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Chapter Meeting March 16, 2010


“Using Visual Facilitation to Enhance your Presentations, Meetings and Communication.”

Research has shown that visuals help the brain incorporate new information faster and retain it longer. We all instinctively know that images have power beyond words, but many of us don't include pictures or drawings in our presentations. Let's change that! Register Now!

Research Council

CREATIVITY -- JUST A YOUNG PERSON'S GAME?

Submitted by bwurtz on February 28, 2010 - 9:52am.
The Wall Street Journal recently published a feature that revives a long-simmering controversy in the field of creativity, namely, is breakthrough creativity limited mostly to young adults? It also provides me with a vehicle to make some important points for WLP practitioners.
 
The article raises the issue to explore concerns about research funding, particularly U.S.

VAST NEED FOR RETRAINING IN WASHINGTON STATE

Submitted by bwurtz on February 20, 2010 - 1:58pm.

Eleni Papadakis, executive director of Washington State's workforce Training and Education Board (and a member of ASTDps's Employee Learning Week Advisory Board) reports a startling statistic on her blog.

Addressing the need of "those adult workers who have not gone beyond high school and are unable to find and hold a family-wage job," Papadakis observes as follows:

THE DISMAL STATE OF WLP EVALUATION RESEARCH

Submitted by bwurtz on February 15, 2010 - 1:05pm.

Kevin Oakes, one of our region's high-profile WLP thought leaders (and a member of the ASTDps Employee Learning Week Advisory Board) has written a much needed, sobering account of the state of evaluation research in our field today. 

RESEARCH BULLETIN: What Really Motivates Workers?

Submitted by bwurtz on February 3, 2010 - 3:22pm.

If you have been in the WLP profession for any length of time, you are likely to have encountered one of those lists about what motivates workers. The lists are particularly important in leadership development work to help managers and supervisors overcome the all-too-prevalent, simplistic and naive notion that money is the prime motivator at work.

Job Satisfaction Plummets To New Low -- Or Does It?

Submitted by bwurtz on January 6, 2010 - 2:54pm.
One would think with unemployment plummeting to depths not seen since the Great Depression of the 1930s that those who have jobs would be thankful just to have one. Not so, according to recent research from the Conference Board. In announcing the new report, the authors stated that
 

CREATIVE ACTION -- THE ANTIDOTE TO DESPAIR

Submitted by bwurtz on November 19, 2009 - 9:56am.

"Action is the antidote to despair." -- Joan Baez

New Skill Programs to Help You "Link Learning to Organizational Results"

Submitted by bwurtz on November 15, 2009 - 4:53pm.

You can register now for two new learning programs in December to help you "walk the talk," in honor of our profession's upcoming Employee Learning Week (ELW) celebration, the ELW slogan of "Linking Learning to Organizational Results."

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