ASTDBR Meeting: Let's Get Social: How Learning & Performance Pros Can Gain a Competitive Advantage

The understanding and use of social media is a critical competence for L&P professionals in 2013   and there are significant opportunities for professionals to use social media to enhance their own development and the capabilities of their organizations. Do professionals in the Training and Development field lag behind in adoption and usage of these interactive technologies or have we finally developed an understanding for how social channels can benefit our organizations – and ourselves?

Social Media provides opportunities for L&P/HR leaders to further organizational goals and strategies and attendees at this session will leave with ideas on how to innovate and lead initiatives within their Department and their organization in order to continue to propel themselves and the profession forward.   

• The use of social media tools including how, why and for what purpose
• Determining which channels will work best for you and your organization
• How to use social media to support organizational objectives
• Your role as a social media champion

Robin Schooling 
Silver Zebras, LLC.

With 25 years of HR Management experience and certification from the HR Certification Institute as a Senior Professional in Human Resources (SPHR), Robin has worked in a variety of industries including gaming, health care, manufacturing and banking. In 2013, after serving as  VP Human Resources with the Louisiana Lottery Corporation for almost 7 years, she left corporate HR to open up Silver Zebras, LLC, a consultancy focusing on HR strategies that power people, strengthen talent capabilities and harness the power of connections.

Robin is a member of the Smartbrief on Workforce Advisory Board and served on the Boards of Directors for Geaux Veterans, and the Louisiana Business Leadership Network, which focuses on providing positive employment outcomes for people with disabilities. A Past President of Greater Baton Rouge SHRM, a former board member with ASTD Baton Rouge, an active member of the Baton Rouge Social Media Association, Robin currently serves as Secretary/Treasurer and Communications Director for the Louisiana SHRM State Council.  In 2011, GBR SHRM named Robin their “HR Professional of the Year Award.”

ASTD Baton Rouge strives to align our programming to the ASTD Competency Model. This month's program is aligned with the Learing Technologies area of expertise and Technology Literacy functional competencies.  Click the image to view the competency model.