PNODN upcoming events

PNODN Community Lunch Hour (May 20, 2026)

Wed, 20 May 2026 19:30:00 GMT

Community Lunch Hour with PNODN

Looking to spend some quality time with like-minded folks? Come join us for this free event where we can spend time with the community.

We might:

Jump into breakout rooms to connect and chat
Do some give-and-get help activities
Explore themes that we see showing up in our work and world
Chat about the PNODN
Something else!

Anyone who is interested is welcome to join. All levels of experience will find value here.

About Your Host

Justin Navetski, PNODN Director of Community, will be your host. Learn more about him here!

COST:

No charge

AGENDA:

12:25 pm Zoom Room opens

12:30 pm Session begins

1:30 pm Zoom Room closes

Online registration is encouraged so we can plan for the gathering accordingly. Walk ins are also welcome.

Consider joining PNODN - members savings over the course of the year are substantial!

5-week Class: Marketing for Consultants ~ with Jerry Talley (May 21, 2026)

Thu, 21 May 2026 17:00:00 GMT

Marketing for Consultants
A 5-week class with Jerry Talley

Free to PNODN Members! Filling fast!

Learn a strategy for building an OD practice. Learn how to market to your client’s concerns instead of talking about your specific services.

There are entire industries poised to take your time and money to market your practice; it probably won’t work. Marketing an OD practice is unique among professional services:

• Our clients typically do not know when they need us.

• Most clients do not know what we might offer.

• Clients often misunderstand their circumstance and ask for the wrong interventions.

• Contracts need to be flexible enough to allow for emergent insights and opportunities even as client asks for concrete deliverables, schedules, and costs.

So it falls to us to get in front of a potential client and engage with them in a way that opens up a dialogue rather than moving directly to a specific solution. Most digital marketing strategies (websites, SEO, Google AdWords, podcasts, blogs, LinkedIn, etc.) are too tepid to generate a robust flow of work. So this course is about what else to do.

Who should take this course:

This course is for external consultants (or internals ready to move out on their own) wanting more control over their income, their workload, and the type of engagements they attract.

Curriculum:

The purpose of marketing (HINT: It’s not just acquiring clients)
The unique challenges of marketing an OD practice
What clients really want (and need) from us (it’s not your services)
Refining your practice offering
How to position yourself in the marketplace (“solo practice” is not the best option)
The 3 planks in a proactive marketing platform
Market well, and let the client do the selling; how handle the initial conversation
Special attention to finding your first 10 clients

Structure:

5 sessions of 2 hrs each week at 10AM Pacific Time starting May 21st

Office hours available 1-2 days a week for more focused individual questions

Registration & Fee:

This is a no-fee course. After you register your interest here, your confirmation email will include a message from Jerry about how to get in touch with him to make sure this course is right for you and receive further details.

Your Instructor:

Jerry started his 45-year career in Stanford’s Sociology department where he taught for 18 years. Leveraging his research and assessment experience, he moved out into corporate consulting. Over the years he accumulated over 450 client engagements with companies in high tech, higher education, manufacturing, construction, health care, banking, the military, entertainment, hospitality, telecom, city & county government, public utilities, consulting firms, aerospace, college publishing, pharmaceuticals, numerous not-for-profits, and one organic grocery store. He is no longer providing client services; his practice is now focused on mentoring and coaching for the next generation of organization development consultants.

Consider joining PNODN - members savings over the course of the year are substantial and we need your voice in the conversation!

Why Experiential Education Matters: Conscious Leadership and Reviving LIOS (May 27, 2026)

Thu, 28 May 2026 01:00:00 GMT

Why Experiential Education Matters: Conscious Leadership and Reviving LIOS

with Chris Crosby, OD Consultant and President of the Leadership Institute of Seattle

I feel incredibly proud that our hard work resulted in the state of Washington authorizing our degree - Master of Science in Leadership, Management and Organization Development.

In this PNODN session we’ll explore the revival of the Leadership Institute of Seattle (LIOS) as a living case study in stewarding conscious leaders, managers and organization development practitioners for the next generation.

