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Omega Delta Chi champions its leadership values of collaboration, integrity, scholarship, inclusivity, innovation, and service. The honor society promotes these values, as well as activities that not only espouse them but also provide opportunities to practice them through participation.

Omega Delta Chi professional scholar practitioner inductees are publicly recognized and receive certificates of achievement, honor society lapel pins, and honors cords to wear with their caps/tams and gowns if and when they participate in graduation or other scholarly ceremonies. This recognition also serves as an unofficial "Hall of Fame" in the field of Organization Development and Change.

By joining Omega Delta Chi, you become part of a national and international scholastic honor society for students, faculty, and alumni of OD&C college programs, and high-achieving OD&C scholar practitioners. For decades, member academics and scholar practitioners across professional organizations who are committed to the organizational and applied behavioral sciences, like yourself, have recognized the achievements of their colleagues, fostered scholarly activities, and helped to build a sense of intellectual, innovative, and service-focused community among the professionals in our field. Omega Delta Chi embodies that tradition and expands the honor of membership beyond the student level to the recognition of scholars and scholar practitioners who are highly involved in the growth and development of the field.

Omega Delta Chi professional honors provide honorees with:

• Recognition for their achievements in the OD&C professional community
• Recognition for their achievements in their college or university
• An induction ceremony recognizing honorees amongst their peers in the OD&C field, to be held at a professional OD&C conference
• Certificates of achievement that can be displayed by the honorees
• An honor society lapel pin that can be worn to signify the achievement in the OD&C field
• An Omega Delta Chi honor society set of cords that can be worn with cap or tam & gown at graduations and other scholarly events to signify achievement in the field
• Opportunities to participate in related fellowships, scholarships, and activities
• Recognition of the academic institution for their roles in developing high-achieving OD&C scholars and scholar practitioners
• Announcement of inductees on the Omega Delta Chi website and in an OD&C publication
• One free year of membership in ISODC, where they will have additional opportunities to extend their networks and attend professional development events. 

1. Nominees must meet the eligibility requirements for nomination to Omega Delta Chi
2. Nominations must be made by existing Omega Delta Chi inductees/honorees. Nominations will also be considered when made by non-members who are well-established, award-winning OD&C scholar practitioners. 
3. Nominees must accept the official nomination/invitation to be inducted.
4. Accepted nominees must pay a one-time $97 fee for membership dues.

To be eligible for nomination, nominees must have: 

1. Demonstrated a commitment to scholarship, innovation, service, and leadership in the field. This is exemplified through the following (At least 5 of the 8 categories must be met by nominees).

          a. An exemplary record of academic success

          b. A track record of OD&C-related publication in peer-reviewed journals or OD&C-specific books (including book chapters)

          c. A track record of professional presentation and instruction in conferences and other events specific to the field of OD&C

          d. A track record of service activities in OD&C professional organizations, such as serving on professional committees, boards, conference planning groups, conference coordination leadership, or other similar service in the International Society for Organization Development and Change (ISODC), Organization Development Network (ODN), NTL Institute (NTL), International Organization Development Association (IODA), ODC or Management Consulting (MC) Divisions of the Academy of Management (AoM), Organization Design Forum (ODF), or the International Leadership Association (ILA). Service in other, similar organization will be reviewed and considered upon nomination

          e. A track record of service on editorial boards or on review boards or committees of OD&C-related peer-reviewed journals

          f. A track record of success teaching or leading academic OD&C (or closely related) programs

         g. A single highly impactful philosophy, theory, framework, instrument, intervention, or book that has significantly changed the field or the practice of OD&C for many practitioners

         h. A track record of exemplary, highly impactful consulting work in organizations, with evidence of promoting positive perceptions of the field, evidenced by corporate awards, corporate recommendation letters, or written letters of acknowledgement from clients attesting to exemplary and impactful consulting

2. No more than 15 professional nominees will be selected for induction per year.

 Honor societies were historically established to honor and recognize those who have achieved a level of success in their fields, academically and otherwise. We believe that OD&C scholar practitioners should strive to achieve excellence in their field, for personal recognition and for recognition of the impact of our field of practice and study.  Those who do make credible, significant impact through scholarship, innovation, and service should be recognized and honored for substantial contributions. Nominations for new honorees will be proposed by existing inductees/honorees and/or well-established, award-winning OD&C scholar practitioners.

Each Spring, nominations will be made and a select few of the highest-achieving OD&C professionals will be chosen for induction into the Omega Delta Chi OD&C Scholastic Honor Society, and subsequently honored at the annual ceremony. 

For membership in Omega Delta Chi, candidates must be persons who:

• Have a record of outstanding academic and scholarly accomplishment;
• Have shown dedication to intellectual activity and/or innovation in the field; 
• Have accepted and exhibited their responsibility of service to the OD&C community and to others in the field; and
• Have been nominated to Omega Delta Chi by current inducted members or renowned and well-established, award-winning OD&C professionals.

The 2025 nominations are due no later than March 30, 2025. Nominees will be notified with invitations sent by Omega Delta Chi. The induction ceremony for 2025  honorees will take place at the ISODC Conference in Fairfield, CT on May 23, 2025.

Nomination forms can be downloaded below.

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