ATD Houston: Train To Win

ABOUT THE GUEST

Debbie Richards, president of Creative Interactive Ideas, supports talent development clients with technology challenges. She updates her job knowledge by researching new technologies and software products; participating in educational opportunities (such as speaking at learning conferences); and participating in professional organizations. Debbie was named one of the most influential people in corporate e-learning.

Passionate about working with and mentoring other learning professionals, Debbie is a director at L&D Cares - The non-profit group provides talent development professionals no-cost coaching, mentoring, and resources to help them thrive and flourish in their careers.

Debbie is the past president of the ATD Houston chapter and a past National Advisor for Chapters. She was the ATD Technology Conference Advisory Council chairperson for 2019. Debbie is the author of “Seeing the Possibilities With Augmented Reality,” an ATD TD at Work publication is found at https://www.td.org/td-at-work/seeing-the-possibilities-with-augmented-reality.

She was also awarded the title of "Guild Master" by the Learning Guild in 2022. The purpose of the Guild Master Award is to recognize those members who have consistently contributed to the community in terms of both quantity and quality of content—and thus helped make the community a vibrant center for learning.

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The State of Talent Development: Today's Challenges, Tomorrow's Opportunities- General Meeting 

It’s that time of year again!. Organizations are reflecting on annual business goals and planning for the year ahead. Talent Development is no different. Teams are busy setting goals and securing the budget to deliver effective training programs that will enable their organizations to reach their business goals. We'll look at the current ATD State of the Industry report. We will also dive into specific trends such as the use of technology in the classroom.

The State of the Industry report is ATD's annual review of talent development trends, spending, and activities. If you are a member of ATD, you can download the report for free: https://www.td.org/state-of-the-industry/2022-state-of-the-industry

During this meeting we will discuss key benchmarks from the report, such as:

• Direct learning expenditure
• The average number of training hours employees are using
• Delivery methods companies are implementing
• Content areas organizations are focusing on
• On-the-job learning opportunities employers are providing

Objectives

• Benchmark your organization’s learning spending, hours, and activities against other participating organizations.
• Discover what learning delivery methods are being used in the industry, including technology-base methods.
• Understand what learning content areas organizations are focusing on in their efforts to close skills gaps and meet business needs.

ATD Capability Model – Performance Improvement, Learning Technologies

To learn more about this model see: https://tdcapability.org/#/

ABOUT THE SPEAKER

Debbie Richards, president of Creative Interactive Ideas, supports talent development clients with technology challenges. She updates her job knowledge by researching new technologies and software products; participating in educational opportunities (such as speaking at learning conferences); and participating in professional organizations. Debbie was named one of the most influential people in corporate e-learning.

Passionate about working with and mentoring other learning professionals, Debbie is a director at L&D Cares - The non-profit group provides talent development professionals no-cost coaching, mentoring, and resources to help them thrive and flourish in their careers.

Debbie is the past president of the ATD Houston chapter and a past National Advisor for Chapters. She was the ATD Technology Conference Advisory Council chairperson for 2019. Debbie is the author of “Seeing the Possibilities With Augmented Reality,” an ATD TD at Work publication is found at https://www.td.org/td-at-work/seeing-the-possibilities-with-augmented-reality.

She was also awarded the title of "Guild Master" by the Learning Guild in 2022. The purpose of the Guild Master Award is to recognize those members who have consistently contributed to the community in terms of both quantity and quality of content—and thus helped make the community a vibrant center for learning.

Hosted by M. Bruce Abbott - elearning voiceover talent

Putting the FUN Back in Strategic Planning In-Person Meeting

Does strategic planning give you nightmares? (Or have you never really sat down to actually do it?) All too often, we start strategic planning by looking forward. You will learn how to look back to make sure you’ve set the right foundation for a year of prosperity ahead. Plus, you’ll discover how to make strategic planning fun and leave with two solid exercises to turn your goals into realities. 

Objectives

Many of us and our organizations, start each year by conducting a strategic planning session. Join us to learn how to better prepare in advance for strategic planning, conduct a strategic planning session in a fun and engaging way, as well as develop concrete and obtainable goals.

ATD Capability Model – Impacting Organizational Capability, Building Personal Capability, Developing Professional Capability

To learn more about this model see: https://tdcapability.org/#/

ABOUT THE SPEAKER

Laurie Hall –  CEO New Horizon Strategies

A certified coach, certified facilitator, and seasoned speaker – founded New Horizon Strategies LLC in 2011 to inspire sustainable change in the professional world. She provides transformation to leaders through coaching, facilitation, consulting, and speaking. She is a frequent keynote and breakout session speaker on technical and motivational topics to inspire personal and professional growth.

