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Welcome
to the Dallas Chapter of the American Society of Training
and Development (ASTD). The ASTD is a world leading
organization focused on the promotion and advancement of
workplace learning and performance.
Incorporated in 1980, Dallas ASTD has over 400 members with
a variety of backgrounds, including external consultants,
people considering entering the field, Training Managers and
Specialists, and many other positions. Member companies
include non-profits, government, small, for-profit companies
and Fortune 500 organizations. Our membership represents:
- Corporate Training Professionals
- Educators, Teachers
- HR Professionals
- Consultants
- Universities & Students
We
invite you to join the organization exclusively dedicated to
meeting the needs of training and human resource development
professionals!
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December 9 - Putting Humor in Your Presentations
Anne Barab
December 8-12 is Employee Learning Week, and at our December monthly meeting on Tuesday, December 9, Dallas ASTD will be featuring Anne Barab. In addition to Anne's dynamite program, Putting Humor in Your Presentations, this is the night we'll present our 2008 Best Place to Learn Award! Anne Barab will do the honors of making the announcement for us, and we guarantee it will be an event you won't want to miss!
There are two types of laughter, harsh and cruel or warm and soft. Humor makes you more likeable and approachable. Can you learn to be funny? Maybe… Comics tell jokes; presenters use situational humor. In this program participants will learn:
- The rules, tools and techniques of creating business humor
- How to use humor to improve customer service and employee satisfaction
- How to incorporate appropriate humor into daily conversations
- How to deliver humorous remarks
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Anne Barab is rumored to be the lost love child of Mark Twain and Lucille Ball for her wit and wisdom. Well, you’ve got to have a sense of humor when you’ve been a school board member for nine years.
Yes, she’s a recovering politician, but she’s also done work where she actually got paid— |
like being the Chief Operating Officer of a billion dollar mortgage bank. These days she’s a professional speaker who travels the country helping people balance attitude, reality and behavior to craft lives of significance. She has co-authored two books, Humor Us and The Leadership Path.
Her greatest claim to fame is being married for 36 looong years… all to the same engineer, having 3 kids who aren’t currently in jail and being voted Best Smelling Mom by her son’s first grade. Click here to register for this event |
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ASTD Developing Great Managers Conference
December 4-5, 2008
ASTD is proud to announce an addition to their conference series: The Developing Great Managers Conferenc. Downturns in the economy are forcing organizations to re-evaluate their workforces. In response, ASTD has developed a new two-day conference designed to enhance your management development programs and solidify your organization with trained, effective managers ready to hit the boardroom running.
Based on the popular book Developing Great Managers by Lisa Haneberg, participants will discuss the newest management development trends and work together to develop solutions to take back to your organization.
The importance of developing great managers is vital to future organizational success. To prove its importance, ASTD invites you to bring a colleague at no additional cost to share the learning experience.
Two conference dates and locations are available:
December 4-5, 2008 - Dallas, Texas
December 9-10, 2008 - Alexandria, Virginia
National ASTD Member Fee: $595
Nonmember Fee: $895
Register for the Developing Great Managers Conference now by calling ASTD Customer Care at 703.683.8100. When you call, simply have the name and contact information of the colleague you'd like to bring with you. Don't forget to use chapter code CH7017 when registering for this event!
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