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Event Purpose: We hope Leadership Academy is the beginning of your journey as an ATD Atlanta chapter leader. If you're already an active member, this is a great place to level-up as a leader in your volunteer space. Participants attend a workshop to help gain or enhance a leadership competency, and have an opportunity to network with the current Executive Board to learn more about the "day in the life" of a chapter leader. 

Learn more about our chapter committees here: Meet The Leaders

Workshop Topic: Influence for Results

Listen to the facilitator, Jeff Welch, provide an overview of the workshop topic:

Workshop objective: Achieve leadership success by applying your subtle influencing skills to get a person's full commitment to act.

In this 2-hour workshop, you will do the following:

• Learn how to use your influencing skills to positively affect others without formal authority

• Explore various influence factors related to your image and existing relationships

• Examine various influence styles and personalities

• Participate in a small group activity to determine the most effective influence strategy

This event supports the ATD Talent Development Capability Model and the three domains:

• Building Personal Capability: Collaboration & Leadership
• Developing Personal Capability: Career & Leadership Development 
• Impacting Organizational Capability: Consulting & Business Partnering

Target Audience:

• Trainers and Specialists
• Instructional Designers
• Coaches
• Learning Management Professionals
• Learning Technology Professionals
• OD/HR Professionals and Consultants
• TD/HR Senior Leaders

Workshop Facilitator: Jeff Welch

Jeff Welch is an accomplished corporate trainer, leadership coach, writer, and public speaker with over 20 years of experience in the Learning and Development space. He has delivered training workshops, seminars, and keynote speeches for clients in the United States, Canada, Europe, and the Caribbean. He specializes in facilitating instructor-led and virtual training courses which focus on professional development skills and train-the-trainer programming. Jeff’s training programs and speeches are well-researched and delivered in a down-to-earth, yet high-energy style. Jeff utilizes storytelling techniques and incorporates various “pearls of wisdom” from his grandmother.

A proud alumnus of Western Kentucky University, Jeff holds a Bachelor of Arts degree in Broadcast Journalism and Speech Communications. He also possesses numerous training certifications in the disciplines of diversity and inclusion, facilitation, instructional design, and human performance consulting. Jeff is President of his own consulting group, JW Training Events, LLC. A life-long Southerner, Jeff was raised in Owensboro, Kentucky, and currently resides in Atlanta, Georgia. He loves to cook, travel, and read historical markers while on road trips.

Event Host: Allison Baldwin

Allison has over 10 years of experience in Learning & Development, and started in LMS Administration. She is now an Instructional Designer at the Home Depot and considers herself a life-long learner. She is also the 2021 President-Elect of ATD Greater Atlanta and hopes to encourage others to step out of their comfort zone as they grow in their careers. Allison is a proud wife and mother, Kennesaw State University Alumni, loves cooking and spending time outdoors.

• Program Begins - 10:00 AM
• Program Ends - 2:00 PM