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• Your Help Requested:  Please distribute these education program based files around your company as possible.

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• New class schedule:  See http://www.asqsandiego.org/attach_files/EdSchedFaxForm_ASQSD_050909.pdf  (pdf; free viewer link at page bottom).  Students are responsible for ordering the required textbook from the Quality Council of Indiana at the following website: http://www.qualitycouncil.com/cm.asp#primers_bm  (Books are listed under Primers) Courses will be offered annually or semi-annually to align with the ASQ Certification Exam Dates (See table below). Contact our Education Chair for financial assistance or more details at david.clinard@gmail.com or call call (619) 244-2797. We offer these courses to you as a service to our members to help them get certified as an ASQ Professional.  

• We recently had our 795th job ad!!  See http://www.asqsandiego.org/jobs.htm ... and keep sending them in.

• Our Linked-in Group:  http://www.linkedin.com/groups?home=&gid=1234957&trk=anet_ug_hm  

• Sponsor Pages:  Don't forget to check out our sponsor pages.  Great courses and products being offered!!  See links at the bottom of this email. 

• Other Local Events:  Don't forget to check out other local events on our local event calendar.

• ASQ NEWS:  Visit the ASQ Learning Institute™ and set up your profile now!  The ASQ Learning Institute™ will help you to plan, manage, schedule, and track ALL of your professional development needs anywhere in the world while guaranteeing the same high-quality training and instructors you expect from ASQ. The ASQ Learning Institute™ allows you to create a user profile so you can build your learning plan, track your success, and boost your career-all starting today.  These tools are available to Full, Senior, Honorary, and Fellow members now:

  • ASQ Course (Learning) Catalog - Compiles a list of available training, including instructor-led, online, and document-based training. Allows users to browse and locate catalogs very quickly by subject areas or calendar date. 

  • ASQ Learning Institute™ Calendar - Provides a clear view of all the professional development opportunities over an 18-month period. The calendar allows users to view upcoming learning offerings that include all courses, seminars, and conferences in multiple modalities. 

  • Learning History - Displays the entire history of learning events for a learner-including components assigned and completed. The learning history can be thought of as the learner's "transcript." 

  • Competency Assessment - Provides a structured list of knowledge, skills, and abilities that serves as a foundation for users to map the level of competencies needed for various job functions.

  • Career Planner - The Career Planner helps you manage your career by mapping your future career path and assessing the difference between your current abilities and the abilities (called competencies) required for the job to which you ultimately aspire to.

  • Learning Plans - This personalized plan provides a detailed description of user activities to help learners achieve their education goals. The learning plan can be thought of as the "to do" list.

   

• ASQ Lean Six Sigma Conference March 2010 Phoenix:  Learn from proven firsthand applications, technical applications, and best practices in the concurrent sessions. The 2010 conference will also feature networking and learning opportunities from sponsors and exhibitors from a variety of markets addressing various levels of experience. For more information www.asq.org/conferences

This Month's Meeting

Our September meeting went well (see details here).  Our October meeting will be as follows: 

Oct. 13, 2009

Topic:   "Organized for Success"

Nanci McGraw nanci@nanci.org              30 min. pre-meeting-clinic this month on "Our Section Educational Programs"; led by Dave Clinard

Abstract 

"WOW! Anti-Procrastination Tips that Work!" Are there tasks you just hate doing and that's why they are not done? Come and learn effective ways to push through your avoidance, energy sags, or just plain laziness and be a genuine DO-er? This session is a practical approach to life that's feeling over the top. You think you've heard it all before, but uh uh, not 'til you hear Nanci's unique examples and stories of what works to get organized, get things done, no nonsense, and no excuses. This is your chance to hear an ASQ-customized selection of her legendary organizing 'DO ables' to move willing DO ers from dreaming to DO-ing, and it's never to late to start. Nanci McGraw 

About Our Speaker 

Nanci McGraw sparkles with the same energy as a speaker, corporate trainer, author and "DO-it" Coach as she did as a 100 (no hype)Award-winning broadcaster. She's called "The First Lady of WOW!", "Motivator with More" and "passionate communicator with creative, clear ideas." Nanci has presented in all 50 of the United States, 7 provinces of Canada, Hong Kong, Singapore , Malaysia, and Thailand. Her trademark theme for all her programs is always---"WOW! Life Rewards the DO-ers!(TM)" She's founder of the International DO-ers Organization, and creator of "Nanci's NetGazette for DO-ers and WOW-makers! (TM)" Impressive clients include AAA Travel Agency, Air Canada, AVIS, Boeing, Eli Lilly, Hewlett Packard, IBM, Marriott, Motorola, NASA space Agency, and VISA Card International. Nanci is past president of the National Speakers Association / San Diego Chapter, and twice voted the Chapter Member of the Year. She's the author of two books, "Organized for Success!"and "Speak Up and Stand Out." As a resource expert on productivity and organization, Nanci offers TeleSeminars, and is often interviewed by journalists working on stories for newspapers, radio and TV .

Pre-Clinic (30 minutes = 0.15 RU's)

Dave Clinard has been our Education Chair for about two years now and so is excited to discuss with you all the new programs that are being developed, the changes he's already implemented, and or anything else you'd like to discuss related to your educational needs.  

Meeting details are as follows:

Meeting Details
RSVP	Please use the RSVP form below.
Meeting Date	Tuesday October 13, 2009 (normally the 2nd Tuesday of the month)
Agenda	5:15 pm             Registration & Happy Hour Begins 5:40 pm             Pre-meeting-clinic 6:10 pm             Dinner  6:35 pm             Announcements  6:45 pm             Main program   7:45 pm             Raffle and Speaker Prizes 7:55 pm             Adjourn
Menu	Buffet ... to be determined
Price RSVP Form Here
	NEW sponsor subsidized prices	No Food Arrive Late	Early RSVP	Dinner With RSVP	Dinner Without RSVP
	ASQ Student Members	Free	$5	$10	$12
	Regular Members	Free	$15	$20	$22
	Non-Members	Free	$20	$24	$26
Door Prizes	Door prizes issued at the end of every meeting
Dress	Nice Casual
Location	This month we're at: Country Inn & Suites By Carlson (formerly Prime Hotel, formerly Wyndham San Diego North) 5975 Lusk Boulevard, San Diego CA 92121 Their Phone: (858) 558-1818 see map here
Parking	Ample free parking
RU Points	0.15 pre-clinic meeting (30min) + 0.3 meeting (60min) = 0.45
Other Meeting Support	Announcing the Speakers: You ...or an officer at large Master of Ceremony:  Brett Carter Manning the Sign-in Table:  Officer Joel Davey Announcing the Prizes:  Officer Arta Motadel Ordering the Food:  Manijeh Farrokhi Coordinating the Speakers:  Abe Wong