Chapter News

Ceremonial Cutting of the 50th Anniversary Cake
The first cut with the longest serving chapter member present, Judy Iannacchino, and the newest chapter member present, Shawki Daou!

Another wonderful time at Bear's Best Las Vegas for the 2023 Tribute to Learning Awards Celebration with 50th Anniversary Cake!

Celebrating this year's Tribute to Learning Award Winners!

Jeff Miller representing Mission Support and Test Services

Mike Peacock and Maria Zoppas for Aristocrat Technologies Learning Solutions

Elham Arabi, PhD

Congratulations to our Tribute to Learning winners!

Nicole Lara Capetillo & Judy Iannacchino - Hilton Grand Vacations

Rudy Joggerst (Pictured are Managing partners Justin Zapulla and Nick Kane) - Janek Performance Group

 Jeff Miller & Tina Vialard - Mission Support and Test Systems

The Greater Las Vegas Chapter has been nominated for Chapter of the Month and recognized for hosting a virtual UnConference.  The success of the UnConference was shared through the Sharing our Success program.
What makes the Greater Las Vegas Chapter unique and exceptional? 

1. We are a fairly small chapter (approximately 80 members) - but the members we have are very actively engaged.

1. We have a diverse range of members (from vendors and small business owners to corporate talent development professionals and specialists).

1. We realize that our chapter members are eager for take-aways, best practice sharing and the TD community of (human) resources. Educational events are great, but connecting with peers can be just as, if not more likely to drive member engagement.  This is why chapter events such as our UnConference tend to be very successful.

Looking to the Future
We came to realize that having a bigger chapter wouldn't necessarily make us a better chapter. As a result, we decided to focus on actively engaging the members that we have. We plan to continue with this into 2022. Our goal is to have programming that is in touch with our members' needs and their reason for joining. In doing so, we believe we will continue to see the upward trend of meeting attendance that we experienced in 2021. We know that this engagement MAY lead to more members, but it isn't our main focus.
To help ensure that we are in touch with member needs, we are using our chapter member results from the Talent Development Capability Assessment as the basis for event topics for the year. We will continue to do so into the future.

The Greater Las Vegas Chapter of the Association for Talent Development (ATD) was recognized for its submission to the ATD “Sharing Our Success” (SOS) program. The national SOS program identifies best practices among local ATD chapters and uses them as models for other chapters.

Leslie Scarpace, Chair of ATD’s Chapter Recognition Committee said, "This recognition honors the Greater Las Vegas Chapter's best practice that demonstrates its commitment to managing a successful organization as well as advancing the talent development profession at the local level. We are honored to recognize the chapter with ATD's SOS recognition."

On Febuary 19th 2021, the Greater Las Vegas Chapter conducted a virtual "UnConference." The concept of an unconference is that it is participant-driven, so any discussion of the topics is acceptable - but, rather than being led by one expert presenter, it is led by the participants. The foundation of an unconference is that "the sum of the expertise in the room is greater than the sum of the expertise of the people on the stage" (Dave Winer). As a result, an unconference drives best practice sharing and leads to discussion of the experts in the room.

To host our unconference, we divided into three virtual break-out rooms based on each of the Talent Development Capability areas. We had a board member stay in each room to host, but not lead the discussion. We did provide some discussion questions to get the ball rolling (but only if needed) and then let the participants freely discuss. Participants were encouraged to enter and leave breakout rooms at their discretion.

For example, in the Professional Capability room we asked: Many organizations are finding that their learners are looking for curated content that they can "pull" themselves. Have you experienced this shift? If so, what systems have you used to give this to your clients?

At the end, everyone came back to the main session and shared a few of their key takeaways.

This is one of our most interactive, engaging, and well-received events this year.

UPDATE 4/7/2020: 

Thank you for planning to be a part of the ATD 2020 International Conference & Exposition. After many weeks of carefully monitoring COVID-19 developments, including guidance from public health authorities and our partners in Denver, Colorado, it has become clear that ATD 2020, which had been scheduled for May 17-20, 2020, must be cancelled. A message from ATD’s CEO, Tony Bingham is available for review, and we recommend reading several new frequently asked questions (FAQs).

 

The ATD 2020 ICE agenda is out, registration is open and it looks like an amazing event! Dates are May 17-20 in Denver CO. Would you like to join our chapter team and take advantage of the lowest registration fee for members? If so, post a comment below including how many from your organization are interested in attending.  Once we have at least 5 confirmed we can secure our registration as a team bringing the per member registration fee down to $1,325

More details on this years event can be found here.

We need you! This year our Chapter has three volunteer board positions open for election. Join us as we develop and deliver dynamic programming to support the Las Vegas community of training practitioners and leaders! Board positions open for election are: V.P. of Finance, V.P. of Membership and V.P. of Programming & Professional development. Board Leaders are elected to two-year terms.

To apply for a 2020–2021 Board position, please fill out the application by Wednesday, September 18th, 2019. To serve as an elected Board Member, you must be a member in good standing of both the ATD Las Vegas Chapter and ATD National for the elected year. Full details and application are here. Please feel free to contact a current board member with any questions.

Congratulations on your chapter meeting the Chapter Affiliation Requirements (CARE) for 2018! This means your chapter successfully met all 18 required CARE elements and is recognized for 100 percent achievement of CARE. Based on your reported joint membership percentage, your chapter is also recognized as a Chapter Membership SUPER STAR with joint membership above 50 percent.

I’d like to personally acknowledge and thank you and the chapter leadership team for your accomplishments and for going above and beyond the CARE requirement.

ATD recognizes that the value you provide to your members through well run chapter programs, services, and exceptional operations is the result of the individual time, resources, innovation, thought, and dedication you and your team contribute.

Thank you for your time and for partnering with ATD to provide and sustain a vibrant community serving our members and the entire talent development profession. I look forward to continuing to engage with you and the chapter!

Tony Bingham, President & CEO