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    <title>Central Iowa ASTD Events </title>
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    <pubDate>Fri, 18 May 2012 15:52:39 GMT</pubDate>
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      <title>May Chapter Networking Connections (18 May 2012)</title>
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  &lt;font face="Georgia" size="2"&gt;&lt;b&gt;Alternatives to all-out strategic planning&lt;br&gt;
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  No Time to SWOT! - Quick and sticky ideas to balance strategic analysis and planning with the limited number of hours in the day&lt;/b&gt;&lt;/font&gt;

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    &lt;b&gt;&lt;font face="Georgia" size="2"&gt;Presented by - Alan Feirer&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/b&gt;&lt;br&gt;
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    &lt;font face="Georgia" size="2"&gt;&lt;b&gt;Objectives&lt;/b&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;font face="Georgia" size="2"&gt;&lt;br&gt;&lt;/font&gt; &lt;font face="Georgia" size="2"&gt;-Review SWOT analysis techniques&lt;/font&gt;&lt;font face="Georgia" size="2"&gt;&lt;br&gt;
    &lt;br&gt;&lt;/font&gt; &lt;font face="Georgia" size="2"&gt;-Learn and practice the WWW/TALA tool - a way to evaluate a situation or event in about 10% of the time it takes to do a SWOT, yet get 80% of the same valuable information&lt;/font&gt;&lt;font face="Georgia" size="2"&gt;&lt;br&gt;
    &lt;br&gt;&lt;/font&gt; &lt;font face="Georgia" size="2"&gt;-Learn and practice the art of MT goals - the less-intimidating and more actionable version of the SMART goal&lt;/font&gt;&lt;font face="Georgia" size="2"&gt;&lt;br&gt;
    &lt;br&gt;&lt;/font&gt; &lt;font face="Georgia" size="2"&gt;-Understand how to implement these techniques, along with simple action plans, to strategically change and improve when needed, quickly and effectively&lt;/font&gt;&lt;br&gt;
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    &lt;font face="Georgia" size="2"&gt;&lt;b&gt;Bio&lt;/b&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;font face="Georgia" size="2"&gt;&lt;br&gt;&lt;/font&gt; &lt;font face="sans-serif" size="2"&gt;&lt;font face="Georgia"&gt;Alan Feirer is a leadership trainer, speaker, and organizational development consultant. For the last 13 years, he has done business as Group Dynamic, making a difference in the lives of others by working with managers, directors, leadership teams, staffs, and team members to maximize the potential of their organization through leadership training, coaching, team-building and strategic planning&lt;/font&gt;.&lt;/font&gt;&lt;br&gt;
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    &lt;font face="Georgia" size="2"&gt;Mr. Feirer lives in Winterset, Iowa, with his wife, Julie, and daughter, Mara. He holds membership in many professional organizations, including Optimists, Madison County Area Chamber of Commerce (currently co-chair of the board of directors), the Greater Des Moines Partnership, and the American Society for Training and Development (currently local VP for Strategic Partnerships). Feirer's other interests include competitive Scrabble, running, travel, dining, and playing with his eight‐year-old daughter, Mara.&lt;/font&gt;&lt;br&gt;
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    &lt;b&gt;&lt;font face="Georgia" size="2"&gt;Special Note:&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/b&gt;&lt;font face="Georgia" size="2"&gt;This is the Nationwide building between 12th &amp;amp; 13th Street on Locust. &amp;nbsp;There has not been a networking connection at this Nationwide building. &amp;nbsp;It is across the street from the Pappajohn Education Center.&lt;/font&gt;&lt;font face="Georgia" size="2"&gt;&lt;br&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;br&gt;
    &lt;font face="Georgia" size="2"&gt;&lt;b&gt;Visitor Instructions:&lt;/b&gt; Please check in at the security desk on the second floor of the building. &amp;nbsp;An ASTD Greeter will be there to escort you to the training room.&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp; The event is being held in room E233.&lt;br&gt;
    &lt;br&gt;&lt;/font&gt; &lt;font face="Georgia" size="2"&gt;&lt;b&gt;Lunch Options: &amp;nbsp;&lt;/b&gt;Feel free to grab lunch at the on-site cafeteria or bring your own to network with others from 11:30am-12:00pm.&amp;nbsp; T&lt;/font&gt;&lt;font face="Georgia" size="2"&gt;here is also access to Jimmy John's or Smokey D's BBQ from the lobby of 1200 Locust.&lt;br&gt;
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      <pubDate>Thu, 24 May 2012 19:30:00 GMT</pubDate>
      <title>Central Iowa ASTD Board Meeting (24 May 2012)</title>
      <description>&lt;font class="Apple-style-span" size="2" face="Georgia"&gt;&lt;b&gt;Monthly Board Meeting&lt;/b&gt;&lt;/font&gt;

