Summer's (almost) over, kids are gearing up for school. What does ATD-OC have lined up for your professional development?

Over the second half of the year, our Chapter Programs lineup covers a broad range of critical capabilities—including authentic networking, artificial intelligence, team dynamics, adaptive leadership, and training efficacy. Take a look!

6:00 PM (In person)

Making Authentic Connections – A Networking Event

If you're like the person putting together this eNewsletter, you dread the "work" in "network." On August 19, we are going to explore how rewarding it would be if you could gather at least 5 new connections at the next event you attend by showing up as your authentic self.

12:00 PM (webinar)

Cultivate Creative Thinking for the Future At Work

During this virtual roundtable, we'll

• brainstorm ways you can practice enhancing your creative thinking
• link opportunities to pair creative thinking with artificial intelligence with the work you do

6:00 PM (In person)

Transforming Teams Workshop

Many team problems are not really communication, motivation, or performance problems. They are relationship and behavior problems that have never been named clearly enough to change.

Move beyond culture slogans, engagement surveys, and values posters to examine how culture is created: through the behaviors people demonstrate daily, the decisions organizations reward, the conversations teams avoid, and the systems that either reinforce trust or quietly undermine it.

6:00 PM (In person)

Beyond the AI Tunnel: The Adaptive Skills That Outlast Any Disruption

Artificial intelligence may be today's biggest disruption, but it won't be the last. In Beyond the AI Tunnel, Katie Rucker challenges learning and talent leaders to broaden their perspective, explore the interconnected forces shaping the future of work, and discover practical ways to build the adaptive capabilities that outlast any single trend. Participants will leave with fresh ways of thinking and practical tools they can immediately use to strengthen leadership, learning, and organizational readiness.

12:00 PM (webinar)

Why Employees Ignore Training (And How To Fix It)

Join us for a live, open conversation where L&D peers come together to tackle one of our profession's most persistent challenges: training that gets completed but doesn't actually change anything.

6:00 PM (In person)

Celebrate and Elevate – Annual Holiday Event

We invite all of our Learning Community to be a part of this culminating event! Celebrate your successes, connect with your peers, and set a vision for the future with us!

The above list does not include the many offerings scheduled by our Membership team or Special Interest Groups. For a complete listing of events and to see where you want to invest in your professional development, check out our Events Calendar.