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Business Simulations—The Learning Accelerator

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Designing and Delivering Learning Experiences for Change and Transformation

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Evanston Lunch Bunch

2009 Regional Conference and Exposition in St. Louis

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2009 Regional Conference and Exposition in St. Louis

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Cognitive Learning Strategies PDN

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December 3

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Holiday Party

CCASTD celebrates the holidays with The Society for Human Resource Professionals (SHRP) and The Staffing Management Association of Greater Chicago (SMA). Join us at Petterino’s as we celebrate the holidays and another great year as the organization in Chicago for professionals in Training & Development.

This is your opportunity to reconnect with colleagues, network with new contacts within CCASTD as well as two other major Chicago organizations.

Enjoy networking over passed appetizers/ stations/ sweet table. A cash bar will be available as well.

When: Thursday , December 3, 2009
Where: Petterino’s, 150 N. Dearborn St., Chicago, IL
Time: 5 PM to 8 PM

Cost: $35 members, $35 students, $60 alliance and non-members.

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December 7, 2009

Business Simulations—The Learning Accelerator

Learn how companies are using simulations to build the effectiveness of their leaders and employees in a highly interactive and engaging way. A panel of three speakers who are currently with Motorola, Zurich Insurance and Walgreens will share with you their experiences, success stories and lessons learned in utilizing business simulations within a corporate environment.

The speakers will share their own experiences in selecting and using business simulations and reveal their best practices for implementation, organization fit, and more. This is not a vendor presentation, but a panel discussion of corporate practitioners who have had success with implementing simulations with their audiences.

This promises to be a very interesting session. Example simulations will be set up for discussion and examination before and after the program.

Monday, December 7, 2009
Roosevelt University, 1400 N. Roosevelt Blvd., Schaumburg, IL

Dinner and networking: 5:30 p.m.
Program: 6:00 -7:30 p.m.

Member, Alliance and Student Price: $30
Non-member price: $40

Panel Members:
Julie Jacques is currently a Talent Development Manager with Walgreens. Julie has a multi-functional (sales, marketing, operations, merchandising, training, HR, and OD) background. Julie's career spans time with a major oil company, manufacturing organization,  business services and retail. Her passion for training, coaching and developing leaders has been applied using multiple methods, formats and techniques. Julie is a certified instructor in various leadership programs and is a particular fan of business simulations. She will share her experience with simulations and the tremendous effectiveness she believes they deliver when training leaders.

Dr. Art Paton is a Senior Learning Consultant at Motorola. He is the Director of the Motorola Knowledge Community Resource Office which offers support, design consulting and coaching to leaders of new or evolving communities. He is also responsible for e-learning strategy and implementation of mobile learning. Art also manages the global Engineering Education portfolio, some 800 programs offered globally within Motorola. He has designed and developed for classroom, virtual reality worlds, virtual classroom, e-learning and mobile learning.  Art is published regularly in both science and learning industries. He has received awards for his work from ISPI, ASTD and Meckler Media, and the Presidents Award from Motorola University

Miles Nakashima is a Learning & Development Consultant in the Organizational Effectiveness Department, Human Resources, Zurich Insurance, located in Schaumburg, Illinois.  He works in the area of leadership development and is involved with programs at the senior management level. Miles has a Master of Science degree in Educational Administration from Georgia State University and a Bachelor’s in Education from the University of Missouri.  He retired from the United States Army after a 22-year career in 1990 – he was an instructional systems designer at the U.S. Army Infantry School among his many assignments.  

Cancellation Policy: Cancellations must be received at least 3 days prior to an event to be eligible for a full refund. We cannot issue refunds to any cancellations received after that time.

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December 9, 2009

Evanston Lunch Bunch

The next Evanston Lunch Bunch, an informal lunchtime gathering of Workplace Learning & Performance professionals, will take place on Wednesday, December 9 from noon to 1pm at Rotary International.

Address: One Rotary Center, 1560 Sherman Avenue, Evanston, IL 60201

Topic: Special ASTD Employee Learning Week Lunch Bunch!

We are making a slight change to the Lunch Bunch schedule, in honor of ASTD’s Employee Learning Week, but will return to our usual 3rd Monday of the month schedule starting in January.

ASTD Employee Learning Week is December 7 – 11. Last year, Rotary participated for the first time with a contest, reception, newsletter, and proclamation, and received the designation of “Champion of Learning” from ASTD. In honor of Employee Learning week 2009, join us for a special Lunch Bunch to learn how Rotary International trains and develops both employees and Rotarians, and what we have planned for this year’s celebration.

Representatives from both the Learning & Organization Development Department and the Leadership Education and Training Division will be the guest speakers, and we invite you to come and share your ideas and best practices as well.

Bring your own lunch or purchase something at Rotary’s Café International (lower level). There is also a Subway and a Potbelly Sandwich shop across the street.

Room Location: the location is Room 12B. Take the elevator to floor 12, go towards the door that says “International Meetings” and follow the signs to room 12B.

Transportation/Parking: Rotary is accessible by the CTA Purple line and Metra rail (Davis Street stops). There is a large hourly parking structure at the intersection of Davis and Benson. Some street parking may be available. Rotary has a parking structure on Grove Avenue, but is typically filled early in the day by employees.

Cost: None

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December 9-10, 2009

2009 Regional Conference and Exposition in St. Louis

The St. Louis Chapter of ASTD is hosting a Regional Conference on December 10 th and a pre-conference workshop on December 9th, 2009.

Pre-conference workshop: Developing Successful eLearning

Conference: Keynote address “The Speed of Trust” by J.D.Frailey,. Franklin Covey.. CCASTD’s own Ken Phillips will also be speaking!!

CCASTD members can attend for the member price!

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