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  &lt;font class="Apple-style-span" size="2" face="Georgia"&gt;Please note, all board meetings are open to any member to attend. &amp;nbsp;If you plan to attend, please notify &lt;a href="mailto:president@astdiowa.org"&gt;Penny Galbreath&lt;/a&gt;.&lt;br&gt;
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      <pubDate>Fri, 01 Jun 2012 13:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
      <title>Trainer's Institute Education Series - Measuring and Evaluating Learning: The Future and the Adult Learning Role (01 Jun 2012)</title>
      <description>&lt;span style="LINE-HEIGHT: 18px; BACKGROUND-COLOR: rgb(255,255,255); COLOR: rgb(51,51,51); FONT-SIZE: small" class="Apple-style-span"&gt;&lt;font class="Apple-style-span" face="Georgia"&gt;&lt;b&gt;Measuring and Evaluating Online Learning:&lt;br&gt;
The Future and Adult Learning Role&lt;/b&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/span&gt;

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  &lt;font face="Georgia" size="2"&gt;Traditional learning will always be part our learning and development world but technology is driving the future of learning. During this event we will discover the new trends that support our development of learning solutions from new LMS systems to how social media is enhancing the online learning experience. Know how the future is developing our industry and stay focused on adult learning theories in a digital world. Online is the new classroom – there is no limit to what we can motivate.&amp;nbsp; Single event pricing starts at $89.00 for members and $119 for nonmembers.&lt;/font&gt;&lt;br&gt;
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  &lt;span style="LINE-HEIGHT: 18px; BACKGROUND-COLOR: rgb(255,255,255); COLOR: rgb(51,51,51); FONT-SIZE: small" class="Apple-style-span"&gt;&lt;font class="Apple-style-span" face="Georgia"&gt;&lt;br&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/span&gt;
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  &lt;span style="LINE-HEIGHT: 18px; BACKGROUND-COLOR: rgb(255,255,255); COLOR: rgb(51,51,51); FONT-SIZE: small" class="Apple-style-span"&gt;&lt;font class="Apple-style-span" face="Georgia"&gt;Richard Rowe will be presenting this session.&amp;nbsp; For more on Richard, click &lt;a href="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=w9Alc3aqsuY&amp;amp;context=C4239b6dADvjVQa1PpcFNCiFvgM3pAYKq8Q1PIToY5d8dwWX4foxE" target="_blank"&gt;here&lt;/a&gt; to watch a video about Richard, or &lt;a href="http://www.astdiowa.org/Resources/Documents/Board%20Member%20Documents%20by%20Position/Professional%20Development/RichardRowe1.pdf" target="_blank"&gt;here&lt;/a&gt; for additional information on the session.&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/span&gt;
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      <title>Trainer's Institute Education Series - What's Your Genius? (01 Jun 2012)</title>
      <description>&lt;p&gt;&lt;span style="LINE-HEIGHT: 18px; BACKGROUND-COLOR: rgb(255,255,255); COLOR: rgb(51,51,51); FONT-SIZE: small" class="Apple-style-span"&gt;&lt;font face="Georgia" size="2"&gt;&lt;b&gt;What's Your Genius?&lt;/b&gt;&lt;br&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;font face="Georgia" size="2"&gt;The Problem is, “a growing trend of people who feel unfulfilled in their roles and dissatisfied and frustrated with personal results or success.” Most behavior systems only look at personality or motivation, the new trend takes three factors into account: Attribute, DISC, and Values. “Due to our legacy of dependence, we allow ourselves to be put into roles with predetermined duties or responsibilities and ways of doing things that completely fail to factor in our unique and individual talents and abilities. We allow others to force us into their ‘one best way’ instead of divining our own (i.e., my best way).” From What’s Your Genius&lt;br&gt;
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This event will give use this insight about what our learners are bringing to the table when it comes to job satisfaction or even life motivation. As Part of the process we will have access to the Innermetrix instrument that will be printed and used during the afternoon event. Understanding who we are will help us to build success for our learners by adapting our process to their style. What’s you Genius? Go beyond just the behavioral instrumen&lt;/font&gt;&lt;font face="Georgia" size="2"&gt;t.&amp;nbsp; Single event pricing starts at $89.00 for members and $119 for nonmembers.&lt;/font&gt;&lt;br&gt;
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Richard Rowe will facilitate this event.&lt;/font&gt;&lt;font face="Georgia" size="2"&gt;&amp;nbsp; For more on Richard, click &lt;a href="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=w9Alc3aqsuY&amp;amp;context=C4239b6dADvjVQa1PpcFNCiFvgM3pAYKq8Q1PIToY5d8dwWX4foxE" target="_blank"&gt;here&lt;/a&gt; to see a video presentation, or click &lt;a href="http://www.astdiowa.org/Resources/Documents/Board%20Member%20Documents%20by%20Position/Professional%20Development/RichardRowe2.pdf" target="_blank"&gt;here&lt;/a&gt; for additional details on the program.&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;&lt;span style="LINE-HEIGHT: 18px; BACKGROUND-COLOR: rgb(255,255,255); COLOR: rgb(51,51,51); FONT-SIZE: small" class="Apple-style-span"&gt;&lt;span style="LINE-HEIGHT: 18px; BACKGROUND-COLOR: rgb(255,255,255); COLOR: rgb(51,51,51); FONT-SIZE: small" class="Apple-style-span"&gt;&lt;font class="Apple-style-span"&gt;&lt;span style="FONT-FAMILY: 'Arial','sans-serif'"&gt;&lt;font face="Georgia"&gt;*Sorry, no refunds. If you cannot attend an event that you have registered for, please contact&lt;/font&gt; &lt;a href="mailto:ProfDev@astdiowa.org" target="_blank"&gt;&lt;font color="#0000FF" face="Georgia"&gt;ProfDev@astdiowa.org&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/a&gt; &lt;font face="Georgia"&gt;for more options. Thanks!&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

