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Conference 2008

Dates: 10-19-2008 to 10-22-2008
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Location: Austin Texas  USA
Website: odnetwork.org/conf2008

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Alliance of Merger & Acquisition Advisors - 2008 Summer Conference

Dates: 07-22-2008 to 07-25-2008
Location: Chicago IL  USA
Sponsored by: Alliance of Merger & Acquisition Advisors
Contact Name: Diane Niederman
Contact Email: dniederman@amaaonline.org
Website: www.amaaonline.org
Description:
With today’s rapidly changing market conditions, learn how to navigate the private capital markets & make the best decisions. This conference is a must for CPAs – Intermediaries – Investment Bankers – Attorneys – Private Equity Groups – Personal Financial Planners – Business Advisory Firms. If you have access and influence with private business owners, this is an educational and networking event you’ll not want to miss.

Workshop: The HR Side of Disaster Preparedness

Dates: 07-22-2008 to 07-22-2008
Location: San Francisco CA  USA
Sponsored by: Northern California Human Resources Association
Contact Email: nchra@nchra.org
Website: www.nchra.org
Description:
3 CPE Credits Add value to your organization by learning how to develop or enhance a Disaster Preparedness, recovery and Business Continuity Plan. Learn to: -Identify your Planning Team and Incident Commander -Make the business case for proceeding with Planning -Conduct a Business Impact Analysis -Conduct a Vulnerability Analysis -Create a variety of Scenarios -Design a Human Resources Contingency Plan -Prepare Managers and employees for a disaster -Prepare a Contingency Communications Strategy and Plan -Gain an understanding of the Leadership Competencies you need and how to develop them Speakers: Liz Guthridge & Kathryn D. McKee, SPHR

Seminar: Turning Managers Into Mentors

Dates: 07-23-2008 to 07-23-2008
Location: Santa Clara CA  USA
Sponsored by: Northern California Human Resources Association
Contact Email: nchra@nchra.org
Website: www.nchra.org
Description:
6 CPE Credits Today's employees are looking for a different kind of experience at work - career development, new skills, involvement, a positive environment and good communication. How does today's manager meet these needs and get good results? In a word--coaching. Whether you're a manager looking for new ways to mentor and motivate people, or an HR leader looking to develop key constituents, you'll takeaway: -Two sets of mentoring tools and their applications to your workplace -The true meaning of motivation and seven tips that help -20 specific actions you can immediately apply to positively motivate performance Speaker: Christine Silver

Recruiting & Talent Management Conference

Dates: 07-24-2008 to 07-24-2008
Location: San Francisco CA  USA
Sponsored by: Northern California Human Resources Association
Contact Email: nchra@nchra.org
Website: www.nchra.org
Description:
6.5 CPE Credits We've all heard the statistics -- U.S. businesses face a shortage of nearly 10 million workers by 2010. The global war for talent is a reality. What are you doing to gain a competitive advantage? Our 2nd Annual Talent Management Conference provides indispensable techniques for HR leaders exploring new and innovative ways to find and develop talent. Sessions include: Dashboards & Snapshots -- Key Metrics for Better Hiring Brand Yourself a Winner -- Attract Winning Talent Neuroscience -- The Secret to Talent Management The Cost of Hidden Bias in the Workplace Firsthand Succession Planning Strategies

A New Model of Organization Effectiveness by Christopher Worley, Ph.D.

Dates: 07-28-2008 to 08-01-2008
Registration Deadline: 07-25-2008
Location: Eastham, Cape Cod MA  USA
Sponsored by: Professional Learning Network, LLC
Contact Name: Laura DeMatteo
Contact Email: prolearn@optonline.net
Website: www.cape.org
Description:
Most models of organization design and change are over 100 years old. This workshop will present and explore a different approach called the Built to Change model. It assumes that organizations are changing all the time. Exploring these ideas and their implications are the subject of this event.

