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The date for the Hudson-Mohawk ASTD Chapter's Annual Conference has been set!

The 17th Annual Workplace Learning and Performance Conference, will be on Tuesday - April 10, 2012. They will again be hosting this event at the Albany Marriott, 189 Wolf Road, Albany.  If you would like to share your knowledge & expertise, please consider filling out their Call for Presenters form which can be found at their website.  Deadline to submit is December 12, 2011.

http://hudsonmohawkastd.org/workshops-events/annual-conference/

Make More of Your Membership – Get Involved!

President Elect to prepare for and serve as President in 2012. Work closely with board members to learn chapter operations, maintain chapter documentation, and develop sponsorships and strategic partnerships.

Marketing and Communications members to promote chapter activities, events, and services. Develop copy and collaterals, press releases and announcements, publish the quarterly Torch, and represent GV ASTD at local conferences.

For more information, contact Suzanne Choma at Suzanne.choma@gvastd.org or 585-671-5070.

Atomic Training, a provider on on-line training on popular computing tools such as Microsoft Word, Excel, Office and much more is offering GV ASTD members a free three month subscription. There is no requirement for purchase and only personal information is required, no credit card or other payment forms. To sign up, go to:    http://unbouncepages.com/atomictraining-astd    This is training on over 150 products.

Open Webinars Scheduled:    In addition, Atomic is offering two open webinars that members can attend which will provide a 30 minute overview of Atomic Training and how it might impact the training mission of a business.  They are scheduled for September 28^th at 10am,  and September 29^th at 3pm Central time.  Anyone who attends will receive a free cooler.  ($20 value) .    See link,   http://unbouncepages.com/atomictraining-webinar/   to register.  

Our sister ASTD chapter to the west, the Niagara Frontier ASTD chapter, has announced several programs for the Fall 2011.

• Their first program will take place on September 16 and be presented by Patricia McGee, founder of McGee Coaching. The Center of the Hourglass: Middle Management Sink or Swim? will present what is the cost to organizations as a result of promoting supervisors and managers into positions without training.   And the consequences for the organization include managing through trial and error, higher turnover in direct reports, reduced productivity and overall morale.
• On October 7, Dawn Coburn Joy of Coburn Consulting and Resources will present Self Care for Workplace Learning Professionals. Learning is pivotal to the growth and ultimate sustainability of business today; and the effectiveness of the workplace learning professional is an important determinant to the culture and quality of this learning. Yet there are points in time where this effectiveness can be less than desired or challenged, as a result of the various “battlefields” that are encountered.
• Frank Ciccia of the Illuminare Group will present Creating Organizational Citizens on November 10. This session will examine Organizational Citizenship Behavior (OCB), and identify ways we can enhance this behavior throughout your organization.  We will also have an opportunity for participants to share ways they are enhancing OCB and how it might be contributing to their success.