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 | | 4/24/2008 11:30 AM | 4/24/2008 1:00 PM | No | The presenter is Lee Pryor, CEO, Portico Learning Solutions. Portico was formerly known as Flying Fish Creative Services, Inc. The presentation is An Insider’s Secrets to Managing for Success. Mr. Pryor will discuss key points to manage for success. Some include dealing with non performers, measure, measure, measure; communicate until the cows come home, and eat an elephant one bite at a time.
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An Insider’s Secrets to Managing for Success
The participant will learn more about these key points:
• The importance of institutionalizing accountability and responsibility as part of the company culture
• Dealing with non performers
• Measure, measure, measure
• Communicate until the cows come home
• Eat an elephant one bite at a time
• See it the way it is
Schedule:
Networking/Lunch: 11:30am
Business Meeting/Program: 12:00pm - 1:00pm
Investment:
$15 Members with RSVP / $20 Guests with RSVP
RSVP - doug1@lsu.edu
RSVP by noon on Tuesday, April 22
Location:
Unversity of Phoenix, 4th Floor
About the Presenter:
Lee Pryor has many years of experience as a founder and Chief Executive for start up and late stage entrepreneurial companies. He began his career with Time Warner. He then moved to IBM in mainframe sales. He left to found a computer supply company that grew to 55 sales people, over 300 employees and $48 million in sales.
After selling the computer business, he ran five both private and public companies. These emerging and late stage companies were in a variety of industries including e-commerce, Internet database publishing and marketing, online on demand printing, computer supplies distribution, and technology contract manufacturing. He has recently been appointed CEO of Portico Technologies, Inc, a web based on line e-learning and training company.
Lee attended Johns Hopkins University, the US Naval Academy and graduated from Northwestern University after which he spent two years with the Counter Intelligence Corp in Japan and China.
Lee is the author of “The Savvy Entrepreneur, an Insider's Secrets to Managing for Success.” He has been an Adjunct Professor of Entrepreneurship at Tulane University’s A.B. Freeman School of Business, is a business executive coach for emerging enterprises, and is a speaker on the topic of entrepreneurship at venture capital conferences, association meetings and business schools.
Lee is a former member of the Young Presidents Organization (YPO), and has been on the Board of The National Defense University and Kent School. He is on the Board of Directors of CaminoSoft of Los Angeles, a publicly held software company as well as the Board of the Louisiana Technology Council where he was Director of the LTC Recovery/Incubator Center.
For his next book, “Bouncing Back, Lessons Learned from the Katrina Disaster”, Lee has research assistance from ten Tulane MBA graduate students. Under Lee’s research direction, New Orleans area businesses were interviewed and analyzed in regard to their disaster preparation, reaction and recovery. Once published, the book will be a real-life look into what happened to a community in the wake of one of the nation’s worst national disasters.
| | Yes | | | 5/2/2008 11:30 AM | 5/2/2008 1:00 PM | No | The next meeting will be at 11:30 a.m. on Friday, May 2, at Neighbors Federal Credit Union on Perkins. We will discuss Steps 3-6 of Go Put Your Strengths to Work by Marcus Buckingham. |
The next meeting will be at 11:30 a.m. on Friday, May 2, at Neighbors Federal Credit Union on Perkins. We will discuss Steps 3-6 of Go Put Your Strengths to Work by Marcus Buckingham. Guests are welcome.
| | | | | 5/22/2008 11:30 AM | 5/22/2008 1:00 PM | No | The presenter is Butch Robicheaux, LCSW. The title of his presentation is HeartMath: Using Heart Intelligence to Change Work Performance. |
HeartMath: Using Heart Intelligence to Change Work Performance
Managers and employees need to respond dynamically and effectively to the pressures of accelerating speed and change. This overview of the HeartMath program will illustrate how it combines science and business management to deliver tools and strategies for reducing stress and improving performance, communication skills and teamwork. HeartMath can help you to effectively manage work and personal life balance issues and increase satisfaction of both employees and customers. Tested on four continents, the
HeartMath program can create powerful, sustainable business results.
