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2012 ASTD

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Member

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Welcome New

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New Learning

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“Dedicated to the Training and Development Field”

The results are in and you have elected the Board of Directors who will be serving you and bringing to life the many benefits of belonging to your local ASTD chapter! The new faces leading your chapter are as follows:

Kimberly Frederickson President Tracy Nelson Past President Janell East VP of Administration Jon Zulawski VP of Finance Janet Nodorft VP of Marketing Lori Gibson Co‐VPs of Professional Steve King Development Brent Corless VP of Technology Dylan Drobny VP of Membership ASTD is a great place to network with other workplace learning professionals, enjoy monthly education and development activities, and take advantage of leadership opportunities that help shape and grow our chapter! Our 2012 Program Calendar is full of great speakers on topics geared towards your interests and needs as training and performance professionals.

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The Fresh Face of ASTD

South Central Wisconsin

Chapter 2012!

Back Row (L to R): Dylan Drobny , Janet Nodorft , Kimberly Frederickson, Janell East, Becky Aquino, Steve King

Front Row (L to R): Brent Corless, Tracy Nelson, Lori Gibson, Jon Zulawski

Develop a passion for learning. If you do, you will never cease to grow. Anthony J. D'Angelo

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Kimberly Frederickson Assistant Vice President of Learning & Organizational

Development Summit Credit Union

A Message from Your President

Greetings ASTD South Central Wisconsin members and guests!

I am Kimberly Frederickson, your new ASTD‐SCWC President for 2012. I’m excited to welcome you to a new year and a new Chapter Board of Directors. We’re look‐ing forward to continuing the momentum from last year bringing you great pro‐gramming and exceptional value for our chapter members! This is my commit‐ment to you as President. I’d like to take this opportunity to thank my predecessor, Tracy Nelson. Tracy has served the ASTD‐SCWC Chapter as a Board Member during her most recent terms as VP of Marketing in 2009, President Elect in 2010, President in 2011 and now, as Past President for 2012. Her drive and commitment to our chapter’s growth and success has paved a great path for our future and given me a wonderful challenge to aspire to as I succeed her. This is Tracy’s second period of service as she also served from 2000‐2004. Thank you, Tracy, for your service, support and commit‐ment to ASTD‐SCWC! In the coming months you’ll be hearing more about the things your new Board is doing for you. The New Year is a time of transition for us, as for many. The New Year is often a time for resolutions about things we hope to change, hope to ac‐complish…the things we wish for ourselves for the year. Mark Twain said, “Twenty years from now you will be more disappointed by the things that you didn’t do than by the ones you did do. So throw off the bowlines. Sail away from the safe harbor. Catch the trade winds in your sails. Explore. Dream. Discover.” This year I challenge you to engage in your ASTD South Central Wisconsin Chapter! We al‐ways say our chapter is only as strong as our membership. If you’re not a member, become one. If you are a member, get more involved. Sail away from the safe harbor of limiting yourself to event participation and become a volunteer, too. Catch the winds in your sail and share your expertise by becoming an event speaker. Explore, dream and discover through monthly programming and our 2012 Learning Summit: Learn Inspired. Live Inspired. ASTD‐SCWC has something for everyone!

Throughout this year, I would love to hear from you! I welcome your thoughts, questions, comments at kimberly.frederickson@astdscwc.org. 2012 promises to be a great year, and I look forward to seeing you at our many events throughout the year.

Chapter Incentive Program (ChIP)

Each time you use our source code, 5089, when purchasing ASTD products or services, you are contrib‐uting to our chapter's finan‐cial health, further enabling us to accomplish our mis‐sion and goals!

Why should society feel responsible only for the education of children, and not for the education of all adults of every age? Erich Fromm

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What is the Power of 2?

When ASTD members join both the national organization and their chapter, they choose to be knowledge leaders in the workplace learning and performance (WLP) profession and change makers in their own back-yard. Joint membership offers WLP professionals a unique opportunity to connect with local, national, and in-ternational professionals. Joint members can learn about trends in the field, and gain access to research, prin-ciples, practices, and templates they can apply directly to impacting organizational results, their community, and advancing their career. Many of our chapter members belong to the national ASTD organization as well. For information on national membership, you may call 1-800-628-2783 or visit the National ASTD website at www.astd.org. Discounted rates are available when you add a National Membership to your local one. Ask about "The Power of Two" to save $20 off your national membership, and make sure to use our ChIP code (5089) when joining.