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  &lt;font face="Georgia" size="2"&gt;&lt;b&gt;Professional Presentation &amp;amp; Image Skills Develop and deliver your personal presentation skills to be clear, compelling and effective.&lt;/b&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;font face="Georgia" size="2"&gt;&lt;br&gt;&lt;/font&gt; &lt;font face="Georgia" size="2"&gt;&lt;b&gt;&lt;br&gt;
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    &lt;li&gt;&lt;font face="Georgia" size="2"&gt;Heighten your awareness of how you look and sound from the audience’s perspective.&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/li&gt;

    &lt;li&gt;&lt;font face="Georgia" size="2"&gt;Understand the impact of first impressions and key elements of image and personal presentations.&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/li&gt;

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  &lt;p&gt;&lt;font face="Georgia" size="2"&gt;&lt;b&gt;Bio&lt;/b&gt;&lt;br&gt;&lt;/font&gt; &lt;font face="Georgia" size="2"&gt;Christina Davis serves as Vice President for Western Iowa and Nebraska at Dardis Communications, Inc. &amp;nbsp;She brings 15 years of corporate leadership experience to her role as vice president.&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

  &lt;p&gt;&lt;font face="Georgia" size="2"&gt;Christina is an accomplished business management professional who joined the Dardis Communications’ team after a successful career in the financial services industry. &amp;nbsp;She joined Dardis Communications from Wells Fargo where she was involved in broad reaching, high impact roles in: &amp;nbsp;sales coaching, operations and default management, human resources, leadership development, talent management, learning development and business strategy. &amp;nbsp;Christina was chosen to be part of an exclusive executive development program at Wells Fargo due to her track record of leading high performing teams and exceeding business goals. &amp;nbsp;She developed both skills and passion around developing leadership and influencing skills in others. &amp;nbsp;She leveraged this talent in subsequent roles as a leader of various teams of up to 500 team members in sales and default management.&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

