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5/21/2008 From Our Partner: Details on the upcoming May 31st ISPI Saturday Seminar
The International Society for Performance Improvement - Los Angeles (ISPI-LA) will be holding a Saturday seminar on May 31st, 2008 at the offices of American Honda. Presenter...
5/12/2008 Register now for `Influencing Without Authority` on Tuesday, June 17th
If it applies to you, don´t miss this opportunity! We´ve even made it more affordable! Register by clicking here: http://guest.cvent.com/i.aspx?5S,M3,5dee9af1-a03c-47a2...
5/12/2008 Interested in being on the 2009 Board?
Learn more and feel free to post questions by visiting our blog: http://tinyurl.com/4sq989 Interested in a particular position? Complete the online form: http://www...
4/18/2008 July 2008 InterChange -- On-line Edition
Want to know what´s in store here at ASTD-Los Angeles? Then the articles and events calendar in the InterChange are just the thing. Finding the online InterChange is easy:...
4/18/2008 June 17th Chapter Meeting: Evidence-Based Coaching
Register Now: http://tinyurl.com/6pdfm7 Is yours an evidence-based coaching practice? If so, you: * use the best available researched knowledge in related fields. * in...
3/27/2008 www.yourmembership.com update: our new website
After an extensive 4-month review of ASTD-LA´s needs and options, we´ve finally signed the agreement to move forward with our new web services platform. We´ve assembled a str...
3/21/2008 April 2008 InterChange -- On-line Edition
Want to build your `power` network? Then come see John Ullmen at the April chapter meeting. Want to get a `heads up` on the what else we have in store for April at ASTD-LA...
2/22/2008 March 2008 InterChange -- On-line Edition
You have questions? We have answers. Want to get a `heads up` on the what we have in store for February with Thiagi? Then the articles and events calendar in the March ...
1/18/2008 February 2008 InterChange -- On-line Edition
One word. THIAGI. Want to get a `heads up` on the what we have in store for February with Thiagi? Then the articles and events calendar in the February InterChange are ...
12/14/2007 January 2008 InterChange -- On-line Edition
WOW, the first InterChange for 2008. Want to get a `heads up` on the New Year? Then the events calendar in the January InterChange is just the thing. Finding the onli...
11/16/2007 December 2007 InterChange -- On-line Edition
If you´re not busy for the Holidays, here is something to read, the December edition of the InterChange. Finding the online InterChange is easy: for the 8-page (same as ...
10/19/2007 November 2007 InterChange -- On-line Edition
Don´t have enough to read? Then now is the time to peruse the November edition of the InterChange. Finding the online InterChange is easy: for the 8-page (same as print...
9/20/2007 October 2007 InterChange -- On-line Edition
Behold, the on-line InterChange for October 2007. Finding the online InterChange is easy: for the 8-page (same as print) edition, press `control` and click on this link...
8/31/2007 Leadership Involvement Day - 2007
YOU ARE INVITED Join Us For The FREE BIG EVENT!!! ASTD-LA Leadership Involvement Day...
8/17/2007 September 2007 InterChange -- On-line Edition
DARN !!! I misplaced that Spa Tanning Certificate! Well, at least I can read the on-line InterChange for September 2007. Of course, finding the online InterChange is ...
7/20/2007 August 2007 InterChange -- On-line Edition
Ohh Nooo... I missed the July 4th Parade! Yes, the eight edition of the InterChange for 2007 is now available online. Finding the online InterChange is easy: for the 8...
6/22/2007 July 2007 InterChange -- On-line Edition
It´s July? Wow, where did Winter and Spring go? The seventh edition of the InterChange for 2007 is now available online. Finding the online InterChange is easy: for th...
5/22/2007 Board Elections for 2008
Become a Leader of ASTD-LA

