SEPTEMBER CHAPTER MEETING -- Galvanizing Your Workforce and Energizing the Business: Harnessing the Power of Stories -- 9/16/10

September Chapter Meeting

Join us for a joint meeting with our Mid- New Jersey Chapter

Galvanizing Your Workforce and Energizing the Business: Harnessing the Power of Stories

September 16, 2010 from 5:30 pm - 8:00 pm

Old Mill Inn - 225 Route 202 - Basking Ridge, NJ

REGISTER HERE

Good stories entertain and inform. Great stories inspire and challenge. This is true in our personal lives. It's also true in business.

Effective business stories convey the values and beliefs of an organization.  They illustrate experiences that reinforce an individual and collective sense of purpose, meaning and vision.  If all we need is an appeal to the intellect, data and charts will suffice.  But when we need to generate the kind of energy and enthusiasm that celebrates who we are and what we can accomplish, we turn to stories.  Stories lift us by harnessing head, heart and hand.  They invite us into experiences that connect us directly with not just the storyteller, but with those around us.  There is power in storytelling – so how can we capture it?

About Our Program

Laura Queen, our featured speaker for the meeting is the Chief Learning Officer at Teva Pharmaceuticals.  Teva Pharmaceuticals is a global pharmaceutical company specializing in the development, production and marketing of generic and proprietary branded pharmaceuticals as well as active pharmaceutical ingredients.  Teva is among the top 15 pharmaceutical companies and among the largest generic pharmaceutical companies in the world.

In this presentation, you will learn:

·         What the best business stories have in common

·         When to use stories to foster organizational learning

·         Which stories have the most appeal

·         How to craft and share winning stories- the beginning, middle and end.

Note to chapter members and friends: This joint meeting of the North New Jersey and the Mid New Jersey ASTD chapters is being held at the Olde Mill Inn in Basking Ridge, NJ.  September’s meeting is not being held at the Crowne Plaza in Fairfield.

Our Agenda:

·        5:30 pm Networking & Buffet Dinner

·        6:00 pm Chapter Business 

·        6:15 pm Program

·        8:00 pm Networking & Meeting Adjourned

Date and Time: Thursday, September 16, 2010, 5:30 pm - 8:00 pm

Location: Olde Mill Inn 225 Route 202 - Basking Ridge, NJ, 908-221-1100

For directions, click here: OLDE MILL INN  

Pricing: 

Click on the appropriate link below to register for the meeting at the pre-registration price. In order to get the pre-registered rate for this meeting, you must register online by 6 pm on September 13, 2010. After that, "at the door" fees apply.

Member (dinner included): $35 pre-registered, $40 at the door

Member (program only): $25 pre-registered, $30 at the door

Non-member (dinner included): $45 pre-registered, $50 at the door

Non-member (program only): $35 pre-registered, $40 at the door

Professionals in Transition: $25 pre-registered and at the door

Please note: Cash and checks only are accepted for payment at the door. No credit cards will be accepted at the door for payment.

If you pre-register and need to cancel, you may do so by writing to one of the co-VPs of Programs: Rich Silkes, rsilkes@sherwoodlearning.com , or Ken Giglio, kgiglio@mindful-leaders.com. 

The deadline for refunds is Monday, September 13, 2010 at 6 pm.  

Sponsorship:

Event sponsors allow NNJ-ASTD to offer these high quality programs. Contact our Sponsor Chairman to discuss sponsor opportunities.

Chapter events are structured to provide opportunities for education, information exchange and networking. While the chapter encourages networking it requires that any attendee NOT engage in any direct persistent or aggressive solicitation of business from members or guests during any chapter event.  It is permitted to exchange business cards or place brochures, flyers or business cards on display at the designated resource table.