  &lt;p&gt;&lt;font face="Georgia" size="2"&gt;Christina fulfills a number of roles for Dardis Communications. She spends a majority of her time engaged in bringing real-life, corporate experience to the classroom. She is also responsible for business development initiatives within the company and spends time working with and coaching clients in the areas of communication, leadership style and personal brand.&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

  &lt;p&gt;&lt;font face="Georgia" size="2"&gt;Christina is actively involved in the community and is proud of her association with organizations such as: &amp;nbsp;United Way Women’s Leadership Connection, Character Counts Iowa, The Greater Des Moines Partnership and American Society of Training &amp;amp; Development (ASTD). &amp;nbsp;She actively serves on a number of committees within these organizations.&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

  &lt;p&gt;&lt;font face="Georgia" size="2"&gt;Christina is a native of Virginia and a graduate of James Madison University with a BBA in International Business. &amp;nbsp;She and her husband are proud to call Iowa home and currently reside in Urbandale with their daughter, Tristyn.&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

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    &lt;font face="Georgia" size="2"&gt;&lt;b&gt;Special Note:&lt;/b&gt; This will be held at 1100 Locust St at the Nationwide Building, there is available parking in the parking garage at 1100 Walnut St, you can validate your parking pass at the security desk.&lt;/font&gt;

    &lt;p&gt;&lt;font face="Georgia" size="2"&gt;&lt;b&gt;Visitor Instructions:&lt;/b&gt; Please check in at the security desk on the second floor of the building. &amp;nbsp;An ASTD Greeter will be there to escort you to the training room. &amp;nbsp; The event is being held in room W266-268.&lt;br&gt;
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    &lt;b&gt;Lunch Options: &amp;nbsp;&lt;/b&gt;Feel free to grab lunch at the on-site cafeteria or bring your own to network with others from 11:30am-12:00pm. &amp;nbsp;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt;
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      <title>Central Iowa ASTD Board Meeting (28 Jun 2012)</title>
      <description>&lt;font class="Apple-style-span" face="Georgia" size="2"&gt;&lt;b&gt;Monthly Board Meeting&lt;/b&gt;&lt;/font&gt;

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  &lt;font class="Apple-style-span" face="Georgia" size="2"&gt;Please note, all board meetings are open to any member to attend. &amp;nbsp;If you plan to attend, please notify &lt;a href="mailto:president@astdiowa.org"&gt;Penny Galbreath&lt;/a&gt;.&lt;br&gt;
  &lt;br&gt;&lt;/font&gt; &lt;font face="Georgia" size="2"&gt;Our By-Laws require the membership be notified of all board meetings 10 days prior to the event.&amp;nbsp; If you wish to Opt-Out of e-mail communications from CI-ASTD, please click &lt;a href="http://www.astdiowa.org/Communication"&gt;here&lt;/a&gt;.&lt;/font&gt;&lt;br&gt;
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      <link>http://astdiowa.org/Events?eventId=403403&amp;EventViewMode=EventDetails</link>
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      <title>Central Iowa ASTD Board Meeting (26 Jul 2012)</title>
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  &lt;br&gt;&lt;/font&gt; &lt;font size="2" face="Georgia"&gt;Our By-Laws require the membership be notified of all board meetings 10 days prior to the event.&amp;nbsp; If you wish to Opt-Out of e-mail communications from CI-ASTD, please click &lt;a href="http://www.astdiowa.org/Communication"&gt;here&lt;/a&gt;.&lt;/font&gt;&lt;br&gt;
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      <link>http://astdiowa.org/Events?eventId=403404&amp;EventViewMode=EventDetails</link>
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      <title>Trainer's Boot Camp #2 - Developing Successful Training Programs for the Workplace (03 Aug 2012)</title>
      <description>&lt;p&gt;&lt;span style="LINE-HEIGHT: 115%; FONT-FAMILY: 'Georgia','serif'; FONT-SIZE: 10pt"&gt;We use &lt;i&gt;instruction&amp;nbsp;pamphlets&lt;/i&gt;&amp;nbsp;when hooking up our new flat screen televisions. We use &lt;i&gt;recipes&lt;/i&gt; when trying out a new meal mentioned in our favorite magazine. Then it should be natural to think we need guidance when designing effective training programs for our employees! &amp;nbsp;We will begin the day by exploring how to&amp;nbsp;analyze&amp;nbsp;your employee training needs.&lt;span&gt;&amp;nbsp;&lt;/span&gt; We’ll move to identifying the course content, and wrap up with designing the interactive training program. &amp;nbsp;Besides learning from tenured professionals in the field, you will have an opportunity to network with others who are involved in their organization's employee development efforts. &amp;nbsp;&lt;span&gt;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;&lt;span style="LINE-HEIGHT: 115%; FONT-FAMILY: 'Georgia','serif'; FONT-SIZE: 10pt"&gt;At the end of this training day, you will be well equipped to:&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

