ATD South Florida upcoming events

Career Pathways Panel with ATD Suncoast Chapter (Tuesday, June 23, 2026)

Tue, 23 Jun 2026 22:00:00 GMT

Career Pathways

ATD Job Families Panel

Hosted by Suncoast Chapter

Join this virtual networking panel to learn about career pathways in Talent Development.

Date: Tuesday, June 23, 2026

Time: 6:00 PM - 7:30 PM EDT

Location: Online. Register to receive the Zoom link.

Registration Process: Register for this event via the ATD Suncoast chapter website.

Cost: This event is free to ATDSFL members as a CO-OP chapter benefit. Nonmembers can join the event for $10.

The world of talent development is expanding quickly — and so are the career paths within it. Join professionals representing multiple ATD job families for an open discussion on career growth, emerging skills, workplace trends, and the evolving future of TD. Whether you are new to the field or a seasoned practitioner, this session offers practical insight into where the profession is headed and how to continue growing alongside it.

Learning Objectives:

Explore the variety of career paths within talent development
Identify emerging skills shaping the future of TD work
Hear practical lessons and advice from experienced professionals

Agenda:

Career Pathways Overview (5 minutes)
Three Panel Discussions (60 minutes)
Future Trends (15 minutes)
Audience Q&A (10 minutes)

Not a member of a Florida Chapter? Join today for members-only benefits.

Elevating Your Learning and Development Brand From Program Owner to Strategic Business Partner (Wednesday, June 24, 2026)

Wed, 24 Jun 2026 16:00:00 GMT

Elevating Your L&D Brand From Program Owner to Strategic Business Partner

In this virtual workshop, you will learn how to highlight the strategic role of L&D.

Date: Wednesday, June 24, 2026

Time: 12:00 - 1:00 PM ET

Location: Virtual. The Zoom link will be provided after you register.

Speaker: Rachel Bolton, Leadership Development and Executive Coach

Today's L&D Leaders are being asked to do more than deliver programs. They are expected to influence the business, demonstrate ROI, and operate as strategic partners to senior leadership.Yet many struggle with visibility, credibility, and alignment. This session introduces a practical framework for elevating your internal brand, including the PIE model (Performance, Image, Exposure), helping L&D leaders understand how their work is perceived and how to more intentionally build influence across the organization.

Key Focus Areas:
• Shifting from program delivery to strategic positioning
• Communicating L&D value in business language
• Understanding and applying the PIE framework (Performance, Image, Exposure) to
increase visibility and influence
• Crafting a clear and compelling leadership narrative (including your elevator message)
• Aligning leadership development to business priorities

What Participants Will Walk Away With:
• A clear understanding of how to position L&D as a business driver
• A practical framework (PIE: Performance, Image, Exposure) to increase influence and visibility
• A refined personal elevator message to communicate value with clarity
• Tools to connect leadership development work to business outcomes
• A more intentional approach to building their internal brand

About our Presenter:

Rachel Bolton is a Leadership Development Executive and Executive Coach who designs leadership systems that actually work in real environments. With 20+ years across Fortune 500 organizations, she helps leaders strengthen decision-making, expand influence, and operate with greater clarity, precision, and impact

Read & Reimagine Book Series: Learning that Lasts by Katrina Kennedy| Chapters 1 to 6 (Wednesday, June 24, 2026)

Wed, 24 Jun 2026 16:00:00 GMT

Read & Reimagine Book Series

Learning that Lasts by Katrina Kennedy

Chapters 1-6

Join this virtual, book club session for an in-depth discussion of "Learning That Lasts" by Katrina Kennedy.

Date: Wednesday, June 24, 2026

Time: 12:00 PM - 1:00 PM EDT

Location: Online. Register to receive the Zoom link.

Speakers: Joanie Musser VP of Programs from ATD Central Florida Chapter

Registration Process: Register for this event via the ATD Central FL chapter website.

Cost: This event is open to ATDSFL members as a CO-OP chapter benefit with the registration code (QDV75A).

"Learning That Lasts" by Katrina Kennedy is a practical, research-backed guide to designing reflection activities that move learning from short-term exposure to long-term behavior change. Katrina blends cognitive science, facilitation strategy, and ready-to-use reflection techniques to help talent development professionals ensure learning actually sticks. This isn’t just a book you read, it’s a book you apply.

This book study is structured intentionally to maximize application and is aligned with Katrina’s philosophy.

Prior to the June 24th discussion on chapters 1-6, use this preparation strategy:

Read Chapter 1 completely.
At the end of Chapter 2, complete the quiz on page 30.
For Chapters 3–6, select two activities per chapter that you could immediately apply in your own work.

Come prepared to share which activities you selected. Be ready to talk about why they resonated, and how you plan to implement them.

You can purchase the book on the ATD website (use our CHiP code: CH9060) or Amazon

Not a member of a Florida Chapter? Join today for members-only benefits.

