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Thursday, September 5, 2024
Time: 5:30 - 8:00 pm
Your Professional Blueprint:
Build a Network to Learn, Leverage, Succeed
Let’s harness the “back to school” vibe that’s in the air and focus on your own professional development. In this session, you’ll have the opportunity to create a personalized professional development plan focusing on the WHAT, WHO, and HOW you will grow in the next 3, 6, 9 months. (And you can use this technique with your team and others in your organization, too!)
WHAT: Align your learning and development goals with the key outcomes you need to produce. This ensures that they’re action-oriented, measurable, and that someone other than you also cares about them. We’ll dissect these goals into components that can be addressed via formal learning, network building, experiences, etc.
WHO: How can you leverage your network to help you meet your goals? We’ll explore strong and weak network ties and how each of these can be strategically leveraged – and how you can give back to your network in return.
HOW: You can’t boil the ocean (at least not all at once). Using the QualityMinds Agile Learning approach, you’ll make a plan for a first learning sprint to get you started. Perhaps you’ll even find a peer coach for the process right here at A2ATD!
Objectives
- Align learning needs with key professional (or personal!) outcomes.
- Leverage strong and weak network links strategically to achieve outcomes.
- Consider ways to use this approach with your colleagues, team members and others in your organization.
- Connect with other A2ATD members
Agenda
5:30 - 6:15 PM | Dinner & Networking
6:15 - 6:25 PM | Welcome & Introductions
6:30 - 7:30 PM | Presentation
7:30 - 8:00 PM | Q&A and Wrap-Up
Location
Washtenaw Community College
Morris Lawrence Building
Room 150
4800 E Huron River Dr, Ann Arbor, MI 48105
NOTE: This is our "normal" room!
Visit this link for more location information: https://www.wccnet.edu/visit/room-locator/sc.php
Registration
Early-bird pricing available for ATD Chapter Members through August 29, 2024!
- Early-bird Chapter members = $25
- Chapter members = $35
- Early-bird Student members = $15
- Student members = $25
- Non-member guests = $45
Registrations are not considered definite or confirmed until payment has been submitted.
Cancellations & Refunds
Cancellations will be accepted until 5 pm the Friday before the event
- Cancellations received prior to this time/date should be requested in writing and sent to finance@a2atd.org.
- Refunds will be issued either via original payment or transferred to the next scheduled A2ATD meeting date.
- Refunds after 5 pm the Friday before the event cannot be issued, but we will gladly accept a substitution should you wish to send someone in your place.
About the Presenter
Image description: a headshot photo of Megan Torrance. She is smiling and wearing a turquoise collared shirt and necklace.
Megan Torrance is CEO and founder of TorranceLearning, and has over 25 years of experience in learning design, deployment and consulting. Megan and the TorranceLearning team are passionate about sharing what works so they devote considerable time to sharing professional development.
Megan is also the author of Agile for Instructional Designers, Data & Analytics for Instructional Designers, and Making Sense of xAPI.
