With our focus on the 2005 ISPI International Conference coming to Vancouver in April, we will not be holding an April Member Event.

Say Cheese! It's Cracker Barrel time again! The focus of this Cracker Barrel will be Nuggets from the 2005 International Conference to be held in Vancouver in April. Stay tuned for details....

MEMBER SPOTLIGHT: LISA O'NEILL
Corporate Trainer, eBay Inc.
by Phil Mentacos, Editor - Member Spotlights

Lisa O'Neill is just about to go into her third year as a senior member of a dynamic training team at eBay's global customer support center in Burnaby. She has focused on Performance Improvement since 1995, when as an application specialist for Creo Products Inc. she was asked to move to their Product Training Group. Lisa has completed her Masters in Online Learning at Royal Roads University.

It was easy for me to start with Lisa as our first member spotlight, as I work with her, and [more]

Virtual Teaming: It's Not Just for Distance Educators Anymore
- By Elizabeth Childs, Tammy Dewar and Dave Whittington

Virtual teams and working in the virtual environment are increasingly becoming the way in which work is done both within and between organizations. Virtual teaming offers increased flexibility in the way in which work is conducted and has several potential benefits... [more]

Volunteer Opportunities

We remain overwhelmed with the number of volunteers to help us at the conference! Thanks for your interest. Here are some specific needs:

Be a Cracker Barrel Presenter: If you are willing to share your conference experiences at our May 10th Cracker Barrel, we want to hear from you. Please respond by April 1st. Click for details.

Become a Roving Reporter: We need some Roving Reporters at the conference who are willing to write about their experiences for our website. Click for details.

Volunteer at the Conference: Volunteers at the conference will be acting as hosts to conference attendees, answering questions, and assisting where needed throughout the week. We are not anticipating anyone providing more than one hour of their time away from any conference activities.

If you are interested in volunteering and have not yet told us, please email Erica Groschler (ericag@telus.net).

Join your fellow BC'ers for Breakfast at the ISPI Conference! - Reminder

The Vancouver ISPI chapter is hosting a breakfast for all BC'ers attending the ISPI conference. This special event will be held on Thursday, April 14th, from 7:00-8:00am, in the Pan Pacific Hotel, Ocean View 7. If you plan on attending, please RSVP to Erica Groschler (ericag@telus.net) and let her know you will be joining us as we must determine how much food to order. Note that you MUST be attending the conference to attend the breakfast.

For more information on the conference, please visit our 2005 Conference area.

Erica Groschler
VP 2005 Conference

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Book Reviews - Read a good book lately? We will publish relevant book reviews on our website.

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