One of the greatest things about Metro DC ASTD Career Services offerings is that they serve both current and prospective chapter members. This past year we continued to post new job opportunities at a steady rate, renewed the list of professionals in the Consultant Referral Service, supported the new mentoring program and CPLP study groups, and offered a small group of monthly program attendees a free resume review. All of these activities were

driven by our dedicated volunteers and benefitted not only chapter members but the entire community.

The new job ads page that developed along with the new chapter website has remained full of positions in the training and development field that local employers are trying to fill. We continued offering the ads at a small fee for employers but free for anyone to view and respond. In addition to the full-page job descriptions, we are also now offering the option of posting jobs in the weekly eFlash for greater exposure.

The Consultant Referral Service remains active as a member benefit, giving our independent consultants an additional way to market their services. Consultants can now edit their own profiles on the chapter website for greater flexibility in their marketing. Notifications of contract work or proposal opportunities are published to the group as they come in. The directory is also visible to the public to browse so that anyone can look up an individual consultant and contact them directly.

In 2012, DC ASTD Career Services will continue to grow these core services and provide new ways to connect with information and opportunities for developing a career in our field. Regardless of the stage of your career – whether you’re stable, in transition, enrolled as student, or retiring – the chapter is here to help. The best way we can help is by providing volunteers with a way to apply their skills through their chapter involvement. It’s through the hard work and ingenuity of our volunteers that Career Services and all other portfolios can continue to meet the needs of the audiences the chapter serves.

In 2011, 52 eFlashes were sent to nearly 6,000 email addresses, we were “liked” on Facebook by 196 friends, over 436 members have joined us on LinkedIn, and 837 Tweeters are following us. We are ending 2011 with a thorough communications plan to grow our social media networks even further with more posting, more tweeting, and more blogging. Look for more information on our website and remember to register for our social network sites!

Membership

Professional Development

2011 has been a busy year for both our Programs and Virtual Programs portfolios. We were able to attract engaging and insightful speakers in a variety of Workplace Learning and Performance topics, including:

• January: Best Practices in Employee Development
  
• February: Action Learning – in Action! with Dr. Michael Marquardt
  
• March: Putting Type To Work: Revisiting the MBTI with Hile Rutledge
  
• April: Raising Your Professional Visibility with Kathy Reiffenstein
  
• May: Rethinking Organization Culture and Implications for Performance with Joe Willmore
  
• October: Chief Learning Officer Panel: The Politics of Learning
  
• November: Mobile Learning ‘To Go’ with Dr. Clark Quinn
  

Webinars

• Summer Learning Series: Uniting the Virtual Workforce with Karen Sobel Lojeski
  
• Summer Learning Series: Federal Telework Program – Panel Discussion on Virtual Concerns
• Training Portfolios with Dr. Greg Williams
  
• Cultural Intelligence for Global Learning Professionals Part 1 with Fernando Sanchez

Podcasts

• Action Learning with Dr. Michael Marquardt
  
• Revisiting Myers Briggs with Hile Rutledge
  
• Learning Innovations in Project Management Training with Bill Fournet
  
• Troubleshooting In The Virtual Classroom with Cindy Huggett
  
• Training Portfolios with Dr. Greg Williams
  

Our SIGs continue to flourish and offer many opportunities for networking, professional development, and outreach to the learning and development community in the DC Metro area. We started our year with 10 SIGs and end with nine. We make every effort to stay engaged with our constituents to ensure that we are providing the topics that are most needed and desired. The Diversity SIG was disbanded in June as a result of the changing needs of those who attended. We have provided over 70 SIG events in person and virtually, which is a 10% increase from last year’s number of events. This was a year of change and growth. We have had six new SIG leaders this year who have made considerable contributions to enhance and develop workplace learning professional knowledge and skills.

Last year, Laura Mendelow, achieved 10 year’s of service as the Organizational Development SIG leader. This year, Laura made the difficult decision to pursue her other passions and move out of her OD SIG leader role. We sincerely appreciate Laura’s dedication and commitment to the success of the OD SIG.

The Sponsorships Portfolio secures mutually beneficial relationships with vendors and

organizations who provide valuable services to Metro DC ASTD members.

 

Metro DC Sponsorships are affordable and include many benefits such as recognition on the home page of our website, complimentary advertising in our weekly E-Flash announcements [reaching over 6,000 workplace learning professionals], complimentary job postings on our website, recognition at our end-of-year volunteer celebration event, complimentary memberships/discounts for employees, and more.

 

We would like to thank our current sponsors for their support of our chapter:

• ESI International
  
• University of Phoenix
  
• Training Pros
  
• ISD Now
  

In 2011, more than eighty individuals contributed their time to the chapter. Without them, the

vast array of services we provide would simply not be possible. Our members volunteered

in a vast variety of roles, from managing social media resources to writing book reviews. We

strive to find opportunities that will benefit both the chapter and our members.

The Talent Management Portfolio:

• Worked with individuals to find volunteer opportunities that would benefit their personal and/or professional goals
  
• Helped to staff chapter committees
  
• Recruited, scheduled and managed volunteers for ASTD Annual Leaders Conference
  
• Managed the Annual Holiday Event and the Volunteer Recognition Picnic
  

The Metro DC Chapter would like to thank Volunteer Appreciation donors to our Silent Auction and Drawing for their generous donations. All of the proceeds went to the DC Area Food Bank.

• Allen Interactions
  
• Diane Cohen, MA, ACC, CPCC
  
• ESI International, Inc.
  
• Karen Mack Management Consultants, LLC
  
• KZO Innovations
  
• McGhee Productivity
  
• National ASTD
  
• Nordlinger Consulting Group
  
• VisionMining
  

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