ASTD-LA is committed to the maximum development and utilization of human potential. You are invited to join a long tradition of esteemed chapter leaders and to utilize your po...
5/22/2007 June 2007 InterChange -- On-line Edition
Is is June Already? The sixth edition of the InterChange for 2007 is now available online. Finding the online InterChange is easy: for the 8-page (same as print) editio...
4/20/2007 May 2007 InterChange -- On-line Edition
The fifth edition of the InterChange for 2007 is now available online. Finding the online InterChange is easy: for the 8-page (same as print) edition, press `control` and ...
3/22/2007 ASTD´s Certificate Program
You have a chance to win a registration at one of these upcoming ASTD Certificate Programs that are taking place in Los Angeles: Facilitating Organizational Change, Human Perf...
3/16/2007 April 2007 InterChange -- On-line Edition
WE LOVE LA! The fourth edition of the InterChange for 2007 is now available online. Finding the online InterChange is easy: for the 8-page (same as print) edition, pres...
2/19/2007 Marcus Buckingham is coming to Los Angeles
Come see Marcus Buckingham in person on March 21, 22, or April 13....
2/16/2007 March 2007 InterChange -- On-line Edition
WE LOVE LA! The third edition of the InterChange for 2007 is now available online. Finding the online InterChange is easy: for the 8-page (same as print) edition, press...
2/14/2007 ASTD Los Angeles Registration Cancellation Policy

Professional Development and Workshops

Individuals registered for ASTD-LA Professional Development or Workshops events will receive a 100% refund only if they send...
2/12/2007 An Evening with Tony Bingham - The Presentation Slides
Tony Bingham, president and CEO of ASTD National came to town in January to speak to us (ASTD-LA members and associates) about how to make our customers beg for our services. ...
1/19/2007 February 2007 InterChange -- On-line Edition
WE LOVE LA! The second edition of the InterChange for 2007 is now available online. Finding the online InterChange is easy: for the 8-page (same as print) edition, pres...
12/25/2006 An Evening with Tony Bingham
Make Them Beg for You: Leading Organizations through Workplace Learning and Performance Professionals ...
12/15/2006 January 2007 InterChange -- On-line Edition
GET IT NOW! The first edition of the InterChange for 2007 is now available online. Finding the online InterChange is easy: for the 8-page (same as print) edition, press...
11/14/2006 December 2006 InterChange -- On-line Edition
The December edition of the InterChange is now online. Finding the online InterChange is easy: for the 8-page (same as print) edition, press `control` and click on this li...
10/12/2006 November 2006 InterChange -- On-line Edition
The November edition of the InterChange is now online. Finding the online InterChange is easy: for the 8-page (same as print) edition, press `control` and click on this li...
9/18/2006 October 2006 InterChange -- On-line Edition
The October edition of the InterChange is now online. Finding the online InterChange is easy: for the 8-page (same as print) edition, press `control` and click on this lin...
8/22/2006 September 2006 InterChange -- On-line Edition
The September edition of the InterChange is now online. Finding the online InterChange is easy: for the 8-page (same as print) edition, press `control` and click on this l...
7/20/2006 August 2006 InterChange -- On-line Edition
The August edition of the InterChange is now online. Finding the online InterChange is easy: for the 8-page (same as print) edition, press `control` and click on this link...
6/21/2006 July 2006 InterChange -- On-line Edition
Highlights: New Career and Life Choices - July´s chapter meeting with Paul and Sarah Edwards on Radically Changing Economic Times www.astdla.org/interchange/InterC...
6/9/2006 Thiagi Asks - Are You a 21st Century Trainer?
The world is going through an unprecedented shift. Daniel Pink wrote about it in `A Whole New Mind,` Fast Company has been publishing articles about it month after month and ...
6/9/2006 Benefits to you: how you’d look in a Board of Directors 2007 position
Benefits to the chapter if you get involved are obvious. Here’s how you benefit from upgrading your own involvement in ASTD-LA: · Improve your professional exposure in the...
5/19/2006 June 2006 InterChange -- On-line Edition
June 2006 ASTD-LA InterChange highlights: Leadership for Remote Teams - June´s chapter meeting with Susan Gerke on how to lead people you rarely see www.astdla.org...
5/18/2006 Cirque d´LA - The Presentations
What?? You didn´t get to all 28 tables at Cirque d´LA? Of course you didn´t. We had the opportunity to reach only six of them, even though no one in the room had o...
4/25/2006 May 2006 - InterChange
View the Latest InterChange On-line!

The May edition of the InterChange is now online. Finding the online InterChange is easy: for the 8-page (same as print) edition, press `control` and click on this link. <...
3/27/2006 April 2006 - InterChange
New ASTD-LA member benefit in 2006!

The April edition of the InterChange is now online. Finding the online InterChange is easy: for the 8-page (same as print) edition, press `control` and click on this link....
3/1/2006

March 2006 - InterChange
New ASTD-LA member benefit in 2006!


