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Sharepoint for Training and Compliance

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September 10 at 2:00 p.m. ET
Speakers: Shawn Andrews, Matthew Smith

 Training and compliance are now more than ever a necessity in the corporate world. Adhering to applicable laws and regulations concerning your business is vital and failure to do so can lead to severe penalties. Leveraging an option like SharePoint for training and compliance can effectively reduce security risks and challenges associated with compliance. In this session, we'll discuss some examples of using SharePoint to support training and compliance in organizations. Topics include:
•Managing training curriculum
•Employee onboarding/orientation
•Workflows and Version Control
•Project management
•Using SharePoint as LMS

Improvisation and Leadership: Teaching Your Leaders Positive and Effective Behaviors For Employee Engagement

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September 9 at 2:00 p.m. ET
 Speakers: Karen Hough
   
 One of the biggest challenges for leaders today is effectively engaging teams so that employees can manage change, innovate, and remain flexible. Keeping employees engaged, positive, and focused has a great deal to do with the day-to-day actions and reactions of leadership. Join Karen Hough, CEO of ImprovEdge, for an interactive session on the use of improvisational behaviors as effective leadership tools for employees and organizations. Improvisers manage risk, constant change, and uncertainty, and are able to take advantage of the unexpected.

You will learn:
•four critical techniques of improvisation that can be easily translated to corporate environments
•case studies of how these simple tools have supported collaborative and effective teams (for example, Coca-Cola Enterprises)
•ways to model and teach more proactive leader behaviors
•further resources to integrate the flexibility of improvisation into your working environment. 

ICELW 2014, the Seventh Annual International Conference on E-learning in the Workplace, will be held from June 11-13, 2014 at Columbia University in New York.

• Keynote speeches by Steve Wheeler, the renowned speaker, blogger, tweeter, and e-learning expert, and Dr. Peta Hellmann, Sr. HR Officer at the World Bank Group.
• A special panel discussion on the potential role of MOOCs in professional development, moderated by ICELW founder and conference chair Dr. David Guralnick.
• An invited talk from Dr. Will Thalheimer, the well-known researcher and learning/performance consultant, on the Serious E-Learning Manifesto.
• Presentations given by experienced presenters from roughly 25 countries.
• The announcement of the winners of the International E-Learning Awards - Business Division.
• Our ICELW mini-expo, on Thursday, June 12th.

Intrepid Learning is offering a free MOOC on MOOCs - genius!

Following up on the recent Action Learning session we held, we thought you would be interested to know that there is a public workshop to be held in Seattle next month. This is a perfect opportunity for those that would like a deep dive into the World Institute of Action Learning's (WIAL) tested approach, chosen by many top Fortune 500 companies as well as non-profits.

• Foundations of Action Learning, May 6 & 7: This program provides participants a solid understanding of the power of Action Learning and how and why it works. You will have the opportunity to participate as a team member, coach and problem presenter using Action Learning to tackle real problems and arrive at real solutions.

Space is limited, so please let us know you can make it by registering HERE

Need a way to explain Action Learning to others that may be interested or want to understand more yourself? SageWays created this video to help and you can find it HERE

RFPs Due April 30!

Dear Workplace Learning Professional: Just a quick reminder that you are invited to complete a Request for Proposal (RFP) to become one of our concurrent session speakers at the ASTD-Cascadia Annual Conference being held at the Sheraton Portland Airport Hotel in Portland, Oregon, on October 30, 2014. As we've mentioned in previous emails, Roger Schank, educational reformer, is our keynote speaker. You can read about Roger on his website. Our four concurrent session tracks are: · Practitioner Track: Turning Learning Upside Down · E-Learning Track: Designing Beyond Page-Turners · Connection Track: Breaking Down Walls · Leadership Track: Inspiring New Paths For more information about the conference and to download the RFP information,visit our conference webpage. Note: This URL may change in the near future. We look forward to reviewing your proposed workshop. If you have any questions about the process, please contact our Concurrent Sessions Committee at:conferencesessions@astdcascadia.org. Follow the Conference on Facebook We invite you to follow the conversations and community on our Facebook page. Please "Like" our page and share it with your colleagues. Interested in Sponsoring or Exhibiting? Looking for a unique opportunity to market your company to a dedicated group of workplace learning professionals?Visit our conference webpage to learn more about Sponsor and Exhibitor opportunities at the conference. Our expanded exhibit hall space allows us to provide a number of display opportunities for both Sponsors and Exhibitors that fit a variety of budgets. Looking forward to seeing you at the 2014 Annual Conference!

Public Speaking: Entertaining & Entertaining Audiences in Today's World!

Every member can save money by renewing before April 1^st. Please remind your managers and coordinators to go to: http://www.astd.org/Members/Membership-Renew before April 1st.

National ASTD recently announced it is offering a new online learning program to help WLP practitioners seek public funds for training. Public workforce development grants are an important alternate source of funding to consider in a time when corporate training budgets are tight.

The program, “Essentials of Identifying Public Funding for Training, will provide you with an overview of the public workforce system, how to engage with your local workforce investment board (WIB) and one stop career center, and where to find tax credits and training grant opportunities. You will receive resources and a job aid to help you build an action plan for your own organization to access funding.

The course is 4.5 hours in length conducted over three sessions. It will be offered in March, June and November of this year. The cost is $395 for National ASTD members.

Michael Ferraro is the facilitator of the program. Mr. Ferraro, who has with extensive experience in working with state workforce development systems, serves as the key advisor on public policy to National ASTD. He also heads up his own successful training business.

Find out more information here.

The offering of this course highlights the growing importance of government funding and public policy to the future of the WLP profession. I encourage you to consider enrolling in it.

Dr. William “Bud” Wurtz,
ASTDps Manager of Public Policy