Laurie brings a unique perspective to coaching and facilitation since she spent the first part of her career in project- and system-level engineering and management, facilitation, and organizational development to support human life in space and operational excellence on the ground. Her work effected change at NASA’s Johnson Space Center, Lockheed Martin, Jacobs Sverdrup, and Schlumberger-Dowell.

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Kent Nuttall – Author

Untapped Value: The Power of Meaningful Competence

Your relationship with an employer hinges on how your performance is evaluated. The ideas for this book began with a dysfunctional relationship, one in which my supervisors praised
me as a department hero while delivering a “Meets Expectations” rating. Untapped Value shows you a better way to build and measure that relationship—performance evaluation that begins with you, the employee.

In this book you’re introduced to and shown how to use an innovative new approach that focuses you and your supervisor on the actual value you create. Imagine being known for measurable, visible value. Isn’t that a lot better than being among the 85% percent who are labeled as “meets expectations”?

This new approach is called Meaningful Competence® because you’re now building competence that’s meaningful to you, as well as to the organization you work for. You build this Meaningful Competence using a toolkit that will flex to your situation.

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Randstad RiseSmart partners with companies across the globe as they flex, adapt, and transform their businesses. Our innovative approach to talent mobility moves talent into, through, and out of organizations to generate greater growth, increased productivity, and future profitability.

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Are you an expert who speaks?
Would you like to know more about how to use speaking to
market your expertise, generate product and additional
revenue streams?
Are you open to receiving individual coaching and investing
time, energy and some money in growing the speaking side of
your business?
Well, if you answered Yes to any of these, then Welcome.
You are exactly in the right place.... at the right time.
We are fortunate to have as our educational speaker today, Dr.
Rob Pennington, a Houston educational psychologist, award
winning speaker and author with four decades of experience
helping experts become better at sharing their expertise.
He received the highest trainer evaluations from ExxonMobil...
each year... for more than 15 years... for his multi-day program,
Successful Work Relationships.
Today, my friend, Dr. Rob is here in his capacity as Dean of the
Fall Speaker Academy, for the Houston Chapter of the National
Speakers Association. If you ever considered moving from being
a public speaker to being a professional speaker, this is the man
who can help you make that happen.
You can learn more about Rob at DrRobSpeaks.com and more
about the NSA Houston academy at nsahouston.org.

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The pace of change was already hard to keep up with before the pandemic. Now, in the new normal, the very survival of our organizations will depend on building capabilities to navigate a dizzying entanglement of economic, social, competitive, technological, political, and environmental issues. Organizations and the people in them are called to learn and adapt on an unprecedented scale. This evolution is both exciting and terrifying.

The world needs our leadership more than ever before. Now is the time for talent development professionals to leverage our forte of guiding people through learning and change. Join the ATD community as we look toward the future and celebrate coming back together. Together, talent development professionals can raise the bar and make a meaningful impact in a world that desperately needs us.

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Take advantage of #ATDHOU #Membership month.  Sign up today at tdhouston.org/membership

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Kevin Thorn, Owner of NuggetHead Studios, LLC

Kevin is an award-winning eLearning designer & developer, consultant, and owner of NuggetHead Studioz, LLC., a boutique custom design and development studio specializing in online learning experiences. After retiring from the U.S. Army, Kevin pursued a career in corporate IT and Training & Development. With his combined military and industry experience, Kevin started the Studioz in 2012 working with clients in various industries solving problems in a wide range of creative projects. Based in the North Mississippi Delta, Kevin harnesses a bench of creative practitioners in instructional design, eLearning development, illustration, and graphic design, animation, and serious comics to develop innovative solutions. Kevin is a well-known industry speaker and trainer on eLearning development, design workflows, and is a certified facilitator in LEGO® Serious Play® methodologies Kevin holds a BS in Information Technology Management from Christian Brothers University, MS in Instructional Design and Technology from the University of Memphis, where he also teaches and is in the Instructional and Curriculum Leadership EdD doctoral program. He can be found on Twitter as @LearnNuggets, on LinkedIn, or around learning and development communities teaching and facilitating workshops where he writes articles, reviews, and shares tutorials.

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