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• ATD Greater Philadelphia Chapter: New Member Onboarding

  • When
    January 19, 2022
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    6:00 PM - 7:00 PM
  • Location
    Virtual: Join us from your home office
  • Registered
    17 registrants

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  Welcome to the Greater Philadelphia Chapter of ATD!
  

  This program is for members new to the chapter, or anyone interested in learning what we have to offer. You’ll learn about the high-quality programs available, along with opportunities for networking, Special Interest Groups (SIGs) including Leadership & OD, Consulting, Mentoring and more in the works. We also have a Delaware Geographic Interest Group (GIG), member resources, and volunteer positions. Meet the current board of directors and next year’s president-elect along with other chapter volunteers.  

  We look forward to seeing you there.

  Speaker Bio:

  Joe Bruno | 

  
  

  Joe is an experienced learning and development leader with a proven track record of delivering upskilling programs to a culturally and geographically diverse workforce that deliver results for the organization. He has a deep background in leadership development and talent management across a large multinational organization with diverse business units and learning needs. Joe is focused on organizational results by upskilling human capital to meet the business needs. He is a motivating and inspiring leader with strong values anchored in collaboration, inclusion, and accountability.

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• Tech Talk: Learning & Development Technologies SIG:

  • When
    January 20, 2022
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    7:00 PM - 8:00 PM
  • Location
    Virtual: Learn from your home office
  • Registered
    18 registrants

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  EVENT DETAILS: 
  

  Tech Talk is a new Special Interest Group (SIG). This SIG intends to explore new learning technologies and find ways to become more adept at using existing tools. We will look to bring in industry leaders, technology vendors, and provide a space to workshop and develop new skills using certain learning technology.

  During this first meeting, we will spend the time discussing:

  1. What technology challenges you, your organization, or your L&D team face (within the context of learning).

  2. What new learning technology you want to learn more about.

  Can’t make our meeting? Take our quick survey to provide your feedback to influence what topics we discuss during this SIG:

  https://teamapproach.wufoo.com/forms/z13c4s7u1psr8om/

  Speaker Bios:

  ADAM STAMM - The TEAM Approach    

  
  

  Adam began his career managing traditional and digital advertising initiatives. Adam managed the advertising for many household name brands like Sate Farm, Hyundai-Kia, and Pepsi Co to name a few.

  In 2018, Adam had an opportunity to leave his position with a large online publisher in New York City and join his family’s tiny 6-person business in Pennsylvania. Today, Adam supports internal L&D teams utilizing Everything DiSC and other training and development tools. Adam is passionate about learning, upskilling and finding unique ways to solve problems.

  Adam is a graduate of Albright College with a BS in Communications and English Literature. 

  SUSANNE STEAD - Assistant Vice President of Talent Development
  

  
  

  Susanne currently leads an accomplished team of Talent Development Partners at Flagship Credit Acceptance responsible for enterprise learning initiatives and creating a culture of Continuous Improvement. 

  Susanne started her career in Talent Development at Sovereign/Santander in 2005. She received her Bachelor’s and Master’s degrees from the University of West Florida where she also taught as an Adjunct Instructor.  Susanne’s passion for learning helped her earn Graduate Assistant of the Year and certifications in training and design from the Association for Talent Development (ATD), Impact Performance Group, Rockhurst University, and Information Mapping Foundation. 

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• ATD Regional Webinar Series: "How to Create Peer Coaching in Your Organization"

  • When
    January 26, 2022
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    6:00 PM - 7:00 PM
  • Location
    Learning delivered right to your desk!
  • Registered
    29 registrants

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  The Greater Philadelphia Chapter of ATD is proud to participate in the ATD Regional Webinar Series. This collaboration of 6 ATD chapters (including Eastern PA, Greater Philadelphia, Mid NJ, Northern NJ, Long Island & New York City) is bringing together the best of our networks to provide world class presenters and content.  We look forward to sharing these webinars with you throughout 2021.
  

  What if you could wave a magic wand and provide everyone in your organization with a coach? Sounds crazy, right? Most of the time, coaching is reserved for senior leaders because it’s not feasible to hire an executive coach for all employees. But there is a way to create a coaching culture where people support each other on an ongoing basis. This approach involves leaders and team members alike learning how to effectively coach one another. And it doesn’t require special certification or technology. 

