Takin’ It to the Streets

Bringing Employee Learning Week to the wider Community

Presenters

Megan Devlin-Petty, Organization Development Manager, City of Bloomington (IL)

Diana Hauman, President, DDH Enterprises

Objectives

Increase awareness of potential partners for Employee Learning Week celebrations

Plan activities to move Employee Learning events beyond ASTD chapters and into the non-ASTD community

Increase community contacts/potential membership base

If you could celebrate your profession, who would you invite to the party?

Pair up with someone from outside your chapter

Introduce your role in the chapter, your role in the community (in-house trainer, manager, consultant, academic, other)

Who else do you work with when developing learning activities?

Who’s who and what they do

And who do they know?What will it take to get you working

toward a common goal? What goals do you have in common?

How Employee Learning Week came to central IllinoisALC 2005: ASTD promotes

Employee Learning Week to chapter leaders

One person training department of Bloomington, IL concentrates training activities that week and invites the neighbors We already did this, but this time said

why Called the newspaper Advantage of being government: get

the Mayor to make a proclamation

What didn’t happen working alone

No camaraderie or funNo big splashLimited participation outside one

organization (CofB)No sense of impactNo one to celebrate with afterwards

2006: That was nice but…

There have to be more people doing employee learning, right?

Two ASTD members talk—in May—about December What if we could get the community

college involved? What if we could get the Chamber of

Commerce involved? How do we get the community’s largest

employer to recognize this?

There’s a new guy (or two) in town

One old acquaintance leveraged How can we get your new boss on board?

One new acquaintance made How can we help you establish yourself in

this community?

A lunch date set

What if we could….Wouldn’t it be great if…Would you help us with ….

• And• Do you know anyone

who would …

A Committee is Born!

Not all smooth sailing Some didn’t work out (no fire in the belly)

One key member joined as a replacement

How to tie a community and a huge company?

Exercise #2: Plan Your Battles

What obstacles might you face? In own organization In partner organizations From partner individuals In timing In resources Other Self

Obstaclepossible solution (x7)

Always touch base with your motivation Why do this? Our reasons may not be your reasons

What worked

Layers of promotion Leveraged multiple networks Media (limited success) Calling Email signature lines

Calling on friends Big speaker, no fee No charge, free things

What worked

SpeakerPanelNetworking timeParallel internal celebrations (2

organizations)

What didn’t

TimingRelationships with “sponsors”Keeping people for the whole dayMini-sessions

What’s next

Exercise: what have you done? Successes: Learning experiences:

Celebrate immediately

Pass the batonAccept new ideasFocus on successStart planning future success

Plan your next steps

Don’t leave ALC without a planSchedule your planTake first steps in next week

2007: CIELE becomes

EDUCate (Employee Development Unlimited Conference a team effort)

Shifts from an ASTD function to a chamber of commerce function with ASTD sponsorship (this is OK!)

Calendar and day schedule rearranged (not Employee Learning Week—this is OK!)

EDUCate: Latest news from Central Illinois

October 11, 2007

October , 2008

How can we help you?

What else do you want to know?Who do you have in mind?What are you going to do next?

Thank you for learning from our successes and growing pains!

What are you going to do for Employee Learning Week?

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