Jodi Smits Anderson
Username
Jodi Smits Anderson
Proposer First Name
Jodi
Proposer Email
greenerjsa@gmail.com
Proposer Last Name
Smits Anderson
Proposer Company/Organization
Page
Proposer Phone
(518) 229-3215
Proposer Job Title
Managing Principal, Albany

Boston 2023 Areas of Focus

Proposer Additional Info
Passionate about thinking more inclusively
Proposed Session Description
This powerful session on process will introduce a few of the most immediately transformative frameworks of Regenerative Practice for exploration in workshop format. Afterward, we will present case studies that illustrate the power of changing the process and shifting our thoughts related to how projects of all sorts can be informed and developed. The session will engage at several levels and will be of use to anyone who recognizes that we need to do things differently than we have in our traditional, and more predictable past, if we are to co-create our thrival future.
Diversity and Inclusiveness
The intent of Regenerative Practice is all about inclusion of diverse mindsets, systems, and communities. This will be explored in the session directly.
Learning Objectives
Identify 2-3 ways that scaling the process instead of the products supports inclusion, diversity, and climate action
Describe your experience in creation of a function/being/statement and how this supports deeper connection of a project team
Recognize 2-3 Regenerative Practice frameworks and how to access resources to learn more
Identify resistance points in your own practice and/or firm approach
Has this session been presented before?
No
Additional Comments
noe, although Marcus has used Regenerative Practice in his works for many years and Jodi is trained in the practice and, well, practicing it!
Session Format
Workshop or skill-building session
Session Format Details
Agenda (Framework - we request working with the curators to develop the content in a way that supports the NESEA community specifically)– (10) Intros of Marcus and Jodi including our Statement of Purpose (10) Introduction of Regenerative Practice and frameworks we will explore with (Three Lines of Work – systems actualization requires self-actualization, Law of Three – generating reconciling energy, Function/Being/Will – beyond just doing, Potential rather than problem solving….) (15) Workshop 1 on Function/ Being/ Will, generate a statement of purpose including reflections on how the process value and affect.. (15) Workshop 2 on the Law of Three, how we use “conflict” to generate reconciling energy, including reflections on the practical applications of this work. (20) Case Studies including how these were successful beyond a traditional approach – · Albany Riverfront Collaborative illustrating Potential and Connection – (10) · Phipps Center for Sustainable Landscapes Integrative Process with a Regenerative Aim – (10) (10) Workshop 3 on personal shifts - with your table on what has shifted in you in exploring these two frameworks (10) QnA and “go forth and practice”
Recommended Length
90-minute session

Strongest Content Connection - Boston 2023

Comments about your speaker roster
Marcus is amazing. Just saying.
Anything else you'd like to tell us about your session proposal?
As noted in the agenda for the session, part of Regenerative Practice is to avoid creating content for others and instead seek to create content WITH others. This will be a stretch for NESEA, but not a big one. We request that if this session on robust practice learning intrigues you that we meet with 1-2 content curators and perhaps a member of the Board or Staff to develop the actual session together, using the frameworks (processes and lenses) of Regenerative Practice,. This experience will make the session that much more impactful for all. Perhaps 1-2 sessions of 1 to 1.5 hours that will also benefit YOUR process skills. =) We would also be willing to expand the session if a workshop of greater length is of interest. I (Jodi) feel this practice is transformative and will be instrumental in all work.
Reviewer 1
Bastante, Silvana
Reviewer 2
Veerkamp, Danny
Proposal #
179
Committee Decision
Being Considered

Presenters

Full Description
“Think globally, Act locally” needs a resurgence in our professions. Nature teaches us that the most successful things are locationally specific (essentialized to that place) and diverse, and yet we insist on scaling solutions without considering these vast differences between climates, systems, building types, or owner entities. How do we begin to make a large globally impactful shift to reduce carbon and not default to a one-solution fits everything technology that we then sell to everyone? We scale the process, so we can find what will work best in that place and for that specific purpose. This session will experientially share some ways to engage in transformative process work.