President's Corner
The President's Corner is devoted to 2010 Program Survey Results and the Tentative Plan for 2011 Programs by Robbi Lynn, VP for Programs

December 7, 2010
Networking After Hours Meeting

January 20, 2011
If I’m leading, why is nobody following? with Carl Dierschow

February 2-4, 2011
ASTD TechKnowledge® Conference & Exposition
San Jose, California, USA

February 16, 2011
Workplace Competency Model, Angie Maze - Jones International University

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Welcome to the November 2010 Newsletter!

Be sure to calendar our Networking after Hours event for December 7^th in Fort Collins from 5-7. No speaker, just an informal time to get together with friends before the holiday season gears up. And, for those of you who missed Ava Diamond in August 2009, she will do a repeat performance of Is Your But Too Big? in Cheyenne at LCCC on December 3^rd.
 

New members include Barbara Trowbridge (Johnstown), Simon Lawler (Fort Collins, Otterbox), Aleesa Whiteis (Fort Collins, Mary Kay), and Demi Cross (Cheyenne, Cross Ranch). Welcome! We look forward to getting to know you.
 

Renewing members this month include Sue Fody (Loveland, The Trizetto Group), Andrea DiMatteo (Fort Collins, New Belgium Brewing), and Eileen McCluskey (Greeley, High Plains Library District). Thank you for renewing! We appreciate your continuing support.
 

This week in the President’s Corner you can read about the results of our fall survey. Thanks to the 36 of you who contributed and to Robbi Lynn, VP of Programs, for organizing it and writing up the results!! We value your input and will use it at our upcoming annual planning meeting to decide on programs, direction, and priorities for next year. Aleesa Whiteis was the winner of the drawing for a free annual membership for completing the survey. Congratulations Aleesa!
 

Speaking of planning for 2011 and beyond, we invite you to join us for our annual planning session on December 13^th from 4-8 pm at Dave Vance’s house in Windsor. Just let him know if you would like to attend (jansunsnow@aol.com).
 

If it is budget time in your organization and if the budget allows, now is the time to make a pitch for including some funds for 1) ASTD national membership (only $199), and 2) to attend the ASTD TechKnowledge Conference (February 2-4 in San Jose) or ASTD International Conference and Exposition (May 22-25 in Orlando). Also, it is likely more certificate programs will be held in Denver like those we had in August and September. And if none of these is possible, keep in mind that the ASTD International Conference will be held in Denver in 2012!
 

Do you want to take your life and your business far beyond where you’ve ever been able to take them? Do you hold yourself back with limited thinking? Do you avoid taking risks when you want to go full force?

This program will help you get out of your own way, so you can . . .

• Crash through unconscious self-imposed barriers that hold you back
• Feel confident, focused, and powerful in any situation
• Develop a mindset that says “no” to excuses and “yes” to taking confident action
• Power-up your thoughts, words, and actions to get incredible results
  
  Bio information on Ava Diamond

Date: Friday, December 3, 2010
          11:30 am-1:00 pm, lunch included
Location:  LCCC, Training Center Room 112
               1400 East College Dr,
               Cheyenne, WY 82007
Price:  $15 for NRC Members / $25 for NonMembers
Register Here

Learn, share, network.
Join us for an early evening networking and sharing session with food, drink and conversation to close out 2010 and discuss ideas to start the new year.  Share what you're working on and learn what others are doing.  Bring tips and ideas that can help others.  Appetizers and non-alcoholic beverages will be provided.  Hope to see you there!

Date: Thursday, December 7, 2010 5:00-7:00 pm

Register Here

Join us on January 20th for this skills-focused work session where Carl Dierschow will explain to us the five powerful principles of Leadership Coaching.  This will change the way you coach those who work with you – both as a team and as individuals.  Your group will see increased focus, clarity, and creativity as a result of applying these principles.

As a champion of human development for your organization, these principles will also help you to develop future leaders who are expert at aligning people to create a future they never thought possible.  We’ll have a chance to practice new skills with dynamic exercises, and build powerful intentions for change in our key work relationships. 

Carl Dierschow is a Certified Small Fish Business Coach located in Fort Collins.  He has over ten years experience in organizational coaching, having created and led the internal community of practice for coaching in Hewlett-Packard.  Small Fish Business Coaching provides assessment and business management coaching for owners of small businesses who want to rapidly accelerate achievement of key business goals.

Date: Thursday, January 20, 2011 11:30 am - 1:30 pm
The Moot House on South College, Fort Collins, CO
$15 NRC Members and Partners/ $25 Nonmember
Register Here

ASTD TechKnowledge® Conference & Exposition
San Jose, California, USA February 2-4, 2011
More information and registration is now available.

