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.
I am pleased to announce that Dr. George "Pinky" Nelson, Director of the Science, Mathematics and Technology Education program at Western Washington University and former NASA astronaut has accepted an appointment to the Chapter's Employee Learning Week Advisory Board.
Over the last 5 months, we've been working hard to design, develop, and implement our Chapter's "Technology Roadmap to 2011"
A key element of the roadmap is our New Collaborative Learning Communities site to increase awareness of our Chapter through an expanded online presence and enhance participation in Chapter activities through a "blended" chapter participation approach.
The latest addition to the Employee Learning Week Advisory Board is Linda Forsythe. Linda joined the international, non-profit humanitarian organization World Vision, headquartered in Federal Way, in 2004, where she currently serves as the Vice President of Donor Engagement Operations.
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On December 10th, there will be a full-day training program, in recognition of Employee Learning Week (ELW), for Puget Sound-area workplace learning and performance (WLP) professionals who work for city and county governments. This year's event will feature a full-day training session in evaluation research skills conducted by noted measurement expert Jack Phillips.
Nobel Laureate (in economics) and New York Times op-ed columnist Paul Krugman has written a recent piece that is a "must read" for all WLP practitioners. It is titled "The Uneducated American."
Krugman starts out with this ringing endorsement of American education's bright past:
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.
