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Vision

To be the leader in workplace learning

and performance.

Mission

We provide leadership and resources to Human Resource Development professionals interested in enhancing their

work-related competence,

performance and fulfillment.

Knowledge Nuggets

From Last

Month's Program:

People retain 60% more of what they see vs. 15% of what they hear
Solution rate for problems goes up to 64% with visuals vs. 45% without visual language
Visual language shortens meetings by as much as 24%, saving valuable time, resources and dollars
79% of groups reach consensus with visual language vs. only 58% of groups who reach it without
People are persuaded 17% more often in presentations using visuals/graphics vs. presentations without.

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August 2006, In This Issue:

Credibility is Earned, Not Expected

This article describes 10 guaranteed ways to engage your audience, gain credibility, and capture the attention of participants in the first 15 minutes of your presentation.

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Successful E-Learning Implementation

Here are a dozen things you can do in order to ensure that your e-Learning initiative launches smoothly and has the support it needs.

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Good to Great...

Why Some Companies Make the Leap…and Others Don’t. Jim Collins, a former Stanford business professor who now runs a management research lab, asks two significant questions to answer the question posed in the subtitle of his 2001 best-seller Good to Great.

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August: A Time for Learning

August is the month in the Dallas area when schoolchildren again turn to learning. August is also the month when area workplace learning professionals have a tremendous opportunity to continue down their own learning paths, increasing knowledge, building networks, and setting a course for personal and business growth. This month, Dallas ASTD delivers value to members and other DFW professionals by offering two career building events.

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Accelerated Presentation

The presentation phase of Accelerated Learning engages learners and prompts them to apply new perspectives to work-related tasks and issues. At the June Accelerated Learning SIG, facilitator Jean Scudder provided an example of effective presentation as she asked participants to explain how seed packages for various flowers could relate to their training efforts.

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Do you teach listening in your leadership schools?

When it comes to listening and leadership, some of us will be effective and others will feel like they're running a cemetery: they've got a lot of people under them and nobody's listening.

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We've changed the

Consultant Directory!

Now it is easier to find the training,

development, and coaching help

you need. You can still search by

specialty or you can see the entire

list of consultants.

*** If you are a Consultant, you may want to add your name to this list. We have changed our rate structure starting August 1. ***

Executive Coaching: Part 2 of 3

Yes, we’re back for a second inning (part two) in this ‘three bagger’ series that we started last month on Executive Coaching. We focused last month on why executive coaching is so important and now we’re back to “who’s on first” this month. That means we’ll be focusing on who: who is the executive coach and who is the executive?

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Juggling Multiple Priorities with a Smile

Ever feel like you have more in your life than you can handle? Do you need 24 more hours each day? Getting everything done is more than time management anymore. It’s about life management, whether it’s a matter of managing all the functions and tasks of your corporate job, keeping the engine of your business running, or balancing work and family life.

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Are You Ready for an Unexpected Job Interview?

Most job seekers wait to polish up their interview skills until they are looking for a new position. Important interview opportunities, however, can present themselves at any time.

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Cha-Cha-Cha!

Have you ever found yourself trying to run faster than time because you have so much to do? Wouldn’t you rather be dancing in tune with time instead of racing with it?

* Reprinted with permission from author, Article Source: EzineArticles.com

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