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  &lt;li&gt;&lt;span style="FONT-FAMILY: 'Georgia','serif'; FONT-SIZE: 10pt"&gt;Identify performance gaps and conduct a needs assessment&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/li&gt;

  &lt;li&gt;&lt;span style="FONT-FAMILY: 'Georgia','serif'; FONT-SIZE: 10pt"&gt;Utilize principles of the adult learning process in training design&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/li&gt;

  &lt;li&gt;&lt;span style="FONT-FAMILY: 'Georgia','serif'; FONT-SIZE: 10pt"&gt;Incorporate various exercises in your training program to increase engagement and interaction&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/li&gt;
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&lt;p&gt;&lt;span style="FONT-FAMILY: 'Georgia','serif'; FONT-SIZE: 10pt"&gt;Cathy Belmont and Max Gage will facilitate this event.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

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      <title>August Chapter Networking Connections (17 Aug 2012)</title>
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  &lt;font face="Georgia" size="2"&gt;A&lt;/font&gt;&lt;font class="Apple-style-span" face="Georgia" size="2"&gt;ugust monthly event&amp;nbsp;&lt;br&gt;
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      <title>Central Iowa ASTD Board Meeting (30 Aug 2012)</title>
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  &lt;font class="Apple-style-span" face="Georgia" size="2"&gt;Please note, all board meetings are open to any member to attend. &amp;nbsp;If you plan to attend, please notify &lt;a href="mailto:president@astdiowa.org"&gt;Penny Galbreath&lt;/a&gt;.&lt;br&gt;
  &lt;br&gt;&lt;/font&gt; &lt;font face="Georgia" size="2"&gt;Our By-Laws require the membership be notified of all board meetings 10 days prior to the event.&amp;nbsp; If you wish to Opt-Out of e-mail communications from CI-ASTD, please click &lt;a href="http://www.astdiowa.org/Communication"&gt;here&lt;/a&gt;.&lt;/font&gt;&lt;br&gt;
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      <title>Trainer's Institute Education Series - Making Learning Stick: Brain-based Learning Theories and Techniques (07 Sep 2012)</title>
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  &lt;font class="Apple-style-span" size="2" face="Georgia"&gt;&lt;span style="LINE-HEIGHT: 18px; BACKGROUND-COLOR: rgb(255,255,255); COLOR: rgb(51,51,51)" class="Apple-style-span"&gt;A&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span style="LINE-HEIGHT: 18px; BACKGROUND-COLOR: rgb(255,255,255); COLOR: rgb(51,51,51)" class="Apple-style-span"&gt;&amp;nbsp;Central Iowa ASTD favorite, this session covers various adult learning theories and techniques to assist the learning and performance professional in designing and developing effective training for their organization.&amp;nbsp;&lt;br&gt;
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  Dr. Tom Westbrook will be presenting this session.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/font&gt;
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&lt;p&gt;&lt;font class="Apple-style-span" size="2" face="Georgia"&gt;&lt;span style="LINE-HEIGHT: 18px; BACKGROUND-COLOR: rgb(255,255,255); COLOR: rgb(51,51,51)" class="Apple-style-span"&gt;&lt;iframe height="300" marginheight="0" src="http://www.map-generator.org/e3523113-dc08-4045-b2b0-c6426aaed34a/iframe-map.aspx" frameborder="0" width="300" marginwidth="0" scrolling="no"&gt;&lt;font class="Apple-style-span" size="2" face="Georgia"&gt;&lt;span style="LINE-HEIGHT: 18px; BACKGROUND-COLOR: rgb(255,255,255); COLOR: rgb(51,51,51)" class="Apple-style-span"&gt;&lt;font class="Apple-style-span" size="2" face="Georgia"&gt;&lt;span style="LINE-HEIGHT: 18px; BACKGROUND-COLOR: rgb(255,255,255); COLOR: rgb(51,51,51)" class="Apple-style-span"&gt;&lt;font class="Apple-style-span" face="Georgia" size="2"&gt;&lt;br&gt;
&lt;small&gt;&lt;a href="http://www.map-generator.org/e3523113-dc08-4045-b2b0-c6426aaed34a/large-map.aspx" target="_blank"&gt;Open large map&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/small&gt;&lt;br&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/iframe&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt;</description>
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      <pubDate>Fri, 07 Sep 2012 17:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
      <title>Trainer's Institute Education Series-Workplace Learning and Performance Coaching (07 Sep 2012)</title>
      <description>&lt;span style="LINE-HEIGHT: 18px; BACKGROUND-COLOR: rgb(255,255,255); COLOR: rgb(51,51,51)" class="Apple-style-span"&gt;&lt;font class="Apple-style-span" size="2" face="Georgia"&gt;&lt;b&gt;Workplace Learning and Performance Coaching&lt;/b&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/span&gt;

