Networking

The 2005 Conference provides unlimited opportunities for attendees to network. The following special sessions are included in the conference registration fee and promote personal and professional contacts and learning in informal, informative, and fun formats. 

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One opening reception ticket is included in your conference registration fee. Additional tickets may be purchased for spouses, guest, or local clients.

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Cracker Barrel
Wednesday, April 13; 6:00 - 7:30 pm 

During the Cracker Barrel, presenters will host three different, 20-minute roundtable discussions on the topic of their choice. Between presentations, attendees will enjoy a short break where complimentary non-alcoholic beverages and cheese will be offered. The Cracker Barrel is a way to share HPT tips and information in an interactive and informal format.  

One ticket to the Cracker Barrel is included in all full conference registration categories. Additional tickets may be purchased. This event would be suitable for guests, clients, or co-workers not attending the entire conference.

1.                   Roger Addison: Performance Architect: Where We Work, What We Do, and How We Think

2.                   Mariano Bernardez: HPT and Performance Improvement Projects Outside the United States: Experiences, Key Success Factors, Teamworking & Networking

3.                   Carl Binder: Analysis, Design, Best Practices, Implementation Planning, and More: So Many Things To Do With the Six Boxes^TM Model

4.                   Bob Bodine: 10 Rules for Test Item Writing

5.                   Bob Carleton: HPT Applied to Individual Performance vs. HPT Applied to Organizational Performance: What Are the Differences?

6.                   Clare Carey: GREATER Leadership

7.                   Saul Carliner: 5 Ways to Improve Your e-Learning Program

8.                   Roger Chevalier: Performance Consulting: A Job Aid for Interacting with Clients

9.                   Bill Coscarelli & Sharon Shrock: Level Two Assessment and Certification Testing

10.               Gary DePaul: 8 Ways Performance Technologists Can Help "Accidental" Project Managers

11.               Brian Desautels & Jane Brennaman: Protecting Performance from Chaos

12.               William Dudeck: No More Deficit Thinking

13.               Timm Esque: Revisiting the Gantt Chart

14.               Jeanne Farrington: Your Biggest Advantage: Motivation Secrets Declassified

15.               Diane Gayeski & Michael Petrillose: Hot Tips: How to Protect and Generate Revenue from Your Existing Intellectual Assets

16.               Nancy Green: Discretionary Effort--What It Is and How to Get It!

17.               Carol Haig: Home Alone: Success for the Independent Consultant

18.               Judy Hale: Progressive Consulting: A Proven Approach to Engaging Line Managers

19.               Michelle Halprin: Project Management Toolkit: Real World Work Plans

20.               Jim Hill: Sponsor Commitment: Are They Serious?

21.               Roger Kaufman: The Stupid Things People Do When Doing Strategic Planning and Needs Assessment

22.               Erica Keeps: Consulting--Stepping Out

23.               Don Kirkey & Charlene Muir Benjamin: Feasibility Analysis: An Instruction Implementation Reality Check

24.               Miki Lane: Formative vs. Summative Evaluation

25.               Danny Langdon & Kathleen Whiteside: Using an HPT Consultant as a Model

26.               Andrea Moore: Certification and Re-Certification: The Ins and Outs

27.               Joanne Mowat: Establishing Learning Object Feasibility

28.               Margo Murray: Making Mentoring Meaningful

29.               Belia Nel: Performance Consultant Development Framework: Assess and Plan Your Professional Development

30.               Carol Panza: Organization Mapping: A Powerful Analysis & Communication Tool

31.               Ann Parkman: Building a Quick but Powerful Business Case for Your Performance Solution

32.               James Pershing: Findings: ISPI Professional Practices Survey

33.               George Piskurich: e-Learning: Fast, Cheap, and Good. Yes, You Can Have It All!

34.               Matthew Richter: JOLTS!

35.               Dana Robinson: ACT Your Way to Building Strategic Client Partnerships

36.               Jim Robinson: Engaging Line Managers in Performance Improvement

37.               Ed Schneider: What to Tell "The Powers That Be" About a Successful Project

38.               Darryl Sink: Key Strategic Initiatives: Learning and Performance Consulting to Increase ROI

39.               Jane Sink: Marketing: 5 Great Ideas for Getting The Word Out!

40.               Marilyn Spatz & Christine Marsh: Two Client Requests, Two Different Approaches by Two Certified Performance Technologists

41.               Rodger Stotz: Internal Target Marketing--Incorporating Life Cycle and Life Style into Your Performance Plan