Consultants' Mastermind Series: Conversations with Elaine Biech: The Mindset of a Resilient and Confident Consultant (Friday, July 10, 2026)

Fri, 10 Jul 2026 16:00:00 GMT

Consultants' Mastermind Series (Special Interest Group)

Conversations with Elaine Biech: The Mindset of Resilient and Confident Consultant

Join the Consultants' Mastermind Series!

Join us for an engaging conversation with Elaine Biech, a highly respected consultant, author, and organizational development expert with decades of experience helping organizations and professionals navigate change and growth. In this interactive mastermind session, Elaine will share practical insights on what it truly takes to build a resilient consulting practice, sustain confidence through challenges, adapt to changing client needs, and continue growing throughout a long and successful career. Participants will gain candid perspectives, real-world lessons, and encouragement for strengthening their own consultant mindset and professional impact.

The Mastermind Series is designed for seasoned consultants who have been managing their own practices for at least two years. This is a members-only event.

Duration: 1.5 hours

Host: Eivina Muniute-Cobb, Ed.D.

Content contributor: Elaine Biech

Event Details:

Zoom link is provided in your registration email.
Questions, contact Eivina Muniute-Cobb at mastermind@atdsfl.org

Why Leadership Development Isn't Changing Behavior And What to Do Instead (Thursday, July 23, 2026)

Thu, 23 Jul 2026 16:00:00 GMT

Why Leadership Development Isn't Changing behavior (And What to Do Instead)

In this virtual workshop, you will learn how design leadership experiences that turn knowledge into performance.

Date: Thursday, July 23, 2026

Time: 12:00 - 1:15 PM ET

Location: Virtual. The Zoom link will be provided after you register.

Speaker: Jared Forman, MA, CPTD, Founder of AdaptIncrease

Organizations invest heavily in leadership development - yet many still struggle to see consistent behavior change in the moments that matter most: coaching conversations, performance feedback, and team accountability. Across industries, a consistent pattern is emerging: leaders often know what to do but struggle to execute effectively under real-world pressure.

This session explores the gap between leadership knowledge and actual behavior, and why traditional development approaches often fail to translate into performance. Through highly interactive exercises and real-world scenarios, participants will analyze leadership conversations, identify the behavioral patterns that drive outcomes, and learn practical ways to build capability - not just awareness.

Attendees will leave with simple, actionable approaches to improve leadership effectiveness, strengthen coaching conversations, and create development experiences that lead to measurable behavior change.

Learning Objectives - Participants will be able to:

Explain why leadership development often fails to translate into behavior change
Identify key behavioral patterns that influence outcomes in leadership conversations
Recognize early indicators of performance issues before they appear in business metrics
Apply practical techniques to strengthen coaching, feedback, and accountability conversations
Design simple, experiential approaches that build leadership capability within their organizations

About our Presenter:

Jared Forman, MA, CPTD, is the founder of AdaptIncrease and a learning and performance strategist focused on helping organizations strengthen leadership effectiveness and improve real-world execution.

His work centers on a challenge many organizations face: people often know what to do but struggle to apply it consistently in high-stakes moments such as coaching conversations, performance feedback, and accountability discussions.

Drawing on experience across leadership development, instructional technology, performance improvement, and workforce capability, Jared helps organizations move beyond training participation toward practical behavior change and performance outcomes.

Jared holds a Master’s degree in Instructional Technology from Nova Southeastern University and is a Certified Professional in Talent Development (CPTD). He is also a recipient of the 2019 Champions of Learning Gold Award.

Shift Summit with ATD Central Florida (Wednesday, July 29, 2026)

Wed, 29 Jul 2026 12:00:00 GMT

Shift Summit 2026

Hosted by ATD Central Florida

This in-person workshop is an all-in future-focused event for all L&D Professionals.

Date: Wednesday, July 29

Time: 8:00 AM - 7:00 PM ET

Location: Westgate Lakes Resort and Spa, 9500 Turkey Lake Rd, Orlando, Florida 32819, United States

Registration Process: Register for this event via the ATD Central FL chapter website.

SHIFT 2026 is a one-day, all-in summit for L&D professionals who'd rather build the future than wait for it. Through focused keynotes, hands-on labs, and real conversations, you'll learn to apply AI-fluent techniques, human-centered design, and the modern L&D stack (Storyline, Rise, custom GPTs, no-code automation) to create measurable learning experiences. Sessions are small, collaborative, and tool-forward so you build with the technology — not just watch it.

This isn't another conference with a binder and a buffet. You'll leave with proof: a portfolio piece, a working tool, a published post, or a sharper rollout plan you can share on Monday. SHIFT is designed for career shifters and early-career builders—instructional designers, trainers-turned-strategists, learning technologists, and educators moving into corporate L&D. Spend a focused morning at Westgate Lakes Resort with practitioners who will expand your network, sharpen your skills, and reposition your role for the shift already changing how work gets learned.

Not a member of a Florida Chapter? Join today for members-only benefits.