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January 19, 2010 Program
Achieve Success in 2010
February 18, 2010
Breakfast
Network and share ideas
March 16, 2010 Program
Leadership Development
April 21, 2010
Program
Evaluating Training Programs
Job
Posting
Entry Level Training Coordinator
Partner Events
Upcoming ASTD-NRC partner events and other events of interest.
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Welcome to the
January 2010 Newsletter!
Join us for our January lunch program as we kick off the New Year
with Jep Enck who will share his insights on strategy, risk taking and
creativity to maximize success in 2010.
Note our new lunch venue: The Moot House on S College (Harmony Grill
closed)
Also, there is still time to register for the ASTD TechKnowledge
Conference & Exposition Las Vegas January 27-29. This event draws about
1000 participants and is the training industry’s largest conference
dedicated to learning technology. It is a great way to get up to speed
on the most current developments in the field.
Mark your calendar for February 18th which is a breakfast networking
meeting at the Egg & I. And March 16th for a lunch program on leadership
development with Gary Craig.
We are 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. This is a BIG deal…Don’t Miss It!!
New members include Jody Bublitz, Stephanie Crecca, Carl
Dierschow, Eileen McCluskey and Emily
Macllister. Welcome! We look forward to getting to know you.
Renewing members include Kara Smith, Jackie Jones and Bob
McDonnell. Thank you for renewing! We appreciate your continuing
support.
The 2009 Annual Report to Members appears in the President’ Corner and
look for 2010 Goals in the February newsletter.
The ASTD-NRC Board would like to thank everyone for their participation
in 2009. We look forward to a great 2010 and hope to see you at our
programs.
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It is a New Year and the recession is finally
over!
Jep Enck, well-known and high-energy presenter, will challenge us to
take advantage of the improving economy to be successful in 2010. After
the bruising recession of 2008-2009, many are reluctant to take the
steps (and the risks) necessary for success in the new year. Jep will
share his insights on strategy, risk taking, and creativity to help us
reengage for success. Join us for an energizing, motivational look at
2010.
Date: Tuesday, January
19, 2010
11:30
am - 1:30 pm
Moot House, 2626 S. College Ave, Fort Collins, CO
$15 Members/Partners and $25 Nonmember
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Job Posting
Leprino Foods Company
Entry Level Training Coordinator
We are currently seeking a Training Coordinator to join our Human
Resources team at our corporate office in Denver, CO. In this role you
will be responsible for providing materials, equipment, registrations,
and communications to all levels of Leprino employees regarding
training, employee development and Leprino Quality programs. In
addition, the Training Coordinator builds e-learning modules,
facilitates professional skills workshops, and serves as the e-learning
center administrator.
Click here for more information.
Northern Colorado Coaches Alliance
(NCCA)
No events currently scheduled.
Northern Colorado Human
Resources Assn. (NCHRA)
Tue Jan 26, 2010 5:00 PM
Connectivity will be a monthly social networking event
sponsored by NCHRA. It’s open to everyone in the human resource
community. Here’s a chance to get back in touch with people you haven’t
seen for a while and make new associations with other people in our
field.
When: 4th Tuesday of every month, from 5:00 – 7:00 pm.
For Details,
click here.
Colorado Career Development Assoc.
(CCDA)
No events currently scheduled.
Visit the
website.
ASTD Rocky Mountain Chapter
January 27,
2010
STAR Awards
Strategic
Training that Achieves Results
Visit the website for
details.
Loveland Chamber of Commerce
January 19, 2010
Cyber Chat Series
Search Engine Optimization
Visit the
website. for more events.
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2009
Annual Report to Members
January 2010
2009 was a very busy year! We accomplished almost all of our goals set
out in January. Program attendance was up significantly and our
financial condition is good. A newsletter was published every month and
programs were planned several months in advance. And, although not an
original goal, we initiated programs in Cheyenne. The only weak spot was
membership which came in slightly below plan. Thank you to all who have
joined, attended programs and shared your suggestions. And a special
thank you to the officers and other board members for their time, energy
and dedication.