LIOS is built on the principles from Kurt Lewin and John Dewey who both thought “democracy needs to be learned anew in each generation.” They appear to be right.

What principles matter for a healthy democratic society?

Come join me as I draw on my over 30 years’ experience as both an internal and external OD practitioner, my father’s legacy of the original founding of LIOS in 1969, reflections on LIOS learnings over the years, and what those insights could mean for conscious leaders and practitioners today.

Additionally, I will share what I believe is important to today’s organizations, communities, and local, state, and federal government—and how LIOS helps support their growth.

The session will include stories, lecturettes and dialogues. Through structured conversations and reflections, you will explore the concepts given, learn with others, make sense, and gain inspiration.

If new or seasoned to the field of organizational development, leadership, or systems thinking, you will find value here. This session will ground you in tried-and-true leadership and OD practices. It will affirm what you are currently doing and inspire you to continue taking positive action to better yourself, and the world.

About your Presenter:

Chris Crosby, M.A. is a systems thinker who helps organizations succeed by aligning people to numerically measurable goals. His unique strategic engagement methods help organizations overcome obstacles previously thought unattainable. He has both internal and external experience. While internal at Alcoa, Chris helped multiple projects succeed including R&D, new capping machines, and a global ERP implementation. His extensive international experience includes work in 15 countries spanning 5 continents.

Beyond his consulting work, Chris is the President of the Leadership Institute of Seattle (LIOS), the refounding of the Institute created by his father, Robert P Crosby in 1969. LIOS now offers a Master of Science in Leadership, Management and Organization Development and is about to have its first graduates since 2018. Beyond LIOS Chris served four years as the President of the Board of the Pacific Northwest Organization Development Network (PNODN) where he tripled membership, created financial stability, and vastly expanded their offerings. Chris recently held an adjunct faculty position at Gonzaga University until the LIOS degree reopened, teaching ORGL 517 Organizational Change and Transformation in the change leadership track. During that time, he transformed the course to be based on his book Strategic Organizational Alignment which remains to this day. He also held an adjunct faculty position at Saybrook University/Leadership Institute of Seattle and was guest faculty at Martin University in Indianapolis.

Finally, Chris is also the author of several papers and three books: Strategic Organizational Alignment: Power, Authority, Results, Strategic Engagement: Practical Tools to Raise Morale and Increase Results - Volume I: Core Activities and Volume II: System-wide Activities.

His work crosses industries and uses a variety of models, methods and strategies to clarify challenges and create implementation success.

This training will be conducted live via Zoom.

AGENDA:

5:45 pm - 6:00 pm: Join Zoom Meeting

6:00 pm - 7:30 pm: Session

Please be aware that our trainings could be recorded or photographed.

Consider joining PNODN - members savings over the course of the year are substantial and we need your voice in the conversation!

5-week Class: Marketing for Consultants ~ with Jerry Talley (May 28, 2026)

Thu, 28 May 2026 17:00:00 GMT

Marketing for Consultants
A 5-week class with Jerry Talley

Free to PNODN Members! Filling fast!

Learn a strategy for building an OD practice. Learn how to market to your client’s concerns instead of talking about your specific services.

There are entire industries poised to take your time and money to market your practice; it probably won’t work. Marketing an OD practice is unique among professional services:

• Our clients typically do not know when they need us.

• Most clients do not know what we might offer.

• Clients often misunderstand their circumstance and ask for the wrong interventions.

• Contracts need to be flexible enough to allow for emergent insights and opportunities even as client asks for concrete deliverables, schedules, and costs.

So it falls to us to get in front of a potential client and engage with them in a way that opens up a dialogue rather than moving directly to a specific solution. Most digital marketing strategies (websites, SEO, Google AdWords, podcasts, blogs, LinkedIn, etc.) are too tepid to generate a robust flow of work. So this course is about what else to do.