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  &lt;span style="LINE-HEIGHT: 18px; BACKGROUND-COLOR: rgb(255,255,255); COLOR: rgb(51,51,51)" class="Apple-style-span"&gt;&lt;font class="Apple-style-span" size="2" face="Georgia"&gt;As learning and performance professionals, our roles are constantly evolving within our organizations, including working with our customers as a coach or consultant role. &amp;nbsp;As coaches and consultants, we partner with our customers to develop learning plans for their associates. &amp;nbsp;In this session, you will gain the tools to get you started in your new role.&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/span&gt;
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  &lt;span style="LINE-HEIGHT: 18px; BACKGROUND-COLOR: rgb(255,255,255); COLOR: rgb(51,51,51)" class="Apple-style-span"&gt;&lt;font class="Apple-style-span" size="2" face="Georgia"&gt;&lt;br&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/span&gt;
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  &lt;span style="LINE-HEIGHT: 18px; BACKGROUND-COLOR: rgb(255,255,255); COLOR: rgb(51,51,51)" class="Apple-style-span"&gt;&lt;font class="Apple-style-span" size="2" face="Georgia"&gt;Jennifer Browne and Jennifer Webster of One Body3 will be presenting this topic.&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/span&gt;
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&lt;p&gt;&lt;span style="LINE-HEIGHT: 18px; BACKGROUND-COLOR: rgb(255,255,255); COLOR: rgb(51,51,51)" class="Apple-style-span"&gt;&lt;font class="Apple-style-span"&gt;&lt;span style="LINE-HEIGHT: 18px; BACKGROUND-COLOR: rgb(255,255,255); COLOR: rgb(51,51,51); FONT-SIZE: small" class="Apple-style-span"&gt;&lt;font class="Apple-style-span"&gt;&lt;span style="FONT-FAMILY: 'Arial','sans-serif'"&gt;&lt;font face="Georgia"&gt;*Sorry, no refunds. If you cannot attend an event that you have registered for, please contact&lt;/font&gt; &lt;a href="mailto:ProfDev@astdiowa.org" target="_blank"&gt;&lt;font color="#0000FF" face="Georgia"&gt;ProfDev@astdiowa.org&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/a&gt; &lt;font face="Georgia"&gt;for more options. Thanks!&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;&lt;span style="LINE-HEIGHT: 18px; BACKGROUND-COLOR: rgb(255,255,255); COLOR: rgb(51,51,51)" class="Apple-style-span"&gt;&lt;font class="Apple-style-span" size="2" face="Georgia"&gt;&lt;iframe height="300" marginheight="0" src="http://www.map-generator.org/e3523113-dc08-4045-b2b0-c6426aaed34a/iframe-map.aspx" frameborder="0" width="300" marginwidth="0" scrolling="no"&gt;&lt;span style="LINE-HEIGHT: 18px; BACKGROUND-COLOR: rgb(255,255,255); COLOR: rgb(51,51,51)" class="Apple-style-span"&gt;&lt;font class="Apple-style-span" size="2" face="Georgia"&gt;&lt;span style="LINE-HEIGHT: 18px; BACKGROUND-COLOR: rgb(255,255,255); COLOR: rgb(51,51,51)" class="Apple-style-span"&gt;&lt;font class="Apple-style-span" size="2" face="Georgia"&gt;&lt;span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: rgb(51, 51, 51); line-height: 18px; background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255);"&gt;&lt;font class="Apple-style-span" face="Georgia" size="2"&gt;&amp;ampamp;amp;lt;span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: rgb(51, 51, 51); line-height: 18px; background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255);"&amp;ampamp;amp;gt;&amp;ampamp;amp;lt;br&amp;ampamp;amp;gt; &amp;ampamp;amp;lt;small&amp;ampamp;amp;gt;&amp;ampamp;amp;lt;a href="http://www.map-generator.org/e3523113-dc08-4045-b2b0-c6426aaed34a/large-map.aspx" target="_blank"&amp;ampamp;amp;gt;Open large map&amp;ampamp;amp;lt;/a&amp;ampamp;amp;gt;&amp;ampamp;amp;lt;/small&amp;ampamp;amp;gt;&amp;ampamp;amp;lt;br&amp;ampamp;amp;gt;&amp;ampamp;amp;lt;/span&amp;ampamp;amp;gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/iframe&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;</description>
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      <title>September Chapter Networking Connections (21 Sep 2012)</title>
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  &lt;font class="Apple-style-span" face="Georgia" size="2"&gt;September monthly event&amp;nbsp;&lt;br&gt;
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      <link>http://astdiowa.org/Events?eventId=403376&amp;EventViewMode=EventDetails</link>
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      <title>Central Iowa ASTD Board Meeting (27 Sep 2012)</title>
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  &lt;font class="Apple-style-span" size="2" face="Georgia"&gt;Please note, all board meetings are open to any member to attend. &amp;nbsp;If you plan to attend, please notify &lt;a href="mailto:president@astdiowa.org"&gt;Penny Galbreath&lt;/a&gt;.&lt;br&gt;
  &lt;br&gt;&lt;/font&gt; &lt;font size="2" face="Georgia"&gt;Our By-Laws require the membership be notified of all board meetings 10 days prior to the event.&amp;nbsp; If you wish to Opt-Out of e-mail communications from CI-ASTD, please click &lt;a href="http://www.astdiowa.org/Communication"&gt;here&lt;/a&gt;.&lt;/font&gt;&lt;br&gt;
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  &lt;small&gt;&lt;a href="http://www.map-generator.org/fbcfe736-2645-485b-b12f-04c858729e9e/large-map.aspx" target="_blank"&gt;Open large map&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/small&gt;&lt;br&gt;
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      <link>http://astdiowa.org/Events?eventId=403408&amp;EventViewMode=EventDetails</link>
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      <title>Programming Bonus Program - Change Anything (05 Oct 2012)</title>
      <description>&lt;span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:&amp;quot;Georgia&amp;quot;,&amp;quot;serif&amp;quot;"&gt;VitalSmarts Change Anything Training is a one-day classroom course that teaches a breakthrough methodology for solving any individual behavior challenge. Individuals learn to recognize the personal, social, and environmental forces of influence currently working against them – and then turn them in their favor. By doing so, they become more engaged and productive, and four times more likely to solve complex problems. More information is coming soon.&lt;/span&gt;</description>
      <link>http://astdiowa.org/Events?eventId=430743&amp;EventViewMode=EventDetails</link>
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      <link>http://astdiowa.org/Events?eventId=441417&amp;EventViewMode=EventDetails</link>
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      <title>October Chapter Networking Connections (19 Oct 2012)</title>
      <description>&lt;div&gt;
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      <link>http://astdiowa.org/Events?eventId=403377&amp;EventViewMode=EventDetails</link>
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      <title>Central Iowa ASTD Board Meeting (25 Oct 2012)</title>
      <description>&lt;font class="Apple-style-span" face="Georgia" size="2"&gt;&lt;b&gt;Monthly Board Meeting&lt;/b&gt;&lt;/font&gt;

