Building Our Vision ATD Greater Atlanta

Catch up with Allison Baldwin in our 2nd installment of EB Check-Ins. We talk about the controversial topic, Hybrid Meetings, and how ATD ATL is approaching our new normal. To check out a hybrid meeting for yourself, join us on for our Chapter Meeting on April 5 where we discuss Core Strengths Assessments.

Guests: VP Technology Rhonda Carr, VP Strategic Partnerships Jennifer Schmelter and Chief Financial Officer Stephanie Smith. We check in with the new ATD Atlanta Executive Board to see what they're up to for this year. We discuss their leadership journey, the challenges of the hybrid meeting format, and what they're excited about in their term.

Join us as we talk to Thu-Hong Nguyen on implementing DEI programs in organizations. She walks us through the challenges of implementing a DEI program, when to introduce accountability into your program, and the Acacia Company's DEI model for practitioners. Connect with Thu-Hong at https://www.linkedin.com/in/thuhong/ or visit the Acacia Company website https://www.theacaciacompany.com/.

Vindali Vartak is a 10 year executive in the healthcare field. She spends her free time volunteering with furthering the causes of self-sufficiency for women and whole-child education. Today, we are going to explore the intersection of immigration, gender and work and together find some practical solutions to empower women in the workplace.

Companies are spending 8 billion dollars on diversity training alone. Join us as we talk to Nikki Cannon about how organizations have spent that money, and how we need to pivot in order to provide an inclusive environment for newly hired candidates. Nikki is an L&D and DEI expert with extensive experience in the Fortune 500 retail, luxury retail, and healthcare sectors in New York City. Connect with Nikki on LinkedIn at https://www.linkedin.com/in/nikki-cannon/.

Dave Beck joins us to talk about how Virtual Reality became a mainstream training tool. We talk about some common myths around VR training, how mobile headsets revolutionized the industry, and how the pandemic affected Foundry45. Connect with Dave at dave@foundry45.com or on LinkedIn at https://www.linkedin.com/in/jdavidbeck/