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Women in Restaurant Leadership Conference (WiRL) February 19-20, 2025 | Nashville, TN

Where in the World is CHART?

Workforce Management in Fast Casual and QSR Summit February 4-5, 2025 | Dallas, TX

Rachel Richal and Myisha Smith facilitate a Live Ask My Peers in general session with more than 400 attendees!

CHART’s President Dr. Felicia White is presented with NAFEM’s Doctorate of Foodservice Award

PresidenTalks Time to Unpack!

The day I returned home from Louisville (after attending the CHART 107 Conference), I dragged my heavy suitcase up two flights of stairs and put it in the guest bedroom/office. As I began to unpack the suitcase, I came across items that I put away for safe keeping such as the worksheet I completed during Justin Patton’s opening keynote (tucked into a signed copy of his book), competency workbooks (I have completed all four competency tracks now…yay me!), and a really cool gift (I won’t

CHART President Dr. Felicia White, Ed.D, CHT

give it away because it will be worn in Redondo). As I was finishing up, I came across a small spray bottle I received at the AHELI booth in the resource gallery that can be used to clean your phone and computer screen with an attached felt pad that you use to wipe after applying the spray. There were so many things I learned, such as using AI to write objectives during the instructional design process and $25 per month software that can create AI based character versions of actual people for training purposes (thanks for the Training High 5 tip Jack Wozniak of MojoFuco and Toro Toro Toro), yet this spray bottle stands out.

I almost didn’t grab one because I wasn’t sure what it was. When Jennifer Bonilla explained its simple use, my mind was blown. I realized that as I was physically unpacking, I was mentally unpacking as well. It is important that just as you put away the books and notes, to not forget the small spray bottles because all learnings, whether big or small, are just that…learnings. Plus, now that I’ve unpacked, there is room for more!

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