As I mentioned before, we are really excited to be one of the speakers at the ASTD Expo in October. We'll be talking about Social Media. If you know what this is, you need to be there. If you have no clue what social media is, then you really need to be there. It may change your life. I've added below some more information about this amazing expo. See you there!

Tools for the Next Level of Performance:
ASTD TRAINING AND DEVELOPMENT CONFERNECE AND EXPO
AMERICAN SOCIETY FOR TRAINING AND DEVELOPMENT (ASTD)
Thursday October 12th, 2006
8:00 a.m. to 4:00 p.m.

Delta Center
301 W. South Temple
Salt Lake City

Full Conference: $50
Luncheon Only: $25
Expo Only: Free

For details and TO REGISTER www.astdutah.org or events@astdutah.org

ASTD Training and Development Conference and Expo
The Tools the Next Level of Performance!

This conference will feature exciting new ideas and experiences for entrepreneurs, business owners, trainers, and anyone involved in the world of work to elevate your success to the next level. Beginning with the concepts involving The FuturePerfect Organization, by our internationally-known keynote speaker, Bill Guillory, Ph.D., to promotion, media, teamwork, change and e-learning, there will be something of value for everyone who attends.

The event is perfect for Corporate Trainers, Consultants, HR Professionals, Managers /Supervisors and Business Leaders interested in improving productivity, morale, and training within their companies. Take advantage of this great opportunity to discover valuable resources available to you in the training industry and within your community.

Conference Agenda:

• Opening Keynote: Dr. William A. Guillory, Executive Director of the Center for Creativity and Inquiry
• Enhance your training skills – In addition to the Keynote and Luncheon, full conference registrants choose form 6 diverse learning and leadership development breakout sessions!
• Lunchtime extravaganza – Innovative, informative world-class presentations & a sumptuous meal.
• Tour the expo for FREE – Visit exhibitors any time from 9 a.m. to 4 p.m. Full list of Exhibitors at www.astdutah.org.
• Win the Tremendous Trainers Toolkit – Just by attending you are entered to win!
  Please see www.astdutah.org for full details and to register

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Full Details:
OPENING KEYNOTE
8:00 – 9:00

Dr. William Guillory: The FuturePerfect Organization--A Creative-Adaptive Approach to Change. The greatest challenge we face today is adaptation to rapid, accelerated, and unpredictable change--both at work and in our personal lives. This presentation will focus on a radically new approach involving a transformation in our thinking from change being something that "happens" to us to change as a "desired future" we create. A simple three-step process will be presented that you can immediately begin implementing, both at work and in your personal life.

Based on the book "The FuturePerfect Organization--Driven by Quantum Leadership" by Bill Guillory, Chris Harding, and Daniel Guillory

Dr. William A. Guillory is a respected scientist, as well as an authority on diversity, empowerment, leadership, creativity and innovation, and quantum-thinking. His most recent cutting-edge program explores the subject of "work-life quality" from a powerful new perspective. He is widely requested for keynote speeches, conferences, and workshops both in the U.S. and internationally. In connection with his work at the Center for Creativity and Inquiry, and as President and CEO of Innovations International, Dr. Guillory has presented over 4,000 seminars throughout corporate America, Great Britain, Europe, Mexico, and Canada.

MAJOR SPONSORS/LUNCHEON PRESENTATIONS
12:00 – 1:30

Crucial Skills: How Top Performers Get Results
Most of us are stellar communicators and influencers—except when it really matters. Throw in some emotion, disagreement and disappointment and we’re rarely at our best. In this engaging and informative presentation, Neil will share:

The results of a best-practices study involving thousands of people and over 10,000 hours of observation; How the top 1% of performers in organizations (as recognized by their peers) address tough situations—and get results; Some of the specific skills used by the most influential; Data on how these powerful skills can have an immediate and powerful impact on you, your team, and your organization.

Neil will use video examples and content from the NY Times bestsellers Crucial Conversations and Crucial Confrontations to show how you can develop the skills of the top 1%.