Who should take this course:

This course is for external consultants (or internals ready to move out on their own) wanting more control over their income, their workload, and the type of engagements they attract.

Curriculum:

The purpose of marketing (HINT: It’s not just acquiring clients)
The unique challenges of marketing an OD practice
What clients really want (and need) from us (it’s not your services)
Refining your practice offering
How to position yourself in the marketplace (“solo practice” is not the best option)
The 3 planks in a proactive marketing platform
Market well, and let the client do the selling; how handle the initial conversation
Special attention to finding your first 10 clients

Structure:

5 sessions of 2 hrs each week at 10AM Pacific Time starting May 21st

Office hours available 1-2 days a week for more focused individual questions

Registration & Fee:

Your Instructor:

Consider joining PNODN - members savings over the course of the year are substantial and we need your voice in the conversation!

5-week Class: Marketing for Consultants ~ with Jerry Talley (June 04, 2026)

Thu, 04 Jun 2026 17:00:00 GMT

Marketing for Consultants
A 5-week class with Jerry Talley

Free to PNODN Members! Filling fast!

Learn a strategy for building an OD practice. Learn how to market to your client’s concerns instead of talking about your specific services.

There are entire industries poised to take your time and money to market your practice; it probably won’t work. Marketing an OD practice is unique among professional services:

• Our clients typically do not know when they need us.

• Most clients do not know what we might offer.

• Clients often misunderstand their circumstance and ask for the wrong interventions.

• Contracts need to be flexible enough to allow for emergent insights and opportunities even as client asks for concrete deliverables, schedules, and costs.

So it falls to us to get in front of a potential client and engage with them in a way that opens up a dialogue rather than moving directly to a specific solution. Most digital marketing strategies (websites, SEO, Google AdWords, podcasts, blogs, LinkedIn, etc.) are too tepid to generate a robust flow of work. So this course is about what else to do.

Who should take this course:

This course is for external consultants (or internals ready to move out on their own) wanting more control over their income, their workload, and the type of engagements they attract.

Curriculum:

The purpose of marketing (HINT: It’s not just acquiring clients)
The unique challenges of marketing an OD practice
What clients really want (and need) from us (it’s not your services)
Refining your practice offering
How to position yourself in the marketplace (“solo practice” is not the best option)
The 3 planks in a proactive marketing platform
Market well, and let the client do the selling; how handle the initial conversation
Special attention to finding your first 10 clients

Structure:

5 sessions of 2 hrs each week at 10AM Pacific Time starting May 21st

Office hours available 1-2 days a week for more focused individual questions

Registration & Fee:

Your Instructor:

Consider joining PNODN - members savings over the course of the year are substantial and we need your voice in the conversation!

5-week Class: Marketing for Consultants ~ with Jerry Talley (June 11, 2026)

Thu, 11 Jun 2026 17:00:00 GMT

Marketing for Consultants
A 5-week class with Jerry Talley

Free to PNODN Members! Filling fast!

Learn a strategy for building an OD practice. Learn how to market to your client’s concerns instead of talking about your specific services.

There are entire industries poised to take your time and money to market your practice; it probably won’t work. Marketing an OD practice is unique among professional services:

• Our clients typically do not know when they need us.

• Most clients do not know what we might offer.

• Clients often misunderstand their circumstance and ask for the wrong interventions.

• Contracts need to be flexible enough to allow for emergent insights and opportunities even as client asks for concrete deliverables, schedules, and costs.

So it falls to us to get in front of a potential client and engage with them in a way that opens up a dialogue rather than moving directly to a specific solution. Most digital marketing strategies (websites, SEO, Google AdWords, podcasts, blogs, LinkedIn, etc.) are too tepid to generate a robust flow of work. So this course is about what else to do.

Who should take this course:

This course is for external consultants (or internals ready to move out on their own) wanting more control over their income, their workload, and the type of engagements they attract.

