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Welcome to the ASTD Central PA Chapter Website

Chapter Announcements:

Red Rose Learning Community SIG Meeting: Monday, July 27

Posted: 6/30/2009

The Red Rose Learning Community is a SIG (special interest group) formed to create networking opportunities for ASTD members who reside or work in the Lancaster area. Of course, members outside the Lancaster area are welcome to join in too!
The group typically meets for coffee the last Monday of each month at 8 AM. The focus of each meeting is the current issue of the ASTD journal - T&D.
To get on the mailing list, send your name and email address to Rick Stamm - rick@teamapproach.com

Stay tuned for more information about our next exciting meeting!

Meeting: Monday, July 27
Topic: TBD
Location: TBD
Time: 8 am to 9:30 am
Register at: The Team Approach
Contact Rick Stamm for more information

See reviews of our past meetings, along with some great resource links, on our Bulletin Board forum for the Red Rose Learning Community SIG. Click on the Members Menu on this page to access our Bulletin Board forum!

By: Rick Stamm
The TEAM Approach
Phone: 717/672-0425 800/864-4911, Fax: 717/672-0817
rick@teamapproach.com

TechNet SIG Meeting: July 30

Posted: 6/29/2009

Central PA ASTD Members!
For those of you new to the group, TechNet is a SIG focused on online and multimedia education.

Our most recent meeting was April 23, where we learned how to develop an e-learning project.
If anyone else has a topic they would like to discuss or feature for a future meeting, please contact Melissa Heath.
Go to the TechNet SIG Forum on our Bulletin Board located in the Central PA ASTD Members section of our website (click on Members Login on the menu selection and log in) for more information.

Topic: Do you have a topic of interest? If so, please contact Melissa Heath.
Location: TBD
Date/Time: July 30, 1 pm to 3 pm

Contact Melissa Heath to RSVP.
Melissa A. Heath
WellSpan Health Multimedia Developer

By: Melissa Heath
mheath@wellspan.org
http://groups.google.com/group/CentralPATechNet

Central PA ASTD Meeting: August 20

Posted: 6/28/2009

Central PA ASTD Members!

Stay tuned for more details regarding our August Meeting.
There will be no July meeting. See you in August!

By: L. Lehman
lynn@lynnsmail2.com

Central PA ASTD Free Webinar Series!
Webinar #3: September 29

Posted: 6/23/2009

Our first ever webinars are here!
After comparing multiple web conferencing tools for delivering our chapter webinars, we have made the decision to utilize Digital Samba, a local electronic communications company, to provide the platform and services for our webinars in 2009.
Cental PA ASTD is pleased to offer four free webinars to our members for 2009!

SCHEDULE
Webinar #3: 9/29/2009
Time: 1:30 pm to 2:30 pm
Topic: eLearning Technologies: What Now?
Webinar Facilitator: Ed Skonecki of Corporate University Xchange

Stay tuned for more information on how to register!

Recordings of Webinar Sessions #1 & #2 are now available to our Central PA ASTD Members!
To access the recordings, log in to the members section of this website, click on the "Past Programs" tab, scroll down to find the Webinars, and then click on the recording link in the Resource field.

By: L. Lehman

Central PA ASTD Members Website
Latest Features!

Posted: 6/21/2009

READ THE LATEST CENTRAL PA ASTD NEWS--JUNE NEWSLETTER IS NOW AVAILABLE Hello Central! June Newsletter

One of the values of being an ASTD member is to get together and share our challenges and accomplishments with each other--a type of "informal learning" that helps each of us grow in our profession.

Get together "electronically" through our Members Bulletin Board where you can view and post news and topics of discussion for input by other members.
Simply log in to our Members section (how do you log in? Your Central PA ASTD Membership card lists your log-in and password). Once you are in the "Members" section, click on the "Bulletin Board" tab. You can view the Bulletin Board entries, but to post an entry, you will need to create your own sign-on and password (instructions can be found on the Bulletin Board), which you will use to participate in the Bulletin Board.

Note: Your Central PA ASTD Member Login and your Bulletin Board Login are not the same.

