Post ISPI 2008 Conference in New York New York

I returned home from the 2008 ISPI Conference in New York City mid-week. Again, it was a great experience! It is always great to catch up with folks of like-mind once a year. The like-mind is all about HPT - Human Performance Technology - the science behind Performance Improvement of individuals, processes, organizations and society - all of which are "human systems" as Don Tosti would say.

Here is the Session Map - a take-off on my Lesson Map from PACT - that Ray Svenson and I used for our session on "Performance-based Employee Qualification/Certification Systems and Tests" based on our recent book - which is available as a free PDF at http://qualificationcertificationsystem.wikispaces.com/

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And here is the best review we got in the Evaluations:


















It’s one thing when someone circles all of the 1s, 2s, 3s, 4s, or 5s. It’s another when they add pluses and write a detailed set of comments. Especially when it comes from someone so experienced!

Thanks for the feedback!

Here is the book cover:

















I also had an "Apple Barrel" session where I covered my use of the "Management Areas of Performance" model - covered in the book I wrote and released as a free PDF about 8 months before the "PbEQ/CS" book. More on that later in another Blog Posting.

It was a great conference.

I captured 19 sets of video for the HPT Practitioner Podcasts - so now there are 21 Video Podcasts - all available at HPT Connections - which you can join for free and see these! Or go to Google Video and search on "HPT Practitioner Podcast" to find all 21 for downloading! The Podcast HPT Practitioners include:

1. Joe Harless (the inaugural Podcast of this contest)
2. Guy Wallace
3. Marc Rosenberg
4. Roger Kaufman
5. Jim Hill
6. Geary Rummler
7. Roger Addison
8. Klaus Wittkuhn
9. Don Tosti
10. Clare Carey
11. Carol Haig
12. Ray Svenson
13. Rob Foshay
14. Roger Chevalier
15. Fred Stewart
16. Mark Laurin
17. Ruhe Hao
18. Luise Schneider (in English and German)
19. Brian Desautles
20. Miki Lane
21. Andreas Kuehn (in English and German)

And here from the window of the Marriott restaurant where I had lunch after my session with Ray – from long distance - the 8th floor - is the famous NYC Naked Cowboy performing on the street below:



Hope to see you in Orlando at the 2009 Conference! Start your planning now! Go to http://www.ispi.org/ and bookmark that site now. And then click on the link to HPT Connections and join - for free - and find the HPT Practitioner Podcasts - and think about creating your own to add to this first batch of 21!

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