June Webinar
Our June Webinar will be Needs Assessment Data Gathering Methods Applied and Lessons Learned on June 23rd 2009 from 1300 EDT to 1400 EDT. Presented by Lt(N) Brett Christensen, Michael J. Hajba, Barb Spice, and Kayleen Grage.

Boise State IPT MS Students will share their methodology and lessons learned on data gathering for a recent needs assessment project conducted as part of their studies. At the end of the webinar - attendees will be able to describe three data gathering methods, their pros and cons and take away job aids for each method as well as lessons learned from a real life application of a needs assessment.

For the full Webinar announcement, click here.

This professional development event is open to all current members of the Armed Forces Chapter of ISPI. The webinar will be delivered using the Canadian Defence Academy’s DNDLearn Live room combined with a telephone bridge for improved audio access.

Webmaster Recognized
The Armed Forces Chapter recognized Michael Polkinghorn for his exceptional work on the AFC website. Pictured here is Michael being congratulated by Past-President, Roger Chevalier. Michael received an engraved pen and pencil set as a token of the Chapter’s gratitude. Then Michael was forced to post this announcement on our website.

Committees
The AFC Membership Committee has been established to examine the current membership structure and benefits associated to each type of membership in the current AFC By-Laws. Members Scott Rooke from the USCG and Rebecca G. Bodrero from Concurrent Technologies Corporation have both come forward to work on this initiative. If you would like to know more about the committee or have opinions you would liek to share, please let them know and they will pass it to the other committee members!

The AFC Website committee has also been established. The committee is hard at work defining what the next generation AFC website and Web 2.0 presence will look like. If you have suggestions, please send them to David Padley or Michael Polkinghorn.

The Benefits of Membership
In addition to the discount that Armed Forces Chapter members receive for the annual Performance Improvement Conference, we will now receive a $50 discount off the ISPI member rates for the Fall Conference and for Public Institutes as well as the ISPI member rates for other events such as the Workshops and SkillCasts. To receive these discounts, contact the ISPI Director of Marketing and Sales at marketing@ispi.org or 301 587 8570, ext 111.

The webinar presenters list for this year is quickly coming together. Presenters will include Allison Rossett, Don Tosti. Ruth Clark, Cdr Hart USCG, Deborah Stone and Steve Villachica and more! As the details are firmed up we will get all the details out to you so you can plan long term!