Containing Health Care Costs Without Cost-Shifting to Employees

Dates: 07-31-2008 to 07-31-2008
Location: Santa Clara CA  USA
Sponsored by: Northern California Human Resources Association
Contact Email: nchra@nchra.org
Website: www.nchra.org
Description:
3 CPE Credits Following completion of this 3 hour discussion, you will be able to: -Understand why annual health care trend is not expected to improve -Explain the financial impact of maintaining the status quo -Gain transparency into the drivers of your organization's rising health care costs -Apply National Accounts best practices to reduce your organization's annual health care cost trend -Build the foundation of a justifiable and measurable health care business plan Speaker: Jeff Quinlan, CIGNA Healthcare

The Facilitative Leader by Roger Schwarz, Ph.D.

Dates: 08-04-2008 to 08-08-2008
Registration Deadline: 08-01-2008
Location: Eastham, Cape Cod MA  USA
Sponsored by: Professional Learning Network, LLC
Contact Name: Laura DeMatteo
Contact Email: prolearn@optonline.net
Website: www.cape.org
Description:
This course provides a solid foundation in the Facilitative Leader approach, an approach to helping individuals, groups and organizations become more effective. It is designed if you work with others and have a stake in the outcomes.

Leadership for Diverstiy Training Institute

Dates: 08-06-2008 to 08-10-2008
Registration Deadline: 08-05-2008
Location: Baltimore MD  USA
Sponsored by: National Coalition Building Institute
Contact Name: Gail Vollrath
Contact Email: ncbiinc@aol.com
Website: http://www.ncbi.org/conference/brochure/index.cfm?...
Description:
National Coalition Building Institute International Leadership for Diversity Institute August 6 - 10, 2008 Hunt Valley, MD Registration Is Currently Open! http://www.ncbi.org/home/index.cfm Contact Information Gail Vollrath 1120 Connecticut Avenue, N.W. Suite 450 Washington IN 20036 202-785-9400 x10 ncbiinc@aol.com The Leadership for Diversity Institute teaches participants hands-on, practical skills for building cultural competency, welcoming diversity, increasing unity and inclusion. Skills include: • Building inclusive environments at all levels: in the workplace, in the classroom, on a campus, in government, in a community, in customer service – where everyone’s contribution is valued and inclusivity is an integral part of the environment; • Resolving conflicts between individuals and groups in a way that increases cooperation; • Assessing an organization’s strength in cultural competency; and • Building a team of support for one’s own leadership on diversity issues. Whether you are a college administrator or faculty member; a school teacher or parent; a manager in government or in the corporate world who is responsible for supervising diverse employees; a police officer or community activist – this Institute will give you the hands-on skills needed to be an innovative leader. In large group classes, participants learn a replicable set of practical skills, then in small group settings, there is a choice of one of two learning tracks to practice the skills with support and encouragement from others. In a lively consultation session towards the end of the Institute, participants have the opportunity to present their own workplace issues and receive concrete help from other participants, utilizing all of the skills learned from the Institute. The NCBI Leadership for Diversity Institute brings together participants from different countries and cultures, providing the unique opportunity to learn diversity and cultural competency skills in an international group setting. NCBI Certificate issued upon completion for 35 hours of Diversity Training. National Association of Social Workers Certificate issued for 33 contact hours through the NASW CE Program. Registration Dates: December 19, 2007 - August 5, 2008 Last day for Early Registration: July 17, 2008

Multiculturalism, Intersubjectivity, and Work in Professional Roles by R. Josselson, Ph.D. and J. Triest, Ph.D.

Dates: 08-18-2008 to 08-22-2008
Registration Deadline: 08-15-2008
Location: Eastham, Cape Cod MA  USA
Sponsored by: Professional Learning Network, LLC
Contact Name: Laura DeMatteo
Contact Email: prolearn@optonline.net
Website: www.cape.org
Description:
This workshop will offer both didactic and experiential modes the opportunity to reflect on experiences in professional roles. Participants will learn about their perceptions of their own work environments in order to enlarge their capacity to be effective in their roles.

