ASTD February 16th, 2010 Meeting Notice

Making training fun and interactive without sacrificing content is a challenge for all instructors. But gaining and keeping participants engaged can be even more challenging when you have ‘latecomers,’ ‘vacationers,’ ‘skeptics,’ or ‘prisoners’ in your classroom. Discussions and activities will focus on creative alternatives to lecture, including games, puzzles, analogies, icebreakers, visual aids, and more. Learn how to design and deliver training with impact; invigorate a drowsy class with energizers; use openers and closers effectively; employ strategies and techniques to prevent or minimize the negative effects of challenging behavior. Break free and discover how you can create learning experiences that are unique, motivating, and memorable.

About Our Presenter:

Lynne M. Richards, MBA, coaches, develops, and inspires leaders and emerging leaders, helping them to bring out the best in their employees to achieve outstanding results. She is a local board member of the National Speakers Association, an author, and she serves as an adjunct professor at both the University of New Hampshire and the University of Southern Maine. As founder and president of Leading Generations, a management and leadership development firm, Lynne travels throughout the US and Canada, helping professionals develop their leadership, supervisory, and training skills. With over 25 years of experience, her unique blend of humor, energy and practical ‘meat and potatoes’ approach to management, makes her an invaluable resource for organizations and individuals interested in optimizing performance

Come Join Us!

RSVP: By replying to this email or directly to Tricia Richardson at trichardson@vtec.org

Please RSVP so we can provide an accurate head count to the Club. Thank you!

Corporate and Individual Members: $15.00 (we accept cash or check)

Non Members: $25.00

When? Tuesday, February 16th, 2010

Buffet Breakfast and Networking start at 7:30am

Program begins at 8:00am and ends at 9:30am. Resource Sharing continues until 10:00 a.m.

Where? The Portland Country Club

11 Foreside Road Falmouth, ME 04105. Phone# 207.781.2340

Directions to Portland Country Club

Invest in your professional development and join your local Maine Chapter of ASTD:

The Maine Chapter of ASTD offers networking and professional development opportunities.

Monthly breakfast meetings are held on the third Tuesday of the month. www.maineastd.org

o Full Membership: $125- Write one check to prepay for the year!

o Individual Membership: $50-Individual members come for just $15 per meeting.

o Student Member: $25-Full time students come for only $15 per meeting.

o Corporate Membership: $175-A corporate membership provides any employee the individual membership rate of just $15 to attend the monthly meeting.

Shop the ASTD Store~ Whenever you order training resources from the ASTD store, http://store.astd.org/, a portion of the proceeds is forwarded to our local chapter when you use our chapter code: CH1150.

These funds are used to keep our meeting costs affordable! So thank YOU for using this code when placing your order.

Tricia Richardson ~ VTEC Education Center

Direct: 207.699.3403

50 Foden Road South Portland, ME 04106

www.vtec.org

June 10, 2008 Meeting Notice

Fun and Games ~
How to Effectively Utilize Games When Training!
June 10, 2008 Meeting Notice…

Help your trainees learn by using games. Make your topics fun, interesting and memorable. Hands-on experiences can make training more effective, especially for those kinesthetic learners. Learn how games when used properly can improve the level of interest, foster competition, and motivate your learners. We will review several effective training games and have the opportunity to practice some ourselves.

Join us for the final ME Chapter ASTD presentation before our “summer break”. All attendees will receive a free booklet of Training Games to use back in the workplace.

Facilitator: Katie Vaillancourt, Corporate Training Manager, CONTECH Construction Products, Inc.

Presenters: Various Maine ASTD Board Members and Members

Meeting Details:
When? Tuesday, June 10th, 2008
Breakfast and Networking start at 7:30am
Program meeting begins promptly at 8:00am and ends at 9:30am
Resource Sharing continues until 10:00 a.m.
Where? Wyndam Hotel (formerly Sheraton) in the Sebago Room
363 Maine Mall Rd, South Portland, ME 04106 (207)775-0196
Register? Tricia Richardson at trichardson@vtec.org
How Much? $10 members I $20 non-members (Includes Breakfast)

Invest in your professional development and join your local Maine Chapter of ASTD:
The Maine Chapter of ASTD offers networking and professional development opportunities.
Monthly breakfast meetings are held on the second Tuesday of the month. www.maineastd.org
Full Membership: $95 - Write one check to prepay for the year! Individual Membership: $40 - Individual members come for just $10 per meeting. Student Member: $25 - Full time students come for only $10 per meeting. Corporate Membership: $150 - A corporate membership provides any employee the individual membership rate of just $10 to attend the monthly meeting.

April Meeting: "Instructional Systems Design: Your Key to Unlocking Secrets to Successful Training!"

How often have you been given an assignment to create training materials and you don’t even know where to begin?

Simply stated, the Instructional Systems Design (ISD) process provides a means for sound decision making to determine the who, what, when, where, why, and how of training. The concept of a systems approach to training is based on obtaining an overall view of the training process. It is characterized by an orderly means of gathering and analyzing collective and individual performance requirements, and by the ability to respond to identified training needs.

ISD helps trainers by:

• Using a systematic approach and a common language to solve problems effectively and appropriately.
• Giving the foundation needed to create repeatable processes.
• Experience to develop courses and materials faster and with higher quality.

Come join us at our May meeting as our presenter introduces you to the fundamentals of Instructional System Design.

Speaker Bio: Mia Cooper has five years training experience in educational and corporate environments. Mia has worked on over 20 strategic projects leveraging ISD to implement world wide training initiatives. Mia presently works as a Senior IT Trainer at IDEXX Laboratories, Inc.