  
  

  Key Take-aways:

  • Benefits of creating a coaching culture 
  • Actions that help establish a coaching culture, leading to higher performance 
  • Potential challenges that could get in the way of achieving this 
  • Ways to overcome obstacles
  • Why peer coaching is part of the solution
  • What it looks like in action
  • How to implement peer coaching in your organization

  ABOUT OUR PRESENTER:

  Meredith Bell

  
  

  Meredith Bell is co-founder and President of Performance Support Systems, a global software company providing assessment and development tools for the workplace. Their award-winning software and books guide leaders and team members to make the shift from KNOWING to DOING. The result is permanent improvements in the way people interact with each other at work.

  Meredith is an expert in leader and team communications, the author of three books, and the host of the Strong for Performance podcast. She has worked with thousands of business leaders, Human Resources professionals, and Learning & Development executives to successfully implement their tools. Meredith co-authored her latest books, Connect with Your Team: Mastering the Top 10 Communication Skills and Peer Coaching Made Simple, with her business partner, Dr. Dennis Coates. In them, Meredith and Denny provide a how-to guide for improving communication at work and how people can support each other as peer coaches.

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• Chapter Webinar: “Negotiation in the Age of Collaboration: Skills Training in the Global Context”

  • When
    February 02, 2022
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    12:00 PM - 1:00 PM
  • Location
    Learning Delivered Right to your Desk!
  • Registered
    11 registrants

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  Every profession is in need of enhancing existing negotiation training methods in traditional sales and management contexts, but these strategies have yet to fully address the linguistic/cultural components needed when negotiating with international professionals from varied language and cultural backgrounds. In this workshop, language and business communication faulty/trainers will present a modern and practical win-win negotiation framework that fuses content-specific strategies with interpersonal linguistic/communication techniques. This proven model, building on an inclusive international negotiation approach, enhances interpersonal skills through cross cultural communication strategies, practical application of linguistic concepts and modern best practices in the field. 

  Participants will gain techniques via virtual negotiation simulation and materials that have proven effective from business trainings the presenters haver delivered for participants at New York University and at international corporations/organizations, such as the United Nations. Participants will leave with practical strategies and resources for sales negotiating within an international context. 

  Key Learning Outcomes: 

  • Tailor negotiations to diverse audiences and successfully navigate cultural conventions in both in-person and virtual business sales settings
  • gain proven techniques for conducting international negotiations using cultural strategies and win-win persuasive appeals
  • apply negotiation models through target exercises and a virtual negotiation simulation

  Speaker Bio:
  

  Dan Bullock | Language and Communications Specialist

  
  

  Language and communications specialist/trainer at the United Nations Secretariat, training diplomats and global UN Staff. He also Serves as Faculty teaching business communication, linquistics, and public relations within the Division of Programs in Business at New York University's School of Professional Studies. Dan was the Director of corporate communications at a leading NYC public relations firm, and his corporate clients have included TD Bank and Pfizer. Dan is the co-author of How to Communicate Effectively with Anyone, Anywhere (Career Press, March 2021). 

  Raul Sanchez | Assistant Professor and Corporate Program Coordinator

  
  

  He is an award-winning clinical assistant professor and the corporate program coordinator at New York University's School of Professional Studies. He has designed and delivered corporate trainings for Deloitte and The United Nations, as well as been a writing consultant for Barnes & Noble Press and PBS. Raul was awarded the NYU School of Professional Studies Teaching Excellence Award and specializes in linguistics and business communications. Raul is the co-author of How to Communicate Effectively with Anyone, Anywhere (Career Press, March 2021). 

  Rod Sanchez | Communication Designer, Artist, and Filmmaker

  
  

  He is an award-winning visual communication designer, artist, and filmmaker. He is a lead user experience/user interface designer at Houghton Mifflin Harcourt and has designed and illustrated book covers for Penguin Random House and Scholastic. Rod has directed and designed campaigns for Disney, Nickelodeon, and Baruch College-CUNY and received design awards from the New England Book Show and the Create Awards. Rod's artwork has been exhibited internationally, displayed on billboards in New York City, and published in the Guardian, United Nations Academic Impact Magazine, HuffPost, El Pais, Thrive Global, and Time Out New York. Rod is the illustrator of How to Communicate Effectively with Anyone, Anywhere (Career Press, March 2021). 

  
  

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• PA ATD Executive Education Series 2022: Building Leadership Competence

  • When
    February 09, 2022
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    6:00 PM - 7:00 PM
  • Location
    Your Home Office
  • Registered
    14 registrants

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  Today, competency-based education is said to be the learning of the future. Why? Because organizations use competencies to figure out what employees are capable of and where they need to grow.

