December, 2006

Upcoming Events

December Meeting: Holiday Party

It's time again for the chapter's annual holiday party! We’ll be meeting at Kit Brown’s house for the festivities. Non-alcoholic beverages will be provided, but feel free to bring more spirited drinks.

Also, please bring a gift for the White Elephant gift exchange. (For those of you unfamiliar with this practice, wrap and bring something useless, wacky, or silly. Be creative. No fruitcakes, please.)

Spouses and significant others are welcome!

Date: Saturday, December 9th
Location: Kit Brown's humble North End Boise abode, 2112 N. 28th St. For directions, email Kit Brown at pastpresident@stc-src.org.
Time: 7-9 pm (roughly)
Price: Free

January Meeting

Our first 2007 meeting will be on January 10, and we still need a meeting place! If there is anyone who can volunteer to host this meeting or can recommend a low-cost/no-cost venue, please email Russell Willerton at programs@stc-src.org.

Date: January 10, 2007
Time: 7 pm
Location: TBD – please email Russell for suggestions!
Program: “How to Build a Business Case” presented by Jack Molisani

A business case is the fundamental tool in build support and justify resources. In this interactive and entertaining session, returning speaker Jack Molisani will present what you need to know and do in order to get a project approved and funded. Topics will include:

The components of a successful business case
How to identify what really matters to each stakeholder
How to put the message in terms they value
Strategies for maximizing success

Want a raise in pay, new authoring tools or a bigger budget? Don't miss the meeting January 10th at 7 pm!

January 19th e-Learning Workshop

On January 19 the Willamette Valley Chapter of the STC and Portland State University will sponsor a workshop on e-learning, to be given by Jane Smith. The title of the program is “Learn How to Develop e-Learning Tools”.

Date: Friday, January 19, 2006
Time: 8:30 - 5:00 p.m.
Location: Portland State University
Cost: STC, ASTD and CHIFOO—Members: $99, Non-members: $139, Members and Students: $99
RSVP: Contact Sue Kloster at: susan_kloster@mentor.com or 503.685.1932. Send an e-mail or call by Monday, January 15, 4 pm. Workshop is limited to 20 attendees.
Menu: Lunch and refreshments will be provided

In this dynamic workshop, Jane Smith shows how to determine both your organization's readiness for e-Learning and your own readiness to design and create it. The workshop will help you build the specific skill set needed to design and develop e-Learning tools. It will give you opportunities to practice and apply newly acquired knowledge and skills.

Learning Objectives:

During the workshop, you will:

Evaluate your organization's readiness for e-Learning
Identify differences between writing manuals, creating classroom training, and developing e-Learning
Conduct a job task analysis using Jane's visual method
Create screen layouts for sample content
Write an effective interaction
Evaluate your own skills and readiness

Certified Performance Technologist and instructional designer Jane Smith is currently the Manager of the Instructional Design SIG for STC and an independent consultant with her own company, JEM Communications, LLC. (www.jemcommunications.com).

She started her professional life as a teacher. That experience enables her to view every project from an end-user perspective: how they think, learn, and respond. An accomplished facilitator, she has more than 30 years of experience in training and teaching. Jane's projects have won several awards of excellence in STC's publications competitions and a Gold Award in Brandon Hall's 1998 Interactive Multimedia Training Contest.

Happy Holidays!

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