November 2008

by Ralph Desmond
Acting President ADAPT

First, I bring you great news of up-coming events! Our May Annual Meeting will be held Thursday, May 14th  2009 at the Warren Conference Center in Ashland, MA.  This will be an ALL DAY event with several speakers, a keynote and a vendor area.  If you would like to help in this effort, please step forward. In particular, we would like suggestions on speakers and topics.  Please plan on attending.

As some of you recall, we have not has much luck with the weather for our December meeting for the last two years (read – SNOW!).  As a result, we will forego our usual holiday reception and hold a regular meeting at the Clark Management Center in Framingham. The resulting savings will help to underwrite our May full day event. We will try to sneak a little holiday surprise in to the December meeting!

Where possible, for each of our future meetings, we will try to include as much distance access as we can. In these cases, access will be available only for paid ADAPT members - so get your dues in! (This is a steal at $50 per year!)  Also, vendor listings are available.

We thank Pat Murphy for working with Frank Quirk on our Program Committee. She not only brought us our October speaker, Nathaniel Norton, but also is the host for our November meeting at VHB in Watertown.

The November meeting looks to be a blockbuster. A number of speakers will be bringing us up-to-date tips and tricks for trainers. Experts in several fields will be sharing their recommendations for sources, tools and techniques to improve your training efforts. This is one meeting you shouldn’t miss – and bring a co-worker, a client, a manager, a friend!

Des                                 Ralph E. Desmond - Acting President
rdes@rdesmond.com       (Please, put ADAPT in the subject field)
508 487-1881                   POB 1626, Provincetown MA 02657