The participant will learn:
About stress, the main cause of it and how to reduce it
About the new science of heart intelligence
How to be less reactive, think clearly and make good decisions, especially under pressure
Tools to dramatically improve communication with customers, teams and one-on-one
Four powerful HeartMath techniques that transform your
physiological response to stress
Schedule:
Networking/Lunch: 11:30am
Business Meeting/Program: 12:00pm - 1:00pm
Investment:
$15 Members with RSVP / $20 Guests with RSVP
Location:
University of Phoenix, 4th Floor
Speaker Bio:
Butch Robicheaux, LCSW, is a licensed clinical social worker who has been a practicing therapist for twenty-five years. He is a licensed HeartMath provider, a student of Buddhist mindfulness, integrated medicine, Quantum Physics and spiritual awareness.
Blending together his diverse interest, knowledge, and experience ...his unique approach to therapy offers an empowering option for clients to overcome their limitations and begin living a life of self awareness and well being.
Butch specializes in stress reduction, depression, anxiety, hypertension, and personal and spiritual awareness.
| | | | | 6/11/2008 12:00 PM | 6/11/2008 1:30 PM | No | The next SIG will be on June 11, 2008 at noon at Blue Cross Blue Shield on Corporate Blvd. The topics are Authoring Tools and Course Development Process. |
The next SIG will be on June 11, 2008 at noon at Blue Cross Blue Shield on Corporate Blvd. The topics are Authoring Tools and Course Development Process and will be presented by Tanya Bird of Blue Cross and Karl Cantrelle of Portico Learning Solutions. If you are interested in attending, please contact Melissa Terrell at mterrell@porticolearning.com.
| | | | | 6/13/2008 11:30 AM | 6/13/2008 1:00 PM | No | ASTD will host a Book SIG.
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The book for this SIG is The Dip: A Little Book That Teaches You When to Quit (and When to Stick). The author is Saul Godin.
The SIG will begin at 11:30 a.m. on Friday, June 13 and will be held at Neighbors Federal Credit Union, 12529 Perkins Rd, Baton Rouge, LA. You may bring your own lunch if you wish.
For more information contact Carrie Miller at 339-3892 or via email at cmiller@lla.la.gov.
PLEASE RSVP TO CARRIE BY JUNE 12th IF YOU PLAN TO ATTEND! | | | | | 6/26/2008 11:30 AM | 6/26/2008 1:00 PM | No | What would you do if you had an employee struggling with literacy? Chances are, you have had one and may not have even known it. Do you know what it means to be functionally literate? Did you know that the definition continues to change?
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This program will address literacy in the workplace. You will walk away from this presentation with a clear definition of functional literacy, what it means to be functionally literate in today’s world, the signs or indicators to look for, and ways in which you can help others.
The participant will:
• Have an understanding of what functional literacy is and what it is not
• Have an awareness of how functional literacy can affect the average employee as well as their children
• Be able to recognize the signs or indicators of an employee who may be struggling with literacy
• Gain knowledge of what to do to and what not to do in an effort to address literacy in the workplace
• Have a deeper understanding of the ways in which learning professionals can be of help to Adult Literacy Advocates of Baton Rouge
Schedule:
Networking/Lunch: 11:30am
Business Meeting/Program: 12:00pm - 1:00pm
Investment:
$15 Members with RSVP / $20 Guests with RSVP
Location:
Unversity of Phoenix, 4th Floor
About the Speaker:
Pam Creighton is the Executive Director of Adult Literacy Advocates of Baton Rouge. For over 40 years, Adult Literacy Advocates has been serving the community with one-on-one tutoring and small group instruction.
| | | | | 7/15/2008 8:00 AM | 7/17/2008 5:00 PM | No | Workforce Innovations is the premier annual conference promoting collaboration among leaders from workforce development, business, economic development, education, community-based organizations, and philanthropy.
Success Decoded 2008 will bring together local, state and national-level strategic workforce investment partners to learn from successes and cultivate the talent development solutions needed in today's global economy.
| | | | | | 7/16/2008 1:00 PM | 7/16/2008 2:30 PM | No | At some point, even experienced trainers, facilitators and managers find themselves standing before groups whose dynamics are all over the board. Everyone is expressing an opinion, ideas are flying at warp speed, emotions are high, disagreement is rampant, and some people are shutting down while others are rebelling against the process. Wouldn’t it be great to have the tools that allow you to regain control and confidently lead the group to effective results every time?
