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 By:
Leanne Batchelder, CIASTD 2008 President
Need
a WLP? Find a WLP!
We are
a chapter full of Workplace Learning Professionals (WLPs),
so why does it seem so hard to find one when you need one?
Many of
you are often tasked with a project requiring expertise outside
of your organization. Do these situations sound familiar?
• You need a third-party, objective yet expert opinion on a performance
or process issue.
• You need to develop an e-learning course but do not have the time or
experience to develop it internally.
• You are planning a departmental team-building workshop and want an external
facilitator to conduct the event.
How
do you find the help you need?
CIASTD’s Find
a WLP online directory is a great place to start!
Go to the chapter’s website at www.ciastd.com and
select Marketplace from the main menu. From there,
click Find a WLP. Once there, you can search for
a specific area of expertise, service, person, or firm.
Just type in what you’re looking for, select your
search criteria and go! You’ll be amazed at what
you’ll find—lists of WLPs ready to assist you.
Every WLP listing provides you with detailed contact information
and, in many cases, links to their websites.
Did I mention
this searchable WLP directory is FREE? What
an amazing resource!
Are some
of you reading this, thinking, “Hey, I’m a WLP?
How the heck do I join this directory? How can I expand my
reach to other CIASTD members who might benefit from the
services I provide?”
It’s
easy to join. Simply access the Find a WLP site
and look for the link that says: Click here to create
your own WLP. Click this link and complete the online
form to join the WLP directory. There is a minimal charge
to join: a 6-month listing costs $75 while a full year listing
is $100. Belonging to this directory practically pays for
itself even if it results in just one project a year. Why
wouldn’t you give it go?
I can tell
you first hand that being included in this directory is well
worth it. I’ve been able to complete multiple projects
with a variety of CEDIA members who found the firm I work
for in the WLP directory.
If you are already in the directory, be sure to renew your
listing! Listings that are not currently paid in full will
be removed at the end
of this month. If you are not in the directory, what are you
waiting for? If you haven't used the directory before, let
the search begin.
Leanne
Batchelder, CIASTD President
Leanne is Vice President of Consulting Services for Bottom-Line
Performance, a consulting firm providing services and expertise
in three main areas: instructional design, performance consulting,
and training facilitation. Leanne and her colleagues offer
their clients solutions that enhance workplace culture, improve
the productivity and satisfaction of people, decrease costs,
and improve profits.
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| Coming
Soon - CPLP Webcast |
By Kris Taylor
CIASTD
members who want to learn more about the CPLP (Certified Professional
in Learning and Performance) are invited to join a webcast
on April 1st (no fooling!) from 4:00 to 5:30. Participants
will learn about the certification process and the support
available through the chapter, which includes study materials,
study groups and work product review and coaching. Study groups
will be forming soon! Look for details about the webcast in
an upcoming email or contact Kris
Taylor or Andrea
Moore for more information
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| Ongoing
Learning Groups' Cozy Corner |
Organizational
Change OLG
Please login to our FORUM on the ciastd.org page, view our topics and contribute
to our content. We currently have 9 members and welcome anyone who is interested
in learning and sharing resources and experiences around organizational change.
Career Development OLG
The Career
Development online learning group (OLG) is off and running. The
small group of 6-7 members has had two webconferences after an
initial email exchange to determine common interests/questions.
The focus of the Career Development in the Organization is:
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Creating
the environment for employees to develop all types of skills
- Helping
decision makers understand usefulness of employee development
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Facilitating
best practices for career development courses
The
next two meetings are planned for Friday, March 14th and Friday,
April 18th when we'll explore how to gain management buy-in to
career development offerings and how to measure/track initiatives.
If you're interested in joining this Career Development online
learning group, please contact ciastd@mprecords.com.
Performance Improvement OLG
The Performance Improvement OLG is off to a great start, with
a couple of Forums on the CIASTD site and a group meeting scheduled
for March 26 th at 8:00
A.M. at MP Records office.
Members
of the PI OLG are looking forward to exploring issues of performance improvement
and systems thinking, including:
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Learning
more about how to diagnose and design interventions to
improve performance within organizations.
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Exploring
performance models and best practices.
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Exploring
the connection between the brain and learning, and the
connection between learning and performance.
If
these topics sound like fun to you, come and join us on the CIASTD
Forums or at our first meeting on the 26th. If you have questions,
feel free to contact the coordinator of the group, Lisa Meece,
at lisa@bottomlineperformance.com or
317-626-2163.