Programming: Goals for the year were to sponsor 11 programs (one
half-day special event), find a new meeting site, increase attendance by
25%, achieve a satisfaction rating of 80% and publish programs four
months in advance. We exceeded that goal with 14 programs, including
three offered in Cheyenne thanks to Veronica Pederson and LCCC. We
hosted a special event in October at the Embassy Suites in Loveland
featuring Michelle Cummings’s workshop on The Trust Factor, and we also
partnered with NCCA and NCHRA to host a very successful networking event
at Biaggis in Loveland in June (attended by 80!). You told us that
several of the rooms at the Cottonwood Club were too small and noisy. We
tried the Egg & I (still too small for more than 20) and then the
Harmony Grill which had a very nice, separate meeting room.
(Unfortunately, the Grill closed at year end. We will now meet at the
Moot House.) We had a total of 313 participants throughout the year for
an increase of 141 or 80% over 2008 and almost 100 or 47% more than our
2009 goal of 215. Even without the special networking event and the
launch of programs in Cheyenne, average attendance was 20 for a 30%
increase over 2008.
The average satisfaction score was 4.3 or 86% versus plan of 80%. The
best attended program apart from the networking event was Workforce
Training Opportunities for Northern Colorado by Kathleen Gilliland in
April with 31 participants. We tried one dinner program in September,
and even though it was cosponsored with NCCA, we had only nine
participants which was the low for the year. Consequently no further
dinner programs are planned. You also told us last year that programs
needed to be planned further in advance so you could calendar them. We
achieved our goal of publishing programs and their dates three-four
months in advance for 10 months of the year.
Membership: Our goals were to add 15 new members (including six
joint members with national), retain 80% of our existing members and be
sure that Denver-based members were made aware of the Denver chapter at
the time of their renewal. In total, year-end membership was projected
to decline from 92 to 76 as Denver–based members switched to their local
chapter. We added 37 new members, significantly more than planned for
the year, and 19 were joint members. Unfortunately, the retention rate
came in at only 30% instead of 80% which completely offset the
unexpected increase in new members. With regard to Denver-based members
we contacted every new and renewing member to tell them about the Rocky
Mountain Chapter (RMC) located in Denver which would probably be much
more convenient for them. We also partnered with the RMC to email each
Denver-based NRC member with an offer to switch their membership at no
cost to the RMC. As a result of these efforts, Denver-based membership
has dropped from 32 to 4, even more than we anticipated. At year end
membership stood at 67, nine below plan due to the larger than expected
decline in Denver-area members. Just over half our members were also
national ASTD members.
Technology: Our goal was to put up a new, robust, easy-to-use
website by year end. We retained a firm to help us with this and the new
site became operational in August. In addition to program information
you can find minutes from our monthly meetings, the annual budget, board
member information and reports to members. We had hoped to create a
members-only directory but did not.
Communication: Goal was to publish a newsletter every month and remind
you of upcoming programs two weeks and 3 days before the event. We have
published every month and we continue to notify you of upcoming events
regularly per plan. We also committed to highlighting national ASTD
events and we have now included these in the newsletter.
Outreach and Marketing: Our goal was to improve partnerships we
had in place, explore new partnerships and co host at least one event
with a partner. We worked closely with NCCA and NCHRA over the spring
culminating in the jointly sponsored June Networking Event which was a
tremendous success with more than 80 participants. Feedback was
outstanding and participants suggested repeating the event at least
semiannually. We also conducted a joint September program with NCCA. We
have cross publicity arrangements in place with more organizations and
send meeting notices to all local papers. We also attended the May and
November Chamber of Commerce Business Expositions in Cheyenne.
Financial: We planned for a loss this year in anticipation of
investments in our chapter’s future (web site and member directory) and
outsourcing of back office functions. Basic web site functionality is in
place, and we have dramatically improved our efficiency and timeliness
by outsourcing the newsletter, notices, data base entry and general
administration to The Meeting Edge out of Denver. Program revenue came
in slightly below plan, but we managed to break even on our programs
(goal had been to limit loss to $1,000 vs. the $2,597 loss in 2008) by
shifting to lower cost venues and reducing speaker expense. Total
expenditures came in below plan as we did not undertake the membership
directory or revise our publicity materials. Loss for year was $8,873,
higher than the $5,956 loss in 2008 but lower than the planned loss of
$12,400.
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