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Career Empowerment: Change, Reinvent, Or Advance Your Training Career

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Friday, December 12, 2014 8:00am - 9:00 am 
 By: Sherri Thomas

 Have you ever felt like you had very little control in your career? Have you ever wished that you had more choices, more opportunities, and a bigger influence over the direction of your career?

 In today's changing environment, taking control of your career is more important than ever. During this webcast, you will learn how to think and act more proactively by showcasing your strengths and successes, building your influence and credibility with senior leaders, and stopping yourself from making the biggest career mistake in training.

Leading career coach and award-winning author Sherri Thomas will share personal stories, case studies, and insights from her acclaimed books, Career Smart: 5 Steps to a Powerful Personal Brand and The Bounce Back: Personal Stories of Bouncing Back Faster and Higher from a Layoff, Re-org or Career Setback. Join this exclusive, one-time webcast to learn how to reset your career goals, identify the right opportunities, and step into a more meaningful, purposeful, and rewarding career

Register for upcoming webcasts or view session recordings anytime at www.astd.org/webcasts.

 All sessions are recorded. Recordings are posted to the original webcast page within three business days of the live session.
 

BEST Webcast Series: Verizon's Innovative Mobile Technology For Learning And Performance Support

December 11, 2014 11 am - 12 pm 
 By: Andrew Bishop, Angela Blake, Dan Holdredge, and Fraser Bowie

 Verizon's L&D team built innovative mobile technology solutions to optimize the learning and performance support experience and meet the unique needs of its learner base.

Through live tool demonstrations, Verizon aims to inspire your mobile technology vision and provide tactical advice on:
•moving to digital instructor-led materials
•using interactive digital participant material in the classroom
•creating your own custom, interactive, just-in-time learning and performance support tools built on mobile platforms.

Register for upcoming webcasts or view session recordings anytime at www.astd.org/webcasts.

 All sessions are recorded. Recordings are posted to the original webcast page within three business days of the live session.  

December 10, 2014 11:00pm - 12 :00pm
 By: Art Kohn

 In this webcast KZO Innovations invites learning expert Art Kohn to describe how video is changing the way people learn. Art is deeply focused on increasing retention when it comes to learning and changing behavior when it come performance. Listen in to hear Art discuss how video can help support the way you learn and perform.

 Learning Objectives:
•Discover how video heightens our ability to learn and apply.
•Find out how to create an integrated learning experience with video that changes the way you retain information and behave.
•Learn how to use video to sustain the benefits of training.

Register for upcoming webcasts or view session recordings anytime at www.astd.org/webcasts.

 All sessions are recorded. Recordings are posted to the original webcast page within three business days of the live session.  

ATD National’s Training Certificate Class, the premier train-the-trainer program, is coming to Kirkland, WA!  Join in this 3-day learning session and gain a Training Certificate.   Sign up for the Oct 15-17, 2014 dates and don’t forget to use ATD Puget Sound Chapter CHIP Code: CH8020.

About the program:

The ASTD Training Certificate content is practical and grounded in the real world, not just academic theory. This program focuses on what happens before, during, and after you deliver training, and what to do if training is not the right solution. With input from ASTD’s Competency Study, we identified the competencies required by the most successful practitioners. The Training Certificate Program is aligned with the Training Delivery Area of Expertise in the ASTD Competency Model. 

Who should attend:

This program is ideal for new trainers or experienced trainers who have not had formal education in training. It is also for those trainers who need a refresher to improve their classroom techniques and methods to transfer learning to work situations.

ASTD Education programs are designed primarily for learning professionals – trainers, instructional designers, and organizational development practitioners – but also greatly benefit anyone within an organization who is responsible for developing others, from managers to human resources specialists. 

DID YOU KNOW ... ?

...  that completing the BEST survey enables you to compare your organization to the BEST winners and ATD Forum organizations when the data from the State of the Industry Reportis is published in the fall

The countdown continues. Only two weeks to the ATD Competence Model and B.E.S.T. Awards webinar on Friday, October 10th, 11 AM. Learn how to make your learning function the BEST and be recognized nationally for it. Register for this free webinar here.
 

 DID YOU KNOW ... ?
... completing the B.E.S.T. application process enables an organization's learning function to look holistically, critically, and appreciatively at its work. Applicants have commented on how much they learned from participating in the process.

The countdown continues. Only four weeks to the ATD Competence Model and B.E.S.T. Awards webinar on Friday, October 10th, 11 AM. Learn how to make your learning function the BEST and be recognized nationally for it. Register for this free webinar here.

... that National ATD's B.E.S.T. Award stands for
Building talent
Enterprise-wide
Supported by the organization's leaders
Thorough learning culture

The countdown has begun. Only five weeks to the ATD Competence Model and B.E.S.T. Awards webinar on Friday, October 10th, 11 AM. Learn how to make your learning function the BEST and be recognized nationally for it. Register for this free webinar  here.

The NeuroLeadership Summit brings together leading neuroscientists and top practitioners from around the globe in a highly interactive environment to generate real breakthroughs in our understanding of how to improve organizations.   This year’s Summit will be held October 7-9, in San Francisco, focusing on the theme ‘Organization as Ecosystem’ with many fantastic speakers and sessions.  For more information, please visit: http://summit.neuroleadership.org/2014/home

ACMP Pacific Northwest Regional network is the local chapter of the Global Association of Change Management Professionals, the premiere and most respected global community advancing the discipline of change management. 

Want to manage change better? Join ACMP’s PNW Regional Network for the third annual ChangeConnect Symposium this October!  Connect with change leaders from across the Pacific Northwest for an inspiring, hands-on event designed to bring the local change community thought-provoking ideas and information on industry trends.   Learn, connect, and share your expertise with hundreds of change professionals through impactful breakout sessions, business leader panels, and extensive networking opportunities.  October 1 & 2, 2014, at Microsoft’s Redmond, WA, campus.  For more information, go to www.acmppnwnetwork.org, and click on the symposium tab. 

New Technologies for Virtual Coaching

Register for upcoming webcasts or view session recordings anytime at www.astd.org/webcasts.

September 11 at 2:00 p.m. ET
 Speaker: Todd Zaugg

The latest innovation in achieving performance improvement has arrived, and it couldn't have come at a better time. Many of us are experiencing the pressure of decreased budgets, remote teams, and an increased need for performance coaching.

 In this webcast, we will share the key reasons why talent development suffers, and how to overcome those pitfalls and unleash performance. We will also share the latest in a leading, web-based technology platform that helps accelerate talent development.