ASTD Sacramento Newsletter - Local, Affordable Professional Development!
Welcome to 2010! A New Year of Support from ASTD Sacramento
Welcome to the ASTD Sacramento newsletter of upcoming events, articles, jobs, and more. Not only do we have an exciting line up of monthly meetings with knowledgable speakers, we have two special event conferences to help you continue developing professional, leading edge skills in the training field. Please read the new items below and find the learning opportunity that fits your need!
Also, in the Articles section, read the Welcome letter from the new chapter President, Mike Hodge.
We want to hear from you about your needs, ideas, and thoughts about how you can engage more with our chapter activities and each other!
Would you like to meet with a small group every other month to work collaboratively about eLearning software applications such as Articulate and Captivate,including using tools such as Quizmaker, Engage and Video Encoder? There are a few people interested in learning more about how to use these applications. If you would like to join a user group in the Sacramento area, or if you would like to share your expertise in this area, please email us at mail@astdsac.org
As incoming President for 2010, I want to take this opportunity to thank Carol Christensen for her dedication and hard work. Carol’s commitment to Sacramento ASTD has been a driving force in seeing the chapter through what has been a difficult year for ASTD. Membership has been down locally and nationally as a result of many companies’s cutting back on financial support for their training professionals. One of the outstanding accomplishments for ASTD Sacramento was the... [More Info]
Hello [firstname], ASTD Sacramento is excited to kick off the new year with two special guest speakers: ASTD National volunteer Philip Tanzilo and Jack Phillips of the ROI Institute--world-renowned expert on accountability, measurement, and evaluation. You don't want to miss this event as Dr. Phillips introduces his Return On Investment methodology and presents the results of the ROI study... [More Info]
This is a 3-part series on How to Use Online Meeting Tools for Learning. The series offers techniques on how training organizations are doing more for less, becoming more flexible, and able to deploy quickly. You'll learn how to save valuable time and resources, create content quickly, and become the Go To people in your organization for agile delivery. December 1st: Session I Meeting Centers (Registration closed) : Tour the Meeting Center of UCDMC's WebEx site Review the Meeting Roles of... [More Info]
ASTD Sacramento has formed a study group of 4-6 people for the past three years. The group meets periodically to review their assigned study using the ASTD Learning System materials. At least one person in the group serves as Study Group Leader (and earns points toward free chapter meetings). We are looking for interested people to form one group in the Sacramento area and a second group in the Stockton area for 2010. We have a study group leader for the Sacramento area. For more... [More Info]