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Greetings!
MEMBERSHIP INCENTIVES! Many people who should be enjoying the benefits
of ASTD membership are not. We are asking for your help. Bring a guest to
a meeting, and when that guest becomes a member, you get a $10 COUPON FROM
ONE OF OUR LOCAL MERCHANTS, SUCH AS BORDERS, STARBUCKS AND TRADER JOE'S.
This edition of the newsletter introduces your board members and
provides a preview of what's in store this year.
President's Letter, January 2004
2004 is here, the 60th anniversary of ASTD as an organization! In those
60 years ASTD has evolved from its early establishment by a handful of
"training men" to being the premier global workplace learning and
performance organization!
The Sierra Nevada Chapter of ASTD is also striving to be an outstanding
organization of choice for its members and potential members. The 2004
Board of Directors recently sat down together at our yearly planning
retreat to assess the successes (or otherwise) of 2003 and to define who
we are and where we want to go in 2004. The results of that meeting can be
reviewed on our web site www.astdnevada.org under "Membership Services",
the same location where you can find current contact info for the new 2004
Board (contact us with your ideas, please!)
But just in case you don't feel like checking out the web site right
now, I'll just mention a few points that came out of that session: We
asked "What is our Chapter identity?" "Who are we?" and the answer we came
up with is: We are Northern Nevada professionals that partner with
industry and individuals to provide training resources, training
expertise, performance support, networking and professional development.
Is that how you see our organization too? In line with this assertion we
pledged to uphold our mission statement, developed in 2001: We are
committed to enhancing and facilitating the development and leadership of
individuals involved in Training and Human Resources. We further
identified our main customers as being the area's consultants, corporate
trainers, sister organizations, government, adult educators,
designers/developers, SMEs and ad hoc trainers. Do you find yourself in
that group? Then we asked what the needs of our customers are and came up
with the following needs: networking for profit, tangible benefits of
membership, socializing, field credibility, benchmarking, resources, and
education. Do you see these areas as being the reason you are a member of
our Chapter? And finally, we set broad goals for 2004, examples of which
are: increasing our membership by 30%, enhancing our marketing outreach,
offering two mixers (similar to the wine and networking event last
November) and two luncheon meetings besides our other programs, as well as
becoming 100% compliant with CORE (Chapter Operating Requirements),
guidelines for all chapters to follow, set down by ASTD National.
What other goals would you like to see us fulfill in 2004?
The rest of the
story...
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Vice President of Marketing and President Elect |
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| Greetings from your Vice President of Marketing
and this year's President Elect. The latest Board retreat showed us
that we need to tune in more precisely to our membership needs,
first by identifying WHO you are, WHY you're a local member and WHAT
you'd like from us. So expect more questions in the near future. (I
might even give it a snazzy marketing moniker like "No Member Left
Behind...") At the same time, we're identifying and communicating to
those professionals in our area that we think could and should be
members, plus seeking alliances with sister organizations to
leverage resources and contacts. My philosophy is that if you are a
training and development professional in this area, you need to be a
member of this chapter, plain and simple. I see you, the members, as
our biggest marketing asset, so let me know what I can do to help
you recruit, retain and get the word out about our chapter.
Looking forward to a dynamic and prosperous 2004! Chris
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VP of Administration |
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| Jeanne Underwood is the owner of Sierra
Performance Consultants, an organization that assists organizations
in enhancing leadership, improving performance, and increasing
knowledge & innovation in the workplace. As VP of Administration
she intends to keep accurate records for the chapter, insure
compliance with the National chapter, and assist the chapter in
continuing to establish a solid presence in the community as the
most advanced and effective organization for training professionals.
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Director at Large |
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| Kurt Frohlich - Director at Large Hello and
happy 2004! This year, I am one of two Directors at Large after
serving last year in the same capacity. In this position I will be
responsible for managing or co-managing at least one ASTD event
during the 2004 calendar year. Last year, I was responsible for
managing our First Annual ASTD e- Learning Symposium held at Truckee
Meadows Community College. This year, we are currently in the early
strategy and planning stages for holding a possible Second Annual
E-Learning Symposium, or merging that event with an advanced Train
the Trainer or other regional conference hosted by our local
chapter. Stay tuned for more details as they unfold. Professionally,
I am an independent training consultant working with public and
private sector clients who hire me to design and develop training
materials for classroom and/or online delivery. My company's name is
Apex Performance Solutions (www.solutionsbyapex.com).
