February 25, 2010
When Disaster Strikes: Learning and Development at Mercy Corps
Anna Young, Director of Strategy and Learning, Mercy Corps, Portland, Oregon

30% of total revenue, including sponsorships and registration fees, will be donated to Mercy Corps to support their humanitarian efforts in Haiti.

Intended Audience
Anyone at any level in the workplace learning field!

Overview
Learning and development professionals play a critical role in responding to organizational change and crisis. At Mercy Corps, where "helping turn crisis into opportunity" is everyday practice, staff must be prepared to quickly mobilize and deploy on a massive scale amidst the chaos. Similar principles apply to all organizations in the nonprofit, public and private sector where emergencies and changes of different nature and scale happen every day.

With a keen interest and commitment to organizational learning, Mercy Corps is rated one of the most effective international relief and development organizations in the world. ASTD-Cascadia is honored to support Portland-based Mercy Corps' Haitian relief efforts by hosting Anna Young, Mercy Corps’ Director of Strategy and Learning, in an interactive workshop to learn more about:

• the role of learning and development in an organization such as Mercy Corps,
• how learning and development is affected when disaster strikes, and
• how a commitment to organizational learning over the past several years has positively affected Mercy Corps’ ability to fulfill its mission.

Outcomes

At the conclusion of this workshop, participants will be able to:

• Understand the role of learning and development in an organization such as Mercy Corps
• Recognize how learning and development is affected when disaster strikes
• Learn how a commitment to organizational learning over the past several years has positively affected Mercy Corps’ ability to fulfill its mission
• Develop novel ways to capture and share learning, including communities of practice, changing the culture of learning, and collaborating on field studies.

Speaker

Anna Young
Director of Strategy and Learning
Mercy Corps
Portland, Oregon

Although she has delivered many training courses in Design, Monitoring and Evaluation, Ms. Young’s main interest lies where emergency response, local capacity building and conflict management intersect. She believes in setting strategic direction and driving organizational learning through analysis and research into (and subsequent application of) promising and best practices in relief and development.

Ms. Young has extensive international experience including managing an integrated relief and transitional development program in Maluku which provided relief and economic development assistance to conflict affected populations by working with local partner organizations. She has designed and implemented integrated approaches to development combining innovation across different fields (emergency, development, conflict management) and has developed field studies analyzing community-based approaches in Central Asia, Afghanistan, Kosovo, Indonesia and Georgia.

Ms. Young is originally from Southern England but now lives in Portland, OR. She has a Master's degree in French and German from Oxford University and a Post Graduate degree in Secondary Education. In her free time she enjoys anything involving cross country skis, hiking boots a tent or a kayak.

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CPLP Recertification Credit
CPLPs earn one recertification point/credit for each physical hour of continuing education within one’s current role/job or involving a new experience or content. You will need to keep records of the event and prepare any paperwork required by National ASTD. CPLP Website.

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Alignment with National ASTD's
Workplace Learning Profession Competency Model
9 Areas of Expertise
Areas in BOLD will be addressed in this presentation.

1. Designing Learning
2. Improving Human Performance
3. Delivering Training
4. Measuring and Evaluating
5. Facilitating Organizational Change
6. Managing the Learning Function
7. Coaching
8. Managing Organizational Knowledge
9. Career Planning and Talent Management

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Alignment with Chapter Focus Areas
Four Focus Areas
Areas in BOLD will be addressed in this presentation.

		1. Professional Development
		2. Networking
		3. Business Opportunities
		4. Giving Back

Date
Thursday, February 25, 2010

Time
8 am for Checkin
8:30 - 11:30 am for Program

Location
Marriott Downtown Waterfront
1401 SW Naito Parkway
Portland, OR 97201

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Cost
(prices go up after February 17)
Chapter Members and Affiliates: $25
Others: Others $40
Students: $10 reduction using promo code provided by the ASTD office.

Refreshments
Basic coffee service.

Special Notes
**Please be generous and bring a donation to Mercy Corps.

Sponsor
Our thanks to the Intercultural Communication Institute for sponsoring and supporting this event!

Be sure to check out the latest information on their Summer Institute for Intercultural Communication (SIC).

Cancellation Policy
To receive a refund, a written request (email) before the early bird date (listed above) must be received in the Chapter office. Refunds not available after the early bird date.

Reasonable Accommodation
ASTD-Cascadia Chapter is committed to providing reasonable accommodations at all its functions. If additional accommodations are needed, please contact the Chapter office as far ahead as possible before an event.

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