What: Engaging Your Webinar Audience
When: February 19, 2010; 8:30 – 10:30 a.m.
Where: Lake Forest Graduate School
             1905 W. Field Court
             Lake Forest, IL 60045
NOTE: this is NOT Lake Forest Academy

Directions:

From 41:

Go to Rt. 60/W Kennedy and turn west.
Go about 1.5 miles west. You will pass Waukegan Rd. and then under a train overpass.
Go to Conway Farms Drive/ West Field Court.
Turn right (north) onto Field Court.
Go on Field Court two blocks to Lake Forest MBA Campus (on right).

From 94 (Tollway):

Go to Rt. 60/Townline and turn east.
Go about half a mile east. You will pass Saunders Rd.
Go to Conway Farms Drive/West Field Court.
 Turn left (north) onto Field Court.
Go on Field Court two blocks to Lake Forest MBA Campus (on right)

How do you deliver a webinar that not only engages your audience, but results in learning?

Come and experience the unique marriage of learning theory and theater performance! In this mini-workshop you will learn cognitive research-based guidelines and how to translate them into practical techniques from the world of theater. In a medium where gestures and other non-verbal cues are missing, the voice is key. You will also learn three techniques used by professional voice actors to keep your audience’s full attention.Finally, creative techniques to keep participants from multi-tasking (Text Messaging, Emails) and engaged in learning will also be covered.

Moderator
Colleen Enghauser [cenghauser@cedarinteractive.com]

RSVP Please RSVP to Colleen Enghauser at cenghauser@cedarinteractive.com.

Guest Speakers Bios:

Kirsten D’Aurelio: Since 1996, Kirsten D’Aurelio has conducted voice and presentation skills training for professionals in many industries and organizations such as Prudential, Ritz-Carlton, Starbucks Coffee Company, American Medical Association Alliance, Motorola, The Northern Trust, and the New Jersey State Library System.  Kirsten holds degrees in theatre performance from the University of California-Irvine and Indiana University, and studied voice science at the NCVS Vocology Institute in Denver.  She is a faculty member at the DePaul University College of Communication, and the author of Vocal Pathways:  Your Guide to an Effective Vocal Image, and Taking the Stage:  Creating a Dynamic Business Presence.

Marty Rosenheck, PhD, CPT: Marty Rosenheck has designed award-winning e-learning systems, conducted needs assessments, developed curricula, and created blended learning strategies for numerous non-profit and for-profit organizations over the past 20 years. Based on his doctoral studies in Cognitive Science, Marty developed a case-based learning approach called Performance Centered Learning® that accelerates people’s attainment of proficiency in complex skills. Marty has shared his ideas on developing expert performance as a visiting professor at Loyola University and in numerous publications, presentations, and workshops.

What: Using Techniques from Improvisational Theatre for Team Building
When: January 12, 2010 6:00 – 8:15 PM
Where: Draftfcb
101 East Erie Street
Auditorium on Floor 14
Chicago, IL 60611

Collaboration, ideation and group-thinking are key to competitive advantage. In the current climate that might just mean the survival of a business. These skills have been honed in Improvisational Theater for years. Since you live in Chicago, you’ve probably seen them in action. Now, in a single 90-minute session, you can learn how to apply these same principles for business success. Along the way, you‘ll experience the power of improvisational techniques and exercises. You will walk away with a set of “games” you can use in virtually any team building scenario and a list of resources for further discovery. And you‘ll have fun!

6 – 6:30 p.m. networking
6:30 – 8:15 p.m. program

Facilitator: Alan Montague is the Training and Development Lead at Accero Inc . (formerly Cyborg systems.) He is a certified trainer with over 12 years experience on four continents helping people learn.

An Accelerated Learning professional, Alan is a member of the International Alliance for Learning (IAL), the Applied Improvisation Network (AIN) and the American Society for Training and Development (ASTD) at both National and chapter levels.

RSVP to Naomi Berkove: nberkove@cannondesign.com; 312-960-8108

What: Raising Your Innovation Quotient: Creativity Competencies for the 21 st Century
When: Friday, Jan 15, 2010; 7:30 - 9:00 A.M.; 9-10 A.M. Open discussion/networking - OPTIONAL
Where: Northern Trust, 181 W. Madison - 7th Floor, Chicago, IL

Now more than ever, organizations need to raise a different kind of IQ—the Innovation Quotient—to flexibly embrace change and continually improve the ways they serve customers and stakeholders. In this interactive session, organizational consultant and creativity expert Adam Shames will explore today’s innovation imperative and share the key creativity competencies necessary for individual and organizational innovation. You will learn more about the mindsets and skills that boost creativity—and experience for yourself ways to develop these competencies in others and embed them as part of a more innovative culture.

Adam Shames is an organizational consultant, facilitator and speaker whose clients include Accenture, McDonald’s, Edelman Public Relations, KPMG and several associations and non-profit. He designs and facilitates leadership retreats, learning seminars and team meetings that help organizations build cultures of innovation and collaboration. He is the founder of the Kreativity Network ( www.kreativity.net), writes about creativity in his “Innovation on my Mind” blog ( www.innovationonmymind.com), and has a master’s degree from Stanford University.

RSVP: Required for building access.  Prior to the meeting, please send an email to lw56@ntrs.com at Northern Trust if you plan on attending.

Moderators: Debra Krause (deb628@sbcglobal.net)
                      Russell Winter – ODNC Communications: rjjnwinter@hotmail.com

More about the Internal Consulting West PDN

What: North Shore PDN Meeting
When: December 18, 2009 11:30 AM – 1:00 PM
Where: Lake Forest Graduate School of Management (Directions)
1905 W. Field Court in Lake Forest (in Conway Park near I-94 and Route 60)

The focus of the meeting is to celebrate the upcoming Holiday Season and to discuss the following three questions:

- What's new with you?

- What new things have you heard or learned about the field of Workplace Learning and Performance?

- What do you need?

RSVP to Ken Phillips at ken@phillipsassociates.com.

What: How to re-engage and energize staff when employees are suffering from change fatigue.
When: Thursday, January 14, 2010; 8:30 – 10:00 a.m.
Where: Kenneth Young Community Center - 1001 Rohlwing Road, Elk Grove Village, Illinois 60007

This interactive presentation will provide constructive and valuable approaches to managing critical organizational issues. This session focuses on opportunities which teams and departmental meetings can provide in constructively engaging and energizing the staff. Participants will walk away with a structured meeting process and format to stimulate involvement and creativity, even during times of relentless change and transition. Note: If possible, participants are asked to come to the session with an impending organizational or personal change in mind. These situations will serve as participant "case studies” for purposes of applying the model and material.

To register: All members welcome to this session free of charge. If you are not a current member of the Northwest PDN, but would like to be, click here to register. There is an annual fee of $10.00

RSVP: www.northwestpdn.com

Moderator John Kelly ( northwestchicagopdn@gmail.com )
                   Russell Winter – ODNC Communications: rjjnwinter@hotmail.com

Directions: click here for directions.   

Parking: Please park and enter via the North door (not the main entrance).