LOPP SIG Newsletter - April 2019

ACBS LOPP-SIG NEWSLETTER APRIL 2019

Introduction

Hello to all ACBS LOPP-SIG members. This newsletter is designed to provide you with important updated information about our SIG. You are receiving a copy of this newsletter because you have ticked the member box on the ACBS website. If you do not wish to be a member of the LOPP-SIG please send an email to one of the SIG coordinators (see below) and ask to be removed from the group. This newsletter will provide you with information about the SIG including its mission statement, the names and details of the coordinators, the membership structure, mechanisms for communicating with one another, and information about the up and coming world conference in Dublin. Please feel free to get in touch with us at any stage if you have any further questions about this community.

About the SIG

The Leadership, Organizational Behavior Management, & Public Policy SIG (LOPP-SIG)'s mission is to scale the psychological flexibility model up to the level of organizations, public policy, and social institutions more generally. We believe it is especially important to consider the interrelationship between environment (toxic or nurturing) and psychological flexibility in our efforts to provide something of value to the world. Our social world is built on the past decisions of others trying to solve the problems of particular contexts. Some of those past decisions have had unintended and toxic effects. But everything that was built by people can be rebuilt by people. If we are to design and implement new systems of social cooperation in organizations, policies and social institutions, we need the psychological flexibility to make sure that what we build reflects and embodies our shared values. Concurrently, to work effectively at this scale, we need to address psychological toxicity and promote psychological flourishing, and prosocial behaviors in the environments we wish to influence.

The nature of this SIG

Currently the function of this SIG is for people in the ACBS community working in the leadership, organisational systems and public policy spaces to network, share resources and support each other to solve problems.

SIG Coordinators

The LOPP-SIG coordinators are:
Tresna Hunt: Tresna@oetgenhunt.co.nz and Donna Read: donnaread3380@aol.com
Tresna and Donna share the SIG administrative responsibilities. Please feel free to contact either or both of us at any stage if you have any questions or concerns.

About your membership

What is LOPP-SIG membership?
We currently have a database of 545 people. However, signing your name up for membership doesn’t automatically give you access to the other people in this community, and this is something that is perhaps not well understood. In order to gain benefits from the SIG it is recommended that you join both the listserv (email communication) and the Facebook page (see below for information on both of these forms of communication). If you want to join only one of these we recommend that you join the Facebook page as this is currently the most active form of communication. If you do not have Facebook then you can still communicate via the listserv and members on the list will receive your message.

About the Listserv

What is the listserv?
The listserv is a way for members to communicate via email. It operates in the same way as the main list for professionals. When you sign up to the listserv you will receive emails in your in-box, and you can send emails to the group. This communication will also be recorded on the ACBS LOPP-SIG website.

Members on the listserv
There are currently 182 people on the listserv.

Joining the listserv
You can join the listserv at the following site: https://contextualscience.org/group/leadership_organizational_behavior_management_and

Emailing the list directly
Once you have signed up to the listserv you can email this group directly by sending your messages to: lopp-sig@lists.contextualscience.org

Updating your listserv preferences:
You can update all of your listserv options at the following site: https://contextualscience.org/how_do_i_manage_my_listserv_subscriptions

Having trouble?
Contact: Donna Read: donnaread3380@aol.com or Tresna Hunt: Tresna@oetgenhunt.co.nz

About the LOPP-SIG Facebook Page

What is the Facebook page?
The Facebook page was set up after the last world conference, voted by the people at the conference as a more user-friendly form of communication. While Facebook is promoting more engagement, only 10% of our membership is currently using it and this is likely because it needs more advertising! It has been recognised that not everyone wants to use Facebook, which is why the listserv is still an option for people as a way of engaging.

Members on the Facebook page
There are currently 54 people on the Facebook page.

Joining the ACBS Facebook page
You can join either by typing in ACBS LOPP-SIG into Facebook, or you can copy and paste: https://www.facebook.com/groups/1032435220192241/?ref=bookmarks

Having trouble?
Contact: Tresna Hunt: Tresna@oetgenhunt.co.nz or Donna Read: donnaread3380@aol.com

About the Dublin conference

The world conference will be held in Dublin this year from 25th June until 30th June. You can find out more information here: https://contextualscience.org/wc17 We are in the process of organising a SIG catch-up. If you are interested in networking with other members of this SIG in Dublin, please register your interest by sending an email to: Tresna Hunt: Tresna@oetgenhunt.co.nz
PLEASE put the following subject heading in your email: LOPP-SIG Dublin
Once we have a show of interest we can put a call out for agenda items. In the absence of any specific agenda items we will treat the meeting as a general networking event.
Once meeting details have been finalised, Tresna will send an email to those attending with information about date/time/location.

Resources for the website

Do you have any good resources we could put on our website? The website can be found here: https://contextualscience.org/leadership_organizational_behavior_management_publ
We want to add a resource section and are looking for some quality recommendations. If so, email them to: Tresna Hunt: Tresna@oetgenhunt.co.nz

That’s all for now. We look forward to catching up with some of you in Dublin. Best regards, Tresna and Donna