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August
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ASTD Event - "Preventing Death By Lecture"
The South
Central Wisconsin Chapter (SCWC) of American Society for Training
and Development (ASTD) is hosting "Preventing Death By Lecture"
on September 21, 2005. The session will be presented
by Sharon Bowman, a professional speaker, author and teacher.
For over 30 years she has worked with presenters to fine-tune
their information-giving skills and with businesses that want
to offer exceptional in-house training programs.
For more information,
visit http://www.astdscwc.org/events/profdev/sept05pdi.htm.
Annual
Caregiver Forum & Exhibition - Discover Support and Hope
Save the date!
On September 21, 5:30 - 8:30 p.m. & September 22, 8 a.m.-4:30
p.m., the East Madison/Monona Coalition of Aging (EMMCA) is sponsoring
it's annual Caregiver Forum & Exhibition. The forum will be
held at the American Family Insurance Training Center, Madison
from 5:30 - 8:30 p.m. on Wednesday, and 8 a.m.-4:30 p.m. on Thursday.
Highlights include:
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An
evening session with guest speaker, Leah Dobkin on: "Beginning
the Dialog: Options for Solving Work/Life Issues for Employees
and Managers"
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Attorney
Helen Marks Dicks of the Coalition of Wisconsin Aging Groups'
Elder Law Center on the stages of caregiving and getting your
parents' affairs in order
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An
entire day of workshops, both for family caregivers and professional
caregivers
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Keynote
address by Camille Wade Maurice: "Care for the Caregiver
- The Delicate Balance: Caring for Self; Caring for Others"
and "Shuffle, Shift and Swerve: Managing Changing Times
in Health Care"
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Workshop
sessions focusing on such topics as elder abuse, professionals
who can help, long distance caregiving, medication management,
discovering adult day centers, and more
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Exhibitors
from various related organizations
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Transportation
and respite for caregivers and lunch will be provided.
See
attached for more details. For more information or to get
your name on a mailing list, please call the EMMCA at 608-223-3100
or send a message to emmca@chorus.net.
Malcolm
Baldrige National Quality Award Regional Conference
By Brian Lassiter
President, Minnesota
Council for Quality
As a valued
member of SHRM, we would like to make you aware of an extraordinary
event taking place on September 28 - the Malcolm
Baldrige National Quality Award Regional Conference. Hosted by
the Minnesota Council for Quality, an organization with which
we have collaborated before, this full-day event will focus on
best practices of 10 world class organizations:
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Robert
Wood Johnson University Hospital Hamilton (2004 Baldrige recipient
in health care)
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The
Bama Companies (2004 Baldrige recipient in manufacturing)
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Kenneth
W. Monfort College of Business (2004 Baldrige recipient in education)
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Caterpillar
Financial Services Corporation (2003 Baldrige recipient in service)
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Community
Consolidated School District 15, Palatine IL (2003 Baldrige
recipient in education)
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St.
Luke's Hospital of Kansas City (2003 Baldrige recipient in health
care)
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SSM
Health Care, St. Louis (2002 Baldrige recipient in health care)
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University
of Wisconsin-Stout (2001 Baldrige recipient in education)
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Pearl
River School District, New York (2001 Baldrige recipient in
education)
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Sunny
Fresh Foods, Cargill (1999 Baldrige recipient in manufacturing).
The conference
will showcase seven key areas:
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Leadership
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Strategic
planning
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Customer
(student/stakeholder/patient) focus
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Measurement/information
and knowledge management
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Human
resource (faculty/staff) focus
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Process
management
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Results.
Advance registration
(before September 8) is $445 ($495 regular). An
additional $50 discount is available for faculty or for groups
of five or more registering at the same time. A pre-conference
workshop for Baldrige Beginners is planned for the afternoon of
September 27; registration is $100 for those attending the conference
($150 for those who are not). Both events are at the Sheraton-Bloomington
(formerly the Radisson South, Hwy 100 and 494). A block of rooms
has been reserved at a special $129 rate, but register before
September 6 to take advantage of the room discount.
For more information,
visit http://www.baldrige.nist.gov/2005_Regionals/Regionals.htm
or call 301-975-2036 (email nqp@nist.gov).
To register, visit http://maccinc.com/brc2005/,
call MACC at 215-822-6319, or visit http://www.baldrige.nist.gov/2005_Regionals/Regionals.htm
and fax the registration form to 215-822-3332.
This is a
tremendous opportunity to learn from the best in manufacturing,
service, health care, and education. Never before has a collection
of 10 national role model organizations visited the Upper Midwest
for the same event; don't miss this extraordinary learning and
networking opportunity.
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