Greater Atlanta ASTD Events Calendar

Goodwill - ASTD ATL Project Train-the-Trainer (19 May 2012)

Sat, 19 May 2012 13:00:00 GMT

Goodwill of N. GA - ASTD Atlanta Project

Train the Trainer

Project volunteers are welcome to attend, regardless of their role or current status! This is our second train-the-trainer session. Our first, in Decatur, was a tremendous success and fun! After this session we begin a pilot test of facilitating our first four courses at 3 Career Centers: Decatur, Duluth, and NE Plaza. Other Career Center locations will follow.

Facilitators, you will want to be ready and this session will provide you with tips, tools, information, and practical how-to's that you can only access through a session like this.

Course Developers and others will learn what this project is all about, providing tremendous insight on how to proceed with courses. Dress will be business casual and we will keep you no longer than needed!

We want you to be successful! Plan on attending!

Sat., May 19th, 9am to 1pm

Refreshments will be served

~~~~~ Thanks to our April 14th attendees ~~~~~

Career Development (CD) SIG - Career Networking For Success (29 May 2012)

Tue, 29 May 2012 22:00:00 GMT

As the economy improves, you need to be prepared for the next great opportunity that comes your way and the best way to prepare is attending this event and learning from one of the masters of career networking!

Career Networking for Success
Studies consistently report that 70-80% of jobs are found through networking, despite the fact that most people hate it or feel unprepared to conduct their networking in a professional manner. Would you like to learn how to make your networking more enjoyable and better insure your future income? This program will provide effective strategies for networking one-on-one, at group events and via LinkedIn.

Richard Kirby is the founder of Executive Impact, a boutique career consulting firm for career achievers. He is a Certified Management Consultant (CMC®), a credential attained by less than 1% of all U.S. consultants. As an Executive Career Consultant for the past 10 years, Richard has guided hundreds of clients through successful career transitions, including C-Level executives with MBAs from top 10 business schools. His expertise includes career assessments, self-marketing, job search strategies, social media, personal networking, interviewing and job offer negotiations. Prior to career consulting, Richard served over 25 years in corporate engineering, human resources and sales roles. He wrote Fast Track Your Job Search (and Career!) in 2009 in order to provide radical new strategies for 21st century career seekers. Richard earned a B.S. in Electrical Engineering from Louisiana Tech University and a graduate level certificate in Engineering Management from Louisiana State University.

Corporate Training (CT) SIG -- Hey Right Brain - Wake UP! (04 Jun 2012)

Mon, 04 Jun 2012 22:00:00 GMT

Hey Right Brain - Wake UP!

Tired of delivering the same topics in the same old way? Are you boring yourself and your attendees? Well it's time for an energizing injection of ideas for your next training date.

You're invited to:

Hey Right Brain - Wake UP!
Creativity Bootcamp for Trainers

Get fresh ideas, learn how to continually generate ideas, learn some of the latest facilitation techniques for greater retention, and learn more participant centered delivery.

Networking and Refreshments: 6:00 pm
Program: 6:30- 7:45pm

Presented by JoAnn Corley

JoAnn Corley is a dynamic, inspiring speaker, trainer, career and management coach. She has a contagious passion and energy for the topics she teaches and has shared that passion with thousands across North America specializing in seminars on Getting Results, Creative and Innovative Thinking, Emotional Intelligence, Effective Management and Leadership, Powerful Communication and Team Collaboration.

She is author of several books including the newly released book, Organizational Strategies for the Overwhelmed: How to Manage Your Time, Space, & Priorities to Work Smart, Get Results, & Be Happy. She is also contributing author to the book, Ordinary Women, Extraordinary Success, a collaborative effort with some of the top female motivational speakers in North American and hailed by Jack Canfield of Chicken Soup for the Soul fame as a must read.

Companies whose employees have experienced JoAnn’s dynamic workshops include: The City of Chicago, U.S. Marshals Service, Microsoft, 3M Corporation, Trump Enterprises, NASA, University of Texas, and the U.S. Army, Fort Hood, TX, The Chicago White Soxs, Duke University, The Yale Club of New York City, HBO, & ESPN to name a few.

She attended Concordia College, Moorhead, MN and Eastern Illinois University. Prior to launching her consulting practice, she spent several years as an International Benefits Manager and Senior Recruiter. She is currently a member of SHRM, ASTD, and ABWA.

Cabot Corporation
1095 Windward Ridge Parkway
Alpharetta, GA 30005