Join us to discuss workplace competency models.  Topics to include: what are competency models, what are the benefits of using them, and what you will need to create them.

Date: Wednesday, February 16, 2011 11:30 am - 1:30 pm
The Moot House on South College, Fort Collins, CO
$15 NRC Members and Partners/ $25 Nonmember
Register Here

Other News & Events

Northern Colorado Human
Resources Assn. (NCHRA)

December 14, 2010
Time: 11:15 AM - 1:00 PM 
Worldwide Relocate! Discovering America’s Best Place to Live, Northern Colorado!
Visit the website.

Colorado Career Development Assoc.
(CCDA)

Please visit the website for upcoming events.
 

ASTD Rocky Mountain Chapter

November 17, 2010
Time: 5:30 PM - 7:00 PM
"Build Your Internal Bench Strength Without Breaking the Bank" presented by Karen Main
Visit the website.
 
Loveland Chamber of Commerce

December 15, 2010
Time: 7:30 AM - 9:00 AM
Business Before Hours
Visit the website.
 

The Chamber hosts several event each month.
Please visit the website for details.

2010 Program Survey Results and the Tentative Plan for 2011 Programs    

   
Each year we seek your input to guide our program planning for the coming year. Our goal is to provide interesting professional programs that meet your needs, and there is no better way to discover your needs than by asking.                                           

Thirty six of you completed our program survey administered online in October.  We used this input as well as the level 1 evaluations completed for each program and past attendance to plan our programs for 2011.

Following is a brief summary of the survey results:

• Most respondents have worked in the field 11-20 years which was a large shift from last year’s survey where the majority were in the 0-5 years area.
• A large majority of the respondents work for Companies, Government, or Organizations.
• There was a wide response to presentations you would like to see. The top six choices were Instructional Design, Facilitating Organizational Change, Coaching, Facilitation, Training Technologies, and Accelerated Learning
• A large majority preferred lunch meetings, followed by breakfast, then a few dinner votes.  There were also some comments in the “magic wand” responses to indicate a virtual event would be useful so we will schedule at least 1 meeting as a virtual program.

• 100% indicated that the 3 event communications (starting with 45 days out plus the newsletter) was often enough.
• As far as the newsletter content, 94% found it valuable and there were several comments on how we can make it more valuable which will be reviewed by the Board of Directors.
• When it comes to the reason members joined our ASTD chapter a large majority were split between professional development and networking/connecting with others in the field.

Based on this feedback, the board will consider the following program strategy at our December 13^th annual planning meeting:

1.       Continue to provide networking opportunities since is one of the primary reasons people become members. At least 3 meetings will be dedicated to networking.

2.       Schedule most meetings at lunch time, followed by breakfast, and possibly 1 dinner / after hours meeting. 

3.       Focus on the highest demand program preferences as speakers are available.

Your feedback and the resulting programming strategy are reflected in our tentative 2011 calendar below:

• January 20:  Five Powerful Principles of Leadership Coaching, Carl Dierschow – Possibility Partnership
• February 16:  Workplace Competency Model, Angie Maze - Jones International University
• February 25:  Networking breakfast (no speaker)

• March 23:  Instructional Design, Scott Enebo - Bob Pike Group
• April 21 or 22:  eLearning, Ruth Clark - Clark Training (1 day event)
• May: Networking breakfast (no speaker)
• May: Program TBD
• May 22 – 25:  ASTD International Conference & Expo – ICE (Orlando, FL and Virtual)
• June 7:  Lessons Learned from ASTD ICE and Networking breakfast
• June 29:  Office Organization Skills, Marilyn Bohn – Get it Together Organizing
• July: Networking breakfast (no speaker)
• July: No program
• August 11:  Facilitating Organizational Change (speaker TBD)
• September 7:  Networking breakfast
• September 27:  Marketing 101 for Trainers, Robin Ashmore - IBM (virtual)
• October 3^rd week: Facilitation (speaker TBD)
• November 10:  Training Technologies or Accelerated Learning (speaker TBD)
• December 6:  Networking after hours (no speaker)
• Note:  Calendar will also include at least quarterly programs in Cheyenne

Please let me know if you have speaker suggestions for the open speaker topics above or alternate topic recommendations. Our goal is to finalize programs for the first half in January so you can get them on your calendars. 

Last, but not least, Congratulations to Aleesa Whiteis for being our drawing winner.  Aleesa won a free 1 year membership to the ASTD Northern Rockies Chapter. 

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