and shared sense-making over agenda-driven promotion.

For questions about this event, please reach out to Tina Vasquez at tina@emerging-equity.com.

Change SIG: Finding Strong Ground in the Work We Do & the Lives We Live (08/28/2026)

Fri, 28 Aug 2026 12:30:00 GMT

Triangle Organization Development Network Presents!

Change SIG (Special Interest Group)

Finding Strong Ground in the Work We Do & the Lives We Live

a facilitated learning event

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Date: Friday, August 28, 2026

⏰ Time: 8:30 – 10:00 AM ET

Location: Online via Zoom

(Eligible for 1.5 ICF CCEs)

Join us us as we take this opportunity to put our learning from Brene Brown's book, Strong Ground, into practice. OD practice, that is.

Whether you read along with us this summer or not, you will not want to miss this gathering of hearts and minds to discuss the important take-aways from Dr. Brown's book.

If you read the book (in the past or recently), we ask that you bring your biggest take-away from the book to share.

Was there a metaphor that stuck with you?
Did Dr. Brown hit a "nerve" that caused you to be more reflective about some aspect of your work?
Was there a quote that you put on a sticky note on the fridge?
Was there something more you started wanting from your life and leadership?
Did you resonate with Dr. Brown's contention that the elements of grounded confidence are more about life than just leadership?

If you have never read the book, we invite you to come, listen, and share your takes on what you hear.

When we are done, we will all walk away with new understandings of "strong ground" and "grounded confidence" as they apply to the work we do as OD practitioners.

Change SIG Chair, Susan Westbrook, will host and facilitate the discussion.

Please note: For ICF certified coaches, this Change SIG event offers 1.5 CCEs.

About TODN’s Change SIG

Change SIG is a special interest group within the Triangle Organization Development Network (TODN), offering programs focused on supporting OD practitioners in leading and creating change.

[See full TODN calendar]
[Become a TODN Member – contact Susan Westbrook or any TODN Board member]

TODN Networking Morning Coffee Event (09/25/2026)

Fri, 25 Sep 2026 13:00:00 GMT

TODN

Networking Event

Morning Coffee & Conversation

Friday, September 25, 2026

9:00 - 10:30 am

People's Coffee

7830 NC-751 Ste 120, Durham, NC 27713

(Off I-40 on 751)

Join us for a beautiful September morning with coffee and conversation.

The TODN Board invites you to a time for members and curious potential members to learn more about each other and the work we do.

Feel free to bring your business cards, flyers, book samples, or any other artifacts that will help us learn more about you and what you do out in the world.

Please register so we will know how many people to expect.

We look forward to seeing you there.

Please note: This is an informal "pay your way" TODN social event. The event is open to anyone interested in networking with colleagues or learning more about TODN.

Change SIG: October 23 Dreamwork as Cultural Repair (10/23/2026)

Fri, 23 Oct 2026 12:30:00 GMT

Save the Date!

Registration will open soon.

Triangle Organization Development Network Presents!

Change SIG (Special Interest Group)

Dreamwork as Cultural Repair:

How Dreams Could Help Heal Leaders, Organizations, and Culture

with

Peter Metzner, MA, MPA, PCC, BCC

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Date: Friday, October 23, 2026

⏰ Time: 8:30 – 10:00 AM ET

Location: Online via Zoom

(Eligible for 1.5 ICF CCEs)

Why could paying attention to dreams help heal leaders, organizations, and culture?

As Organizational Development (OD) practitioners, we know that sustainable change requires looking beneath the surface. While OD traditionally focuses on systems, strategy, and visible behaviors, organizations are deeply influenced by unconscious dynamics that shape decision-making, conflict, and resistance. When a culture focuses solely on external performance, it risks driving burnout and reactivity.

Drawing on Jungian psychology, executive coaching, and over three decades of leadership development, Peter Metzner will introduce us to dreamwork as a practical OD lens. Far from a mystical exercise, exploring dreams offers a tangible way to increase self-awareness, reduce leadership blind spots, and build healthier organizational cultures.

Key Questions We Will Explore:

What can dreams reveal about leadership, organizational life, and the unconscious forces that influence behavior and change?
How can paying attention to dreams strengthen self-awareness, emotional intelligence, creativity, and resilience without becoming psychotherapy?
What role might reflection, symbolism, and the unconscious play in helping organizations become more adaptive, humane, and psychologically healthy?

What You’ll Take Away:

You will leave with a fresh perspective on leadership development: the understanding that sustainable organizational change begins with the inner development of its leaders. You will also walk away with several simple, immediate practices to increase dream recall and reflective awareness in your own life and practice.

Our Presenter

Peter Metzner, MA, MPA, PCC, BCC is President of Dynamic Change, Inc., an executive coaching and leadership development consulting firm based in Chapel Hill, North Carolina. For more than 35 years, he has helped leaders, teams, and organizations navigate change, strengthen relationships, and improve organizational effectiveness.

Peter has served as a leadership educator with the University of North Carolina, coached executives across healthcare, higher education, government, and the private sector, and previously worked with the Center for Creative Leadership. He is a Professional Certified Coach (PCC) through the International Coaching Federation and a Board Certified Coach (BCC).

His current work explores the intersection of leadership development, Jungian psychology, dreamwork, and organizational change. Peter is the author of the forthcoming book Dreamwork as Cultural Repair, which examines how cultivating greater self-awareness through dreams and the unconscious can contribute to healthier leaders, stronger organizations, and a more psychologically mature society.

Please note: For ICF certified coaches, this Change SIG event offers 1.5 CCEs.

About TODN’s Change SIG

Change SIG is a special interest group within the Triangle Organization Development Network (TODN), offering programs focused on supporting OD practitioners in leading and creating change.

[See full TODN calendar]
[Become a TODN Member – contact Susan Westbrook or any TODN Board member]