Curriculum:

The purpose of marketing (HINT: It’s not just acquiring clients)
The unique challenges of marketing an OD practice
What clients really want (and need) from us (it’s not your services)
Refining your practice offering
How to position yourself in the marketplace (“solo practice” is not the best option)
The 3 planks in a proactive marketing platform
Market well, and let the client do the selling; how handle the initial conversation
Special attention to finding your first 10 clients

Structure:

5 sessions of 2 hrs each week at 10AM Pacific Time starting May 21st

Office hours available 1-2 days a week for more focused individual questions

Registration & Fee:

Your Instructor:

Consider joining PNODN - members savings over the course of the year are substantial and we need your voice in the conversation!

PNODN Community Lunch Hour (June 17, 2026)

Wed, 17 Jun 2026 19:30:00 GMT

Community Lunch Hour with PNODN

Looking to spend some quality time with like-minded folks? Come join us for this free event where we can spend time with the community.

We might:

Jump into breakout rooms to connect and chat
Do some give-and-get help activities
Explore themes that we see showing up in our work and world
Chat about the PNODN
Something else!

Anyone who is interested is welcome to join. All levels of experience will find value here.

About Your Host

Justin Navetski, PNODN Director of Community, will be your host. Learn more about him here!

COST:

No charge

AGENDA:

12:25 pm Zoom Room opens

12:30 pm Session begins

1:30 pm Zoom Room closes

Online registration is encouraged so we can plan for the gathering accordingly. Walk ins are also welcome.

Consider joining PNODN - members savings over the course of the year are substantial!

5-week Class: Marketing for Consultants ~ with Jerry Talley (June 18, 2026)

Thu, 18 Jun 2026 17:00:00 GMT

Marketing for Consultants
A 5-week class with Jerry Talley

Free to PNODN Members! Filling fast!

Learn a strategy for building an OD practice. Learn how to market to your client’s concerns instead of talking about your specific services.

There are entire industries poised to take your time and money to market your practice; it probably won’t work. Marketing an OD practice is unique among professional services:

• Our clients typically do not know when they need us.

• Most clients do not know what we might offer.

• Clients often misunderstand their circumstance and ask for the wrong interventions.

• Contracts need to be flexible enough to allow for emergent insights and opportunities even as client asks for concrete deliverables, schedules, and costs.

So it falls to us to get in front of a potential client and engage with them in a way that opens up a dialogue rather than moving directly to a specific solution. Most digital marketing strategies (websites, SEO, Google AdWords, podcasts, blogs, LinkedIn, etc.) are too tepid to generate a robust flow of work. So this course is about what else to do.

Who should take this course:

This course is for external consultants (or internals ready to move out on their own) wanting more control over their income, their workload, and the type of engagements they attract.

Curriculum:

The purpose of marketing (HINT: It’s not just acquiring clients)
The unique challenges of marketing an OD practice
What clients really want (and need) from us (it’s not your services)
Refining your practice offering
How to position yourself in the marketplace (“solo practice” is not the best option)
The 3 planks in a proactive marketing platform
Market well, and let the client do the selling; how handle the initial conversation
Special attention to finding your first 10 clients

Structure:

5 sessions of 2 hrs each week at 10AM Pacific Time starting May 21st

Office hours available 1-2 days a week for more focused individual questions

Registration & Fee:

Your Instructor:

Consider joining PNODN - members savings over the course of the year are substantial and we need your voice in the conversation!

PNODN Community Lunch Hour (July 15, 2026)

Wed, 15 Jul 2026 19:30:00 GMT

Community Lunch Hour with PNODN

Looking to spend some quality time with like-minded folks? Come join us for this free event where we can spend time with the community.

We might:

Jump into breakout rooms to connect and chat
Do some give-and-get help activities
Explore themes that we see showing up in our work and world
Chat about the PNODN
Something else!

Anyone who is interested is welcome to join. All levels of experience will find value here.

About Your Host

Justin Navetski, PNODN Director of Community, will be your host. Learn more about him here!

COST:

No charge

AGENDA:

12:25 pm Zoom Room opens

12:30 pm Session begins

1:30 pm Zoom Room closes

Online registration is encouraged so we can plan for the gathering accordingly. Walk ins are also welcome.