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  &lt;font class="Apple-style-span" face="Georgia" size="2"&gt;Please note, all board meetings are open to any member to attend. &amp;nbsp;If you plan to attend, please notify &lt;a href="mailto:president@astdiowa.org"&gt;Penny Galbreath&lt;/a&gt;.&lt;br&gt;
  &lt;br&gt;&lt;/font&gt; &lt;font face="Georgia" size="2"&gt;Our By-Laws require the membership be notified of all board meetings 10 days prior to the event.&amp;nbsp; If you wish to Opt-Out of e-mail communications from CI-ASTD, please click &lt;a href="http://www.astdiowa.org/Communication"&gt;here&lt;/a&gt;.&lt;/font&gt;&lt;br&gt;
  &lt;br&gt;
  &lt;iframe src="http://www.map-generator.org/f14d4e18-ecb2-4b2d-b6ab-d7de338962fb/iframe-map.aspx" marginheight="0" marginwidth="0" width="300px" frameborder="0" height="300px" scrolling="no"&gt;&lt;/iframe&gt;&lt;br&gt;
  &lt;small&gt;&lt;a href="http://www.map-generator.org/f14d4e18-ecb2-4b2d-b6ab-d7de338962fb/large-map.aspx" target="_blank"&gt;Open large map&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/small&gt;&lt;br&gt;
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      <link>http://astdiowa.org/Events?eventId=403409&amp;EventViewMode=EventDetails</link>
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      <pubDate>Fri, 02 Nov 2012 13:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
      <title>Trainer's Boot Camp #3 - Kirkpatrick Training on Trial - Evaluations (02 Nov 2012)</title>
      <description>&lt;font face="Georgia" size="2"&gt;Join your professional peers for a day of learning and networking!&lt;/font&gt;&lt;br&gt;
&lt;span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: rgb(51, 51, 51); line-height: 18px; background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255);"&gt;&lt;font class="Apple-style-span" face="Georgia" size="2"&gt;&lt;br&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/span&gt;

