Letter from the President, November/December 2011
First of all, thank you to all of our attendees at the Octoberevening program and all-day workshop with Bill Daniels! And many thanks to Bill for coming to Charlotte and allowing us to offer both of these programs, especially the workshop at incredibly low prices! Many members may not realize that our price of $60 for an all-day workshop compares to prices at other chapters of $159 and $259. Such a deal!
Coming up next month, on December 1, 2011, is our end-of-the year program with a series of “local presenters” who will each do a “99 Seconds” session followed by three 15 minute Cracker Barrel sessions. Both are staples of ISPI Conferences. The “99 Seconds” session is something invented by Thiagi, and was used to kick-off each International Conference the first evening before the 3-day event began. We will also hand out certificates of appreciation to all who made this year a success, thank the 2011 Board and welcome the 2012 Board. Plus there will be door-prizes for those who stay until the end – at 8 pm.
A note about our schedule for next year - shifts happen – and we are shifting months in 2012. Our programs will now happen in January, March, May, July, September and November. We did that so as to avoid a conflict with the International Conference which is typically in April. See more about our speakers for 2012 elsewhere in this newsletter.
Another note: we will also be shiftinglocations too – for at least part of 2012 – to UNCC facilities in downtown Charlotte. See more about that elsewhere in this newsletter as well.
Have you been published? Did you like it? Want to do it again? If you have been or haven’t been published in the past – here is your opportunity to get published in our next Journal. We see that as another part of offering you Professional Development opportunities.
That still works for me. I hope it does for you as well.As my 1-year term winds down I find myself reflecting on this chapter’s start-up, and as a co-founder (along with Dick Handshaw) I am constantly revisiting the what’s and why’s of ISPI Charlotte. Our stated goal is:
“Affordable Professional Development with the Top Names in Human Performance Technology.”
Please help us maintain our ability to provide this in our local community of practice. Please tell your professional colleagues about HPT and ISPI and ISPI Charlotte. Go behind the member firewall on our web site and together view one of six past speakers’90 minute sessions that we have captured on video. Talk to them about what you have learned about what the research evidence says about our practices in improving human performance in the workplace. And think about getting involved in our chapter Committees and/or Board. That’s the best way to network for your professional development, in my mind!
My best wishes go out to the new President, Marc Donelson and his Board for their success, which will lead to our chapter’s and our members’ success! I will be staying on as the Past President, a non-voting member of the Board, a role intended to provide continuity. I plan on staying very involved with this ISPI Chapter as I have found tremendous value in my participation in ISPI chapters since first joining one in 1979.
Cheers!
Guy W. Wallace, CPT