Independents, Networking & Collaborating (INC) SIG - Market Like A Pro…The Secrets You Don’t Know! (12 Jun 2012)

Tue, 12 Jun 2012 22:00:00 GMT

In this powerful, interactive presentation, you’ll discover the essential steps in Denise’s business-building system that thousands of business owners have used to successfully build and maintain a thriving business. You’ll learn:

How to distinguish yourself from the crowd in this marketplace
Which marketing strategies are guaranteed to produce the greatest results, so you stop wasting your time and money
To SERVE your clients so you never again have to worry about SELLING to them

Our system is proven and time-tested. If you follow it, you will grow your business ... even in tough economic times. Guaranteed.

Our Presenter

Denise Hedges

Denise Hedges is a passionate speaker and results-oriented Personal and Business Coach. Denise specializes in working with busy professional women and small business owners who want to be more successful and fulfilled in their careers, while having more time, balance, and joy in their personal lives. Denise has helped hundreds of women, nationally and internationally, create the lives they want through keynote presentations and customized workshops, as well as individual and group coaching.

Denise is a graduate of Coach University. She also has a Masters Degree in Counseling and a BA in Psychology from the State University of New York. As a highly effective Introduction Leader trained by Landmark Education Corporation, Denise led Introductions to the Landmark Forum, a transformational program offered in more than 100 cities worldwide.

Join us for an interactive presentation, discussion, and networking opportunity!

Advantages of being a member of ASTD-Atlanta!

June 2012 Chapter Meeting (18 Jun 2012)

Mon, 18 Jun 2012 21:00:00 GMT

Building Globally Integrated Talent Management - Novelis' 3 Year Story

Novelis is the world’s largest producer of rolled aluminum products, the world’s leading recycler of used aluminum beverage cans and the world’s largest buyer of aluminum. Our vision is to utilize industry-leading technology and expertise, bring innovative products to market, to operate with a mindset of sustainability, and to be a leader in recycling.

The Novelis Talent Management journey has been one on overdrive. With the undivided support of Novelis’ CEO, Phil Martens, and under Leslie Joyce (Chief People Officer) and Joanne McInnerney’s leadership, Novelis successfully created an integrated global talent management program in under 3 years. With strategic direction for all global talent acquisition, development and deployment under one umbrella, Novelis talent is managed from recruitment through retirement. Talent initiatives are aligned with global business priorities and effectively attract, develop and retain talent that drives business value. Prior to the implementation of a Talent Management function, there was no career page and no “high potential” bench, international assignees were forgotten with no path back and global leadership development was non-existent. Today, there is a global platform for employment selection and brand; a global leadership architecture, and a global talent review process with a monthly cadence. With a business objective to double in revenue, triple profitability and drive a sustainability platform by 2020, the challenges are considerable.

Come join us at Novelis Headquarters in Buckhead on June 18th, 2012 to hear about this success story in the making and how an integrated Talent Management approach is a critical component of the business strategy.

Presenter:

Joanne McInnerney, VP Talent Development

Dr. Joanne McInnerney is the Vice President of Talent Management at Novelis Inc in Atlanta, GA where she has worked since 2010. In her current position at Novelis, she oversees global integrated talent management including the areas of talent acquisition, leadership and pipeline development, succession planning, change management, organizational effectiveness and talent assessment. Dr. McInnerney has also worked as an internal consultant for The Home Depot, AmTrust Bank, and National City Corporation. . Her primary expertise is in leadership development and talent management with experience spanning both Generalist and Specialist HR roles.
Joanne received her bachelor’s in psychology and her master’s and PhD in I/O Psychology from Northern Illinois University. Joanne has taught HR-related courses as an adjunct professor Cleveland State University in Cleveland, OH. Joanne was born in South Dakota, raised in Illinois and currently lives in Atlanta with her husband Marty and daughter Amy.

Agenda:

5:00 pm Registration opens, networking
5:15 pm New Member Orientation
6:00 pm Welcome, introductions, announcements
6:10 pm Presentation
7:30 pm Talk Time with chapter board

Meeting Sponsored by: Level4 Performance

