ATD Recognizes the Eastern PA Chapter in its “Sharing Our Success” Program

The Eastern PA Chapter of the Association for Talent Development (ATD), formerly ASTD, was recognized for its submission to the ATD “Sharing Our Success” (SOS) program. The national SOS program identifies best practices among local ATD chapters and uses them as models for other chapters.

Elizabeth Beckham, Chair of ATD’s Chapter Recognition Committee said, "This recognition honors the Eastern PA Chapter’s best practice that demonstrates its commitment to managing a successful organization as well as advancing the talent development profession at the local level.  We are honored to recognize the chapter with ATD's SOS recognition."

The program was called The 2018 Chapter Excellence Awards.  The main purpose for the chapter’s submission was to recognize and publicize talent development initiatives in the Lehigh Valley, we solicited entries for our chapter’s Excellence Awards.  Awards are in four categories: 

• Effective Talent Development Programs: Effective approach to building skills, competencies and/or capabilities in your organization. This can be skill building, job training or professional development, virtual or face to face.
• Leadership Development: Program designed to help leaders build the skills and capabilities needed to drive results through people.
• Talent Development Innovation: The development and implementation of an approach that is innovative to your organization, industry or function.
• Powerful Partnerships: The use of a strategic partnership between organizations, locations or functions to drive talent development. This can be a consultant/client relationship, or some other partnership