Welcome to ASTD Niagara!
Posted on September 10, 2009
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The Niagara Frontier Chapter is an independently-incorporated, nonprofit organization that is affiliated with ASTD. Our chapter is over 140 members strong and represents many different industries including but not limited to healthcare, manufacturing, retail, banking, insurance, sales & marketing, education, not-for-profits, as well as independent consultants, and students. This mix affords many opportunities for our members to network and collaborate on a variety of different projects. A good number of our members are also National ASTD members.
April Program
Posted on March 7, 2010
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Your Career – Powered Up? … or Power Outage?
Date: Thursday, April 8, 2010
Time: 5:00-8:00pm
Location: Harry’s Harbor Place, 2192 Niagara Street, Buffalo, NY 14207
Who: Local Career Experts
Join Niagara Frontier ASTD for our career empowerment event! This dynamic and interactive event will provide tips and techniques to help you continue your career growth in every economy. Through key speakers and panel discussions, participants will learn to:
- Energize the basics
- Transform with new opportunities
- Transition when the unplanned happens
This event will feature great food, fun location, wonderful view and networking opportunities!
Become a member of Niagara Frontier today to attend this event for FREE! Become a member of Niagara Frontier ASTD at the event and receive a $25 discount off your membership fee!
Members / FREE (please register in advance)
Non-Members / $25.00
Are you interested in being a sponsor for this event? Please see visit our sponsorship page.
Visit the April Program page for more information!
Call for Nominations!
Posted on March 2, 2010
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On June 11, 2010, the Niagara Frontier Chapter of ASTD will be holding our annual “Tribute to Workplace Learning & Employee Development” Awards breakfast. This is an opportunity to recognize individuals within our community who have made an exceptional contribution to the field of Workplace Learning & Employee Development.
The three awards that we will be seeking nominations from our chapter members:
- Trainer of the Year
- Friends of the Chapter Award
- Lifetime Achievement Award
Nominations forms will be available on the Niagara Frontier website this Friday March 5, 2010 and available at this Friday’s program.
Interested in Sponsoring ASTD Niagara’s April Event?
Posted on February 15, 2010
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American Society for Training and Development Members represent some of the most progressive organizations in Western New York – This is your opportunity to enhance your company’s exposure and show your community support at what is sure to be our biggest event of the year. This event is FREE to members and we are asking for your support to make this timely event a success for all. This is a perfect opportunity to reach the leaders in Training and Development throughout WNY.
Our Presenters for this Event
Career Partners International Buffalo / Niagara – Will discuss career resilience, career transition, and search strategies.
Performance Managers Partners Inc. – Will give an insight into behavior based interviewing.
Buffalo Employment and Training Center – Will provide an overview of their services including skills training and networking opportunities.
For more information on becoming a sponsor, visit our Sponsorship page.
For more information on our April event, visit the April Program page.
Call for Volunteers!
Posted on February 11, 2010
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Various ASTD Niagara Frontier committees are looking for volunteers! Please support your chapter by volunteering to help with any of the following:
2010 ASTD Niagara Frontier Annual Awards Breakfast
Responsibilities include, but are not limited to assisting in venue selection, award nomination process, sponsorships, guest speaker selection, and event promotion. If you are interested in helping with the coordination of this program, please contact Frank Ciccia, Vice President of Chapter Services for our Chapter by email at chapterservices@astdniagara.org.
Membership Committee
Responsibilities include, but are not limited to greeting members and meetings, calling renewing members to welcome them, calling members with expiring or expired memberships to invite them back. If you are interested in volunteering for the Membership Committee, please contact Sue McMullen by email at membership@astdniagara.org.
Request for Proposals
Posted on February 11, 2010
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The New York Leadership Educators Consortium is now accepting presentation proposals for its annual conference to be held Monday, June 14, 2010, at Monroe Community College in Rochester, NY. This year’s conference theme is “Leadership: The Good, the Bad, and Beyond.”
The conference will highlight different models, approaches, theories, and styles of positive leadership development as well as some of the negative consequences of poor leadership. Also to be explored is the future of leadership development training programs. Some possible session topics include: civic leadership, toxic leadership, industry leadership, training programs, and best practices. The conference attendees include faculty, staff, administrators, consultants, and others with an interest in student leadership development within higher education. The conference registration fee will be waived for presenters. No other honorarium is offered.
We invite you to submit a proposal to present a workshop or to facilitate a round table discussion. The attached proposal form is to be submitted no later than March 1 to malegre@niagara.edu. Please send this RFP to others you think may be interested in submitting a proposal.
Mitchell Alegre
Member of the NYLEC Conference Planning Committee