  After years of research – and real-life experience – Dr. Wesley Donahue, Professor of Organization Development and Education at Penn State University, has assembled a comprehensive framework of 35 Competencies that are essential for success in virtually every industry, organization, and position.

  His book, Building Leadership Competence, offers a unique and straightforward approach. The Leadership Competency Inventory allows individuals to:

  • Assess their leadership skills

  • Create personalized roadmaps for success

  • Identify on-demand micro-learning courses and other resources that get results

  It also serves as a valuable guide for organizational leaders who conduct seminars, workshops, and to use with learn-at-lunch programs

  The approach guides you through the 35 competencies and gives you the tools you need to get from where you are to where you want to be.

  Dr. Donahue’s presentation will focus on starting you to think about competency models as a framework for building your career path forward.

  Speaker Bio

  Wesley E. Donahue is Professor and Coordinator of the Online Master of Professional Studies in Organization Development and Change at Penn State University.

  
  

  He earned a B.S. in Engineering from Penn State, an M.B.A. from Clarion University, and a Ph.D. in Workforce Education from Penn State. He is a registered Professional Engineer (PE), Project Management Professional (PMP)®, and Six-Sigma Black Belt (Allied Signal/ now Honeywell). 

  As an administrator and faculty member, Dr. Donahue, in previous assignments with Penn State Outreach, was Director of Management Development and Director of Technology and Workforce Development. He holds academic appointments as Professor of Education, where he is a member of the Graduate Faculty and affiliate appointment with the College of Engineering. 

  Dr. Donahue brings over 30 years of manufacturing, sales, and organization development experience to his position at Penn State. Formerly, he worked with Fortune 200 company Brockway Inc., now Owens-Brockway, where he was international manager of technology. Subsequently, he co-founded and served as executive vice president of Leffler Systems of New Jersey, a manufacturer of plastic containers and specialized machinery, and later as regional vice president of sales for Markay Plastics, Kansas City, MO. In addition, he served as a professional associate of MGA Inc., Gloucester, MA, a worldwide provider of technical management professional services. He also owned a successful retail business for 10 years. 

  Dr. Donahue is a member of the Association for Talent Development (ATD) and Organization Development Network. He recently authored the books Building Leadership Competence and Unlocking Lean Six Sigma. He co-authored the book Creating In-house Sales Training and Development Programs and over one hundred short courses related to leadership development. Dr. Donahue has served on the board of directors of several organizations and is currently chair of a local industrial and commercial development authority.
  

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• ATD Regional webinar:“Inclusion Mindset – Designing Accessible Learning Programs”

  • When
    February 23, 2022
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    6:00 PM - 7:00 PM
  • Location
    Virtual

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  The Greater Philadelphia Chapter of ATD is proud to participate in the ATD Regional Webinar Series. This collaboration of 6 ATD chapters (including Eastern PA, Greater Philadelphia, Mid NJ, Northern NJ, Long Island & New York City) is bringing together the best of our networks to provide world class presenters and content.  We look forward to sharing these webinars with you throughout 2021.
  

  The session explores how to design and evaluate current programs for accessibility and compliance. It provides tools to tackle the challenge of creating accessible content that engages learners with various access needs due to disability and medical conditions to optimize the learning process. We examine high level options for to assess learning, testing systems, program implementation and final integration into an LMS.

  Tools and checklists to establish a plan of action to complete a comprehensive review process are provided.

  This is a highly interactive program; participants will explore the big picture aspects of creating an accessible learning program and Section 508 compliance strategies. All four types of access needs are identified and modeled during the session, we demonstrate access to learning for participants with auditory, visual, physical, and cognitive needs.

  Key Take-aways:

  • Identify the four types of learning access needs and the law requiring access

  •  Integrate inclusive ideas and methodologies to design accessible learning materials

  • Utilize checklists and tools to assess current program compliance.

  Speaker's bio: 

  

  Dr. Maureen Orey, CPTD, is an expert in designing, developing and delivering engaging and accessible learning solutions. Her mission is simple. To help organizations develop a positive and inclusive culture of strong and resilient leaders & employees.

  She has over 30 years working with corporations and associations to help them build the capacity of resilience through custom consulting, instructional design, training and facilitation. She has a strong background in developing quality leaders, who improve communication, create inclusive environments and implement solid processes to get measurable results. Over the years she has been instrumental in helping thought leaders become better than they thought they could be.

  
  
  

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