Level4 Performance is an Atlanta-based professional services firm with a focus on providing workforce performance guidance to companies who may or may not have a full time learning, change management or organizational development leader; and require strategy and/or execution of short-term or multi-year initiatives that require the understanding and action of its workforce.

Directions:

Coming from North of Atlanta

Take 400 South
Get off at the Lenox Road Exit
Turn Left on Lenox Road at traffic light
Take Right at first light on Lenox Road. This is the entrance to the building. Follow the signs to the parking deck. Park anywhere you see a non-reserved spot.
Take the elevators just inside the building from the parking garage to level P4 (Rooms A & B)

Northeast GA GIG/Athens - Strategies for Exploring Pod-Casting and Vod-Casting (25 Jun 2012)

Mon, 25 Jun 2012 22:00:00 GMT

STRATEGIES FOR EXPLORING POD-CASTING and VOD-CASTING

Have you ever thought about building a library of pod-casts or vod-casts for learners within your organization? What would it involve compared to more traditional asynchronous deliverables? What tools would you use to get started?

During this world café session we’ll explore the above questions and give you what you need to start building your own pod-casting project plan.

We will also discuss the answers to these questions:

What are the benefits of pod-casting and potential applications within my organization?
What are practical ways to introduce pod-casting and vod-casting on limited budgets/resources?
What audiences can I best leverage this delivery/format with, and how do I incorporate it into the larger organizational training strategy?
What initial steps do I need to take to begin producing deliverables within this space?

Participants will walk away with helpful resources to streamline their start-up and project planning efforts!

Refreshments & Networking from 6:00-6:30

Facilitated by Robb Bingham, Learning Strategy and Execution (M.Ed., Curriculum and Instruction, University of South Florida). Mr. Bingham has received numerous awards for helping companies get strategic with training – especially in the space where learning intersects with communications and performance improvement. A decade ago, he was recognized for helping a telecommunications company save $3.7M with one of his blended training solutions. This past year he was recognized by UnitedHealth Group for saving over $500K with a Training Innovation Award for Best Performance Improvement Measures.

Mr. Bingham has served organizations in a number of different roles, from Trainer, Designer, Developer, and Producer, to Team Lead, National Curriculum Manager, and External Consultant. However, he most enjoys helping start-up and new initiative teams work together developing new, creative solutions to relevant business problems using a framework he coined - Converging Solutions Problem Solving Model. He currently serves as the Training Director for the Life Sciences business within OptumInsight in Minneapolis, MN.

Organization Development (OD) SIG - Crashing With the Nose Up: Creating an Internally Collaborative Environment (10 Jul 2012)

Tue, 10 Jul 2012 22:00:00 GMT

Crashing With The Nose Up

Creating an Internally Collaborative Working Environment

An aircraft in flight has four forces of action upon it. Thrust, provided by the engines is driving the aircraft forward while drag is holding the aircraft back. Lift is generated by the wings while gravity is attempting to pull the aircraft down. For flight to occur Thrust must overcome Drag and Lift must overcome Gravity.

Collaboration is a buzz word that is going around. Companies talk about being more collaborative and the things they are doing to promote working together. The problem is that most companies are not set up to be internally collaborative. They are set up to be internally competitive. Things they are doing to drive performance may instead be driving internal competition and holding the company back. Examples are: Incentives, productions quotas, sales quotas, rating and ranking employees, managing by the numbers, forced distributions, and pay for performance to name a few. These best efforts to motivate the troops may instead be adding drag to the organization and pulling it down, or Crashing with the Nose Up.

Robert Crow has been in the business of developing people for over 40 years. He has been responsible for management development with three Fortune 200 companies and left a high tech Japanese company to become an independent consultant. He is a past president of the Atlanta Area Deming Study Group, a senior examiner for the Georgia Oglethorpe Award, has published papers in Major Journals, and spoken at quality conferences from Calgary, Canada to Paris, France.

Technology-Based Learning (TBL) SIG - Collaboration Tools for Remote Training Teams (31 Jul 2012)

Tue, 31 Jul 2012 21:30:00 GMT

Collaboration Tools

for Remote Training Teams

Our ASTD TBL SIG will explore various tools on the market and how they can facilitate working and learning collaboratively from a distance.

Guest speakers include:

TBD

Refreshments will be served

Sponsored by Lenny's Subshop

