Global Brain Trust (GBT) Global Operations:
It takes a lot of effort and dedication to create a true Global Community while creating a balance for technology utilization with increased human interaction. We feel privileged to have a team of OD practitioners who are helping us build such a community exclusive to OD practitioners. Please take a minute to get to know your community team members and do not hesitate to contact them individually should you have any questions or simply to chit chat.
GBT Ops Team:
President Mary Beth ("MB") Deans, one of the co-founders of the Global Brain Trust, comes to the role of President with an extraordinary background that includes more than twenty years of starting and managing companies. As President, she will lead the Global Operations Team and the Country Facilitators in their ongoing efforts to build programs and services to support and expand membership; build relationships with relevant associations; and work to further the mission and goals of the Global Brain Trust. mdeans@sedaa.net
Member Services aims to create a welcoming and productive online community of organizational development practitioners. They provide guidance for new members and can help members reach appropriate resources. Membership Services role includes qualifying applicants for membership, recommending new candidates for approval, recommending connections between members, building and maintaining relationships with members, and working with Sedaa's team members to promote the Global Brain Trust's offerings to new and existing members.
If you are experiencing issues with your registration or application, you should contact Membership Services.
If you are unsure who would best assist you with your query, Membership Services will be able to direct you to the right person.
Olga Africawala, Lead Membership Services Consultant, oafricawala@sedaa.net
Events and On-boarding
The Events and On-Board team focuses on developing and implementing our strategic goals of promoting collaboration, connection and sharing of knowledge through fostering an active calendar of events. This includes:
- Working with members who want to schedule, promote and present live and virtual events through the Global Brain Trust (including coaching presenters who are new to leading webinars)
- Designing and presenting free "On-Boarding" events for new members to help them become familiar with the community.
Deserie Myers, Events Team Lead, dmyers@sedaa.net
Miriam Peirano, Events Management Consultant, mpeirano@sedaa.net
Sheila Dubrow, Events Process Consultant, sdubrow@sedaa.net
Eve Chosak, On-Boarding Events, echosak@sedaa.net
Technical Coaching (TC) is provided to individual members of Global Brain Trust wanting individual assistance with using the Website. We work together to assess the member's goals and needs for joining this exclusive community from the coaching perspective and work out a strategy to meet those objectives. The coaching sessions are scheduled in 30-60 minute blocks. They are delivered virtually in most cases using Skype, GoToMeeting, or telephone. If coach and coachee are geographically able, then face-to-face meetings may be arranged.
Jshon Thomas, jthomas@sedaa.net
Communications By developing and implementing a communications strategy that is in alignment with the Global Brain Trust's strategy, our goals are to:
- Increase the visibility of the group within its target community
- Coordinate with Ops Team members to ensure we effectively communicate with our community members
- Collaborate with Country Facilitators on their communications strategies
- Follow best practices in communications
Zeeshan Lalani, Communications Strategist, zlalani@sedaa.net
Social Media The Social Media Strategist works with the Global Operations team to build and implement a cohesive strategy for utilizing various social media to connect with our current and prospective members.
Tina Balderrama, Social Media Consultant, tbalderrama@sedaa.net
Sales Our Sales Strategist coordinates with the Global Operations team and with Country Facilitators to
- Effectively attract new members who can contribute to the life of this community and
- Clearly communicate with existing members the benefits of various levels of membership.
Connie Harryman, Sales Strategist, charryman@sedaa.net
Assessments Our goal is to solicit and utilize feedback fro our members so that we can continually improve the community's value to its members.
Thornton Prayer, Assessments Manager, tprayer@sedaa.net
Country Facilitators each serve as a bridge between the community of GBT members in their country and the GBT community around the world. Country Facilitators are also the primary representatives of the GBT to the local community of OD practitioners. Some of their functions include;
- Strengthening and expanding their country's community of experienced OD practitioners and academics
- Diagnosing members's needs and interests
- Encouraging and facilitating members' involvement in articulating views on the state of OD in their countries
- Creating and coordinating events relevant to specific country conditions
- Coordinating connections with other relevant professional groups; and
- Facilitating better understanding and promoting international cooperation and collaboration
Please contact your Country Facilitator (see below) if you have questions about the Global Brain Trust, or if you would like to promote an event, publish a paper, or provide input regarding the above issues. If a Country Facilitator has yet to be identified for your country, please contact a member of the Membership Services team.
 Susan Blake, United States, sblake@sedaa.net
 Dee Noonan, Switzerland, dnoonan@sedaa.net
 Eliza Quek, Singapore, equek@sedaa.net
 Syed Hasnain Mazher, Pakistan, hmazher@sedaa.net
 Rita Maselli, Egypt, rmaselli@sedaa.net
 Marcelo Ponce, Brazil, mponce@taointernational.com.br
 Joachim Schwendenwein, Austria, j.schwendenwein@gmail.com
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