What can be done to work changes across whole systems?  How can change agents work with issues such as Dispersed Organizations and the Problem of Involvement, Working in Polarized and Politicized Environments, Working in Communities with Diverse Interest Groups, Working Cross-Culturally? These are titles of chapters in Bunker and Alban's Handbook of Large Group Methods.

A conference in late March at Bowling Green State University will address these challenges, using innovative formats for encouraging interaction among the 300 or so participants. Many Organizational Development thought leaders will be there, including Peter Block, Harrison Owen, Juanita Brown, Marv Weisbord, Diana Whitney, the above mentioned authors Barbara Bunker and Billie Alban... as well as many of the 60 authors of the Handbook for Change, edited by Peggy Holman, Tom Devane and Steven Cady.

The NEXUS for Change conference has an online website, which is built on GroupMind Express, so that collaboration can be built into both planning and publicity for the event. Check it out at www.nexusforchange.org.

There is a section on the site where we hosted a 90 min. conversation among thought leaders (Tom Atlee, Jean Bartunek, Nancy Badore, Peter Block, Harrison Owen and Marv Weisbord) and captured audience reaction, as well as graphic recording and blogging of the themes. You can even listen to the PodCast of the discussion.