Neil Staker is owner of PeopleSmart Solutions (a Principal Associate of the VitalSmarts network of companies) where he works with public and private organizations of all sizes. He has trained thousands of people in hundreds of class sessions. Neil has presented keynote addresses for the Computer & Technology Showcase, the American Society for Training and Development, the International Society for Performance Improvement, the Society for Human Resource Management, and for numerous client companies.

Neil holds a Master of Organizational Behavior degree from Brigham Young University and is a Master Certified Trainer with VitalSmarts training products. He has worked as an internal consultant and project manager for Monsanto Chemical, the State of Utah, and American Stores. He specializes in consulting and training in the areas of intellectual capital management, organizational development, culture, human systems, career vitality, performance improvement, and interpersonal skills. He has also been president of a medical testing company.

Og Mandino for the 21st Century- The Neuroscience of Change
Dave will facilitate a lively discussion regarding thought processes and how they can drive and even sabotage our behavior. He will answer two questions, “Is change possible?” and “What is the best way to facilitate change?” Change is uncomfortable but it does not need to be painful. Dave will share the correlation between the principles taught in Og Mandino’s perennial best seller, The Greatest Salesman in the World (25 million copies sold), and recent discoveries in neuroscience as it relates to the process of facilitating change. Come prepared to discover the secret to real and lasting change.

David T. Blanchard
Dave served four years as the President and CEO of The Greatest Salesman, Inc. He is now serving as the CEO of The Og Group, Inc., parent company of The Greatest Salesman, Inc. and Six Advisors, Inc. His favorite activity is debriefing 6 Advisors Assessment Reports one-on-one and personal coaching. In the last two years alone, Dave has debriefed well over one thousand 6 Advisor Assessment Reports (2,000+ hours) and coached over 225 clients.
Dave is a seasoned coach, speaker, and corporate leader who is unafraid to tackle tough issues (something he learned early while playing free-safety for Ricks College and its Intermountain College Athletic Conference Championship team). He brings to the training room boundless energy, profound insights, the sensitivity of a director’s touch, and a burning desire to help people succeed.

CONCURRENT BREAKOUTS
Track A

9:10 – 10:00: Entrepreneur Boot Camp
The Entrepreneur Boot Camp is a vehicle for any entrepreneur to create ideal actions and habits around mindset, cash flow, marketing and success systems for their business.

• Discover the cycle of performance and the belief model and how they affect the entrepreneur.
• Discover the three things that every entrepreneur needs to master to be successful in business.
• Discuss the attributes and core skills of an entrepreneur.

Shon Brodie is a leader, entrepreneur, and coach and is recognized as an outstanding training presenter and consultant. With over 20 years of diversified leadership experience, Shon has worked with organizations ranging from the US Marine Corps to Quicken Loans. His unique career adds credibility and entertainment to every presentation.

11:10 – 12:00: Take Charge of Your PR: Tapping into Social Media
Web 2.0 is the second generation of internet-based services that let people collaborate and share information online in a new way. This allows people to take charge of their channels of communication and be responsible for their own PR.
In plain and simple words: YOU create a channel of communication to get your message to the masses.

You don’t wait anymore hoping to be chosen by traditional media. Traditional media now comes to the new channels to select their stories or the stories the masses have chosen as their favorites.

Social media describes the online tools and platforms that people use to share opinions, insights, experiences, and perspectives with each other.
Shahar Boyayan, co-founder of Buzz Booster is an Internet Marketing Strategist who knows the best ways for a business to achieve a strong presence online. She's been working online since 1998 with several successful projects. She worked as a professional speaker for over 10 years in Brazil.

2:20 – 3:00: Damn it Jim, I’m a doctor not a writer! How screenwriters avoid instructional design pitfalls. - What can Aristotle and Star Trek teach us about the art of writing and instructional design? What do screenwriters know about motivation and how can instructional designers benefit? This workshop will answer these questions and more, providing practical strategies for utilizing dramatic structure within training design. Doing so holds the promise of building training that is more interesting, compelling, and effective.