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ASTD Baton Rouge Chapter members have been invited by Leadership Strategies to participate in their free webinar “An Introduction to Facilitating Groups.” Information follows on their invitation for your participation.
Join Michael Wilkinson, world renowned Master Facilitator and CEO of Leadership Strategies, Inc., in this free, 90-minute webinar specifically designed for ASTD chapter members. Learn practical facilitation techniques to elevate your group handling skills and help you achieve amazing organizational results.
Learn how to:
• Get executives to transfer their power to you
• Prepare for a successful engagement/meeting
• Gain the groups interest and support from the start
• Keep the group focused
• Guide groups to effective business solutions
• Handle disagreements and dysfunctional behavior
• Reach consensus around a decision
• Close the session with clarity and commitment
Ideal for:
• Training and HR Professionals
• Consultants
• Facilitators
• Functional Team Leaders/Managers
• Executives
• Project Managers
• Sales Professionals
• Analysts
Looking to:
• Run more productive meetings
• Establish strategic direction
• Get a business process operating efficiently
• Lead a task force
• Establish performance objectives
• Work through internal conflict
• Help groups create solutions to critical business issues
Ready? Set. Success!
Title: An Introduction to Facilitating Groups - ASTD Members & Guests Series
Date: Wednesday, July 16, 2008
Time: 1:00 PM - 2:30 PM Central Time
System Requirements
PC-based attendees
Required: Windows® 2000, XP Home, XP Pro, 2003 Server, Vista
Macintosh®-based attendees
Required: Mac OS® X 10.3.9 (Panther®) or newer
Space is limited.
| | | | | 7/24/2008 1:00 PM | 7/24/2008 2:30 PM | No | At some point, even experienced trainers, facilitators and managers find themselves standing before groups whose dynamics are all over the board. Everyone is expressing an opinion, ideas are flying at warp speed, emotions are high, disagreement is rampant, and some people are shutting down while others are rebelling against the process. Wouldn’t it be great to have the tools that allow you to regain control and confidently lead the group to effective results every time? | Join Richard Smith, Principal Facilitator with Leadership Strategies, Inc., in this free, 90-minute webinar specifically designed for ASTD chapter members. Learn practical facilitation techniques to elevate your group handling skills and help you achieve amazing organizational results.
Learn how to:
• Get executives to transfer their power to you
• Prepare for a successful engagement/meeting
• Gain the groups interest and support from the start
• Keep the group focused
• Guide groups to effective business solutions
• Handle disagreements and dysfunctional behavior
• Reach consensus around a decision
• Close the session with clarity and commitment
Ideal for:
• Training and HR Professionals
• Consultants
• Facilitators
• Functional Team Leaders/Managers
• Executives
• Project Managers
• Sales Professionals
• Analysts
Looking to:
• Run more productive meetings
• Establish strategic direction
• Get a business process operating efficiently
• Lead a task force
• Establish performance objectives
• Work through internal conflict
• Help groups create solutions to critical business issues
Ready? Set. Success!
Title: An Introduction to Facilitating Groups - ASTD Members & Guests Series
Date: Thursday, July 24, 2008
Time: 1:00 PM - 2:30 PM CENTRAL
System Requirements
PC-based attendees
Required: Windows® 2000, XP Home, XP Pro, 2003 Server, Vista
Macintosh®-based attendees
Required: Mac OS® X 10.3.9 (Panther®) or newer
| | | | | 8/28/2008 11:30 AM | 8/28/2008 1:00 PM | No | You’ve heard about coaching before. Perhaps someone at work is pressing you to incorporate coaching into your organization’s people processes. Now you need to know what it is and how it might apply to you.
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Join ASTDBR this month to find out what coaching is, who will benefit from coaching, the costs and risks, and a bit about how to do it.
As a result of this program, you will:
• Learn what coaching is, and how it differs from mentoring, training, counseling, consulting and parenting.
