Join us on June 13 for an engaging professional development session focused on succession planning best practices and how to effectively use Individual Development Plans (IDPs) to prepare future leaders for key roles in your organization.
In today’s rapidly evolving talent landscape, attracting, developing, and retaining top talent is a critical differentiator. With the onset of the "Silver Tsunami" of retirements and increased talent mobility, organizations must act with intention to identify high-potential employees and prepare them for future leadership. A strong succession strategy—grounded in meaningful development experiences and supported by IDPs—ensures the successful transfer of institutional knowledge and organizational culture.
During this interactive session, participants will:
Don’t miss this opportunity to learn from peers, exchange ideas, and enhance your impact as a talent development professional.
Your Facilitators
Megan Cardenas Director of Human Resources at Lucida and SEWI-ATD Member
Nathan Sheets
Owner, Bearing Leadership Consulting and SEWI-ATD Member
Want to elevate and transform your training programs? In today’s rapidly evolving business landscape, innovation in training is crucial for increasing engagement and fostering a culture of continuous improvement. This learning session with Melissa Braun, Marisa Heffern, Misty Terrell and Marisa Belmontes will share ways to infuse innovative training methods and how they can enhance employee development, engagement, and performance.
Time
Function
2-2:30pm
Arrival and networking
2:30pm
Program start
4:00pm
Networking
Speaker Info:
Melissa Braun, Marisa Heffern, Misty Terrell and Marisa Belmontes are all learning and development professionals working at Molson Coors Beverage Company supporting Leadership and Commercial employees across the Americas in the United States, Canada and LATAM. Their programming has won 16 Brandon Hall Awards. Combined they have over 40 years of experience.
Parking Instructions:
· Park onsite at the Milwaukee office parking structure. (Street parking in front the building is also available)
· When you arrive at the Molson Coors Corporate office in Milwaukee, you will need to pull into the entrance with the gates next to the parking garage on Highland Blvd (noted by the red arrows in the below photo) and park in the garage. Once pulled up in front of the gates, inform the security guard you are here for the SEWI-ATD meeting. Park in any available, unmarked parking space. Once parked, walk out of the structure, and walk to the front of the main building off Highland Blvd.(Entrance marked by the yellow star) You will need to sign in as a guest and get a visitor badge.
· Please bring a form of identification (driver's license, government-issued I.D., etc.)
Our training classrooms are full of learners with a mix of communication preferences–especially the talkers and the more reserved learners. How do you respond when talkative learners dominate the room and the reserved learners are on the sidelines? As training facilitators, we intentionally plan opportunities for connecting with different communication preferences and effectively engage all learners. Let’s build your engagement toolkit as you plan and deliver training sessions at your organization.
8-8:30am
8:30am
10:00am
Program wrap up
Discover Leadership. Expand Your Impact. Join the SEWI-ATD Board!
Join us for our annual Board Recruitment Event at the beautiful Boerner Botanical Gardens and explore how you can take your professional involvement to the next level.
This casual, informative gathering is a great opportunity to:
Serving on the SEWI-ATD Board of Directors is a powerful way to:
Board members typically contribute 10–15 hours per month and gain invaluable experience and connections in return. Whether you’re curious about future opportunities or ready to step into leadership now, we’d love to connect with you.
Can’t make the event? Just reach out to our President Elect, Kari Bogdan, to express your interest.
Come see how you can make a difference—while growing professionally and personally!
You have been pouring your creative juices on a training deliverable for ages and taking feedback from reviewers to reach the finish line, but now… it's stalled out. Did your initial idea evolve or hit a wall? Where do you go next to jump start your design? Join the Instructional Design PDN for a session focused on removing your design blinders through practicing workshopping techniques and leveraging critical questions to reignite your design spark.
12:00-12:05pm
Arrival and introduction
12:05pm
Session start
12:50pm
Session wrap up
How Can L&D Stop Being Seen as Order-Takers?
Join this engaging session featuring Jess Almlie, author of the upcoming ATD Press book L&D Order Taker No More: Become a Strategic Business Partner, for a candid fireside chat that blends powerful insights from her book with real-world lessons for today’s talent development professionals.
We’ll explore the hidden barriers that often prevent talent development teams from operating as true strategic business partners and learn practical ways to reposition work with internal stakeholders. Expect honest reflection, fresh perspective, and actionable ideas to help you step beyond execution and into influence.
About Jess Almlie Jess Almlie is a former Vice President of Learning and a dynamic leader in the learning and development field. She is passionate about empowering L&D professionals to increase our impact by evolving from order takers to strategic business partners. With three decades of experience and a proven track record of driving strategic initiatives, Jess helps organizations solve talent challenges and improve performance. In addition to consulting and speaking, Jess hosts the podcast, L&D Must Change and is author of the book, L&D Order Taker No More! Become a Strategic Business Partner, to be published by ATD Press in September 2025.
About the Performance Improvement PDN
The SEWI-ATD Performance Improvement PDN is a collaborative group focused on practicing the skills of human performance improvement. We are talent development leaders, OD professionals, consultants, and other TD professionals who want to improve the performance towards our organization's goals.
8-8:15am
Pre-session coffee chat
8:15-9:15am
Official session
9:15-9:30am
Networking and follow-on conversation
Contact Usadmin@sewi-atd.orgPhone: 608-204-9815Association ManagersSeth TrickelHeather L. Dyer, CAE