• Distinguish between the writing techniques used by instructional designers and those employed by screenwriters
• Introduce compelling learning scenarios drawn from ancient and modern examples
• Improve learner motivation through the artful design of characters and conflict

Platte F. Clark is a member of the Writer’s Guild of America and has the unique perspective of working as both an award-winning screenwriter and instructional designer. Additionally, Platte has over a decade of real-world experience creating customized training for Fortune 500 and military organizations. He is currently the Director of Development at Shipley Associates, and is the author of numerous screenplays (including the adaptation of the best-selling children’s novel “The Best Christmas Pageant Ever”).

Todd R. Corbett is currently the President of Xcelus, LLC, a high-end training and media development company based in Utah. Todd brings a wealth of global experience to training and education development through his work at SmartForce, PLC (Now Skillsoft) where he served as the Global Marketing Manager for partners in Europe, Asia and Latin America.

Track B

9:10 – 10:00: Magnify Team Performance In Times of Change
The success and/or failure of many change efforts started high in the corporate office can relate directly to the effectiveness of the first line manager to manage the change effectively within their teams. While first line managers are not likely to initiate major change efforts, they are responsible for implementing and coaching change to the majority of employees within an organization. Currently, most change management literature describes how leaders at the top of organizations can manage and lead change efforts. This program will address the skills needed for first line managers to successfully lead their teams through times of change.

• Understand how change effects performance over time
• Provide a framework to help manager recognize ways to manage teams through times of change
• Practice some of those skills

James Gehrke is a training and performance improvement professional with extensive experience working on many high level, cross functional teams addressing issues such as Field Force Effectiveness, Change Leadership, Leader Behavior Development, Executive Coaching and many others. Since starting his own training company, James has developed and trained both public and private leadership, coaching, targeting and territory management sessions for hundreds of participants in various industries. James is bilingual and can teach in both English and Spanish.

11:10 – 12:00: eLearning ROI: Determine if eLearning is right for your organization - This workshop teaches training professionals how to calculate their ROI when considering eLearning versus other more traditional media for delivering training content. We cover proven benefits of eLearning, commonly used equations, factors that might normally be overlooked when calculating ROI and present an Excel worksheet that we use internally to calculate the cost comparison of eLearning programs v.s. traditional classroom based training.

• Participants will be able to correctly use mathematical equations to calculate their eLearning ROI given real world organizational examples.
• Participants will be able to correctly identify all the factors that must be considered when calculating eLearning ROI and the proven benefits of using eLearning as a component of a training program.
• Participants will be able to use the Rapid Intake Cost Comparison Calculator worksheet to determine the cost of their proposed eLearning programs when compared to traditional classroom based training delivery formats.

Michael Suhaka is the Custom Course Development Director at Rapid Intake Inc. Michael Received his M.S. in Instructional Technology from Utah State University and has been working with web technologies and training for over five years. Before joining Rapid Intake Michael taught eLearning for the Instructional Design program at Brigham Young University – Hawaii.

2:20 – 3:00: How Am I going to Link Business Drivers to employee Performance?
Understand it: Workforce Performance Management

• Evolution of the HR Function
• Defining Performance Management
• The Performance Management Market
• Best Practices and Trends

Know the Business Drivers: Development and Alignment

• Linking performance dev and learning
• Process Improvement
• Improve Communication of Corporate Goals
• ID and Reward Top Performers

Where are You?

• Cascading Goals
• Competency Assessment
• Enterprise Performance Appraisal Process
• Inconsistent Performance Planning
  Phyllis P. Ritner of www.Learn.com

Sample EXPO EXHIBITORS

ActionStrategy
Ascent Coaching & Consulting
Buzz Booster
Command Solutions
Dale Carnegie Training Utah
Harrison Markeing Group
Leadership Ventures
Learn.com
McKinnon-Mulherin, Inc.
Motion Mechanics
Northern Utah Academy of Spanish
People Helping People
PeopleSmart Solutions
Rapid Intake Inc.
Salt Lake Community College
Shipley Associates
Six Advisors
TeamSmart
Veraskills