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Atlanta Conference & Expo 2011: Conference YOU!
Tuesday, August 16, 2011
Renaissance Atlanta Waverly Hotel
2450 Galleria Parkway
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Thanks to everyone who participated and made ACE2011 such a success. Program and vendor details remain below. Speaker presentations will be posted to our Meeting Archives page.
Conference Sponsors
Registration options and costs
Session Details
Pre-Conference Workshops
New! iPhone App and mobile-friendly schedule
Agenda at a Glance
Conference Sponsored by
Gold Sponsors
Taleo provides leading talent management software for integrated recruiting, training, performance management, compensation, succession planning, and development to know your people and grow your business.
Silver Sponsors
TrainingPros partners with Fortune 1000 companies to provide highly qualified human performance professionals on a contract project basis. TrainingPros is committed to providing the right fit, the first time. TrainingPros specializes in providing human performance professionals who have deep expertise in providing solutions to help improve organizational performance.
At Articulate, we provide the software tools that make rapid e-learning work. With thousands of customers in over 115 countries, Articulate products are used by learning professionals and subject-matter-experts to create engaging, Flash-based e-learning courses, presentations, quizzes, and surveys.
Articulate products include Presenter ’09, Quizmaker ’09, Engage ’09, Studio ’09, Articulate Online, and Screenr. All products are simple to use, affordable, and enable users without any instructional design experience to produce instructionally sound, impactful, interactive learning content.
Tom Kuhlmann, author of the award winning, Rapid E-Learning Blog, manages the Articulate Community. The community brings together more than 125,000 members and facilitates the power of shared knowledge to help you create great e-learning. Useful tutorials, forums, blogs, and downloads are provided for free at the E-Learning Heroes portal, the home page for the Articulate community, which can be found at:
http://community.articulate.com.
VeryMobileApps develops business to business and business to consumer mobile applications.
We specialize in apps for iOS devices (iPhone, iPad, iPod Touch) but we have resources/partners to build apps for Android, Blackberry, and web-based mobile platforms as well. In addition, we have the talent to provide robust web services to support mobile access to server-side files and databases.
With six apps in the iTunes App store and several on the way including our own cool new children's game based on a comic strip, we have experience developing apps for promotion, dictionaries, mobile training, games, e-commerce. And now conferences too!
See the apps at
http://www.itunes.com/verymobileapps
As The Transition Expert, IMPACT Group has over two decades of expertise and experience to help organizations manage every phase of the employee lifecycle. IMPACT Group specializes in providing superior career management support solutions for employees transitioning in, within and out of the organization. Our services include Outplacement, Relocation, Talent Development and Retirement assistance. IMPACT Group combines one-on-one professional consulting with leading-edge proprietary technology to provide innovative, results-oriented programs, ranking it among Inc. Magazines Top 500 Fastest Growing Companies. Our personalized approach to career management and superior customer satisfaction ratings are just a couple of reasons why Fortune 1,000 companies trust their employee transitioning needs to Impact Group.
Visit IMPACT Group online at:
www.impactgrouphr.com
The College of Continuing and Professional Education at Kennesaw State University: Professional programs provide specific training to enhance the talent and skill of today’s workforce. Available online and at KSU Center – a state-of-the-art facility that can accommodate a variety of corporate training needs.
Visit us online at
ccpe.kennesaw.edu
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Registration options and costs:
Early Bird Registration (Chapter members only)
Available June 17 – July 2
Conference: $49
Conference plus Pre-Conference workshop: $149
Regular Registration
July 2 – August 15
Conference only
$69 – ASTD Atlanta members and members of partner organizations
$89 – Non-member rate
Conference plus Pre-Conference workshop
$169 – ASTD Atlanta members only
$189 – All others
Special Bundled rate
Includes chapter membership and conference: $129
Contact
membership services for information.
Day-of /walk-up registration
August 16
Cost $99
Click here to register.
Questions? Contact our
Vice President of Programming.
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Session Details
Opening Keynote by Tony Bingham
The Power of Collaboration: Transform your Organization with Social Media
Today, the majority of learning within organizations is informal – often by asking other people how to do things. Social media is providing an exciting way to facilitate and capture the informal learning occurring within organizations. The learning function is positioned to impact all of the learning within the organization, not just the formal learning – by understanding how to apply and implement collaborative technologies.