When? Tuesday, May 13, 2008

Breakfast and Networking begin at 7:30. Program starts promptly at 8:00 and runs to 9:30. Attendees are encouraged to share resources and network until 10:00.

Where? Wyndham Portland Airport Hotel (formerly the Sheraton) 363 Maine Mall Road, South Portland, Maine 04106 (207) 775-0196

To Register: Send an e-mail to Tricia Richardson at trichardson@vtec.org.

How Much? $10 members $20 non-members (includes breakfast)

March 11th Meeting Notice

Create/Upgrade Training Management Systems using MS Excel
As a Training Administrator, you are asked to create a Training Management System that can handle hundreds of employees? Each employee requires a custom training plan designed for their particular job function. This system must give supervisors the ability to add on extra training to such plans and employees can view this plan from any network computer. The system must report on the training progress of all individual employees, individual divisions and individual departments on a real time basis. The system must also be intuitive enough to alert you when employee recertifications are due and when they change jobs. The problem is... you have no budget for new software so all you have to work with is Microsoft Excel! Come join us at our March meeting as Ted Sirois shows you how to create a dynamic training management system (or breathe new life into your current system) using Excel.

Presenter: Ted Sirois has over 25 years training experience in the US Navy and in a corporate environment. His academic portfolio includes an Associate’s in Business Technology from the University of Maine at Machias, a bachelor's in Technical Training and a Master's in Adult Education & Workforce Development at the University of Southern Maine. Ted presently works as a Training Administrator at National Semiconductor.

When? Tuesday, March 11th, 2008
Breakfast and Networking start at 7:30am
Program meeting begins promptly at 8:00am and ends at 9:30am
Resource Sharing continues until 10:00 a.m.

Where? Wyndham Portland Airport Hotel (formerly Sheraton)
363 Maine Mall Rd, South Portland, ME 04106 (207)775-0196

Register? Email Tricia Richardson at trichardson@vtec.org

How Much? $10 members $20 non-members (Includes Breakfast)

ILA Business Listening Conference

Business Listening Conference
Listening Lights the Way for Business Success!
Thursday, March 27, 2008

Portland, Maine

Holiday Inn by the Bay

8 a.m. - 6 p.m.


The ILA Business Interest Group of the International Listening Association (ILA) has been extremely busy organizing the exciting 2008 Business Listening Conference: Listening Lights the Way for Business Success! This motivational conference is being held in conjunction with the first day of the annual ILA Convention at the Holiday Inn by the Bay in Portland, Maine—Thursday, March 27.

This year, the ILA Business Interest Group has partnered with the Maine Chapter of the American Society for Training and Development (ASTD) to bring a full day’s program to the Portland area.

To review the details of the program planned for the Business Listening Conference, please go to either the ILA website at: http://www.listen.org/Templates/2008_business_conference_program.htm

February 12th Meeting Notice…

Communication Skills To Make The Workplace Work Better Every day in every workplace, human beings are faced with the daunting challenge of sharing information, perspectives, and
goals effectively enough to get understanding and buy‐in from others. What is the cost to our organizations when employees, managers, and executives fail to communicate effectively? How important is it for us as trainers to make sure that training is being provided to help them improve? How can we justify expenditures for this type of training? Rhoda Mitchell will lead us in an examination of these issues and give a demonstration of how to make communication skills training engaging and effective.

Presenter: Rhoda Mitchell is Founder and Principle of New Leaves, Inc., which provides training programs in communication skills, human relations and team development to help managers, teams and employees work more skillfully and cooperatively
together.

Meeting Details:

When? Tuesday, February 12th, 2008
Breakfast and Networking start at 7:30am
Program meeting begins promptly at 8:00am and runs to 9:30am
Resource Sharing continues until 10:00 a.m.

Where? Wyndham Portland Airport Hotel (formerly Sheraton)
363 Maine Mall Rd, South Portland, ME 04106 (207)775‐0196

Register? Email Tricia Richardson at trichardson@vtec.org

How Much? $10 members I $20 non‐members (Includes Breakfast)


Invest in your professional development and join your local Maine Chapter of ASTD:
The Maine Chapter of ASTD offers networking and professional development opportunities.
Monthly breakfast meetings are held on the second Tuesday of the month.

www.maineastd.org

Full Membership: $95 ‐ Write one check to prepay for the year!
Individual Membership: $40 ‐ Individual members come for just $10 per meeting.
Student Member: $25 ‐ Full time students come for only $10 per meeting.
Corporate Membership: $150 ‐ A corporate membership provides any employee the individual
membership rate of just $10 to attend the monthly meeting.

Shop the ASTD Store~ Whenever you order training resources from the ASTD store, http://store.astd.org/, a portion of the proceeds is forwarded to our local chapter when you use our chapter code: CH1150

January Meeting Notice...

Effective Communication Training -- Tips and Techniques

Many of us are asked to teach or to create programs focused on communications skills. In this presentation you will learn some principles of communication and how you can take them back to your workplace and incorporate them into your own programs.

Discussion topics will include: Building rapport to avoid challenging others' beliefs. Improving questioning techniques to take the guessing out of communication. Reacting effectively to problem situations.

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Presenter Katie Vaillancourt is the Training Manager for CONTECH Stormwater Solutions.

Tuesday

Dec 11, 2007

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Breakfast and Networking start at 7:30

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Program meeting begins promptly at 8:00 and runs to 9:30

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Resource Sharing continues until 10:00 a.m.

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Wyndham Hotel (formerly the Sheraton) 363 Maine Mall Rd

So.Portland, ME 04106

(207)775-0196

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Register

by replying to this email or directly to Tricia Richardson at trichardson@vtec.org

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$10 members

$20 non-members (Includes Breakfast)