Greetings from Sacramento, Our chapter just rolled out a 5-year strategic plan. This, along with the ongoing industry change (WLP, CPLP, Competency Model,...
Paul - Most constitutions and bylaws have a clause with directions on how to modify or amend them. If your Chapter's bylaws don't include this type of clause,...
Hi, Paul, Also, I encourage you to use the model ASTD chapter bylaws as a guideline for any changes you consider, which are located on the Chapter Leader...
My guess is the appropriate/proper way to revise or amend your Constitution and By-Laws is defined in the actual documents. If not, then it should be voted on...
Hi, Paul, You can change the bylaws language directly through whatever process is outlined in your bylaws (usually a membership vote) rather than as an...
"Gearing Up for 2009 with Chapter Leader Resources" Thursday, January 15, 2009 4 p.m. ET, 3 p.m. CT, 2 p.m. MT, and 1 p.m. PT Whether you are a new leader or a...
Hello, Has anyone moved from Cvent to Eventbrite? What was your experience? Were you using Cvent for all registrations, payments for everything (not just ...
Hi group, I can't tell you how important a robust website is. In ASTD - Houston Chapter we use Tendenci - a Schipul product and accomplish all the tasks you...
We used Eventbrite for a Regional Conference and were pleased. Eventbrite is good and for the price difference I liked Eventbrite. Cvent is packed with MANY...
I have some questions for chapters that have created their own Yahoo or LinkedIn group. 1. Is membership in the group open to anyone or is it limited to paid ...
Hi David, The Metro DC ASTD Chapter has a LinkedIn Group. To answer your questions: 1. The membership of our LinkedIn group is limited to paid chapter members ...
Hello, The Houston chapter has a Linkedin profile, Facebook page and Twitter. We do not limit access to members only, because we use these now to attract and...
David, our chapter uses Moodle with Yahoo being the host for both our chapter web-site and discussion boards. Our site is open to the public for basic...
The ASTD Leadership Conference Planning Advisory Committee is hard at work planning ALC 2009. And we need your help. What authors have you read or workshops...
How are you managing the mix if you have a mixture of board members who... -- Can conduct chapter business during work hours & -- Cannot conduct chapter...
A few questions for other chapters putting on their own local conferences: - We usually hold our Your Turn to Learn conference on the first Friday in November....
Hi All, I hope this question isn't too far off the beaten path... Is anyone using any no- or low-cost solutions for employee document management? Example: HR...
Hi Kella, ASTDNH just determine the corporate membership structure. CORPORATE MEMBERSHIPS are priced at $125.00 and cover 3 members from the same organization....
This is not necessarily from personal experience, but from what I have learned over the years. The consensus among meeting planners seems to be that Friday is...
Please take a few minutes to take a brief survey about potential conference call/webcast topics for 2009. Let us know which topics would be of the most value...
In response to the yahoo question about snagging a fantastic, and low cost speaker.... ASTD Baton Rouge Chapter has Jim Smith, Jr coming on March 11. Jim is...
We are planning a Train the Trainer Workshop (one day) for our less experienced members. We would like to use our more seasoned members as instructors. Has...
To engage seasoned members who are CPLP, promote their participation as an opportunity to get CPLP recertification credit. See excerpt from recertification...
I would like to find out how other chapters handle a speaker's travel expense. Do you let the speaker make the arrangements and then reimburse? If so, do you...
Suggest you have that conversation with the speaker as to the speaker's preference. It may be part of their agreement. Before hand, scope out travel and hotel...
Hello! This is Cindy Brendel from the St. Louis Metropolitan Chapter. We typically don't pay for these expenses. On occasion, when we do reimburse the...
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In my experience with booking speakers for conferences and events, I have found that it is best to pay them a flat fee for their travel expenses based on...