The March edition of the InterChange is now online. Finding the online InterChange is easy: for the 8-page (same as print) edition, press `control` and click on this link....
2/6/2006

February 2006 - InterChange
New ASTD-LA member benefit in 2006!


The February edition of the InterChange is now online. Finding the online InterChange is easy: for the 8-page (same as print) edition, press `control` and click on this li...
1/5/2006

January 2006 - InterChange
New ASTD-LA member benefit in 2006!


Sunrise still happens in the east. Occupants of most political offices haven’t changed. Bears still (well, you know...). So what’s so different about 2006? Here’s one exci...
12/6/2005

The Bottomline of ROI
How to show value for dollars spent


Facilitated by Jack Phillips This one-day workshop prepares you to answer questions on measurement and to plan, not just respond to, measurement of ROI. Get a grasp of all ...
9/11/2005 The Wisdom of ASTD-LA 2006
Get yourself published: increase your professional visibility, contribute to your profession or share a theory, method, philosophy, process, procedure or approach....
6/13/2005

June 2005 Chapter Meeting
Colleen Turner, Ph.D.


Coaching and Thinking Inside Diverse Boxes!...
6/13/2005 Board Elections for 2006
Get Involved as a Leader in ASTD-LA

ASTD-LA is committed to the maximum development and utilization of human potential. You are invited to join a long tradition of esteemed chapter leaders and to utilize your po...
6/12/2005 Light the Night — for the Leukemia and Lymphoma Society
Walk 2 miles. Network with ASTD-LA friends and colleagues. Raise needed funds for a good cause. Earn fundraising prizes (minimum donation required). Join the ASTD-LA team at a...
1/31/2005

February 2005 Chapter Meeting
Robert L. Lindstrom


Over the past 125 years or so, science has shown that everything in the universe is interconnected and interdependent, chaotic and self-organizing. The same is true of our liv...
12/24/2004

January 2005 Chapter Meeting
Dana Gaines Robinson


With increasing frequency, HR, OD, and learning practitioners are transitioning to the role of strategic business partner. In this role, the practitioner sits “at the table,” ...
7/12/2004 Board Elections for 2005
Become a Leader of ASTD-LA

