April 6, 2010
Learning Leaders Forum
Apply Lean Principles to Training
Todd Hudson, Maverick Institute, Bend, Oregon

Intended Audience
The Learning Leaders' Forum is designed for workplace learning professionals who have a minimum of 10 years of workplace learning experience (or equivalent) and are responsible for developing workplace learning strategies. These programs are designed to offer strategic insight and time for round table interaction with peers.

Overview
Are you challenged to reduce costs and increase business results? Lean, the philosophy and methods of eliminating non-valued activities and increasing delivered value, is used extensively in manufacturing, software development and other applications with great success. Applying lean principles to training and development is just beginning and provides a powerful framework to reduce costs, select and design appropriate methods and technologies, and generate measurable business results.

Outcomes

• Identify the 7 Wastes of Corporate Training and find ways to reduce them
• Discuss ideas that will improve outcomes while reducing costs
• Learn how to implement 'Lean Corporate Learning' Core Principles in training
• Effectively frame training and learning language into 'operations speak' for line managers, executives and financial types.

In this workshop, you’ll learn the basic principles of Lean and then you’ll examine training and development practices that challenge the typical approaches to managing and delivering training.

This workshop is an expanded version – with more activities and application – of the engaging, thought-provoking session that Todd Hudson gave at the 2009 ASTD-Cascadia Regional Conference.

Speaker

Todd Hudson
Head Maverick
Maverick Institute
Bend, Oregon

Todd Hudson is founder and Head Maverick of the Maverick Institute, a think tank based in Bend, Oregon, that helps organizations improve how they transfer knowledge and expertise between their employees. With more than 25 years of engineering and plant management experience at European, Chinese and US-owned companies in a variety of industries, Todd’s seen just about everything the business world can throw at you.

The Maverick Institute pioneered the application of Lean production principles to training and development. Their clients have a passion to get their employees the knowledge and expertise they need to do their jobs flawlessly and safely. They include Fortune 100 giants as well as fast and furious startups and mid-sized companies around the world.

Todd holds an MS in Industrial Engineering and Operations Research from the University of Massachusetts and a BA in Chinese and Economics from Connecticut College. He speaks enough Chinese and French to cause an international incident and has lived in Taiwan.

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CPLP Recertification Credit
CPLPs earn one recertification point/credit for each physical hour of continuing education within one’s current role/job or involving a new experience or content. You will need to keep records of the event and prepare any paperwork required by National ASTD. CPLP Website.

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Alignment with National ASTD's
Workplace Learning Profession Competency Model
9 Areas of Expertise
Areas in BOLD will be addressed in this presentation.

1. Designing Learning
2. Improving Human Performance
3. Delivering Training
4. Measuring and Evaluating
5. Facilitating Organizational Change
6. Managing the Learning Function
7. Coaching
8. Managing Organizational Knowledge
9. Career Planning and Talent Management

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Alignment with Chapter Focus Areas
Four Focus Areas
Areas in BOLD will be addressed in this presentation.

		1. Professional Development
		2. Networking
		3. Business Opportunities
		4. Giving Back

Date
Tuesday, April 6, 2010

Time
7:30 am for Checkin
8 - 11 am for Program
11 - 11:30 am for Networking

Location
PopArt, Inc
718 SW Alder St, Suite 300
Portland, OR 97205

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Cost (prices go up after March 29)
Chapter Member and Affiliate: $35
Other: Others $45
Students: $10 reduction using promo code provided by ASTD office

Refreshments
Light refreshments will be served.

Special Notes
**Space is limited to 30.

Cancellation Policy
To receive a refund, a written request (email) before the early bird date (listed above) must be received in the Chapter office. Refunds not available after the early bird date.

Reasonable Accommodation
ASTD-Cascadia Chapter is committed to providing reasonable accommodations at all its functions. If additional accommodations are needed, please contact the Chapter office as far ahead as possible before an event.

Online registration closed. Registration available at the door.