ISPI Vancouver Bulletin
April 29, 2004

Request for Mini-Proposals for June 8th Cracker Barrel | Special Event coming on June 22
Welcome to our new VP 2005 Conference| And more!

Announcing Cracker Barrel on June 8th

Say cheese! It's time for an ISPI Vancouver Cracker Barrel. The evening of June 8th we'll have half a dozen presenters running simultaneous table discussions. The format will be both intereactive and informative. Participants will be able to pick the three they most want to hear.

We are in the process of determining speakers and would like to extend an invitation to all ISPI Vancouver members to submit a mini-proposal.

This is an excellent opportunity for our members to share their experiences and expertise with each other. If you have a topic you can share successfully in about 20 minutes, we want to hear from you.

If you are interested in presenting, send an email to Michael Doody, VP Programs, at mcdoody@shaw.ca by 5pm on Monday, May 10th. In your email, answer these four questions:

• What's your topic?
• What's your W.I.I.F.M.? *
• How can you do it successfully in about 20 minutes?
• Why you?

Michael will personally be getting back to those who respond.

This is an excellent opportunity for our members to share their experiences and expertise with each other. So we hope to hear from lots of you. If we get more than we can handle this time around, we can always do another similar event in the future.

* W.I.I.F.M. = "What's In It For Me"

Say Cheese!

Submit your mini-proposal to present at the Cracker Barrel by
May 10th at 5pm.

Special Event with Tara Fenwick

We are continuing to work on details for our 1/2-day workshop with Tara Fenwick the morning of June 22nd, "Evaluating Adult Learning - How to Figure Out What They Really Know, Without Tears". Tara Fenwick is Associate Professor of Adult Education at the University of Alberta.

Here's one detail to wet your whistle: Your registration fee will include a free copy of Tara's book, The Art of Evaluation: A Handbook for Educators and Trainers.

Can't wait for the session? Click here to read the first page of each chapter of the book you'll be receiving.

More details on the event coming next week...

ISPI welcomes our new VP 2005 Conference

The ISPI Vancouver Executive Team is delighted to announce the appointment of member Erica Groschler to the role of VP 2005 Conference, for a 1 year term. Erica will lead our chapter's role when the ISPI International Conference comes to Vancouver next year.

Many of you know Erica, but for those of you who don't, Erica is an ISPI Vancouver past president, a seasoned performance consultant and has attended several ISPI international conferences in the past. Erica is busy putting together a core team and in the near future will be creating opportunities for member input and involvement. Stay tuned!

In Other News ….

It's less than a year away... time to mark your calendar!

Plan now to attend when the ISPI International Conference comes to Vancouver next April. The 2005 conference, entitled “Process, Practice, Productivity,” will span six days:

• HPT Institute: April 10-12
• Conference: April 12-15
• Workshops: April 11-12
• Exposition: April 12-14

Initial conference details are now available... just click here. For those of you interested in speaking or exhibiting at the conference, you will find this information is now available.