The Certified Professional in Learning and Performance™ (CPLP™) offered by the ASTD Certification Institute (ASTD CI) offers workplace learning and performance (WLP) professionals an opportunity to enhance credibility and improve value in an increasingly competitive marketplace.
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The Puget Sound Chapter is 100% CORE (Chapter Operating Requirements) for 2009. Click here for more information about CORE.
If the news wasn't depressing enough already, Nesweek magazine recently reported the United States has experienced its first-ever recorded decline in creativity scores since the data began to be collected. Read the complete article here.
Today's New York Times features on the front page, above the fold, an article on "Factories Ready to Hire, But Employers Find Skill Shortage." It looks like our Nation's Newspaper of Record has finally discovered the skills gap, something ASTD, including this Chapter, have been talking about for quite some time now. While you can read the whole article by clicking the link above, here is a key passage:
At the risk of saying I told you so ... I told you so! And now I have mighty IBM backing me up. Via the Innovation Network, we learn that the recently released 2010 IBM Global CEO Study, based on interviews with 1500 top global business leaders, finds that "CEOs now realize that creativity trumps other leadership characteristics. Creative leaders are comfortable with ambiguity and experimentation.
Here's an update to the following article, published in the April 2010 issue of the Chapter's newsletter. Click this link to read about Hewlett-Packard's recent announcement to see that the "Cloud" is beginning to rain on some peoples' parade. -- Dr. Bud
By R.M. Shor
Here is a message from Rita Carson:
A quick reminder that the CPLP Study Group is next meeting on Tuesday, June 1 from 5:30 – 7:00 PM at the Mercer Island Library.
There is a great article about "Finding Profit From Investing In People" on the New York Times Econmix blog. The entry summarizes a study done by the Institute for Health and Social Policy at McGill University entitled "Profit at the Bottom of the Ladder." (There is a link to the summary report embedded in the Economix entry.)
Our Seattle University friend and colleague passes along these two academic job opportunities. If you would like to teach at the college level, have the credentials, and are willing to move, you will want to consider these opportunities.
The Chapter Incentive Program is a way of helping our local chapter financially, which in turn helps us create new programs. When you support the National ASTD by renewing your membership, buying a book, or registering for a national conference, the local chapter earns a part of the revenue. Each chapter has been assigned a source code (for Puget Sound Chapter = CH8020). When you use the chapter source code to purchase ASTD products and services, our chapter will automatically get its share.