• Understand the costs, risks and benefits of coaching in a corporate environment.
• Know when to use coaching and with whom.
• Try out a few basic coaching principles and tools for yourself
• Take away a list of resources for further learning
Schedule:
Networking/Lunch: 11:30am
Business Meeting/Program: 12:00pm - 1:00pm
Investment:
$15 Members with RSVP / $20 Guests with RSVP
RSVP - doug1@lsu.edu
RSVP by noon on Tuesday, August 26
Location:
Unversity of Phoenix, 4th Floor
Facilitator Bio
Kent M. Blumberg, ACC
Kent Blumberg is a business and executive coach, certified by the International Coach Federation. As an executive coach, Kent works one-on-one with clients, catalyzing, inspiring and supporting them in achieving better results faster and easier than they thought possible. Executives choose to work with Kent in order to improve business results while developing themselves and others for long-term sustainable growth.
| | | | | 9/25/2008 11:30 AM | 9/25/2008 1:00 PM | No | Have you facilitated an activity recently that went really well? Are others constantly asking you about presentations you’ve done or something you’ve achieved?
Then we need you for ASTDBR’s Show Not Tell 2008. We’d like to hear from you about all of the fabulous things you’ve been doing with your employees and clients. You may be thinking, “Nah, not me. My stuff isn’t that impressive. I couldn’t get up and brag about my work.” | Wrong!! We know that is not true. You are a trainer…..the center of attention, the control freak, the entertainer, the storyteller, the molder of minds! We know that you have just been dying to do this…..in front of your peers no less!
We are looking for……any opener, energizer, closer or any other neat thing that you have done and you are proud of!
We will give you…….10 minutes to demonstrate and debrief it to the group as well as link it to core content of some sort.
When……Thursday, September 25, 2008 from 12 – 1 (during a regular membership meeting)
Where……where else? The University of Phoenix, 4th Floor
Investment
$15 Members with RSVP
$20 Guest with RSVP
RSVP Deadline is Tuesday prior to meeting
How…….complete the Show Not Tell Request for Presentation form and submit it to Leah Tate ( ltate@neighborsfcu.org) by September 17, 2008. The form can be found on the ASTDBR website by clicking Events, Presenter Proposal, Show Not Tell RFP. Or, you may request an RFP by Leah Tate at the email address above.
Your entry will be reviewed and you will be notified if you have been selected. The selected entries will also be compiled and distributed to the members as a reference tool.
| | | | | 10/15/2008 12:00 PM | 10/15/2008 1:00 PM | No | Informal Learning: Are We Missing a HUGE Opportunity?
Some research suggests that up to 80 percent of learning in the workplace occurs on an informal basis. Even with this being the case, most corporations spend more than 80 percent of their training budget and effort on formal training. This presentation will address the issues and methodologies surrounding understanding and effectively delivering informal learning, including e-communities (forums and synchronous environments), electronic performance support systems (EPSS). See how some emerging and nontraditional methods are stepping up to fill this much needed training opportunity. Learn to:
• Integrate informal learning techniques into existing learning models.
• Recognize the types of learners that are best served by informal learning and plan programs accordingly.
• Obtain the buy-in for informal learning.
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This presentation will be a webinar. Once you are registered, the webinar information will be sent to you. You can register by email Melissa Terrell, mterrell@porticolearning.com.
Bob Mosher Global Chief Learning and Strategy Evangelist
Bob has been an active and influential leader in the learning and training industry for over 23 years and is renowned worldwide for his pioneering role in eLearning and new
approaches to learning. Bob joined LearningGuide from Microsoft, where he was Director of Learning Strategy and Evangelism. Before that, Bob was the Executive Director
of Education for Element K, where he directed and influenced their learning model and products. He is an influential voice in the IT training industry, speaking at conferences
and participating within industry associations such as CLO Magazine, CompTIA, ASTD, The E‑learning Guild and The Masie Centre.
