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Editor: Mike Schellen,
VP Communications
Copyright 2007
All rights reserved.
August 2007, In This Issue:
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The Secret Behind the Secret - Part Two The law of Causality as Socrates referred to it is also known to us as the law of Cause and Effect. Some have called it ‘the Iron Law’ of the universe and it states that everything happens for a reason.
President's Pen - The
Dallas ASTD Succession Plan and How You Can Participate The Dallas ASTD Succession
Planning process is designed to attract members to leadership
roles for the continued heath of our chapter and to ensure a smooth
transition from year to year.
Southwest Learning Summit: A Mind-Tingling Time I once said that the Southwest Learning Summit & Exposition (SLS) is more fun for training professionals than a roller coaster at the state fair. Assessing Your Training Street Cred Last
month I wrote an article called Building
Street Cred from the Classroom to the Boardroom, which
outlined four different levels of building credibility in your
organization. This month I am following up with a self-assessment
that you can use to diagnose your department’s current Street Cred
level. Call for SLS Volunteers
People Skills and Relationships are Key to Business Results Has the drive to reduce business into processes that can be automated and computerized – or re-engineered provided an all-too-convenient excuse to forget that business effectiveness and efficiency depends on people?
Who's Laughing Now? I remember when we used to really enjoy coming to work. We used to have a lot of fun here – a lot of laughs. That was before 9/11, a recession, downsizing and the prevalent “do more with less” mentality. |
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August
is this month and so is the Southwest Learning Summit and
Exposition. We need people to volunteer to help make this
event a success by helping your chapter in the following
roles: set-up/take-down, presenter liaison, event
registration, lunch registration and payment, and more. Please
contact Janine Bethscheider, Chapter Administrator at 972-755-0956,
extension 12, for additional information or to help out.
