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Welcome
to STEP: Systems for Training, Evaluation, and Performance.
STEP is a small consortium of executives and senior practitioners
in training and performance improvement disciplines. Members generally
represent medium to large corporations recognized for their excellence
in employee development and performance support. The group is intentionally
small in order to remain collegial, and crosses industry sectors in
order to minimize concerns about what can be shared (though a founding
principle of the group is that we only share non-proprietary information).
As one member put it, the idea is to replicate the kind of discussions
that go on around a kitchen table. In other words, STEP offers its
members a chance to "cut to the chase" and discuss issues
that affect their success.
WEBINAR SERIES: What began as an occasional
webinar early in 2004 has been formalized into a regular series.
Webinars offer presentations by members and noted external speakers,
and a forum for topical discussions hosted by STEP members. Follow
the Webinars tab above for more details.
SPRING 2009 MEETING: Our
2009 meeting took place on March 30-31, hosted by Booz Allen Hamilton's
Pat Golden, in McLean, VA. Details
here. Post-meeting, I've added links
to speakers' PPT slides to the meeting agenda.
SUMMER 2008 MEETING: Our
2008 meeting took place July 17-18, hosted by Sun Microsystems,
at their main campus in Menlo Park, California. Details
here.
Post-meeting, I've added links
to speakers' PPT slides to the meeting agenda.
SPRING 2007 MEETING: Once again, Malcolm
Roberts and his colleagues at the Bank of Montreal's Institute for
Learning neat Toronto served as our hosts. The last time they hosted
was in the spring of 2002, and it was an event participants will
never forget. The meeting content was great, but beyond that stands
the superb interactive dinner we were served. (Photos available
at STEPlite.) Malc outdid himself
in 2007. On the business side, thanks to support from Karie Willyerd
at Sun Microsystems, we had Jay
Cross as a guest participant. Jay coined the term e-Learning
and more recently has been an advocate for Informal Learning - trying
to use new technologies to enhance the effectiveness of all that
we learn on the job. Details
here.
STEP is intentionally small to foster collegiality.
Potential new members are generally recommended by existing members,
reviewed for compatibility and to assure we remain diverse, then invited
to try us out before committing to membership. If you've reached this
screen, it's probably because your company has been invited to join
- or is already a member and you've been invited to represent them.
Membership is by company, renewed annually, with most companies having
one to four representatives.
We use YahooGroups to support our listerv. Once subscribed,
by addressing mail to STEP@YahooGroups.com, members can send news
or a query to all members at once. If you are already a member of
STEP but haven't subscribed to the listserv, please click the Communications
tab, above, and follow the instructions you'll find there.
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