Friday October 25, 2024

All are invited to help us continue to grow the connections and support that we as long-term members already know and enjoy! If you are new to our chapter, have questions about your membership, or want to learn more about becoming a member, this is the perfect event for you!

These informal events are also a great way to get to know your board members, other members and local TD professionals, and share and learn with one another.

This Coffee Chat starts at 8:30 am—bring yourself and your coffee!

Topic for this month's chat:

In this month's Coffee Chat, we'll share our favorite take-aways from our October Mini-Conference and connect and share anything that might be top of mind. 

Come ready to share your ideas, celebrate big wins, share opportunities, or get support on current challenges!

Agenda:

8:30 - 8:35 am Welcome & grab your coffee

8:35 - 9:20 am Discussion

9:20 - 9:25 pm Meeting Close

Location:

Virtual (Zoom)

Registration:

• Chapter members = Free
• Student members = Free
• Non-member guests = $10
  

Registrations are not considered definite or confirmed until payment has been submitted.

About the Facilitator: Jen Laidlaw

Jen Laidlaw is the current president of our chapter and owner of TeamWerks Talent Development and Consulting where she supports small businesses in team and leadership training with a focus on values and positive company culture.

Jen spent over 20 years in manufacturing and digital marketing before starting her own practice. Her experience includes:

• training and coaching front-line leaders
• applying agile practices to cross-discipline teams and managers
• developing custom learning programs to nurture and solidify positive company culture

Her training focuses on the learner experience, engaging participants for learning that has meaningful outcomes including increased team satisfaction and retention, a sustained people-focused culture, and increased profitability.

She partners with owners to solve talent development problems by creating learning experiences that are honest, fun, practical, and effective.

Jen is also a speaker for local WXW and SHRM chapters as well as a current board member of the New Enterprise Forum (NEF).

Her belief: For training to be truly successful, something must feel different afterward!

Image Description: Woman wearing glasses with confident smile and arms crossed, in the background is aa team of diverse professionals 

Thursday, November 7, 2024

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

Business Education Building, Room 182

4800 E. Huron River Drive,

Ann Arbor MI 48105

Parking located here: Business Education Building Parking Lot

NOTE: This is not our usual room! Please see below for a map of the Business Education Building's first floor. 

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 October 31!

• Early-bird ATD Chapter members = $25
• ATD 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. registration includes light appetizers and drinks.

About the Speaker: Diana Wong

Diana's expertise is in strategy and developing learning programs for improving organizational performance. She earned a PhD in organizational strategy from the University of Massachusetts, Amherst and an MBA in Finance and International Business from Dalhousie University, Halifax.

With an extensive international background, Diana focuses on supporting leaders and management teams with strategic planning and meeting facilitation, organization development, leadership development, executive coaching, training and development, cross-cultural competency development and organizational learning systems. Her 25 plus years of consulting encompass industries related to health care, automotive, management consulting, manufacturing, non-profit organizations, and faith-based organizations.

Diana is a certified coach in conducting 360 degree feedback with the Hay Group's emotional competency inventory for leadership development to impact performance. She was the President of the ASTD, Ann Arbor chapter from 2005-06 and became a Certified Professional in Learning and Performance by national ASTD in the pioneer cohort.

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.