November 14th Meeting Announcement and Call for Cracker Barrel Presenters

On November 14th, we will be holding an ISPI Vancouver Cracker Barrel. Chapter members and local experts will host 8-10 person multiple 20-minute round-table discussions on the theme of Innovative Interaction in Training, Presentations and Meetings. You choose which ones you want to participate in!

Stay tuned for details. If you have been to one of our Cracker Barrels in the past you know that it will be a great evening!!!

Click here to register now - even before we announce the speakers!

We Need YOU! Do you have a trick up your sleeve? An activity that works for you? If you do, consider broadening your impact by sharing it with your colleagues. Contact Trina Pouttu (trina.pouttu@bcliquorstores.com) by October 20th to find out how you can host a table.

For more information and registration - click here.

Renew Your Membership: Automatic Entry Into Free Draw!

Attend an ISPI-Vancouver event and be eligible to win free registration for the next ISPI International Conference!

Members who attend an ISPI-Vancouver event and complete a ballot will be eligible for a draw for one free registration for the upcoming 2007 International Performance Improvement Conference, which will be held in San Francisco, CA from April 30 - May 3, 2007.

Renew your existing membership by October 20, 2006 and you get an automatic entry into the draw! Click here to renew your membership.

*The draw will be held in February 2007. Winner must be a member of the ISPI Vancouver chapter.

An Unsung Hero

A belated welcome to Anne Leobold, who joined the ISPI-Vancouver team in the spring of 2006 as webmaster.

A big thank you to Anne from all of us at ISPI Vancouver for keeping the chapter website updated and for doing such a great job!

A spirited group of people attended the June 2006 Special Event, led by speaker Brian Fraser. They spent a morning discussing how to leverage energy to improve performance. Click on the links below to review the speaker's notes and a list prepared by the participants of things that interfere with performance.

Leveraging Energy to Improve Performance Speakers Notes (Powerpoint)- click here.
Sticky Notes on Things that Interfere with Performance (Word)- click here.

The September event was well attended! Fifty members and guests joined David Cory and Robert Gilfoyle for their workshop on How Do We Get Development and Learning to Stick?

Click here to review the speakers' notes.

Privacy and Copyright Issues for Trainers

The Vancouver Chapter of CSTD is presenting a workshop on Privacy and Copyright Issues for Trainers on November 2, 2006.

Have you ever wondered how these issues affect your training?

• What materials can and can't I use / copy / cut & paste?

• How do I get permission to use copyrighted material?

• What information can and can't I ask for / share?

Join us for a discussion with legal experts and take away practical tips to protect yourself, learners, and your organization.

For more information, click here.

Those of you who attended Brian Fraser's Leveraging Energy to Improve Performance may be interested in this follow-up event!

"How long can I sustain this pace?" Ambitious objectives, crushing deadlines, chronic change and ever increasing expectations have become the norm for most accountants, business executives, entrepreneurs and independent professionals. This isn't going to change! How do superior performers meet the increasing demands on their physical, mental and emotional capacity?

Strategies for High Performance: Practical Tools for Self-Leadership in Business and Life

1-day conference, November 7, 2006, Vancouver, BC

Discounted Rate for ISPI members - For more Information click here.

The international conference is being held in San Francisco, California from April 30-May 3, 2007. The Early Bird Registration deadline is February 16, 2007.

The 2007 Annual Conference - Performance Beyond Borders - will span all performance parameters: geographical, cultural, organizational, interpersonal, and intrapersonal. Our globalized world is challenging us to find common ground for greater success by reaching out across national boundaries, diverse cultures, and different languages, as well as prior mindsets and past practices. As organizational boundaries become more porous, previous perceptions are increasingly being questioned and expanded.

For more information, click here.

Performance
Xpress

The October 2006 issue of PerformanceXpress is now available online. PerformanceXpress is a newsletter published by the International ISPI and it contains a variety of articles of interest to ISPI members worldwide.

Click here to review this issue, including: The Organizational Elements Model, which discusses how measurable objectives add value to both the client and society. It is written by Carol Haig, CPT, and Roger Addison, CPT, EdD.

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.