Are you taking advantage of the many benefits of becoming a member of the South Central Wisconsin Chapter (SCWC) of the American Society for Training and Development (ASTD)? Mem‐bership is an excellent way for workplace learning & perform‐ance professionals to stay up to date with the latest industry trends, build their professional development, and network with other folks who work in similar positions. Members of the ASTD‐SCWC enjoy exclusive cost saving oppor‐tunities such as: reduced annual renewal dues, discounted fees for our monthly “Learning Changing Developing” programming, free admission to our Summer Saving Series (June, July, and August programs), and a free pass to one of our other regular monthly programs. These are high level programming events that are based on the ASTD Competency Model Areas of Exper‐tise. The ASTD‐SCWC also provides our members with excellent re‐sources like our quarterly online newsletter “The Connector”, our annual membership directory, and access to the special member’s only sections of our new chapter website. Please e‐mail Dylan Drobny, our VP of Membership, if you would like more information about the many benefits of membership at dylan.drobny@astdscwc.org.

Benefits of Belonging

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2012 ASTD‐SCWC Learning Summit

Our chapter is looking forward to the upcoming 2012 Learning Summit – Learn Inspired, Live Inspired on Febru‐ary 23, 2012 at the Alliant Energy Center in Madison, WI. The morning will open with three tracks of breakouts: Inspire Self, Inspire Others, Inspire Organizations. Here are the breakouts and speaker information:

Inspire Self Breakout 1 Quickly Engaging Learners’ Brains for Lasting Results Deb DeNure

Inspire Others Breakout 1 Live Love Give: Explore how experiential learning cen‐tered on organizational ser‐vice programs can make your learning come alive and leave a lasting impact Sarah Gibson

Inspire Organizations Breakout 1 From Hired to Inspired Rebecca Doepke

Inspire Self Breakout 2 Resilience and Renewal: Be‐ing Your Best so you can Give Your Best Lori Gibson

Inspire Others Breakout 2 Make it Experiential! ‐ Work‐shop Design and Facilitation Tools for Amazing Trainings Amy Climber

Inspire Organizations Breakout 2 Becoming a High Perform‐ance Organization Daniel Schroeder, Ph.D.

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The Afternoon Keynote and Workshop with Lance Secretan Our Keynote, Lance Secretan, has helped organizations such as Humana, First Command, ATB Financial, Ontario Chamber of Commerce and Greater Louisville, Inc. create the ulti‐mate mission statement; which Lance calls The One DreamTM.

During Lance Secretan’s Keynote, he will conduct a workshop leveraging his book The Spark, The Flame, and The Torch and lead us through a workshop to help us identify steps to take to determine your One DreamTM. Each at‐tendee will receive a copy of his book. You can learn more about this at www.secretan.com and read case studies specific to organizations Lance has partnered with. Here what others are saying about Lance Secretan. "Lance presents his material in a most unique and dynamic way that lends itself to getting people's attention who may not have otherwise been interested, and specifically, as a result, tapping the potential of all involved. The les‐sons he shared, are and will continue to be, part of the reason Medtronic and each of us at Medtronic are success‐ful in what we do."

Vern Dale‐Johnson, Director of Planning and Business Development, Medtronic of Canada Limited

"Of all the speakers I have been exposed to in my life, you are, without the shadow of a doubt, the one who has moved me and will change my life forever."

Isabelle Adjahi, Senior Director, Investor Relations and Communications/Directrice sénior, Relations avec les investisseurs et communications, Axcan Pharma

"Once you began your presentation, the energy in the room completely switched. Suddenly, you were talking about things that truly mattered —how do we create inspiring organizations, what do we really want for our lives? People sat up, they stopped fiddling about on their phones. I could see your words were affecting them deeply and they wanted to hear more. It was captivating for all of us. I learned a great deal, not just more about the prin‐ciples behind The Spark, the Flame and the Torch, but what It means to passionately convey those ideas and con‐nect with others".

Keir Overton

For additional details on the keynote and workshop, you can visit www.secretan.com/keynotes_torch.php To learn more about the event and to register, visit http://astd‐scwc.wildapricot.org/inspired.

We look forward to seeing you at the 2012 Learning Summit. Get Inspired!

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The illiterate of the future will not be the person who cannot read. It will be the person who does not know how to learn. Alvin Toffler

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Member Spotlight – Clara Hurd Nydam

Insightful and caring, Clara helps her clients clarify priorities and overcome barriers. She coaches executives and professional in finding their passion and focusing on their strengths. Applying a wealth of experience with people from widely diverse industries and professions to help her clients improve their effectiveness, she is a recognized expert on career development and transition. Clara has coached countless individuals to success and intervened successfully in potentially derailing circumstances.

In 1989 Clara founded Career Momentum, Inc. and affiliated in 2004 with Career Partners International as a global partner. As President of Career Momentum, she has worked as Strategic Business Partner with Profiles International, HRD Press, Bigby Havis, and Consulting Psychologists Press to provide state of the art assess‐ments, coaching, team building and performance improvement resources to her clients. Clara completed a Mas‐ters Degree, served as an educator and recruited executives before establishing Career Momentum, Inc. in 1989. Executives have sought her advice to help them move their careers to the next level, to resolve team con‐flicts and to help them select and develop effective leaders.