42.               Jean Strosinski: Coaching--The Process, An Ethical Practice, and Strategies for Success

43.               Harold Stolovitch: From Training Order Taker to Performance Consultant

44.               Will Thalheimer: Instructional Design Mythologies: Test Your Knowledge and Weep

45.               Sivasailam "Thiagi" Thiagarajan: The Magic of HPT

46.               Darlene Van Tiem: ISPI HPT Model: Enhancing People, Process, and Organizations through Performance Technology

47.               Guy Wallace: Systematically Deriving Performance Enablers

48.               Katherine Wright & Stacey Johnson: 10 Considerations for Transitioning to a Virtual Team

49.               Randy Denbigh & Christine Link: Improving HPT Process and Practice at a Global Level

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More than 150 Certified Performance Technologists (CPTs) came together for an educational lunch at ISPI's 2004 Annual Conference in Tampa. The panel presentations focusing on "Lessons Learned in Implementing Performance Technology" received excellent reviews, as did the opportunity to share a meal with other CPTs. ISPI builds on the success of this inaugural CPT program with several events just for CPTs at this year's conference.

Lunch & Networking
Wednesday, April 13; 12:45-1:45 pm

A lunch for CPTs will take place on the first full day of the conference. This lunch provides an opportunity for CPTs attending the conference to meet and network with other CPTs.

CPT Performance Improvement Clinic
Wednesday, April 13; 2:00-5:30 pm

Directly after the CPT lunch, ISPI has arranged an intensive "double session" clinic exclusively for CPTs featuring several of the association's finest practitioners. Roger Addison, Judith Hale, Jim Hill, Roger Kaufman, Margo Murray, Geary Rummler, and Don Tosti will lead the program with assistance provided by Roger Chevalier, Carol Haig, Lynn Kearny, and Klaus Wittkuhn. This talented team of CPTs will facilitate your hands-on experience.

What makes great medical doctors valued by their patients? It is the depth of their diagnostic skills--the critical front-end work that sets these professionals apart from their colleagues. Look and listen as this group demonstrates their most effective tools and tactics for improving performance, and then coach you as you try out these resources.

As a result of attending this session, a CPT will be better able to:

• Select and use appropriate tools and tactics to resolve performance issues
• Recommend appropriate solutions to identified challenges and opportunities
• Identify meaningful methods of evaluation

Re-Certification Points

By attending ISPI's Annual Conference, a CPT earns 12 points toward the 40 necessary to re-certify after the initial three-year certification.

Have you heard about the Certified Performance Technologist (CPT) designation? For many years, businesses have asked ISPI to develop a means of identifying qualified performance improvement specialists to contract with or employ. Members have also asked for a way to differentiate themselves in the marketplace. ISPI's CPT designation fulfills these needs by evaluating past accomplishments in ten Standards based on four principles and six steps that guide the performance improvement process.

Visit the CPT Home page for more information on the CPT designation.

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Coffee Breaks -- Each morning, complimentary coffee breaks will be served in or near the ISPI Bookstore and registration area. Attendees will have dedicated time to expand their professional network by meeting with exhibitors and other conference attendees. 

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The Closing Banquet is a time to celebrate the accomplishments of ISPI Award of Excellence recipients, welcome the newly elected ISPI Board of Directors, and spend time with friends and colleagues. 

It's amazing how often we continue hunting in the same places to find something that we have already discovered isn't there. Keys…glasses…a wallet…performance. Yet, we still return to the same spots we searched before as though fixated. In this light-hearted, yet meaningful banquet talk "Looking for Performance in all the Wrong Places," invited speaker Harold Stolovitch humorously embarks us on a lifetime of performance pursuits that sometimes remind us of pink panther escapades. You'll be amused and enlightened as we travel through a series of Alice-in-Wonderland adventures, questing for performance in all the wrong places…desperately seeking to discover that prized performance treasure trove. You will leave the banquet with a map in hand that leads you directly to achieving your own desired performance goals.

Harold Stolovitch, PhD, CPT, past-president of ISPI and recipient of numerous awards for his contributions to learning and performance, is a man driven by a passion to help people achieve results they and their organizations value. For over 40 years, Harold has been a teacher, researcher, consultant, author and speaker, sharing his knowledge and creativity with those whose focus is workplace and personal performance success. He has authored more than 200 publications. Drawing from his work as a professor of instructional and performance technology, teacher in developing nations and consultant to many of the world's largest corporations, Harold's banquet address is aimed at both entertaining and enlightening us all.

Attire for the banquet ranges from business to formal wear. Tickets cost $55 and must be purchased in advance.

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