Hawkeye ASTD

September All Chapter Meeting - Employee Recognition & Incentive

Hawkeye ASTD All Chapter Meeting - September 10, 2010, 9:00 - 11:00 a.m., Manchester Golf Club, Iowa Room

Building a Recognition Culture with Bill Bergstrom from Terryberry Company is our topic for September.  Bill has consulted with organizations ranging from family businesses to fortune 500 companies, formulating and implementing recognition programs that focus on workforce talent retention and performance improvement. Terryberry Company has been an innovator and leader in the recognition industry since 1918.

 

Building a Recognition Culture attendees will learn:

1.   What the latest research shows about the impact of employee recognition on engagement, productivity and profitability

2.   Strategies for aligning recognition initiatives with corporate objectives 

3.   Review the key steps for developing an effective recognition program and understand how to put them into practice 

4.   Which awards are most (and least) effective

 

***Read more about the Presenter and Topic Download SUMMARY.

 

RSVP to your site coordinator:

Cedar Falls/Waterloo - execdev@uni.edu

Cedar Rapids/Iowa City - sheilas81@mchsi.com

Dubuque - dan@teambuildingblocks.com

August Chapter Meeting - Best Practices of Accelerated Design

Hawkeye ASTD Site Meeting - August 13, 2010, 11:30 - 1:00 p.m.

· Are you ever in a situation where you need to design a training course or workshop with less than optimal time?

· Do you ever feel “stuck” or “out of new ideas” when you are trying to put a training module together?

· How it that we forget how adults learn best when we are crafting our training courses?  How do we keep these principles “top of mind?”

Gale Mote, Gale Mote Associates will be facilitating a lively discussion around best practices in training design.  You can be sure to leave with:

· A template you can customize for designing training

· Best practices for designing training for high impact in less time

· Practical exercises that support the human learning cycle (Dave Meier, The Center for Accelerated Learning)

o     Preparation (Arousal)

o     Presentation (Encounter)

o     Practice (Integration)

o     Performance (Application)

We look forward to learning with you!

RSVP Your Site Coordinator Today!

Cedar Falls/Waterloo - execdev@uni.edu

Cedar Rapids/Iowa City - sheilas81@mchsi.com

Dubuque - dan@teambuildingblocks.com

July Chapter Meeting July 9th - Iowa City Location Added

We have added an Iowa City location for this month's Chapter Meeting.  Please join us if you are in the area!

MidWestOne Bank - Keokuk Street Branch

1906 Keokuk Street, Iowa City, IA

Office Phone for Susan Weinschenk:  319-341-2003

Cell Phone for Susan:  319-530-0094

July Chapter Meeting - Keep Your Learners’ Brains in Mind

July 9 11:40-12:50

 

SESSION SUMMARY

Have you ever been the facilitator of a training session in which participants "had to be there?" Would you enjoy the benefits of helping those learners' change their states to "want to be there?" Are you interested in making learning easier and “stickier” for your participants? Join Melanie Hoffner, an award-winning Certified Brain-Based Trainer, and experience practical brain-friendly strategies including “Six Trumps,” "Building Frames," “Close Those Open Loops!" “The Power of Pink Elephants,” “Process, Please!” and more, to engage your learners’ brains and improve learning success!

LEARNING OUTCOMES

The following learning outcomes will be achieved:

1. Participants will gain an overview understanding of the concepts of brain-compatible training, state management, attention, and “brain rules.”

2. Participants will experience brain-compatible strategies and activities including Six Trumps for Learning (Bowman) frames (Allen), open loops (Jensen), positive language, and processing time (Jensen & Nickelson) and identify how they could be used in their training sessions.

3. Participants will experience the impact of several of Dr. John Medina’s “Brain Rules” and determine how they can enhance, or interfere with, their learners’ outcomes.

4. Participants will identify at least three brain-compatible strategies or activities that they could implement to create more brain-friendly and effective learning experiences.

 

RSVP Your Site Coordinator TODAY

Cedar Falls/Waterloo:  execdev@uni.edu

Cedar Rapids/Iowa City: sheilas81@mchsi.com

Dubuque: krotz@honkamp.com

 *Dubuque Site Meeting Location Changed to Honkamp Krueger, 2345 JFK Dubuque

 

June 11th Chapter Celebration

Make Your Reservation Today for the June 11^th Chapter Celebration!

RSVP to: diana.heinemann@yellowbook.com

Where:   Manchester Golf Club @ 18175 222nd St. Manchester, IA

When:  Friday, June 11 from 2:00 to 5:00 p.m.

What to Bring:   2009 & 2010 Point Cards (tally your points before arriving

Challenge:  Bring a Guest and enter the special prize category!

 What to Expect:   Variety of mini learning events; good food & drink; prizes, networking and FUN!

April All Chapter Meeting - Influencer: The Power to Change Anything

Join us on April 9th from 9:00 - 11:00 AM at the Manchester Golf Club (18175 222nd St. Manchester, IA).  This all chapter meeting will feature guest speaker Shirley Poertner, Poertner Consulting Group LLC, who cover the topic, Influencer: The Power to Change Anything.