Clara holds a B.S. in History from the University of South Dakota and an MDiv. from Bethel Seminary (MN). She earned designations as a Master Career Development Professional (MCDP) from the National Career Develop‐ment Association (NCDA) and Senior Professional in Human Resources (SPHR) from the Society of Human Re‐source Management (SHRM).

Interested in being a featured member? Submit your bio and picture to

Dylan Drobny, VP of Membership at dylan.drobny@astdscwc.org

Are you a student looking for opportunities to get involved in workplace learn‐ing and performance? Do you want to network with others in the field and take advantage of regular professional development educational opportunities! Our ASTD SCWC Special Student Membership is just for you!

Enjoy very special student discount rates—a full year of membership and access to all member benefits for only $25! Free programs during our Summer Savings Series in June, July and August, and special discounts on all programs the remain‐der of the year!

Calling All Students!

Clara actively networks with business and professional lead‐ers. She is a member of TEMPO – Madison, the Madison Area Business Consultants (MABC), BioForward, the American So‐ciety of Training and Development (ASTD), the Society of Hu‐man Resources and the Greater Madison Area Chamber of Commerce. She was invited to participate in the first TEC (The Executive Committee) Associates group formed in Madi‐son and is currently a member of TEC Associates #3. She has also served on the judging panel for the Wisconsin Gover‐nor’s Business Plan Contest.

All things are difficult before they are easy. Thomas Fuller

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Welcome & Thank You!

We thank the following renewing members (renewing since October 15, 2011):

Amy Russell Mike Kern Denis Drake Paul Anjeski Diane Hamilton Paul Kern Jane Wichman Sarah Gibson Mary Fuller Steve King

ASTD SCWC welcomes the following new members:

Amy Climber Helen Englebert Keith Johnston Amy Lins Idella Yamben Kelly Shepro Benjamin Clark Jocelyn Vande Velde Laura Nemetz, PHR Bill Niebuhr John Ehle Linda Veith Carla Anderson Judy St. Vincent Lindsay Melquist Cathy Scnmitz Couillard Kady Fox Meggy Kutz Deb Weisensel Kari Westphal Sarah Newman Diane Johnson Kathy Williams Tina Nelson Doug Swenson

Partnership Opportunities ASTD South Central Wisconsin Chapter (SCWC) invites your company to partner with us in serving the workplace learn‐ing needs of our community. By partnering with us, you are putting your organization in front of the workplace learning community every day here in south central Wisconsin. You are also showing your support of ASTD‐SCWC's mission:

To provide learning and networking opportunities for Workplace Learning and Performance Professionals.

Three levels of partnership are available, which include benefits such as recognition on our website, inclusion on website slideshow at chapter events, ad space in newslet‐ters, admission to chapter events, sponsor table space for literature, and more! For more information, please contact Janet Nodorft at janet.nodorft@astdscwc.org.

Our Partners/Sponsors

We appreciate the support of our partners/sponsors!

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Are You Ready for Some Learning? We are excited to take on the shared role of VP of Programming for ASTD‐SCWC in 2012! We not only share the role, we share a commitment and passion for continuing to provide the quality of programs, facilitators and networking oppor‐tunities you’ve come to expect. We are still working on the details and dates but wanted to whet your appetite with a few highlights of what’s to come:

“Learn Inspired, Live Inspired” is the theme of this year’s conference on February 23. It promises to be a day that lives up to the theme and if you haven’t yet reg‐istered, it’s not too late. We hope you’ll join us!

March through November our regular monthly programming will consist of a great variety of topics facilitated by some of our own talented chapter members. You can look forward to topics such as coaching skills, enhancing your training/presentation style, best practices in onboarding, creative ideas for training de‐sign, networking tips and techniques, and a couple of very special events we will reveal soon!

June through August is the Summer Savings Series, which means programs are FREE for members! So, even if your professional development budget is small, you can’t afford to miss out in the summer!

December, we will wrap up the year with a special networking social and pro‐gram to celebrate another year of success and spend time reflecting on the events of the year together.

Details coming soon! For now, register for the conference on February 23 – and get ready for a great year of learning together. As a matter of fact, let’s make this whole year one to “Learn Inspired, Live Inspired” together!

Lori Gibson and Steve King Co‐VPs, Programming

ASTD‐SCWC American Society of

Training & Development South Central

Wisconsin Chapter

6516 Monona Drive #159 Monona, WI 53716

PHONE:

608.212.2783

EMAIL: astdscwc@astdscwc.org

www.astdscwc.org

Considering joining our

chapter? Need to renew your membership?

If you are new to the ASTD‐South Central Wisconsin Chapter, membership is $80 for the first year. New members can access the application on our website. Renewals are only $60. Membership fees can be paid via check or through paypal at www.astdscwc.org.