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| Training
Tip = Accelerated Learning Part 2 – Preparation |
By Sharon McGuire
What is Accelerated Learning (AL)? To recap Part 1 – The
Basics, AL is a training method that increases the efficiency,
effectiveness, and retention of knowledge and skills in an environment
that is positive and exciting. A key aspect of AL is the deliberate
management of the “learning state.” AL creates and
manages the conditions that facilitate learning and applies techniques
to reduce barriers that prevent learning from happening.
Part two of this series will focus on the first of the four phases
of this training methodology:
Preparation
We all know the first three rules of training, right? Prepare,
prepare, and prepare! This method of training is no different.
At the heart of any successful training,
you must have engaged learners. So how do you prepare for that?
There are three elements
incorporated into the preparation phase: Learner Preparation
Package, Environment, and Peripherals. Those are some pretty big terms to
discuss pre-work, atmosphere, and stuff around the room! So let’s
take a look at each of these elements in detail.
Learner
Preparation Package (pre-work)
should set a collaborative learning tone and highlight the benefits
of the training or the
WIIFM (What’s In It For Me). Peoples’ time is at a
premium, and they won’t attend training just for the sake
of training—so you need to sell it to the learners. However,
how you package the pre-work can positively (or negatively) influence
the learners’ expectations of the event. Here are some questions
to consider:
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What
first impression does your package send? If you’re
not sure, ask someone who is not associated with the training to
look at it and give you honest feedback, or ask someone who is
similar to the target audience of the training to review it and
give you feedback. Here are some things to watch for:
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Misspellings
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Consistency
in terminology throughout material
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Are
the materials easy to read?
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Are
the instructions easy to understand?
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Are
you overloading the learner with material?
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What
should the package contain? You should include only
relevant information that facilitates the learner’s ability
to absorb and apply the knowledge and skills given during the training.
This could include any of the following:
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Informational
material about the training such as a brochure, pamphlet
or flyer
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Reading
material
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Survey/Profile
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Pre-test
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Cover
Letter
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Software
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Resources
to complete the pre-work
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Any
information they will need to attend the training
Be cautious about material overload
prior to the training. You don’t want to scare away or
intimidate potential attendees. If you have eager learners, give
them additional material and resources
at the end of the training.
The Environment (seating arrangement/atmosphere)
is often the most overlooked aspect of AL because we usually
just deal with
what we have—right?
Example:
I used to work in a building that ran parallel to a set
of railroad tracks. After you’ve worked there for a little
while, the train noise fades to background noise and you tend not
to notice it’s there. That was until learners in my class
indicated that the train noise startled them when it went by and
often times they couldn’t hear.
But dealing with what you have may
be creating barriers to learning and disengaging learners. So
don’t overlook the environmental
factor when preparing for training. Here is a quick review of seating
patterns and a diagram link listing both advantages/disadvantages
of the arrangement:
The
last element is Peripherals (stuff
around the room). Learning is enhanced when the environment
is
positive and stimulating. Picture
yourself walking
into a training session, the room has no windows and
the walls
are painted grey without any posters or colorful
artwork hanging on
them. How stimulated would you feel to learn anything
during
that
session--probably
not much? On the flip side,
be aware of items
in the
room that can distract participants and create
barriers to learning
such as:
As fundamental as it seems, these
three elements can enhance or detract from engaging your learners.
Prepare carefully and don’t
overlook the small details.
Next month’s installation of
Part 3 will focus on the presentation part of AL.
Information given in this was adapted from John
Townsend’s,
The Trainer’s Pocketbook and from ASTD
Info-line Issue 9209, Accelerated Learning
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| Don't
Forget - New Location for Monthly CIASTD meetings! |
Holiday
Inn North at the Pyramids
I-465 & Michigan Road on Indianapolis’ Northwest side
3850 DePauw Blvd.
Indianapolis, IN 46268
Hotel Front Desk: 317-872-9790
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[Top]
| March's
Upcoming Session - Creating Business Partnership with Phil
Novick |
Friday,
March 28, 2008
The Organization Workshop: Creating Partnership Across Boundaries
Phil Novick, Power+Systems, Inc.
Click
Here to Register Now!
Program
Description:The
Organization Workshop gets to the heart of partnership in organization
life – why partnership is critical to organizational
success, what gets in the way of it developing, and the role of leaders
in making
it happen.
The centerpiece of this dynamic leadership development program is an
organization exercise in which participants find themselves in roles
as top executives, middle managers, workers and customers interacting
in a fast-paced environment. This visceral approach enables the learning
to get beyond the head level to where it hits home and sticks.
In combination with these engaging, high-energy activities, there are
practical strategic frameworks based on the work of Barry Oshry. These
frameworks help participants make sense of what they’re learning
and enable them to connect to experiences in their own organizations.
