ATD-LA News

Dr. Suzanne E. Szabo, Mount Pleasant, passed away on March 1, 2012, at Washington Hospital Center after a prolonged illness.

Born to Joseph and Mary Szabo (both deceased) of Anderson, South Carolina, she was an applied sociologist who headed a consulting firm, Organizational Research and Consulting. Her clients included the IRS, Ernst & Young, and the Defense Information Systems Agency. Educated at the University of Maryland University College (BA), Boston University (M. Ed.), and North Carolina State University (Ph.D.), she served in leadership positions with the American Society for Training and Development (national, Los Angeles, and DC chapters), and as president of Historic Mt. Pleasant. Known by all as a vivacious, beautiful, and caring person, she is survived only by her life partner, Dr. Joseph Robert White.

Suzanne created the original strategic plan that hasn't really been updated since. Also in 1993 we partnered with the Hawaii chapter to create the 1st international conference before National did and gained a huge profit for our chapter.

In lieu of flowers, Dr. White asks donations to be made in Suzanne's name to one of the following charities that she supported: the United States Holocaust Memorial Museum Camps and Ghettos Encyclopedia Project; the Kennedy Center; the Smithsonian Institution; or Historic Mt. Pleasant.

Look what fabulous workshop programming we are planning for the rest of the year! As soon as dates are confirmed, they'll be posted on the calendar and you'll be notified in the weekly blast.

May:

• Video editing for trainers

June:

• Designing word press sites

August:

• Captivate Level 2
• ISD

September:

• Train the Trainer (Fridays)

October:

• Web-based facilitation webinar
• Facilitation Skills or OD Facilitation Skills

November:

• Leadership Day
• Graphic Facilitation

2011 has been a great year for the chapter and the future only looks brighter. It will be my honor to serve as the 2012 ASTD-LA Chapter President. What makes me so optimistic about our future is the community of leaders who are volunteering their valuable time to continue the tradition of our great chapter.  It is with great pleasure that I announce the new 2012 ASTD-LA Board of Directors to you.

President-Elect	Sean Bloch
Treasurer	Sue Sorenson
Secretary	Christina Garvey
Directors of Learning	Armin Pajand
	Daphne Williams
Director of Chapter Meetings	Jo Lynn  Feinstein
Directors of Communication	Noreen McNew
	Karel Kreshek
Director of Technology	Jeff O’Dell
Directors of Special Divisions	G. Fred Stevens
	Mauricio Guiterrez
Director of Membership	Paula Markgraf-Katz
Director of Community Service	Kimberly James

Please join me in welcoming these amazing leaders.

Sincerely,

Terrence Wing, 2012 ASTD-LA President

We are looking for training and development practitioners who would be willing to visit Claremont for an upcoming panel presentation for our graduate students who are studying this area.

Panelists will be asked to give an overview of their experience working in the field of Training and Development, issues they have faced and lessons they have learned. Then, we will open the floor up for questions from the graduate students. I expect there will be 40-50 graduate students in attendance and food will be provided.

• The first panel would focus on making strategic decisions about what training to offer in an organization as well as on the practice of delivering training and is scheduled for 4pm, Tuesday September 6.
• The second panel would feature L&D practitioners who have been in the field and can speak to a career about training. She’d like a mix, instructional designers, trainers, managers, evaluators, you name it and is scheduled for 11:30am, Thursday November 3.

Please contact me if you are interested.

Becky Reichard
Becky.Reichard@cgu.edu
http://www.cgu.edu/pages/6595.asp

ASTDLA is currently accepting interest from members to join the chapter's Board of Directors. For more information contact preselect@astdla.org

As trainers we focus on our instructional design and training activities but how often do we think about the use and power of our voice?

After over 20 years of amazing service, Jane Holcomb has chosen to retire from her role as chair of the External Trainers/Consultants Special Division.

Janie Honeycutt will chair the Externals special division starting in July.

We will be honoring Jane for her dedication to ASTD-LA and the training profession at the May Chapter meeting on May 19th.