Dear ASTD-Cascadia Chapter Members:

Happy New Year!

As you look forward to your professional development this year, I hope that you find your monthly Chapter programs will be instrumental in providing you with a variety of opportunities for learning, networking and serving. 

Our program mission is to deliver relevant topics by subject matter experts to help you sharpen your skills, add to your base of knowledge and provide you with opportunities to connect with other professionals in the training and development field.

This month, we kick of the New Year with a dynamic presentation on Building Evaluation Capacity: Teaching Evaluation Concepts by Darlene Russ-Eft, PhD. As the training and development industry faces increasing pressure to justify training budgets, this relevant program will provide participants with specific tools to effectively build evaluation capacity in their organization. 

Our monthly programs also provide members with additional professional development opportunities through volunteering! We are always in need of and appreciative of individuals who volunteer their time to help with the monthly programs. It's a great way to connect with other professionals and, of course, we have a lot of fun along the way. If you are interested in volunteering, please send me an email at the address listed below and I can tell you about the variety of program volunteer opportunities.

And finally, please know that we are always open to hearing your comments and suggestions on ways that we can better serve chapter members. Together, we work to insure that our collective efforts contribute to your professional development.

As our 2005 program year begins, I want to wish you all a prosperous New Year!

Lisa Edwards
VP of Events
lisa@bloomwhereyouareplanted.com

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