The application activities help keep the lessons alive once participants
are back at work.
Participants will gain a whole systems view of the organization, enabling
them to…
- Understand
more and blame less
- Work more effectively
with people at all levels and in all positions
- Experience less
stress while making greater contributions
- Develop and
lead energized, effective, powerful organizations
- Produce better
results for themselves and their organizations
REGISTRATION IS
REQUIRED TO ENSURE SEATING AND MATERIALS!
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| Topic: |
The
Organization Workshop: Creating Partnership Across Boundaries |
| Speaker: |
Phil Novick,
Power+Systems, Inc.
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| Agenda: |
Registration
and Networking: 7:30am - 8:00am
Program begins promptly at: 8:00am - 12:30pm
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| Location: |
Holiday
Inn North at the Pyramids
3850 DePauw Blvd.
Indianapolis, IN 46268
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| Current Registration Price |
$50 Members
$70 Non-Members
$20 Students |
Register
after Friday, March 7, 2008
Limited number of registrations will be accepted |
$75
Members
$99 Non-Members
$25 Students |
[Top]
| Helping
Our Learners Learn |
By Martie Hoofer
So you have a blank PowerPoint or e-learning slide. What do you fill
it with? How do you get the parts to work together to help your learner
assimilate the information you want him to learn?
Sharon Boller from Bottom-Line Performance worked through those questions
during the February CIASTD monthly meeting. She first explained how
the learner’s
brain takes in, processes, and stores information (cognitive learning theory).
Sharon walked the group through the application of 6 principles to “enhance
presentation of content and increase learning efficiency”.
1. Use both words and pictures
2. Integrate graphics and texts
3. Use audio – not text – to explain visuals.
4. Avoid being redundant with audio and text (unless designing e-learning for
English as a Second Language learners).
5. Get rid of the extraneous stuff
6. Personalize it
Sharon then shared 3 principles to apply when designing practice for learners
to enhance their retention.
1. Make it job-relevant and sufficient
2. Use worked examples
3. Intersperse practice and examples throughout = at just at the end.
Whether you are doing e-learning right now or not, this was a presentation
with many points which could be applied immediately to all instructional design
tasks.
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DON'T FORGET
TO MARK YOUR CALENDAR FOR 2008!
April
25
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Generations
in the Workforce
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Nancy
Ahlrichs
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May
23
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Designing
Learning (Use of Discovery Maps)
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Donna
Burnette Solutions House
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June
27
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Coaching
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Michele
Knight
iPEC Coaching
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July
25
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Experiential
Leaning Methods - Building Interaction into Training
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Renie
McClay
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August
22
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Proposed
Topic:
Elearning Design and Development/ Visual Fluency – Full Day Special
Event
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TBD
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September
18
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Organizational
Change Management
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Joint
Session with HRACI
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October
24
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Learning
Transfer |
Tim
Baldwin (Prof. of Training at IU MBA School)
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Visit www.CIASTD.com for
the entire year's calendar!
DID YOU KNOW?? You can purchase
program tickets at a discount!
Attend each meeting for only $22.50…when you purchase in groups of:
4 Tickets: $90.00
6 Tickets: $135.00
9 Tickets: $202.50
12 Tickets: $270.00
20 Tickets: $450.00
To order online, click
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Interested
in speaking at a future CIASTD meeting?
Visit www.ciastd.com for
more information.
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| CPLP
Study Groups Now Forming! |
CIASTD wants to
support your growth! If you are interested in pursuing the CPLP designation
and want more information, please contact Andrea Moore, VP of Workplace
Learning and Certification at amoore@FlashPointHR.com.
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Wouldn’t you like to get published? CIASTD’s The Facilitator
could be just the vehicle you are looking for. We are on the lookout
for articles that further learning in the areas of training and
development. While we may not be able to publish every article
we receive, we believe each issue of The Facilitator would be enriched
by the addition of articles CIASTD members. As a bonus, there’s
VIP bucks awaiting each published article! Submit articles by emailing
them to mhoofer@salliemae.com. We prefer files in Microsoft Word
format.
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In
each issue of The Facilitator, we will list members that have
joined or
re-joined
CIASTD since the previous issue. Since the last issue of The
Facilitator, we have signed 7 new members.
Erin
Bonwell, RCI
Jennifer Taylor, RCI
James Jones
Deb Lang, Midwest ISO
Martha Sanborn, Eli Lilly and Company
Colleen Cook, Katz, Sapper & Miller
Debra Young, Eli Lilly and Company
If you are a member of CIASTD, and would like access to the
complete membership directory, it is available on our
web site at www.ciastd.org.
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