Just recently, Bob presented at the National ASTD Conference in San Diego and was featured in CLO Magazine. | | | | | 10/23/2008 11:30 AM | 10/23/2008 1:00 PM | No | The presenter will be Ajay Pangarkar, CTDP. He is a Senior Learning Strategist for CentralKnowledge. The topic is Building Business Acumen for Trainers: Skills to Empower the Learning Function (WEBINAR).
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Learning professionals are expected to communicate in the language of business within their environment and with management. C-level decision-makers expect results from investment made in all parts of the business and learning is no exception. Learning must be accountable and communicated to management in terms they understand. This workshop is a practical and instructional approach to developing the business and communication skills of learning and training staff.
Through a practical approach we will provide learning professionals with the steps required to developing three essential areas of business acumen: 1. Finance Skills; 2. Partnership Skills; 3. Communication Skills.
Our Program’s Learning Objectives:
You will…
1. Acquire basic business financial skills
2. Develop budgets and forecasts for accountability
3. Integrate evaluation and ROI measures for Management
4. Obtain internal buy-in and build internal support skills
5. Communicate an effective business message for learning and development
Facilitator Bio
Ajay M. Pangarkar, CTDP
Ajay Pangarkar is Senior Learning Strategist of CentralKnowledge Inc., leaders in developing measurable strategic learning solutions. He is one of the leading learning strategists in the world, a foremost authority on integrating learning strategies into the Balanced Scorecard, and is an industry-recognized speaker on strategic employee development, blended learning, training measurement, evaluation, and ROI methodologies. Ajay’s passion is to align learning infrastructure and deliverables with an organization’s strategic objectives.
Ajay, along with partner Teresa Kirkwood, regularly writes for many prominent publications including Chief Learning Officer, Talent Management magazine, HR Reporter, HR Professional, and Management. Ajay, along with his partner Teresa Kirkwood, have published "Building Business Acumen for Trainers: Skills to Empower the Learning Function" through Pfeiffer (John Wiley & Sons) and are in the process of writing their next two books "Strategic Alignment: Integrating Learning Strategies into the Balanced Scorecard" and “The Trainer’s Portable Mentor”.
Ajay help initiate the Quebec chapter of the Canadian Society for Training Development (CSTD), is the current Chapter Chair, and serves as the Vice Chair on CSTD's National Board of Directors. Most recently, CSTD awarded Ajay, as senior practioner, CSTD’s industry-recognized Certified Training & Development Professional designation. He is also actively involved with the e-learning and online assessment solutions developing innovative e-learning courses and e-tutorials.
| | | | | 11/20/2008 11:30 AM | 11/20/2008 1:00 PM | No | The presenter is Rick Hicks. He is the VP of Operations for Randy Smith Training Solutions. |
Additional program information is forthcoming. | | | | | 12/11/2008 6:00 PM | 12/11/2008 8:00 PM | No | The presenter is Christee Gabour Atwood. The topic of her presentation is But UnSeriously Folks! |
Date: Thursday, December 11, 2008 from 6 – 8 PM
Location: DeAngelo’s Pizzeria—Bluebonnet Village, 7550 Bluebonnet Boulevard
Title: But UnSeriously Folks!
Investment: $25 for ASTDBR members or guests
Overview
Join us for our Annual Holiday Networking Event for food, friends, and fun!
“Live Laugh & Learn” is the subtitle for this session that illustrates the effective uses of humor, including communication, stress relief, creativity, training, assertiveness, publicity, and even weight control. (Yes, laughter burns calories!)
Presenter’s Bio
Christee Gabour Atwood is an author, speaker, trainer, and ambassador of mirth. Her career includes:
• Radio and Television Host
• Newspaper Columnist
• Association Executive
• Certified Corporate Trainer
• Master Facilitator
• Public Relations Director
• Reporter & News Anchor
• College Faculty
• Advertising Director
• Universal Studios Tour Guide
• Editor/Publisher
• Lobbyist
• Volunteer Coordinator
• Stand-up Comic
• Convention Planner
• Actress
• Corporate & Nonprofit Consultant
• Festival Coordinator
• Entertainer in the unemployment line
We like to think of it as career-induced ADD.
You might like to think of it as an opportunity to enjoy a speaker who has stood in a lot of peoples’ shoes … or at least a split personality for the price of one person.
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