Global
Training Profession
Jonathan
is an active member of the
American Society of Training and Development (ASTD).
He’s held a number of official responsibilities and spoken at
its flagship conference several times.
Jonathan is a member of the Program Committee for the next ASTD
Annual Conference in Atlanta 2007. It's the biggest learning
event in the world. (Scroll down for more details.)
He was also the founding president of ASTD's Global Network in
the United Kingdom which he set up and led for 3 years. It
provided regular meetings and learning exchanges for UK learning
executives and practitioners.
Passionate about helping people learn, Jonathan's involvement in
the world's biggest association of workplace learning
professionals adds a pragmatic focus to his academic
qualifications.
It ensures he is up with the latest trends in organizational
learning and performance improvement. As well as the latest
techniques for helping people learn.
The world's biggest society of learners
The ASTD is the biggest society in the world dedicated to
workplace learning and performance. With 70,000 members from
around the world, the society conducts research and runs
conferences throughout the world.
The flagship conference is its annual International Conference
and Expo which attracts upwards of 8,000 people each year.
People travel from 76 different countries to hear influential
keynote speakers and attend many of the 250 leading edge
learning sessions on workplace learning and development.
Influential keynotes have included Rudi Guiliani, Marcus
Buckingham and Jack Welch.
Jonathan
is currently on the Program Advisory Committee of the
conference, an honor he is very proud of. He is working with a
team of leading experts on learning from around the globe to to
review speaking proposals for the
ASTD conference in 2007,
to be held in Atlanta, GA. Jonathan's focus is reviewing the
proposals in the leadership track.
ASTD Responsibilities
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2001 – 2004 |
Founding President of ASTD Global Network in London. |
|
2004 |
Coordinator of the Euro Forum, at ASTD's International
Conference and Expo Washington, DC |
|
2004 |
Speaker, ASTD International Conference and Expo. Values
Led Learning. |
|
2005 |
Coordinator of the Euro Forum, at ASTD's International
Conference and Expo Orlando, Fl |
|
2005 |
Speaker, ASTD International Conference and Expo.
Confessions of an Ex Talkshow Host: Communication
Secrets for Trainers from the Broadcasting World. |
|
2006 |
Program Advisory Committee, Leadership Track, ASTD
International Conference and Expo, Dallas, Texas |
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2007 |
Program Advisory Committee, Leadership Track, ASTD
International Conference and Expo, Dallas, Texas |