12th Annual PRAXIS Commune on Participatory Development

Dates: 08-19-2008 to 08-28-2008
Registration Deadline: 06-30-2008
Location: Thrissur Kerala  India
Sponsored by: PRAXIS - Institute for Participatory Practices
Contact Name: Raffaella Catani
Contact Email: info@theworkshop.in
Website: www.theworkshop.in
Description:
PRAXIS Workshop, which is now at its twelfth edition, provides development workers, policy makers and proactive individuals with a forum for reflection as well as learning. Participants can learn about the latest tools, techniques and trends in participatory development from experienced workers in the field. Different thematic training modules are offered. The details of the modules and the application forms are available online at www.theworkshop.in Please, do visit the site and encourage like-minded individuals to do the same. We would very much like you to be with us for what we are sure will be a mutually enriching meeting.

The Facilitative Leader Workshop

Dates: 09-16-2008 to 09-19-2008
Location: Seattle WA  USA
Sponsored by: Roger Schwarz & Associates
Contact Name: Jessica Mills
Contact Email: jessica@schwarzassociates.com
Website: http://www.schwarzassociates.com/facilitator/14/Th...
Description:
This four-day experience offers you and other leaders or team members a detailed, comprehensive approach to increasing your effectiveness, and gives you intensive, supervised practice, so that you leave the workshop being able to lead, manage and participate in teams much more effectively.

Edward de Bono’s Six Thinking Hats®

Dates: 09-23-2008 to 09-24-2008
Registration Deadline: 09-08-2008
Location: Ottawa Ontario  Canada
Sponsored by: ODNOO / RDOOO
Contact Name: Lynda Curtin
Contact Email: info@LyndaCurtin.com
Website: http://www.odnoo.org
Description:
This two-day event is custom designed to meet the special needs of OD Practitioners— facilitation, coaching, negotiating, consulting... We will focus on how to use the tool to boost creative and innovative output as this is a key need in business and government today. Old ways are no longer working. The tool is in use around the world with great success. Global teams in particular find the tool to be great. It quickly includes each persons thinking in discussion, regardless of culture or language. Edward de Bono, recognized as the international authority on creative and innovative thinking, and creator of the tool, is currently number 40 on the list of the most influential global business thinkers. To discover who else is on the list go to www.Thinkers50.com. Clear your calendars now for Sept. 23-24 and plan to attend this special event. Register quickly in order to secure your spot. Our pricing is terrific! We are pleased to have one of only 25 Master Trainers in the world, Lynda Curtin, travel from Los Angeles to share her expertise with us. If you can’t attend you can arrange to bring Lynda to your organization by contacting her directly.

Global Organization Development Summit

Dates: 10-01-2008 to 10-04-2008
Registration Deadline: 06-30-2008
Location: Bangkok bangkok  Thailand
Sponsored by: Assumption University
Contact Name: Mohanakrishnan
Contact Email: krishnanonly@hotmail.com
Website: www.odsummitindia.org
Description:
Global Organization Development Summit (GODS) is conceived and launched in India in 2006, and the Asia OD NEtwork is also started in the same year. Subsequently, GODS 2007 is organized in China in Shenyang Province sponsored by Jianzhu University, Shenyang. This year it is sponsored by Assumption UNiversity, Bangkok, Thailand. The President of Asia OD Network: Mohanakrishnan Ramn and the Summit Chair: Dr Kitti

Evaluation 2008

Dates: 11-05-2008 to 11-08-2008
Location: Denver Colorado  USA
Sponsored by: American Evaluation Association
Contact Name: Heidi Nye
Contact Email: info@eval.org
Website: www.eval.org
Description:
The American Evaluation Association invites evaluators from around the world to attend its annual conference to be held Wednesday, November 5, through Saturday, November 8, 2008 in Denver, Colorado. We will be meeting right in the heart of the city at the Hyatt Regency. AEA's annual meeting is expected to bring together approximately 2500 evaluation practitioners, academics, and students, and represents a unique opportunity to gather with professional colleagues in a supportive, invigorating, atmosphere. The conference is broken down into 41 Topical Strands that examine the field from the vantage point of a particular methodology, context, or issue of interest to the field as well as the Presidential Strand highlighting this year's Presidential Theme of Evaluation Policy and Evaluation Practice. Presentations may explore the conference theme or any aspect of the full breadth and depth of evaluation theory and practice.