In this fast-paced and inspiring presentation based on the New York Times bestseller, Influencer: The Power to Change Anything, you will learn what it takes to create rapid and sustainable change. You will journey from San Francisco to Thailand and meet influence masters who have made change not only achievable and sustainable, but inevitable. From the authors of the award-winning Crucial Conversations® program, you’ll discover a powerful and portable model for changing behaviors – drawing on the strategies of many of the world’s best change agents, combined with five decades of social-science research. Come see why some managers increase productivity repeatedly and significantly – while others fail miserably.

You’ll learn about:

• How to make the undesirable desirable
• How to surpass your own limits
• How to harness peer pressure and find strength in numbers
• How to turn small rewards into large results
• How to change your environment

Begin to solve the problems you care about the most – from the simplest to the most persistent. Begin to learn how to be an influencer.

 

Please RSVP by emailing your site coordinator.  Thank you!

Dan Block - Dubuque Site Coordinator - dan@teambuildingblocks.com

Sheila Schmidt - Cedar Rapids Site Coordinator - sheilas81@mchsi.com

Kim Recker - Waterloo/Cedar Falls Coordinator - execdev@uni.edu

March Chapter Meeting - CPLP

Certified Professional in Learning and Performance (CPLP) – What, Why, and How!

The ASTD Certification Institute's Certified Professional in Learning and Performance Certification (CPLP) equips you with the tools to be the best in the field and lets employers know that you have real world, practical expertise that can be readily applied to the current work environment. CPLP gives you the capability, credibility and confidence to be a high performing contributor in your organization. Be one of the best ---- Become a CPLP!

Attend the March Hawkeye ASTD March Site Meeting, Friday, March 12 from 11:30 am to 1:00 pm at the location nearest you.

This is your chance to get answers to frequently asked questions including:

· What is the CPLP? Why might this certification be important to me?

· Who can apply for the CPLP? Am I ready?

· What does the CPLP cover?

· What is required for the work product submission?

· How much studying/preparation is required? What is the cost?

· When are the testing windows? When do I need to register?

· What is the pass rate for the Knowledge Exam?  How do I prepare?

· How long is the certification valid?

· What is involved in the recertification process?

· Is it really worth it?

We will be starting a local study group and want to know your interest and availability.  This is a great opportunity to take your training and development credentials and experience to the next level.

Please RSVP to the site coordinator in your location.   Site location and coordinator information can be found on:  http://www.hawkeyeastd.org.

Remember bring a guest and earn 50 incentive points!

February Chapter Meeting

How Do You Maximize Your Training Budget?

We all seem to be in the same situation…being asked to do as much or more with fewer resources.  So let’s pool our talents and experiences to help each other deliver great training using fewer dollars.

 

Attend the February Hawkeye ASTD February Site Meeting Friday, February 12 from 11:30 to 1:00 at the location nearest to you.

 

This is your chance to brainstorm with your learning and development peers.  We are asking each of attendee to bring one or more concepts/ideas that have worked for your organization this past year.  If your idea is a winner with your peers…a prize is in your future!

 

Please RSVP to the site coordinator in your location.   Site location and coordinator information can be found on:  http://www.hawkeyeastd.org.

 

Remember bring a guest and earn 50 incentive points!

November All Chapter Meeting - Personality Styles

Join the All Chapter Meeting on November 13th from 9:00 AM - 11:00 PM

Topic: Personality Styles

Presenter: Sheila Schmidt

Location: Manchester Golf Club 18175 222nd St. Manchester, IA

http://manchestergolfcourse.net

 

Recognize and celebrate the fact that each person in an organization is unique, with different communication styles, and different ways of contributing. In these differences are great strengths, but how do we recognize and make the very best of them?  During this session you will gain a greater understanding of your communication style and decision making style, and the styles of others.   This session is highly interactive, and everyone will leave with a greater understanding of themselves and others.

 

Please RSVP to Diana Heinemann: Diana.Heinemann@Yellowbook.com or 319-790-3477

October Chapter Meeting - Managing a Multi‐Generational Workforce

Bring your lunch and a friend and join us on October 9th from 11:30 to 1:00 for Hawkeye Chapter ASTD Site Meeting

Presenter:  Rita Perea, Rita Perea Consulting (Download More About Rita Perea)

 

Today, for the first time ever, four generations are working side‐by‐side in the American workplace. Organizations are feeling the pain of generation gaps as they struggle to manage productivity and morale, while maintaining high standards of quality and service in a challenging economy.

 

As training professionals, we are pivotal in defining the unique challenges and framing the solutions for issues created by this new American workforce. Proposed solutions include an emphasis on identifying generational values, attitudes, work styles, and increasing awareness for operating effectively within a multi-generational workplace.

Please RSVP to your site coordinator.  Cedar Rapids will meet at KTOS,  Waterloo/Cedar Falls at Wheaton Franciscan Healthcare, Dubuque at American Trust.

 

April Chapter Meeting

Attend the April 17^th  Hawkeye Chapter ASTD Site Meeting from 11:30 to 1:00 in Cedar Rapids, Dubuque, or Cedar Falls/Waterloo (note: date changed due to Good Friday falling on usual 2^nd Friday date)

 Topic:  Unleashing the Power of Creative Problem-Solving

Facilitator:   Dr. Deb Oliver

Description:  If I asked you if you were creative, what would your answer be? 

Experts believe that all people are creative, just in different ways.  Takeaways from this session will be:

-Understanding the 3 dimensions of creative problem-solving

-Your personal style

-How to make the most of the creative problem-solving style of your training team or employees in general

  Format:  Joint Conference Call Session from Site Locations

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