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'''Andy Hegedus''' is co-founder and Executive Director of the [[Institute for 21st Century Agoras]]. Ken is a true social entrepreneur. He has served in the past as Franciscan priest, high school teacher, inner city organizer, social service administrator,real estate agent, home builder and contractor. He is currently a Professor at Capella University and Ashworth College.
'''Andy Hegedus''' founded Demosophia LLC in 2012 with a mission to partner with organizations to help them address their most complex, messy, wicked problems using Structured Democratic Dialogue as one of their primary tools. Dr. Hegedus has consulted with the Laurent Clerc National Deaf Education Center and a variety of other education organizations.  


Ken has published several papers on the science of dialogic design and a book together with [[Aleco Christakis]].
He is also the Sr. Research Manager for the Northwest Evaluation Association (NWEA), a global not-for-profit educational services organization known for their assessments, professional development, and research. With NWEA he consults with education entities around the world on how to use data wisely to improve the education of all the students they serve.  


He is member of the [[N.E.T.S. Board of Trustees]].
Prior to joining NWEA, Dr. Hegedus worked for the Christina School District in Wilmington, DE, a large urban/suburban public school district serving 17,000 students in 28 schools. As the Executive Director of Organizational Development and Grants Supervisor he led systemic reform efforts and ran a non-profit supporting the reform efforts. He led the research and assessment, and technology departments, and was responsible for federal and state funding, as well as competitive grants.  


He is the author of Body Wisdom, The Emerging Consensus in Social Systems Theory, A Democratic Approach to Sustainable Futures, and co-author of How People Harness their Collective Wisdom and Power to Construct the Future.
Prior to his career in education, he held a wide variety of positions with the Exelon Corporation, Peach Bottom Atomic Power Station.
He is the author of articles on using data wisely in school improvement efforts, and on goal setting to improve performance. His doctoral work was on finding root causes as a vehicle to improve school performance.
 
He holds a bachelor’s of science in Nuclear Engineering (1984), a master’s of science in Mechanical Engineering (1987), and a doctorate in Educational Leadership (2010).


==External Links==
==External Links==
* http://globalagoras.org/about/staff
* http://www.demosophia.com
 
==Citations==
Bausch, K.C. (2001). The Emerging Consensus in Social Systems Theory. Springer.
 
Bausch, K.C. (2010). Body Wisdom: Interplay of Body and Ego. Ongoing Emergence Press.
 
Christakis, A.N., & Bausch, K.C. (2006). How People Harness Their Collective Wisdom And Power to Construct the Future (Research in Public Management). Information Age Publishing Inc.
 
Flanagan, T.R., Bausch, K.C., & Asano, Y. T. (2012). Body Wisdom in Dialogue: Rediscovering the Voice of the Goddess. Ongoing Emergence Press.
 
 
[[Category:N.E.T.S. Board of Trustees]]
[[Category:SDD Senior International Expert]]
 
 
 


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==Awards/Recognition==
Broad Urban Superintendent's Academy Fellow (2005)<br>Christina Board of Education Citizenship Award for Outstanding Contributions to Education (2002)<br>Top Industry Practice Award, Nuclear Energy Institute

Revision as of 13:07, 4 July 2015

Andy Hegedus
Andy Hegedus
Service type SDD Mentor for Reinventing Democracy in the Digital Era
Degree(s) B.S. Nuclear Engineering
M.S. Mechanical Engineering
Ed.D. Education Leadership
Field(s) of Study Engineering, Education, Structured Democratic Dialogue
University(ies) Pennsylvania State University
Drexel University
University of Delaware
Notable Achievements Broad Urban Superintendent's Academy Fellow
http://www.broadcenter.org/academy/



Andy Hegedus founded Demosophia LLC in 2012 with a mission to partner with organizations to help them address their most complex, messy, wicked problems using Structured Democratic Dialogue as one of their primary tools. Dr. Hegedus has consulted with the Laurent Clerc National Deaf Education Center and a variety of other education organizations.

He is also the Sr. Research Manager for the Northwest Evaluation Association (NWEA), a global not-for-profit educational services organization known for their assessments, professional development, and research. With NWEA he consults with education entities around the world on how to use data wisely to improve the education of all the students they serve.

Prior to joining NWEA, Dr. Hegedus worked for the Christina School District in Wilmington, DE, a large urban/suburban public school district serving 17,000 students in 28 schools. As the Executive Director of Organizational Development and Grants Supervisor he led systemic reform efforts and ran a non-profit supporting the reform efforts. He led the research and assessment, and technology departments, and was responsible for federal and state funding, as well as competitive grants.

Prior to his career in education, he held a wide variety of positions with the Exelon Corporation, Peach Bottom Atomic Power Station. He is the author of articles on using data wisely in school improvement efforts, and on goal setting to improve performance. His doctoral work was on finding root causes as a vehicle to improve school performance.

He holds a bachelor’s of science in Nuclear Engineering (1984), a master’s of science in Mechanical Engineering (1987), and a doctorate in Educational Leadership (2010).

External Links

Awards/Recognition

Broad Urban Superintendent's Academy Fellow (2005)
Christina Board of Education Citizenship Award for Outstanding Contributions to Education (2002)
Top Industry Practice Award, Nuclear Energy Institute