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  &lt;p style="margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt; background: none repeat scroll 0% 0% white;"&gt;&lt;br&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

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      <link>http://astdiowa.org/Events?eventId=430747&amp;EventViewMode=EventDetails</link>
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      <title>Central Iowa ASTD Board Meeting (15 Nov 2012)</title>
      <description>&lt;font class="Apple-style-span" size="2" face="Georgia"&gt;&lt;b&gt;Monthly Board Meeting&lt;/b&gt;&lt;/font&gt;

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  &lt;font class="Apple-style-span" size="2" face="Georgia"&gt;Please note, all board meetings are open to any member to attend. &amp;nbsp;If you plan to attend, please notify &lt;a href="mailto:president@astdiowa.org"&gt;Penny Galbreath&lt;/a&gt;.&lt;br&gt;
  &lt;br&gt;&lt;/font&gt; &lt;font size="2" face="Georgia"&gt;Our By-Laws require the membership be notified of all board meetings 10 days prior to the event.&amp;nbsp; If you wish to Opt-Out of e-mail communications from CI-ASTD, please click &lt;a href="http://www.astdiowa.org/Communication"&gt;here&lt;/a&gt;.&lt;/font&gt;&lt;br&gt;
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      <link>http://astdiowa.org/Events?eventId=403410&amp;EventViewMode=EventDetails</link>
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      <title>November Chapter Networking Connections (16 Nov 2012)</title>
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      <link>http://astdiowa.org/Events?eventId=403378&amp;EventViewMode=EventDetails</link>
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      <link>http://astdiowa.org/Events?eventId=403397&amp;EventViewMode=EventDetails</link>
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