~~~~~ Thanks to our 2012 Sponsors ~~~~~

Independents, Networking & Collaborating (INC) SIG - Inspiration: Journey to Discovery (07 Aug 2012)

Tue, 07 Aug 2012 22:00:00 GMT

Inspiration: Journey to Discovery

Join Larry Mohl, Senior Learning Leader and Inspiration Innovator, for an entertaining journey to discover how you can put inspiration to work for your career and others.

It turns out that inspiration is far from fluff. In fact, ground-breaking research by The Global Institute for Inspiration has uncovered the 7 drivers of inspiration. This emerging science has led to the finding that inspiration is not only the “spark” that motivates the desire to act, but Inspiration is, in fact, a set of well-defined principles and behaviors that leads to higher levels of engagement, innovation, and advocacy in both employees and customers.

The 7-drivers of inspiration form a unique and powerful framework to organize key behaviors that improve leadership, sales, service and career development, to name a few.

Larry Mohl
Larry served as the Chief Learning Officer for the Personal Communications Sector of Motorola Inc., The American Express Company, and Children’s Healthcare of Atlanta and has pioneered innovative approaches to leadership development, knowledge communities, and integrated talent management. As a senior human resource leader and well-known change architect, he has vast, multi-industry experience in large complex organizations. His contributions have included development of talent strategies and implementation of company-wide programs that have led to measurable increases in employee engagement, retention, leadership supply, and organization capability.

Most recently, Larry is working to pioneer solutions aimed at increasing levels of inspiration in the workplace and market place. Research with his partners at the Global Institute for Inspiration has shown that increased inspiration drives improved engagement, innovation, and advocacy.

As a nationally recognized thought-leader and author, Larry has been a contributing author for several books such as Courageous Training: Bold Actions for Business Results and Talent Management Strategies from Six Leading Companies. He has also been featured as the cover story for Chief Learning Officer Magazine as well as appearances in other publications such as Training Magazine, Talent Management Magazine, CIO Magazine, and the Atlanta Journal Constitution. His new book, Networking is Dead – Making Connections that Matter, is scheduled for release in 2012.

Larry serves on the Board of Directors for the Atlanta Human Resources Leadership Forum and as Expert Adviser to the Human Capital Institute. He holds 3 international patents and is an award winning professional composer and musician.

Corporate Training (CT) SIG - (13 Aug 2012)

Mon, 13 Aug 2012 21:30:00 GMT

Corporate Training (CT) SIG presents

TOPIC to be determined

XYZ

Invite your C-Suite, they are gonna wanna hear this!

Presented by XYZ

XYZ

ACE 2012 (20 Aug 2012)

Mon, 20 Aug 2012 16:00:00 GMT

Greater Atlanta ASTD's 2012 Conference and Expo

We have a date for ACE!