In this session, you will hear from several diverse organizations that are using social media effectively for learning, how they are supporting informal learning and building community, and understand how your organization can leverage the power of social learning.
Presented by Tony Bingham President and CEO, ASTD
As the world’s largest professional association dedicated to the training and development field, the American Society for Training & Development (ASTD) is at the forefront of trends in learning and workforce development.
Led by President and CEO, Tony Bingham, ASTD offers programs and services to help members improve individual and organizational performance through learning. ASTD’s 128 chapters in the United States and 20 international partners provide opportunities for members to convene at the local and regional levels throughout the world.
Tony is the co-author of
The New Social Learning published in August 2010. Through stories and case studies, he and Marcia Conner offer compelling evidence for the training profession on how to transform learning using social media. Tony’s 2007 book,
Presenting Learning, was co-authored by Tony Jeary. It was written to help learning professionals articulate the business case for learning more persuasively, position themselves as a strategic partner, and communicate a compelling story about the impact of learning on business results.
Together with the Board of Directors and supported by a staff of 90 and a wide volunteer network, Tony is focused on helping members: lead talent management in their organizations, build their business skills, understand the impact of social media on informal learning, close skills gaps, and connect their work to the strategic priorities of business. ASTD is frequently quoted about these trends and its own research in top-tier business publications such as
BusinessWeek, the
Financial Times, and
The Wall Street Journal. In 2009, under Tony’s direction, ASTD expanded its reach with the acquisitions of The Bureaucrat, Inc. and its quarterly journal,
The Public Manager, and the United Professional Sales Association (UPSA). These affiliations help ASTD to spotlight the value of learning and its impact on achieving results in the public sector and professional sales field.
With broad-based business, financial, operational, and technical management expertise, Tony joined ASTD in 2001 as the Chief Operating Officer / Chief Information Officer. He became President and CEO in February 2004.
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Session 1, 2:30 to 3:15 PM
Mobile Learning - iPhone/iPad App for Training Reinforcement
This presentation will provide a case study of the design and development of the first mobile learning iPhone/iPad application (app) for Sales Effectiveness, Inc., a sales training and consulting firm. The app was designed and developed to support reinforcement for training that is provided on site during a hands-on interactive training program at the customer site. The presentation will include the motivation for creating the app, the design and development process, and lessons learned. The session will also include a live app demo.
Presented by Larry Brambrut and Carlos Quintero.
Larry Brambrut is the Creative Leader/CEO of VeryMobileApps, an mobile application development company. Larry’s business specializes in developing applications for iPhone and iPad with an emphasis on business to business, promotional, educational, and game applications. He has over 30 years experience in technical writing, training delivery and development and software development. He specializes in software development and consulting, as well as the creation of content management systems for organizations.
Carlos Quintero, founder of Sales Effectiveness, Inc., has over 24 years experience in sales, sales management training, marketing management and consulting. Prior to forming Sales Effectiveness Inc., Carlos held highly successful assignments with Procter & Gamble, ARAMARK, Learning International, and the Mercer Consulting Group, each with progressive levels of responsibility. He has worked with organizations across many industries, including high tech, hospitality, utilities, health care, agribusiness, building materials, tele-communications, and financial services. A seasoned leader, Carlos has an enviable record of sales achievement, having exceeded all sales goals every year of his sales and sales management training career. He is the author of Building a World Class Selling Organization, a framework for sales excellence for business-to-business selling teams. He is also co-author of Catalyst5 - Making the LEAP from Sales Manager to Sales LEADER, a powerful message on the essential practices of sales leadership. Carlos is a member of the National Speakers Association and is also active in local organizations.
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Power Up Your PowerPoint
You may suspect there’s a better way to use PowerPoint in your training programs… and you’re right!
In this session, we’ll examine the science behind using a different approach and see how it’s done. You’ll learn the rule of thirds and how that design principle can improve the look and feel for your slides. You’ll learn locations for getting free and low cost pictures for your slides. And you’ll see dramatic before and after versions of slides that illustrate the effectiveness of this different approach.
Don’t be held hostage by bullet points. Find out how to Powering Up Your PowerPoint.
Presented by Kelly Vandever. Kelly is a presentation skills expert and the president of Communications for Everyone. Kelly is a trainer, speaker, and consultant who works with business owners, organizational leaders, technical professionals and sales staffs to improve their business results by enhancing their presentations.
