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• eLearning SiG: Outside the Box - Non-Learning Tools for Improving Your L&D Practice

  • When
    Thursday, June 17, 2021
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    4:00 PM - 5:00 PM (CDT)
  • Location
    Virtual Event

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  Join us for our eLearning Special Interest Group (SIG):

  Outside the Box - Non-Learning Tools for Improving Your L&D Practice

  Program Description: 

  There are plenty of common tools that learning and development professionals use every day as part of their work. But sometimes you discover a tool that opens new doors or makes an existing workflow much more effective, transforming your work for the better.
  
  

  In this session, we’ll explore non-L&D tools that can improve your practice. Get ready for an exploration of tools that you can use to improve the work you do every day.

  
  

  Learning Objectives for this program:
  

  Introduce you to a collection of tools useful for your L&D work for automation, learning campaigns, mobile apps and more. 

  
  

  Speaker Information:

  With over two decades of real-life, in-the-trenches experience designing and delivering learning experiences, Mike Taylor understands that effective learning isn’t about the latest fad or trendy new tools. Known for his practical, street-savvy style, Mike is a regular and highly-rated speaker at industry events, consults on learning design and technology at Change4Growth and teaches in Franklin University’s Instructional Design & Performance Technologies graduate program in Columbus, Ohio. Mike holds an MBA degree from Ohio University and a master’s degree in educational technology from San Diego State University.
  

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• Onboarding SiG: “Focusing on the overlooked, onboarding of culture”

  • When
    Thursday, June 24, 2021
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    4:30 PM - 6:00 PM (CDT)
  • Location
    Virtual event

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  Join us for our Onboarding Special Interest Group (SIG)!

  Description:

  During this session, Molly Odorisio and Jenny Caroll will share their experiences and approach to immersing new hires into company values and culture.
  

  
  

  About the Speakers:

  
  

  Through years of assorted education and career paths, Molly Odorisio found a deep connection with learning and supporting other's growth. Molly's early work in healthcare and video production gave her great insight into both fields, paving the way for future career growth. Today, she serves as Learning and Development Manager for Saving Sight, a non-profit that works to change lives by saving sight. In this role, she has had the great privilege to collaborate with leaders to build training and development programs from the ground up, including an Onboarding Program that emphasizes the employee experience in both technical and cultural development.  Molly holds a Bachelor of Arts degree from University of Nebraska Omaha in Psychology, focusing in I.O. Psychology and Cognitive Psychology.
  

  
  

  
  

  Jenny Carroll has spent nearly the last 20 years building her career in HR where she has developed a diverse background in the complete lifecycle of the employee experience.
  
  In Jenny’s current role at Kansas City University (KCU), a private osteopathic medicine university founded in 1916, she serves as a Human Resources Specialist II where she has a passion for connecting with new hires on their first day to ensure they have the best onboarding experience possible. To meet this challenge, Jenny developed a New Hire Journey program that provides new hires with the valuable resources they need to get acclimated to KCU’s, Mission, Vision and Core Values.      
  

  Jenny was awarded the Employee of the Year in 2019 for living by KCU's Mission- Improving the Well-being of the communities we serve, and goes above and beyond in her volunteerism and community service efforts.

  
  

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• July Chapter Meeting - Personal Leadership Brand

  • When
    Tuesday, July 13, 2021
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    11:30 AM - 1:00 PM (CDT)
  • Location
    Virtual Event

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  Please join us for a virtual event:

  Personal Leadership Brand

  Leaders with a strong professional brand are impactful, influential, and effective in their roles. In this program, we explore the need to develop a compelling personal brand. We examine several celebrity examples to identify the critical elements of successful brands, and we experience three exercises to assist in the development of a unique brand: Start with Why, Personal SWOT Analysis, and Assets Inventory. At the end of the program, you'll have a powerful brand to share.
  

  Learning Objectives:

  1. Appreciate the importance and impact of a leadership brand
  2. Understand your personal assets
  3. Identify gaps in your leadership and communication skills
  4. Develop a brand statement
  5. Communicate your brand to colleagues

  
  

  
  

  
  

  About our Speaker:

  Dr. Lee C. Stuart is the Leadership Programs Manager in KU’s Office of Lifelong and Professional Education. After three previous careers - as a Pulitzer Prize-winning newspaper journalist, a senior leader of innovative product and new business development initiatives with Hallmark Cards, and 12 years as president of a boutique management consulting firm – Dr. Stuart joined the University of Kansas in 2016.  He brings experience in adult learning, disruptive innovation, organizational effectiveness, strategic business planning and analysis, public speaking, and executive coaching.
  

  Dr. Stuart works with corporate clients to deliver professional development training in emotional intelligence, building a winning organizational culture, and navigating change. He also teaches in the Project Management and Engineering Management master's degree programs on such topics as innovation, organizational change management, and leading teams.

  He possesses an undergraduate degree in journalism from Kansas State University, a Master’s degree in journalism from the University of Kansas, and a Doctorate in Business Administration/Leadership Studies from Capella University.

  He is a long-time independent journalist, writing and editing for global business publications on current developments in consumer products and the retail industry. He is the author of five children’s books and a sports celebrity memoir.

  ATD Capabilities:

  Career and Leadership Development

  Collaboration and Leadership

  
  

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