Stay tuned for more information.

Atlanta ASTD and Atlanta Community Food Bank's Community Gardens Project (15 Sep 2012)

Sat, 15 Sep 2012 13:00:00 GMT

Event Details:

Join us on Saturday, September15 for 2.5 hours of "playing in the dirt".

The community gardens are neighborhood initiated, implemented and maintained so most of the work is done by local gardeners. These garden clubs are comprised mostly of seniors in low-income neighborhoods and our volunteers help amplify the efforts of the neighborhood residents. Volunteers often times get the
opportunity to work alongside some of the neighborhood gardeners! Activities you may partake in include: planting, seeding, weeding, turning the soil, building new beds, and moving materials all in the effort to help people grow their own food and beautify the area. Benefits of community gardens in low-income neighborhoods include: beautifying the neighborhood, provide fresh, nutritious food for the residents, reduce their food budget, and provide an opportunity for physical exercise and social interaction. Your help makes this possible!

Volunteers will be working outside and should dress for the weather. * No open-toed shoes please. * Age Requirements: Volunteers must be at least eight years old. An adult must accompany volunteers under 18 yrs. old. * Please bring sunscreen and insect repellent. Fred Conrad, our Master Gardener, will provide the tools, gloves, bottled water, snacks and other additional materials that your group will need. * Please alert the volunteer department if anyone is allergic to insect bites.

Location:

Atlanta Community Food Bank
732 Joseph E. Lowery Blvd
Atlanta, GA 30318

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From I-75 going South:

Take the Northside Drive exit (number 252). Turn right on Northside and follow it until you reach 10th street. Turn right onto 10^th and stay on 10^th until it dead ends into Brady Ave. Turn left on Brady. Take the 1st right onto Marietta. Turn left at the first traffic light at the bottom of the hill onto Joseph E. Lowery Boulevard, NW. Follow Joseph E. Lowery until you cross the railroad tracks.

Please note: these are working tracks so show caution!

The Food Bank will be immediately on your right.

From I-85 going South:

Take the 17^th/14^th/10^th Street exit 84. Turn right on 10th St. and stay on 10th until it dead ends into Brady Ave. Turn left on Brady. Take the 1st right onto Marietta St. Turn left at the first traffic light at the bottom of the hill onto Joseph E. Lowery Boulevard, NW. Follow Joseph E. Lowery until you cross the railroad tracks. The Food Bank will be immediately on your right.

Please note: these are working tracks so show caution!

The Food Bank will be immediately on your right.

From I-75 / I-85 going North:

Take the 10^th Street exit (number 250). Turn left on 10^th St. and stay on 10^th until it dead ends into Brady Ave. Turn left on Brady. Take the 1st right onto Marietta. Turn left at the first traffic light at the bottom of the hill onto Joseph E. Lowery Boulevard, NW. Follow Joseph E. Lowery until you cross the railroad tracks.

Please note: these are working tracks so show caution!

The Food Bank will be immediately on your right.

From I-20:

Take the Joseph E. Lowery Boulevard exit (number 55A). Turn north toward town. Follow Lowery Boulevard (past Morehouse and several residential areas) for approximately 2.5 miles. Cross over Donald Lee Hollowell Parkway intersection. After you cross Hollowell, the Food Bank will be immediately on your left. Do not cross the railroad tracks-this is past the Food Bank.

If you do cross the tracks, please note that these are working tracks so show caution!

Technology-Based Learning (TBL) SIG - Understanding and Enhancing Learner Engagement (18 Sep 2012)

Tue, 18 Sep 2012 21:30:00 GMT

ASTD Atlanta Technology-Based Learning SIG

Understanding and Enhancing Learner Engagement:

The value of analytics in your eLearning

Do you want to know if your learners are engaged or just going through the motions? Are you sure that your assessments correctly align with the training you provide? Have you ever wondered if (or why) users constantly get “that“question wrong, and do you even know if they do or not? In this session, you will learn about a new Engagement Analytics tool to support comprehensive data collection for your Captivate content in seconds, and how you can quickly review charts and graphs to anonymously compare the progress of learners through your lessons. You'll learn how to compare different versions of the same course, or see how users interact with different courses without the need for an expensive LMS.

