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Greetings!
The March ASTD Meeting will be for a half hour more due to the topic
and speaker. Please advertise this and try to bring guests so we have a
full house. We will meet on Wednesday, March 17, 2004, 6:00 to 7:30 p.m.
The topic: "Preventing Death by Lecture" - More Terrific Tips for Turning
Listeners into Learners! Place: Washoe Medical Center, Remedies
Be prepared for an evening of high energy, lots of learning and fun
with Sharon L. Bowman, M.A. Sharon has been an author, teacher, trainer,
and consultant for over thirty years. She is a terrific trainer and will
share her new learning and training tips with ASTD. She works with people
who want to fine-tune their information-giving skills and companies that
want to offer exceptional staff development programs. She provides staff
development and human resource programs for colleges, school districts,
government agencies, and private businesses across the country. She
specializes in making learning hands-on, interactive, fun, and memorable.
Her services include presenting interactive keynote addresses, high-energy
conference sessions, workshops, and seminars. She also offers personal
coaching services for teachers, trainers, and public speakers who want to
create interactive learning experiences or fine-tune existing ones. Sharon
is the director of The Lake Tahoe Trainers Group, a member of the National
Speakers Association, and the owner of Bowperson Publishing Company.
Books by Sharon Bowman include: Going Lightly! Terrific Tips To Lighten
Your Daily Load Preventing Death By Lecture! Terrific Tips For Turning
Listeners Into Learners Shake, Rattle And Roll! Using The Ordinary To Make
Your Training Extraordinary How To Give It So They Get It! A Flight Plan
For Teaching Anyone Anything And Making It Stick If Lazarus Did It, So Can
You! Resurrecting The Learning In Your Churches, Schools, And Homes
Presenting With Pizzazz! Terrific Tips For Topnotch Trainers.
For more information on Sharon please log onto: www.Bowperson.com
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President's Message, March 2004: Workplace Training
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for new resources on training trends and practices, so this month
I'm passing on a few cyber destinations that you may want to check
out:
American Society for Training and Development (ASTD): Of course
no such list is complete without prominent mention of ASTD, "the
world's premier professional association and leading resource on
workplace learning and performance issues"! The ASTD national
website provides information, research, analysis, and practical
information.
Employment Policy Foundation : A nonprofit, nonpartisan research
and educational foundation that focuses on workplace trends and
policies. Includes searchable articles on trends, training and
education, and workplace demographics.
GoCertify.Com: An online resource for certification information,
covering over 400 certifications from more than 40 vendors.
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| International Society for Performance
Improvement (ISPI): A leading international association dedicated to
improving productivity and performance in the workplace. Includes
valuable resources such as the Performance Improvement Journal for
trainers and human resource professionals.
Learnativity.com: A site that fosters learning, productivity, and
creativity in training development practices. Includes resources,
articles, and directories to assist training professionals in
curricula and program design.
National Alliance of Business (NAB): A national business
organization focused on increasing student achievement and improving
the competitiveness of the workforce.
TCM.com's Training and Development Resource Center: A
comprehensive list of training and development links and online
resources maintained and supervised by human resource and training
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| The Herman Group: An organization that
specializes in predicting and forecasting workplace issues and
trends. Free electronic newsletter, Trend Alert, is available.
The New Corporate University Review: A resource for corporate
university professionals on trends and issues in corporate learning.
Includes article excerpts from the Corporate University Review, an
Ask-The-Experts section, and a moderated listserv.
Training and Development Practitioner's Site: An online resource
for all levels of training and development professionals. Features
articles, external links, and free discussion groups that explore
trends and issues in training.
Training Magazine: This online magazine provides a holistic view
of trends in the training world, up-to-date salary surveys,
innovations in workplace training programs, and a who's who in the
fast-paced world of corporate training.
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| Achieving Business Results through Training :
This report, published by the Forum Corporation, examines lessons
learned through the study of hundreds of corporate learning
programs. The report outlines five core principles in learning
systems and processes that help link training to business results.
Have fun surfin' the turf and remember to share sites, ideas,
techniques, etc. with your fellow training practitioners!
Best regards to all and be sure to come out and enjoy acclaimed
author Sharon Bowman and her interactive presentation style at the
St. Patrick's Day membership meeting!
Shelley MacDonald, President, Sierra Nevada Chapter
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2004 Member Survey |
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| Have you sent your 2004 Member Survey in for a
chance at winning one of 15 fabulous gift certificates? The March
22nd deadline is looming, so please send it in now. Your feedback is
very important to us. Its quick, its anonymous its perfectly safe,
and 100% legal in all 50 states, so what are you waiting for? (If
,for some reason, you didn't get yours, or you fed it to a pet,
extra copies will be on hand at the next member meeting, or you can
ask for another.)
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