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Measuring for Success: How CEOs View the Success of Learning Investments
There is no stakeholder more important in learning and development than the top executive, whose commitment, support, and funding is absolutely critical to success. Sometimes the level of executive support depends on the CEO’s perception of the value that learning and development programs contribute to the organization. Previous research includes other opinions regarding the CEO view of success of learning and development. Now, a major study provides a collective input directly from 96 CEOs of Fortune 500 and top privately-owned companies. This unique research reveals interesting insight into the results executives want to see from learning and development compared to what they currently receive. The ROI Institute, Inc. will present the research findings and what they mean to our profession. This session focuses on what the data means to learning professionals.
Presented by Jack J. Phillips, PhD.
As a world-renowned expert on measurement and evaluation, Jack J. Phillips is chairman of the ROI Institute. Through the Institute, Phillips provides consulting services for Fortune 500 companies and major global organizations.
The author or editor of more than 50 books, he has conducted workshops and presented at conferences in 54 countries. His most recent book is Measuring for Success: What CEOs Really Think about Learning Investments (ASTD Press, 2010).
His expertise in measurement and evaluation is based on extensive research and more than 27 years of corporate experience in five industries (aerospace, textiles, metals, construction materials and banking). Phillips has served as training and development manager at two Fortune 500 firms, senior HR officer at two firms, president of a regional federal savings bank, and a professor of management at a major state university.
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Technology for the Millennial Workforce
Take a 45 minute tour through the mind of the “Master Jugglers”, Generation Y; to learn how to leverage the technology they use, to connect to the world, inside your company. We will use "good ole fashioned" business analysis to: determine if these tools are right for your company and most importantly how they can help you solve business problems in new ways that keep your Multi-tasking Millennials engaged and happy at work.
Presented by Jennifer Williams.
Jennifer joined insurance House in 2008 and was promoted to Director of Organizational Learning and Leadership Development in 2009. Jennifer has successfully created and launched the Insurance House Underwriting Trainee program to support the organization’s MGA talent development strategy and overall success planning efforts, an Inside Sales Team Task Force attributed with increasing sales and revenues in 2010 for Southern General, an IH holding Company and she leads and facilitates IH’s Annual Leadership Development and Strategic Goal Setting Conference. Prior to joining Insurance House, Jennifer was an Organizational Development Consultant for the State of Georgia and a Sales Effectiveness and Leadership Develop consultant for several Fortune 500 companies. Jennifer received her Bachelor’s of Science in Marketing from Hampton University in 1990 and A Masters of Instructional Technology from Georgia State University in 2007.
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Session 2, 3:30 to 4:15 PM
Simple & Cost Effective Ways to Get the Graphics You Need for Your E-Learning Courses
With today's software it's easy enough to build an e-learning course. However, the challenge is having all of the assets you need to make it look right. Many elearning developers work by themselves with a budget that can hardly buy them a latte let alone the graphic design they need. There's got to be a cost effective solution!
Join Tom has he shares some tips and tricks on how to quickly find or create the graphics you need to make your elearning course look nice and consistent with the course's subject.
Presented by Tom Kuhlmann.
Tom is VP of Community, manages the thriving Articulate community of e-learning developers. Tom is best known as the author of The Rapid E-Learning Blog, which provides practical, real-world tips for e-learning success to more than 78,000 e-learning developers. Tom has almost 20 years' experience in the training industry, developing hundreds of hours of e-learning and managing e-learning projects.
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Virtual Presentations that Work
Face it! Most virtual presentations, training or otherwise, are boring. It is not the medium that is to blame. It is the creators and deliverers of those presentations. Virtual presentations can be compelling, interactive, and motivating. It simply takes a little time and planning. This session will help you develop and present virtual presentations that your audience will not soon forget. Such persuasive presentations can reduce employee’s time to competency, increase the adoption of key corporate initiatives, and even decrease costs. "Virtual Presentations that Work" will provide you with the ingredients for creating and delivering innovative and interactive virtual presentations. It will also demonstrate "real world" examples of implementing these best practices.
Presented by Joel Gendelman, PhD.
