This presentation provides an overview of the Dr Deborah ("Deb") Lavin Colky Workplace Learning & Performance 2013 Student Award, the $1,000.00 scholarship, and the application process.

1. Application Deadline: November 10, 2013

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Dr. Deborah (“Deb”) Lavin Colky was a pioneer in
online learning and a consultant to global
corporations on human performance issues.
Deb was a professor and Director of the Training and
Development Graduate Program at Roosevelt
University.
Deb was a long-time Chicagoland ASTD (CCASTD)
Board member and was one of the first – worldwide to receive the ASTD Certified Professional in Learning
& Performance (CPLP) on April 1, 2006.
Sadly, Deb passed away on Jan. 22, 2007. In honor of
her spirit and legacy, the Dr. Deborah Colky
Workplace Learning & Performance Student Award was
created.
Deb continues to inspire her fellow colleagues, past
Award recipients, and former students.
Dr. Deb Colky, PhD., CPLP
CPLP Pioneer
1st CCASTD Director, CPLP

3. “Deb was an amazing learning leader, inspiring mentor, and good friend;
we miss her. We are proud to be able to support these aspiring workplace
learning & performance professionals in Deb’s name and as part of her
enduring legacy.”
-Paula Frangella
2013 CCASTD President and
friend to Deborah Colky
“Dr. Colky helped make my educational experience wonderful - she coached me
about how to look for work as a trainer. She was a great person to talk to about
Training & Development because she was so passionate. Additionally, Dr. Colky
suggested that I participate in CCASTD for extra credit, and doing so was one of
the best decisions that I have made. CCASTD is a great outlet for aspiring, and
active, learning professionals.”
-Reggie Jackson
2012 Dr. Deborah Colky
Award recipient
(When asked to give advice about applying:)
“Why not? Your biggest expense would be time. It's a great opportunity. All you
are really doing is putting your name out there and getting connected with a
community of people. You are getting planted with others who you will be
working with in the future”.
-Joie Marshall
2008 Dr. Deborah Colky
Award recipient

4. Eligibility Requirements
 Must currently be enrolled in a degree program that is related to workplace learning and performance
and planning a career in this field.
 Must reflect the qualities that Deb was best known for, including being passionate about organizational
development, people-centric, & humanistic.
 Must commit and contribute time to the local community, in Deb’s name, by actively participating in
events to promote raising visibility of the workplace learning & performance and the Chicagoland
Chapter of the American Society for Training and Development (CCASTD) through the end of December
2014.
 Must reside in the Chicago area.
 Application Deadline: November 10, 2013
Visit www.ccastd.org to learn more or apply!
Recipients will receive the following during the CCASTD Holiday Party:
 One-time cash award of $1,000.00
 Commemorative plaque
 One year membership to CCASTD
 The opportunity to have one article published in the professional magazineTraining Today
*The CCASTD Holiday Party takes place during ASTD Employee Learning Week (ELW) which is a global awareness
campaign highlighting the important connection between learning and achieving organizational results.