On March 14th our speaker will be Ian Cook who will speak on Making Leadership Development Count - Lessons from the Pursuit of a Return On Investment.

Business pressures have led to an increasing investment in the development of leadership talent. With this investment comes increasing pressure to know that the money is delivering tangible returns. All this pressure focuses on the providers of leadership learning and coaching. How do we use this pressure to take leadership development to the next level and really make it count?

Drawing on research, years of practice and a lot of hard thinking Ian will engage the audience in answering the question above. Through an interactive combination of stories, insight and activity we will look beyond ROI and build an exciting picture of the future for leadership learning.

For more details and registration - click here.

On April 11th our speaker will be Alec Sharp who will speak on Five Common Errors in Process Improvement and How to Avoid Them.

Recent years have seen a huge resurgence of interest in everything to do with "business process." Unlike the near-hysteria accompanying the Business Process Reengineering bandwagon in the early 1990s, the current interest is much more pragmatic. Initially, it was driven a need to "do more with less" during the economic slowdown, and by disappointing results from expensive technology investments that failed to deliver benefits because business processes weren't adequately considered, Now, the drivers include the "vanilla-ization" of ERP implementations, process offshoring, integrating processes across the extended enterprise, and of course, the ongoing desire to improve organizational performance.

After a quick recap of the basics and the history of "process orientation," we'll turn our attention to some of the problems that accompany process improvement initiatives with depressing regularity.

For more details and registration - click here.

That's not all.... We've got a GREAT SLATE of speakers lined up through summer 2006:

• May 9, 2006 - Gina Vanderham - Minding Your Own Business is Costing Your Business: How to Address Addictions in the Workplace
• June 13 , 2006 - Eli Mina - Building Better Decision Making Teams
• July 11, 2006 - David Cory and Robert Gilfoyle - How Do We Get Learning and Development To Stick?

Visit our Events page for details - and stay tuned for updates.

Mark your calendar for upcoming ISPI Vancouver events!

Happy New Year!

With the turn of the calendar to 2006, Margy Hayden has taken over the reigns as President of ISPI Vancovuer from our now-Past-President, Weston McMillan.

Click here for Margy's first message to members.

Welcome to the newest member of the ISPI Vancouver Executive, Ken Bellemare.

Ken has assumed the role of VP Marketing, and we are all looking forward to his contributions!

Ken has been a frequent presenter at ISPI Vancouver and at two international ISPI.

Click here to read Ken's bio.

ISPI International Conference

Enjoy last year's ISPI conference in Vancouver? Want more?

44th Annual International Performance Improvement Conference
Researching the Radical - Dallas, Texas

Conference: April 8-11, 2006
HPT Institutes: April 6-8, 2006
Workshops: April 7 & 8, 2006

Download the Annual Conference brochure http://www.ispi.org/ac2006/DallasBrochure.pdf

For complete up to date conference information or to register to attend visit http://www.ispi.org/ac2006/

Each monthly issue of ISPI International's PerformanceXpress contains exciting feature articles highlighting current developments and ideas in performance improvement, as well as regular columns written by dedicated professionals spotting trends, presenting Human Performance Technology (HPT) case studies, and delving into behavioral science. Best of all... PerformanceXpress is FREE.

Try these quick links:
Current issue
Must Read Feature Article Archives
Tidbits from Behavior Science by Carl Binder Archives
TrendSpotters Archives
Search PerformanceXpress Archives

Haven't renewed your membership yet? Do it today - and get all the events listed above - including your dinner - for no additional charge!

Click here to read our 2005-2006 membership renewal letter from our VP Membership, Kirsten Hansen.

*NEW* This year you can renew and pay your membership online using your Visa or MasterCard! Or you can still mail a cheque if you prefer.

Have something you'd like to contribute? We'd like to hear from you!

We are always seeking articles, book reviews, website reviews and other good stuff of interest to our members.

Send your submissions to info@ispi-van.org, subject: ISPI e-Spectrum Content.