J
oel is President and Chief Learning Officer of Future Technologies Inc. Joel’s virtual session "Energizing Virtual Instruction" was selected as "Best of the Best." at ASTD's 2009 conference. Joel’s new book "Virtual Presentations that Work", published by McGraw Hill was introduced in May of 2010. Joel has over 25 years of experience in workplace learning and performance improvement. He has developed compelling communications and instructional solutions for companies that include Lockheed Martin, Microsoft, Nissan, Lucent Technologies, Hewlett-Packard, and Genentech. In addition to his books, Joel has published over twenty-six articles in publications that include Chief Learning Officer, Learning Circuits, Performance Improvement, and Intercom. He is the recipient of a Brandon Hall "Excellence in eLearning" Award and is a frequent speaker at ASTD and other international conferences. Joel holds both a Masters and Doctorate in Educational Technology from the Catholic University of America.
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Agile Project Management for Workplace Learning Professionals
Many learning professionals struggle with project management. Projects take too long; resources (money and SMEs) are not available or get saddled with scope creep. Agile principles can help the learning profession to focus on delivering a finished program on time that meets the customer's requirements. Agile grew out of the desire to find a better way to develop and deliver software projects. Agile is all about collaboration, leveraging the creativity of teams, building quality products and learning to apply lessons to the next project.
Presented by Don Bolen, PMP, CSM. Don is the principal for dbolen & Associates. He focuses on project management for large-scale learning and HR initiatives; learning design/development/delivery; media production and learning strategy. Don is also Immediate Past President of Greater Atlanta ASTD.
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Executive Presence
Defining executive presence is a gray area because for many, it is the essence of leadership. But, presence isn't something you give yourself...it's something you earn from those around you who come to respect your right to speak and your ability to lead. Some have called it an "earned authority." It is a combination of behaviors and attitudes that present a sense of confidence, competence, commitment and authenticity.
Presented by Sally Williamson.
Sally is a leading resource for improving the impact of spoken communication and executive presence. She is a 27 year veteran of developing key messages and coaching executives to deliver them effectively. As President and founder of Sally Williamson & Associates, Sally specializes in executive coaching and developing custom workshops for groups that focus on improving spoken communication skills.
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Closing Keynote by Scott Edinger
The Impact of Inspiring Leadership
Say the words 'Great Leader' and what comes into your mind? It's probably hard to describe, but with most great leaders you "know it when you see it." So, does this mean that great leadership is simply something people are born with or is it something that can be learned? After conducting thousands of surveys with leaders across many different industries, we've identified the most important attribute of any great leader: that of inspiring and motivating others. We believe that if developed, this key competency, more than any other, will help leaders and managers become more effective and drive great business results.
Learn about the mystery of inspiring leadership and the research that went into discovering how leaders inspire others. Scott will reveal the 6 different approaches to inspiring leadership and discuss how to implement multiple approaches and help participants learn how to create a plan of action.
Scott is a celebrated author with extensive leadership, business development, consulting, coaching, and training experience. He is currently Executive Vice President of Sales at Zenger Folkman, where he consults with Fortune 500 companies to initiate and implement large-scale performance improvement and leadership initiatives. His knowledge and expertise focus on developing leadership talent, addressing the challenges of organizational change, and how to achieve positive and measurable business results. Scott's charming and commanding presence has made him a popular keynote speaker at national conferences, forums, briefings, and workshops. Prior to joining Zenger Folkman, Scott worked for Huthwaite, Inc. as Senior Vice President of Sales where he led the company to record-levels of growth and success. He served the company in several roles including Vice President of International Channel Distribution and Vice President of Direct Sales. Scott is a co-author of The Inspiring Leader: Unlocking the Secrets of How Extraordinary Leaders Motivate (McGraw-Hill 2009).
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Conference App and Mobile-Friendly Schedule
For Apple iPhone and iPad
New this year: download the free conference app. Developed by conference sponsor
VeryMobileApps, the ASTD ACE app includes session descriptions, speaker bios, video previews, exhibitor information, directions and conference map and more.
Click here to download.
For other mobile devices
A mobile-friendly conference schedule page is available at
http://greateratlantaastd.org/Conference2011/mobileschedule.html
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Conference Location
The Renaissance Atlanta Waverly Hotel is located at 2450 Galleria Parkway, near the intersection of I-75 and I-285 in Northwest Atlanta.
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