Blog Post: Summer SIG-in', having a blast...

I thought I would give you an update about what ASTD-Orange County's Special Interest Groups are doing.
 
I went to this month's OD-SIG meeting. There were 60 people there! The speaker was a youthful and dynamic Michael Cato, CEO of Restaurants on the Run.  He spoke passionately and without notes for close to an hour. Here's a leader who knows how to leverage his "People Department" as he calls them.  I would have to rank his talk today on a par with some of our better Learning Event speakers.
 
Because it was this SIG's 4-year anniversary, I had the floor for 3-4 minutes to recognize the hard work of Karen and Sangeeta (and SIG founders Cheri Sherman and Liz Barbour) and presented them with some modest soap/bath gel gifts with thank you cards I made for them.  Sangeeta later volunteered to me that she and Karen are not "burnt out yet" (thankfully!).

The CPLP SIG (I think we can call it that now since we are not going to be assessing any charges) has attracted 6 people, including myself.  We are having our first real study meeting tomorrow night.  Everyone is a member of ASTD-OC and they seem very pleased to know they have the chapter's support. I bought them all pancakes at IHOP for our Info Session. That never hurts. :-)
 
I am also coaching one individual who has passed the test but has not yet submitted her work product.  She has a deadline of September 1 so she is very motivated but wanted an accountability coach and someone to bounce ideas off of.

Our Career Management SIG Leader is still dedicated to providing advice for all people in transition throughout the month.  While we do have a monthly meeting, Rod asks that anyone interested in planning on joining the meeting call him to confirm their attendance.  He does this so that he can provide participants with advice and action plans to work on before the meeting, and also because he believes that career management shouldn't wait until the second Thursday of each month; it should be ongoing.

That's all the SIG-nificant news.  Feedback, comments, accolades all welcomed.