December 4, 2024
4:30 AM – 6:00 PM – Punch Bowl Social
This event is limited to 15 people
Are you looking to expand your skills around networking? Not to mention your network itself? Here is the perfect opportunity: Join us for the inaugural session in the Lead and Learn series!
This in-person, small-group event is designed to help both new and veteran talent development professionals:
- Build their network
- Lead others by sharing their knowledge and experience
- Gain new strategies and tools in pursuit of the Joy of Learning
Be prepared to share:
- Your networking experience
- Networking best practices
- Challenges and possible solutions when networking
We are aiming for an informal yet thoughtfully structured event with table activities and plenty of time for meaningful networking!
This program is FREE for all ATD-GTC members. Members may bring one complimentary, registered guest.
Meet Our Co-Hosts:
Kaydra Weigel, MEd, is a Talent Development Consultant at Noridian Healthcare Solutions. She has a diverse array of facilitation and instructional design experience that ranges from education to talent development. In her current role, she supports the onboarding experience for new employees, develops performance-based instructor-led trainings and eLearning courses, coaches trainers and facilitators in advanced facilitation and engagement techniques, partners with cross-functional teams to support organizational development, and facilitates professional learning opportunities for a company with an employee base of more than 2,000 people. Additionally, she has presented at IUPUI’s Assessment Institute, an event focused on assessment and improvement, and at ATD-GTC’s ‘Unlearning to Drive Change Vision’ event.
Mary Armstrong is an instructional designer at Aveda Corporation. Her previous 20-year career in journalism included staff jobs at the St. Paul Pioneer Press, Minnesota Public Radio and The New York Times. She is the secretary of the board for Wilson’s Image College Scholarship, a nonprofit benefiting African-American scholars from North Minneapolis, and a volunteer for the Association for Talent Development–Greater Twin Cities. Mary has journalism and political science degrees from Indiana University and a graduate certificate in instructional design and technology from Florida State University.