Be sure to check out our Members Menu for:

Position Referral: Where ASTD members can View and Post Jobs

Newsletter: View our most recent newsletter in addition to past newsletters! (New Feature!)

Past Programs: View our past programs and access the presenters' handouts

Member Directory: Search for other members by name, company, and training discipline.

By: P. Strayer
pwinstray@hotmail.com

New Job Postings

Posted: 6/19/2009

Central PA ASTD Members!

To view and post jobs on our website, log in to our "Members" section and click on the "Position Referral" tab.

By: P. Strayer

National ASTD Features

Posted: 6/18/2009

This news feature will regularly be updated with various National ASTD events and member services.

ASTD New Online Library
If you are a National ASTD member you have a library on your desktop. Simply sign in on www.astd.org, and go to the ASTD Online Library. Within a few keystrokes you will be able to search and read full text articles from more than 3000 of the most respected periodicals, journals, and magazines available through the Business Source Corporate database. And that's not all. The ASTD online library also includes The McClatchy-Tribune Collection with a 90-day archive of nearly 300 newspapers from the McClatchy-Tribune Information Services, and full text coverage for regional business publications from 75 business journals, newspapers and newswires from all metropolitan and rural areas within the United States. Use Business Book Summaries to take a sneak peek at a collection of 700 (and growing) business titles.

By: P.Strayer

Professional Development Corner

Posted: 6/17/2009

Penn State Harrisburg Training & Development Graduate Program

The Training and Development Graduate Program at Penn State Harrisburg is the only one of its kind in south-central Pennsylvania. It is designed to prepare training and development professionals for a broad range of responsibilities, including performance analysis, training design and delivery, career development, organization development, and program evaluation. Specifically, this master's degree program provides students with the professional knowledge and skills essential to:

analyze employee performance;

specify training and non-training solutions to improve employee performance;

design training and development programs;

develop training activities and materials;

implement training and development programs;

evaluate training and development programs;

manage complex projects using appropriate consulting and project management skills.

Harrisburg University of Science and Technology

At Harrisburg University of Science and Technology, emerging technologies are dramatically redefining the learning experience in education and business. Constant innovation continues to introduce new opportunities to enhance the delivery of teaching, training, collaboration and assessment. Education, business, and government are rapidly embracing the benefits of new learning technologies to improve student achievement, actively engage learners, manage and distribute training opportunities, facilitate collaboration and generate innovative solutions. Learning technologies have expanded beyond the use of a learning management system and web-based learning to encompass a range of technologies and opportunities.
The Learning Technologies Master of Science program provides students with the knowledge and skills to:

Determine appropriate learning solutions

Analyze learning goals to determine the appropriate blend of delivery methods

Integrate technology to improve learning outcomes

Design and develop technology-supported learning solutions

Manage the implementation of learning technologies
To find out more, visit their website at http://www.harrisburgu.net/academics/graduate/ltms.php

By: P. Strayer

Central PA ASTD 2009 Event Calendar

Posted: 6/16/2009

Plan on 2009 to be an exciting year for informative, interactive meetings with a special surprise in October!
Check out our calendar for more details ASTD Event Calendar

By: P. Strayer

Volunteer Opportunities--Get Involved--We Need You!

Posted: 6/15/2009

Programs Committee / Membership Committee / Leadership Positions
The Central PA ASTD is committed to creative innovation and providing a variety of learning and networking opportunities for our members. If you have a desire to contribute to our chapter in any way, please consider joining the Programs Committee or Membership Committee, or perhaps you have a unique service to offer! Contributing to ASTD in a leadership role is also a rewarding experience.
For more information contact 717-732-1423, astdadmin@centralpaastd.org.

By: Lynn Lehman, Program Leader
lynn@lynnsmail2.com

The Central Pennsylvania Chapter of ASTD supports the professional growth of human resource professionals in the Central Pennsylvania Area. We are dedicated to serving the professional needs of our members, their employing organizations, and the communities in which they are located.

Our chapter provides professional high caliber programs and services to our members. We have won National and Regional awards from ASTD for effective chapter management, communications, membership retention and membership growth. But equally important to us is our reputation for being a chapter full of warmth and good old Central PA hospitality. We feel strongly that we learn more and accomplish more when we're having fun!

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