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Vice President - Professional Development


REPORTS TO: Chapter President; coordinates activities with VP Programs.

TERM: One year.

PURPOSE: As determined with the Board, deliver a number of extraordinary events, for the purposes of raising money, increasing awareness of ASTD's presence in Silicon Valley, and attracting non-members to events.

SUPERVISES Supports Program Committee.

RESPONSIBILITIES:

  1. Attend Board meetings monthly, Program committee meetings as much as possible, and monthly chapter programs as much as possible.
  2. Report progress on planning of extraordinary events in a timely fashion to the board.
  3. Deliver at least one extraordinary event per year that fulfills the three goals listed above.
  4. Attend and participate in all monthly Board meetings and chapter programs. Participate in other chapter events, committee meetings and conferences as available.
  5. Represent chapter professionally and ethically in all business functions/organizational activities
  6. Recruit and train incoming V.P.-Professional Development
  7. Recruit and train volunteers to support Professional Development functions.

QUALIFICATIONS:

  1. Ability to mobilize and attract committee members
  2. Ability to plan and implement the plan for extraordinary events, including all the details around the design and logistics of the event.
  3. Directly involved in the Training and Development field with broad knowledge of local resources; minimum 5 years experience desired.
  4. National member of ASTD and a member in good standing of the Silicon Valley chapter.
  5. Time available to fully participate in chapter and board meetings.

REALISTIC ESTIMATE OF TIME THIS FUNCTION WILL TAKE EACH MONTH:

  1. Attending Board Meetings: 2 hours plus travel time
  2. Attending Program Committee meetings: 1-2 hours per month plus travel time
  3. Working on Prof. Dev. events or Program events: 0 to 10 hours per month. Committee members can also do much of this work.