2007 National Transportation Training Directors Conference

Exploring Better Ways to Gauge the Value of Training

The National Transportation Training Directors met in Williamsburg Oct. 21 - 25, 2007

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Agenda and Presentations

Monday, Oct. 22

Welcoming Remarks and Strategic Plan

• Ray Belk, director training, quality and development, Texas Department of Transportation

Future Trends in Training

• Joe Toole, director of professional development, Federal Highway Administration (FHWA)

Succession Management Panel

• Leadership Development and Succession
  Dave Acree, staff development supervisor, Washington State Department of Transportation
  
  
• Brain Drain In Transportation: VDOT Takes Action
  Barbara Patteson, director, learning center, Virginia Department of Transportation (VDOT)
  
  
• Succession Management, aka, “You Name It” Program
  Dave Talley, DM, training manager, Wyoming Department of Transportation

Raging Flood or Babbling Brook

• Marci Powell, Polycom, bio, marci.powell@polycom.com
  

Tuesday, October 23

What’s New at the National Highway Institute

• Rick Barnaby, state programs division manager, FHWA/National Highway Institute (NHI)

Wednesday, October 24

We Don’t Make Widgets

• Ken Miller, Change & Innovation Agency, bio, ask@changeagents.info
  

Thursday, October 25

Business Meeting

• Ray Belk, director training, quality and development, Texas Department of Transportation

Continuing the Journey

• David Ekern, commissioner, VDOT

Shaping NHI’s Future

• Ann Gretter and Thomas Elliott, FHWA/NHI

State Sharing Presentations

• Ray Belk, Texas Department of Transportation
• Sue Grundy, Ohio Department of Transportation 
• Scott Fulks, Ohio Department of Transportation
• Chris Hatfield, California Department of Transportation
• Rick Schneider, California Department of Transportation
• Sheila Barnett, Missouri Department of Transportation

Request a copy of the state sharing CDs

Links

• Skillsoft
• Math Foundation
• MindLeaders
• Transportation Library Connectivity Pooled Fund Study
• Federal Consortium for Virtual Worlds

2008 Conference