ASTD-LA is committed to the maximum development and utilization of human potential. You are invited to join a long tradition of esteemed chapter leaders and to utilize your po...
1/6/2004 GOT WISDOM? (Get it Now!!!)
ASTD-LA has done it again -- we´ve published another edition of The Wisdom of ASTD-LA -- a collection of 22 essays on topics of interest to stimulate your critical thinking in...
9/25/2003 What Your Colleagues Are Saying
I redesigned two programs this week using Thiagi’s training games. And not only his games, but MY creativity was released, and I made major changes `on the spot` when it seem...
9/18/2003 Networking vs. Not Working
How many times have you heard the expression, `networking is only one letter away from not working`? Networking is the one resource we all have that can make us become succes...
8/14/2003 Leadership Involvement Day
YOU ARE INVITED Join Us For The FREE BIG EVENT!!! ASTD-LA Leadership Involvement Day...
8/5/2003 The Wisdom of ASTD-LA 2003
Get yourself published: increase your professional visibility, contribute to your profession or share a theory, method, philosophy, process, procedure or approach...
7/4/2002 Do You Need an External Consultant?
Browse ASTD-LA´s NEW searchable Online Directory of Consultants or, for those of you who prefer to have a tangible paper copy, print one for your own ready reference (see belo...
5/17/2002 Bridging The Communication Gap Between Introverts and Extroverts
Here´s a personal story. I had gone through a number of interviews with the staff of the Training Department of a large financial services firm. Everyone seemed to be happ...
2/19/2002 The Future is NOW
In the Now Economy, whether you´re a corporate trainer or a free agent, you are always a consultant. You are always exchanging something you know or can do for something you w...
2/19/2002 The New Renaissance-A Glimpse into the Future
When I think about the future, the window to the future are my children. Glancing at that window, I see clearly a New Renaissance of learning, scientific discoveries, and a re...
2/19/2002 Get The Wisdom of ASTD-LA!
ASTD-LA Press presents its first published work. While you can certainly have too much information, you can never have too much widsom. We´ve made it easier for you by putti...
2/19/2002 Why Managers Don´t Use Non-Monetary Recognition
Although the concept of positive reinforcement and the related principle, `you get what you reward`, is well founded in the psychology literature, its effective use by practic...
2/19/2002 Success Over Stress
The cost of uncontrolled stress to American business exceeds $200 billion a year as a result of drug and alcohol abuse, absenteeism, medical expenses, excessive turnover and l...
11/10/2001 Trying to Locate an ASTD-LA Member?
Check out our new online member directory. Locating a fellow ASTD-LA member just got very easy? Finding a list of everyone in the Chapter who specializes ...
11/7/2001 Presenters Wanted for ASTD-LA
ASTD-LA Wants To Hear From You!!! ASTD-LA is constantly looking for the best, newest topics for our numerous Chapter events. Speaking opportunities include: 30 minute Brea...
11/1/2001 2004 Elections — Get Involved in the Leadership of ASTD-LA
ASTD-LA is committed to the maximum development and utilization of human potential. You are invited to join a long tradition of esteemed chapter leaders and to utilize your po...
10/18/2001 Nominate Fellow Chapter Members for Recognition
It´s time to recognize the `shining stars` in our chapter´s galazy who went above and beyond the call of duty to contribute to ASTD-LA´s greatness....
9/1/2001 John Dewey Meets the Organization: Experiential Education and Organizational Change
Individual Learning and Organizational Change Current work in organizational change work increasingly emphasizes learning. Many people believe that the learning organizati...
7/15/2001 Why Managers Don´t Use Non-Monetary Recognition
Although the concept of positive reinforcement and the related principle, `you get what you reward`, is well founded in the psychology literature, its effective use by practic...
7/13/2001 Claim Your 3 Minutes of Fame
Introduce yourself at the next chapter meeting -- claim your 3 minutes of fame!!!!...
7/13/2001 Member-Gets-a-Member Campaign
As a member of ASTD-LA, you certainly know the value you receive for your membership. Your endorsement of ASTD-LA can go with your colleagues, clients and co-workers. We nee...
4/16/2001 Team spirit
When we think of "team spirit" most of us think of ‘esprit de corps’ and one-for-all and all-for-one camaraderie. But how does a facilitator stimulate and cultivate team spiri...
4/16/2001 Getting It Done: Delegating in the Team
Have you ever found yourself working with a team on an initiative you are leading, yet find yourself completely overwhelmed with more work than anticipated? Who hasn’t! The se...
4/16/2001 Cultivate Your Talent for Keeping Your Talent!
Though the headlines are dour ¡X reporting news of widespread layoffs and a possible recession ¡X today¡¦s job market remains strong. Unemployment still hovers at a 30-year...
4/16/2001 Supervisory Coaching Practices: A Lifestyle Rather Than a Life Raft
Pre-Employee Assistance Programs With all of the expectations to keep up with change, many employees are finding it difficult to maintain balance in the major areas ...
4/16/2001 The Myths and Realities of Work Teams
Team building," "self-managed teams," "high performance teams," and "cross functional teams" have been fashionable in the workplace during the past decade. Behind this trend i...
4/16/2001 To Coach or Not to Coach?
Whether you’re coaching an employee for retention or helping push an executive past a plateau, it’s good to know when to hold ‘em and when to fold ‘em. The harsh truth is that...
3/16/2001 Nine Ways to Enhance Your Role as a Knowledge Management Leader
Much of the attention on knowledge management (KM) centers around information technology and performance measurement issues. In addition to these content aspects, however, kno...
3/15/2001 Learning Communities on the Web
When you have a vexing problem, where do you go for answers or advice? Professional colleagues can be your most useful source of practical answers. A professional network repr...
12/15/2000 Recognizing the Importance of Teaching Recognition
Companies are realizing that if they expect managers and supervisors to take the job of recognizing their employees seriously, they need to provide training in recognition ski...
7/16/2000 Five Critical Success Factors for Enhancing Virtual Team Effectiveness
The continuing trend towards corporate layoffs, mergers and acquisitions, increased competition, and especially globalization of the marketplace has created the need to design...
6/16/2000 Putting Our Differences to Work
The topic of diversity has been an ongoing challenge to every facet of modern society. Regardless of our unique perspectives, looking out at the world around us, into our orga...
6/15/2000 Diversity Management: The Success Factor
You or your client has a product to sell. You need to motivate employees, design a competitive marketing strategy, as well as manage risk. The business plan for this venture a...

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