February 2012 Meeting
Emotional Intelligence for Decision Making & Designing eLearning Storyboards
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http://www.acteva.com/booking.cfm?bevaid=227244
When: 21 Feb 2012
6:00 PM - 9:00 PM
Location: Rebecca's Cafe 275 Grove Street, Auburndale, MA 02459 www.rebeccascafe.com
Registration:
Currently Unemployed - $10.00
Member - $10.00
Non-member - $25.00
AGENDA 6:00 – 6:15 Informal Networking/dinner
6:15 – 6:30 ASTD Business & Announcements
6:30 – 7:15 Tech Talk: Best practices for Designing eLearning Storyboards, Lauren Prisco
7:15 – 7:30 Break
7:30 – 8:45 Key Note: Emotional Intelligence for Decision Making, Lou Russell
8:45 – 9:00 Closing Announcements
Emotional Intelligence for Decision Making
Lou Russel, President and CEO, Russell Martin & Associates

This session will provide you with research and show you how to map it to ways you can help improve how your team reacts to circumstances. You can help them build resiliency by helping them identify the triggers that take them out and show them ways to avoid or react to those triggers and situations.
Designing eLearning Storyboards
Lauren Prisco, Executive Vice President of Custom Training Solutions, Navis

Join this tech talk to uncover best practices for designing and writing storyboards. Well written storyboards will contribute to accuracy, efficiency, and timeliness of review and development. They will also help reduce the frustrations of reviewers and their inability to visualize the final product.
Location:
Rebecca's Cafe (www.rebeccascafe.com) 275 Grove Street, Auburndale, MA 02459, 617-969-3382.
Note: There is no sign for Rebecca's on the street. 275 Grove St. is the Riverside Office Park, right next to the Riverside MBTA train and bus stop. Rebecca's is located at the back of the building, by the parking garage.
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Project Management for Trainers ASTD Certificate Program
Date: Feb 22, 2012 (9am to 5pm)
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http://www.acteva.com/booking.cfm?bevaid=227157
Cost: $300 ASTD Members
$325 Non-members
Credits Earned: 7 PDU’s
Facilitator: Lou Russell. Lou Russell is president and CEO of Russell Martin & Associates, a consulting and training company focused on improving business results. Note: This course is being held at Genzyme (see details on registration page).
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We are delighted to welcome you to the Greater Boston Chapter of ASTD. For 2011-2012, we have co-presidents along with an AMAZING team of board members, committee chairs, and other volunteers who work hard to provide exceptional programming to help you grow your career and succeed.

We have an exciting lineup of hot topics for our 2011 - 2012 meetings, including:
- eLearning Hands-on Workshop (new venue!)
- Project Management for Trainers
- Social Media, Social Networking, Social Learning
And of course, we are back with our popular Tech Talk topics, providing attendees with overviews and demonstrations of the most current training technology tools!
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