TRIGGER YOUR TRANSFORMATION: 5 Steps for Getting Your Professional Development on Track & Keeping Up with Evolving Learning Tech CETS 2015 Keynote Handout - Part 1 http://www.slideshare.net/owlsledge/chicago-elearning-technology-showcase-2015-keynote-handout-part-1 CETS 2015 Keynote Handout - Part 2 http://www.slideshare.net/owlsledge/chicago-elearning-technology-showcase-2015-keynote-handout-part-2 KEYNOTE DESCRIPTION Training and learning pros, how attentive are you to your own professional development? Are you making choices, or leaving it all to chance? Think about it: conferences, courses, Webcasts, workshops, a long list of free Webinars. Regardless of if you invest your money, you're certainly investing your time—to do what? To become what? How do these programs and events align to your professional goals and personal priorities? What is your intention—education, knowledge acquisition, skill practice, networking, or a shift in perspective? What are you hoping to gain, and how will you put it into action when you leave? What is your return on investment (ROI) for expending your money, energy, and effort and taking time from your busy schedule and competing priorities? In other words, what's in it for you? How does your organization benefit—what’s its ROI? Join keynote presenter Trish Uhl for this strategic planning session where you'll make this the year you connect with purpose; spend the time to create your unique individual development plan (IDP); and put it into practice to achieve your dreams and become the person you aspire to be. http://www.chicagoelearningshowcase.com/sessions.html Professional Development & Career Advancement for Training Managers, Trainers, Instructional Designers, Training & Development Specialists, and other Learning Professionals TRISH UHL > KEYNOTE PRESENTER BIO rish Uhl, PMP, CPLP, founder of Owl's Ledge, has been involved with instructional technologies for more than 20 years. She started as a Senior Application Specialist in the 1990s and helped Xerox launch its first Distance Learning & Education Center. Trish has contributed to and managed the development of proprietary, in-house learning applications and commercially sold "shrink-wrapped" instructional software for such brands as ADP, Manpower International, Gables Residential, Honda, James Hardie, and the Milwaukee School System. Two of her team's K-12 edutainment games have won multiple awards. Trish has built a worldwide reputation for practical application of the ATD Competency Model and the ATD Certified Professional in Learning & Performance (CPLP). She is the author of Mastering the CPLP: How to Successfully Prepare for – and PASS! – the CPLP Knowledge Exam and a contributing author to multiple books on the topics of technology and teams. She is currently working on her next book, which is about the fundamentals of the Experience API (xAPI) and will be released later this summer.