Consider joining PNODN - members savings over the course of the year are substantial!

PNODN upcoming events

PNODN Community Lunch Hour (May 20, 2026)

Community Lunch Hour with PNODN

5-week Class: Marketing for Consultants ~ with Jerry Talley (May 21, 2026)

Marketing for Consultants A 5-week class with Jerry Talley

Free to PNODN Members! Filling fast!

There are entire industries poised to take your time and money to market your practice; it probably won’t work. Marketing an OD practice is unique among professional services:

• Our clients typically do not know when they need us.

• Most clients do not know what we might offer.

• Clients often misunderstand their circumstance and ask for the wrong interventions.

• Contracts need to be flexible enough to allow for emergent insights and opportunities even as client asks for concrete deliverables, schedules, and costs.

Why Experiential Education Matters: Conscious Leadership and Reviving LIOS (May 27, 2026)

Why Experiential Education Matters: Conscious Leadership and Reviving LIOS

with Chris Crosby, OD Consultant and President of the Leadership Institute of Seattle

5-week Class: Marketing for Consultants ~ with Jerry Talley (May 28, 2026)

Marketing for Consultants A 5-week class with Jerry Talley

Free to PNODN Members! Filling fast!

There are entire industries poised to take your time and money to market your practice; it probably won’t work. Marketing an OD practice is unique among professional services:

• Our clients typically do not know when they need us.

• Most clients do not know what we might offer.

• Clients often misunderstand their circumstance and ask for the wrong interventions.

• Contracts need to be flexible enough to allow for emergent insights and opportunities even as client asks for concrete deliverables, schedules, and costs.

5-week Class: Marketing for Consultants ~ with Jerry Talley (June 04, 2026)

Marketing for Consultants A 5-week class with Jerry Talley

Free to PNODN Members! Filling fast!

There are entire industries poised to take your time and money to market your practice; it probably won’t work. Marketing an OD practice is unique among professional services:

• Our clients typically do not know when they need us.

• Most clients do not know what we might offer.

• Clients often misunderstand their circumstance and ask for the wrong interventions.

• Contracts need to be flexible enough to allow for emergent insights and opportunities even as client asks for concrete deliverables, schedules, and costs.

5-week Class: Marketing for Consultants ~ with Jerry Talley (June 11, 2026)

Marketing for Consultants A 5-week class with Jerry Talley

Free to PNODN Members! Filling fast!

There are entire industries poised to take your time and money to market your practice; it probably won’t work. Marketing an OD practice is unique among professional services:

• Our clients typically do not know when they need us.

• Most clients do not know what we might offer.

• Clients often misunderstand their circumstance and ask for the wrong interventions.

• Contracts need to be flexible enough to allow for emergent insights and opportunities even as client asks for concrete deliverables, schedules, and costs.

PNODN Community Lunch Hour (June 17, 2026)

Community Lunch Hour with PNODN

5-week Class: Marketing for Consultants ~ with Jerry Talley (June 18, 2026)

Marketing for Consultants A 5-week class with Jerry Talley

Free to PNODN Members! Filling fast!

There are entire industries poised to take your time and money to market your practice; it probably won’t work. Marketing an OD practice is unique among professional services:

• Our clients typically do not know when they need us.

• Most clients do not know what we might offer.

• Clients often misunderstand their circumstance and ask for the wrong interventions.

• Contracts need to be flexible enough to allow for emergent insights and opportunities even as client asks for concrete deliverables, schedules, and costs.

PNODN Community Lunch Hour (July 15, 2026)

Community Lunch Hour with PNODN

Marketing for Consultants
A 5-week class with Jerry Talley

Marketing for Consultants
A 5-week class with Jerry Talley

Marketing for Consultants
A 5-week class with Jerry Talley

Marketing for Consultants
A 5-week class with Jerry Talley

Marketing for Consultants
A 5-week class with Jerry Talley