Guest Speaker: Steve Howard

Steve Howard has been an eLearning developer since 1997. Between 2001 and 2004 he ran Tomorrow's Key, an independent Authorware consultancy in the U.K. He moved to the U.S. and joined Magnolia Multimedia, where he continued eLearning and multimedia consulting until 2008 when he joined NASCO as an eLearning Technologist. Steve holds a Master's Degree in Multimedia Computing.

At NASCO, Steve is a driving force behind modernizing the approach to eLearning from traditional ‘page turner’ presentations into more engaging learning tools. Steve is also a member of the Adobe Captivate Advisory Board, and runs the Atlanta Adobe User Group.

Refreshments will be served

Sponsored by Lenny's Subshop

~~~~~ Thanks to our 2012 Sponsors ~~~~~

Corporate Training (CT) SIG - (08 Oct 2012)

Mon, 08 Oct 2012 21:30:00 GMT

Corporate Training (CT) SIG presents

TOPIC to be determined

XYZ

Invite your C-Suite, they are gonna wanna hear this!

Presented by Jack Massa

XYZ

October 2012 Chapter Meeting (15 Oct 2012)

Mon, 15 Oct 2012 21:00:00 GMT

Presenter:

tbd

Agenda:

5:00 pm Registration opens, networking
5:15 pm New Member Orientation
6:00 pm Welcome, introductions, announcements
6:10 pm Presentation
7:30 pm Talk Time with chapter board

Meeting Sponsored by:

Directions:

ASTD Atlanta and Atlanta Community Food Bank Event (08 Nov 2012)

Thu, 08 Nov 2012 23:00:00 GMT

Event Details:

Join us on November 08, 2012, at the ACFB Product Rescue Center.

What is the Product Rescue Center?

The Product Rescue Center is the area of the Food Bank where all food drive and salvaged food items are brought to be inspected and packaged by volunteers for distribution to more than 700 non profit partner agencies.

Food Bank trucks pick up goods from food drives, grocery stores and manufacturers, and drop them off at the Product Rescue Center every day. Teams of trained volunteers then inspect, sort and pack these goods. This area of operation is crucial to the Food Bank as it ensures that salvage and food drive donations will be safe and wholesome for distribution to people in need.

The Product Rescue Center provides a great hands-on experience in a diverse and social atmosphere. It is an ideal opportunity for you to serve the community. Make it a family event. Children over 8 years old are welcome.

Volunteers must be able to lift 20-40lbs and stand for prolonged periods of time. This project may require sorting of frozen or refrigerated items such as meats and dairy products. Gloves and aprons are provided on site for volunteers as needed. No open toed shoes are permitted.

Location:

Atlanta Community Food Bank
732 Joseph E. Lowery Blvd
Atlanta, GA 30318

View Larger Map

From I-75 going South:

Please note: these are working tracks so show caution!

The Food Bank will be immediately on your right.

From I-85 going South:

Please note: these are working tracks so show caution!

The Food Bank will be immediately on your right.

From I-75 / I-85 going North:

Please note: these are working tracks so show caution!

The Food Bank will be immediately on your right.

From I-20:

If you do cross the tracks, please note that these are working tracks so show caution!

December 2012 Chapter Meeting (10 Dec 2012)

Mon, 10 Dec 2012 22:00:00 GMT

Presenter:

tbd

Agenda:

5:00 pm Registration opens, networking
5:15 pm New Member Orientation
6:00 pm Welcome, introductions, announcements
6:10 pm Presentation
7:30 pm Talk Time with chapter board

Meeting Sponsored by: