February 18, 2010 Breakfast
Network and share ideas

March 16, 2010 Program
Leadership Development
with Gary Craig

April 21, 2010 Program
Evaluating Training Programs
with Don Kirkpatrick

Partner Events
Upcoming ASTD-NRC partner events and other events of interest.

Welcome to the February 2010 Newsletter!
 

Join us for our February breakfast meeting at the Egg & I for some excellent networking and discussion. Your input indicated you would like more networking, so let’s give it a try at a breakfast meeting!

Mark your calendar for March 16^th for a lunch program on leadership development with Gary Craig. The topic is great – see below. Remember, we have a new  lunch venue: The Moot House on S College. 

We are very excited to announce that Don Kirkpatrick, industry legend who invented the four levels of program evaluation, will be here April 21 for a workshop on planning, executing and measuring training, including a session on managing the change to get the desired behaviors. Co sponsored with Denver ASTD-RMC. Don’t Miss It!
 

New members include Carl Dierschow, Jody Bublitz, Mary Blanchard and Deanna Tarpley. Welcome! We look forward to getting to know you.

Renewing members include Kim Pichot, Liz Wilson, Tracey Ryssman and Ashley Simpson. Thank you for renewing! We appreciate your continuing support.

The 2010 Goals appear in the President’ Corner.

The ASTD-NRC Board would like to thank everyone for their participation last year. We look forward to a great 2010 and hope to see you at our programs.

You asked for it, so we'll try it. Join us at a new time. (We’ll see how it works.)

Eat, learn and share.
Share what you're working on and learn what others are doing.
Do you have tips and ideas that can help others? Get ideas from others!
Round table discussion groups as well.
A great way to start your day.
Date: Thursday, February 18, 2010 7:30-9:00 am
Egg & I on College Avenue in Fort Collins
$10 member/ $15 Nonmember
Register Here

Join us for an entertaining session as Gary Craig shares his insights on leadership. At the end our luncheon program you will be able to
• Describe an organization by the alignment of three driving forces
• Define leadership in it most simple terms
• Identify your own Leadership Style
• Compare and contrast leadership and management behaviors (Functional Leadership Model)
• Describe Three Functions of Leadership and two approaches to Leadership
• Describe four negative reactions to change and four leadership actions to counter them
Gary Craig is the Managing Partner for Vector Group, LLC. For almost 25 years he has helped people and organizations move through dramatic change. His expertise in organizational effectiveness helps individuals and groups to determine root causes of organizational issues and resolve them. Gary is Past President of the American Society for Training and Development (ASTD)-Rocky Mountain Chapter in Denver, CO and was a member of the national ASTD Board of Directors.
Date: Tuesday, March 16, 2010  11:30 am - 1:30 pm
The Moot House on South College, Fort Collins, CO
$15 Members and Partners/ $25 Nonmember
Register Here

Meet Don Kirkpatrick, a legend in the training industry who invented the four levels of evaluation - the most widely used evaluation model for decades. In the morning session Don will explore how training should be planned, executed and measured to deliver its intended impact on results. He will focus not just on how to measure results after the training is completed, but how training needs to be planned with the end results in mind and then appropriately reinforced if it is to deliver value. After lunch Don will address managing change and share his insights on what is required to get the desired change in behavior. Hear it all from the master, himself, and ask him your questions about applying the concepts to your real-world work situation.
Co Sponsored by ASTD-NRC and ASTD-RMC (Denver)
For more information click here.  
For a recent whitepaper on Don’s work, visit Kirkpatrick Resources.
Date: Wednesday, April 21, 2010 8.30 am – 2.30 pm Lunch is provided
The Embassy Suites in Loveland on I25 at Crossroads
$139 Members and Partners/ $179 Nonmembers
Register Here

Other News & Events

Northern Colorado Coaches Alliance
(NCCA)
No events currently scheduled.
 

Northern Colorado Human
Resources Assn. (NCHRA)
March 9, 2010
11:15am-1:00pm
Managing Conflict in the Workplace
Click here for details.
 

Colorado Career Development Assoc.
(CCDA)
April 16, 2010
Full Day Training 8:00 - 4 PM
Click here for more information.
Visit the website.
 

ASTD Rocky Mountain Chapter
February 24, 2010.
Luncheon meeting from 11:30 a.m. - 1:00 p.m.
Are You Ready For The Future Of The Workplace Learning Professional?
Click here for details.
Visit the website.

 
Loveland Chamber of Commerce
February 24, 2010
Power of E-mail Marketing with Constant Contact
Time: 10:00 AM - 02:30 PM
For details, click here.
Visit the website for more events.
 

2010 Goals for ASTD NRC

February is here already and 2010 is well underway! Last month we shared our 2009 accomplishments with you. This month I want to share our goals for 2010. We value your feedback and always look forward to hearing from you. A special thank you to those who returned our survey to provide us with guidance for 2010!

Programming: Our goal is to sponsor 14 programs again in 2010, one each month except July in the Fort Collins area and three in Cheyenne. At least one of those will be a half-day or longer program, which is now planned for April with Don Kirkpatrick. The others will be lunch programs although we will try one breakfast program this month. We also will try several programs focused on networking, including one reception like we did last year at Biaggi's. Our goal is to maintain the high attendance we achieved last year, receive a satisfaction rating from you of at least 80%, and publish programs three months in advance. One third to one half of the programs will be geared to a more general audience with the remainder intended to appeal more specifically to L&D professionals. And we would like to limit our loss on programs to less than $1000 which we achieved last year.

Membership: Our goal is to add 35 new members, half of whom are also national ASTD members. We want to retain 50% of our existing local members which should keep local membership even with 2009. We will continue to make sure any new Denver-based members know there is a Denver chapter called the Rocky Mountain Chapter (RMC) which might be more convenient for them. We anticipate the remaining four Denver-based members will switch by year end leaving us with about 67 members, almost all of whom live closer to Fort Collins. We want to be sure to welcome new members within 30 days and we also plan to reach out to national members in our area who are not chapter members.

Technology: Our primary goal here is to maintain our new web site, update it monthly, and look for ways to make it more user friendly. The additional information we put up last year on goals, progress, budget, board contacts, minutes and past programs will be updated. In addition, we would like to create a directory of members who wish to be listed and a preferred provider directory if we have some volunteers to tackle this assignment.

Communication: We plan to continue publishing an electronic newsletter each month as the single best way to communicate with you in a timely fashion. The newsletter will continue to include information on partner events and other events we think you might be interested in. We also will continue to remind you twice about upcoming events (T-2 weeks and T-3 days). We do plan to share more information with you about the value of national ASTD membership and upcoming national events like the annual International Conference & Exposition in May. In addition, we plan to launch a facebook page and get Linkedin as ways to reach a larger (and younger) audience.

Outreach and Marketing: Our goal here is to improve our partnership with RMC of ASTD in Denver. We plan to cosponsor the Kirkpatrick event in Loveland in April which will hopefully draw 40-60 participants from Northern Colorado. We also plan more cross publicity with RMC. (Remember, NRC members are eligible for all RMC events at their member price!) We also look forward to opportunities with the Northern Colorado Human Resource Association (NCHRA). We will continue to look for other organizations we may work with for the mutual benefit of both like the Colorado Career Development Association. Resources permitting, we would like to establish a relationship with one local university. We also plan to attend the Spring Showcase in Fort Collins and two business-to-business events in Cheyenne.

Financial: We plan to continue investing in our chapter’s future (web site, outsourcing, and directory) without raising membership dues ($50) or program fees. Consequently, we have budgeted a loss again for this year which could amount to as much as $12,000 if we implement all planned programs. As I mentioned last month, this is only possible because of the considerable funds generated by the Disney event in 2007. We will need to repeat a major fund raiser every 4-5 years if we wish to keep dues and program fees low in the future.

Please let us know what else we can do for you and how you might help us achieve our goals.

Dave Vance
President

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