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VP Membership |
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| I'm Beth Blackwood, VP of
Membership/Recruitment for 2004. I served on the board last year as
the VP Membership. I'm the Training Manager at West Corporation, an
Inbound call center. Aside from work, I also have a real life. With
my husband, twin daughters in High School and ten year old son,
we've been in Reno for 3.5 years.
My goal this year is to grow our membership and add to the
diversity of the businesses we serve. It's important that we expand
our membership so that our organization reflects the new and
changing business mix here in Northern Nevada. We also want to
support the traditional business and industry sectors that have been
responsible for our on-going success.
To accomplish my goals, I'll be asking for your help in 2004.
We'll be running an incentive program to increase our membership,
which will reward our current members for bringing in new members.
It's not difficult to contribute to this effort... just tell
professionals you know why you enjoy being a part of our local ASTD.
Ask your boss to join us at the January meeting. Or bring a
friend! If your boss is a friend, then we'll need your input on the
"building relationships" meeting later this year!
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Vice President |
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| Greetings and happy new year! My name is Cheryl
Woehr and I have been elected to the ASTD Board as the Vice
President.
For Speaker and Monthly Program Coordination. I am responsible
for coordinating guest speakers and monthly activities. If you have
ideas for guest speakers or activities I'd like to hear them!
In addition to being on the board, I am the IBET, (Intercultural
Business Education & Training) Program Coordinator at the
University of Nevada, Reno. The IBET program provides cultural
sensitivity and diversity training to local businesses and
organizations in the Northern Nevada area. Prior to working at UNR,
I worked for Truckee Meadows Community College for 18 years and have
been providing consulting and training in the area for the past 15
years.
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Treasurer |
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| Julie Lamoureaux - Treasurer Hi Everyone! I am
the incoming Treasurer, filling the shoes of Cheryl Hinman who held
this position last year. As the Treasurer I am responsible for
handling accounts payable/receivable, reconciling bank statements
and preparing monthly finacial reports for the Board - among other
things. My goals for this year are to continue to maintain the great
records Cheryl kept and to see our chapter through an external
audit. I joined ASTD in July and lo and behold in September I was
talking to Shelly about becoming a Board member. I am excited to
hold this position and I know I will enjoy working with our
knowledgable team of Board members. I currently work for Nevadaworks
as a Project Analyst. In this capacity I oversee numerous
contractors whose programs we fund under the Workforce Investment
Act. I look forward to seeing and talking to you at our monthly
membership meetings!
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Newsletter/Webmaster |
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| I'm Dan Roberts, your Webmaster and newsletter
publisher. We're expanding our search for relevant newsletter
content to many new ares, including the national ASTD website. If
you have suggestions on where we can find good articles, or if you
would like to contribute to the newsletter, please contact me at
dan@telosinteractive.com or 829-9840. Shameless self- promotion
articles are welcomed, as long as you offer the membership something
of value in the article.
Speaking of shameless self-promotion: My company is Telos
Interactive, Inc. We develop cost-effective eLearning courses on
just about any topic, record and edit professional narration, and
write outstanding documentation. Check
http//www.telosinteractive.com to see some examples.
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Past President |
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| I have just passed on to Shelley MacDonald the
responsibility and pleasure of being the President of this Sierra
Nevada Chapter of ASTD. When I moved to Reno from Hong Kong in 1998
I joined the chapter to connect professionally. I became a
Director-at-Large in 1999 and was elected President-Elect in 2000
and held that position for two years. During that time I served as
acting president for the last six months of John Burrel's two year
term as President. As Past President my role will be to provide
continuity and wisdom from the past as we reposition our chapter to
effectively serve northern Nevada in the 21 Century at a time when
the training and human resource professionals are becoming strategic
business partners in organizations. Professionally, through my
business, Sierra Circle Consulting, I work with management teams to
develop and implement strategies that create a quantum leap forward
in effectiveness and productivity for their organization through
facilitated structured workshops, planning forums, and training in
facilitative leadership skills required in participatory
organizational cultures and collaborative projects.
Patricia Tuecke, Sierra Circle Consulting 775-333-6998.
ptuecke@nvbell.net
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