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The relaunch event was fun. Check out these pictures to see for yourselves!

Great SIG meeting on 11/6 about this topic and a couple of helpful resources were shared:

• http://theelearningcoach.com has a lot of information for L&D professionals. Go to Resources | Storyboard Depot for storyboard examples.
• www.nuggethead.net offers a blog with a fairly robust storyboard article on 9/23/15.

Please review the following meeting minutes.  If you have any questions regarding the information please let us know.  If you are interested in becoming part of our volunteer team, contact a current BOD member to discuss your interest.  Thank you.

o   November and December SIG group meetings
o   BOD will develop a SIG agreement that outlines leader responsibilities (coordination, administration and reporting)
o   Reinforce local chapter membership of all SIG participants following initial meeting
o   Meet with Jenifer to discuss current Corporate L&D SIG and see if there is member volunteer interested in re-engaging the OD SIG
o   Addition of Healthcare and Higher Education Learning & Development SIGS in 2016

o   Structured to ensure accurate, timely and clear communication of chapter programs as well as SIG events
o   Plan will include pre and post membership/participant communication
o   Align and link ROCATD email, blog and social media resources

o   National Employee Learning Week, December 7-11
o   December 9^th Program Event: Learning Management Systems
o   January 2016 – A New Year Celebration, Special Event
o   2016 PD Program Calendar and Special Events – dates/topics to members by mid-December
o   Spring All Member Event to be scheduled for April/May 2016

If you are an Instructional Designer - or want to be - Wegmans just asked us to post an open position to our site. Check out the Jobs section today!

If you make a purchase from ATD, (formally ASTD), look for the "ChiP/International Partner" drop-down menu when you check out, select the Genesee Valley chapter in NYS, and part of your payment will be sent to us. 

Thank you in advance!

Laurie Allan facilitated a great learning and development session on September 25th at the University of Rochester Facilities Learning Center (Michelle Lewis, thank you for hosting).  There were eleven participants whose experience ranged from fairly new to training to seasoned training professionals.  

The session incoroporated learning activies focused on engaging adult learners with an emphasis on practice and reflection.  Areas covered included:

• Ice breakers
• Adult Learning Principles
• Ground rules
• Training, Learning and Development
• Task & Process
• Metaflow (learning process)
• Learning activities
• Best practices in rapid engagement
• Five Levels of Human Energy

By:  Roberta Favitta and David Bullock

On March 26, the community was treated to an introduction to Conscious Capitalism at the GV ASTD Chapter Meeting. Tom Brady, Founder of the Rochester Chapter of Conscious Capitalism, gave the keynote address. His segment was followed by a panel discussion where Tom was joined by Patty Kaminski of Wegmans Food Markets, and Jim Nortz, and international expert on ethics and compliance. Here is a summary from the meeting.

Why Care? Why Now? Can we get there? Is there light at the end of this tunnel?

This is how the meeting started, which brought to light the essence of Conscious Capitalism is… it’s a business culture that believes that life and business should hold a deep meaning and profound purpose. It isn’t about the bottom line but about the way we get there which is through cultural empathy.

92% of millennials believe that business should be measured by more than just profit and should focus on a societal purpose.

The movement for Conscious Capitalism has been increasing by leaps and bounds which is refreshing in this age of greed and immediate gratification. It speaks to the value starting with the employee. When the employee feels valued in the organization, everything else rolls much smoother.

Engagement improves as well as the impact of trust on the business.

Management can manage bottom up (conscious) or top down (dictate). The goal is to satisfy growth needs of the company through the employee. This “reflection of leadership” value will filter up to the management team and impact the organization positively rather than negatively. The companies who have realized this have been listed in “Firms of Endearment” .

In 2007, Wegmans was one of 31 companies in the Firms of Endearment. Today there are over 70. This is a huge kudos to the realization that the success of an organization starts with its’ people. These companies believe that by spending 80-90% of their time developing their people. A high engagement level will reduce turnover which can lead to higher wages which ultimately will improve the bottom line faster than anything else they may do.

• Highly engaged employees identify with the company.
• They care passionately about the future of the company.
• They bring passion and purpose to their work.
• They are willing to invest their discretionary effort to make the company a success. (WANT to…not HAVE to)
• They want the company to do the right thing.
• They want to feel pride in the way the company behaves.

GV ASTD sends a special shout-out to several chapter members for their roles in helping ESL Federal Credit Union earn an ASTD BEST Award for the third time in four years. The national ASTD organization ranked ESL No. 21 in its 2013 awards competition for excellence in employee learning and development.

Six chapter members comprise ESL’s award-winning Learning & Development organization:

Kelli Loveless, President, GV ASTD, CPLP®
Julie Demo, President-Elect, GV ASTD, CPLP®
Yvette Charleton, CPLP®
Jim Darby, Marketing and Communications Team, GV ASTD, CPLP®
Alexis McLaughlin
Mary Polle, CPLP®

ESL was among 28 companies from the U.S., Canada, India, Taiwan, and Turkey honored at a ceremony October 1 in Washington, D.C. (View ASTD’s press release.) Equally impressive, ESL is among 13 companies on the list who have earned this prestigious international award three times or more. As part of the recognition, ESL is profiled in the October 2013 issue of T+D magazine along with the other award recipients.

“We’re honored to earn a place on this distinguished list once again,” says Kelli, who manages the learning function at ESL in addition to her leadership role for GV ASTD. “The BEST award acknowledges ESL’s commitment to investing in the training and development of our people,” Kelli says. “It also affirms the tremendous professionalism, dedication, and skill of our learning team.”

Widely regarded as the training industry’s most coveted recognition, the 11th annual ASTD BEST Awards honors organizations that demonstrate excellence in workplace learning and development across their enterprise.

This year, 70 organizations from nine countries submitted information about their learning and development practices and programs. Their applications were assessed by members of the BEST Awards advisory committee through a rigorous blind review process. ASTD scrutinizes the investment a company makes in its learning function and in the solutions it uses to create an engaging learning environment that drives performance excellence.

In addition to garnering this impressive award, ESL also will receive valuable benchmarking data from other award-winning companies. ESL’s Learning & Development team will use this data to compare our strategy and activities with the best practices of some of the world’s finest organizations.