Did you know CHART has a looooong history of giving back to our conference host communities by doing a service event pre-con? Our project in Louisville at the winter 2025 CHART conference marked our 44th one! What a wonderful legacy of caring, and what a wonderful way to create lasting bonds with your CHART friends. In Louisville, 43 volunteers made: 189 rope toys 10 fleece blankets 44th Community Service Event with the Kentucky Humane Society
Thank you very much to our co-directors Winona Bullis and Kelli Laube for organizing such an impactful event. Snuggling with the puppies was an added bonus!
2 padded doggie beds 260 adoption packets
PresidenTalks Extend an Olive Branch
An olive branch has historically been used as a symbol of peace and reconciliation in various cultures. The phrase “extending an olive branch” implies the attempt to reconcile or the willingness to put aside past grievances and build a new relationship. Why do I bring this up? As training leaders, we carry the responsibility of building relationships and connections. If this is not established, it could be nearly impossible to set the stage for the changes needed in behavior that may be desired as the goal of any training objective.
CHART President Dr. Felicia White, Ed.D, CHT
It is important to remember that learners themselves bring experience, bias, and their own personal motivations into any learning interaction we may be responsible for. As the leader, we must extend the olive branch to create an environment where the learners are going to be receptive. This mindset can be carried out outside of the learning environment as well. We lead in a complex and ever-changing social and business climate, which has become the norm. This brings along with it learners who have preconceived notions, walls built up, and uncertainty about the future. (As does our professional network of members, friends, and family…) We must take this into account in who, what, and how we train. I encourage you to reflect to the last time you had the opportunity to reconcile in a relationship or build a new one and did (or didn’t). In what ways could you be the one to extend the olive branch first next time? My tattoo of an olive branch on my right arm – so when I reach out to shake hands with someone, I am extending an olive branch.
Louisville Conference by the Numbers We always like to report back to members the evaluation feedback from our conferences. Here is how Louisville performed! Thanks to everyone who filled this out – we rely on your feedback to make improvements to your CHART conference experience.
63 First Time Attendees rated their FTA experience 4.78 Conference Overall 4.6 Networking Opportunities 4.63 Content of Sessions Overall 4.37 Willingness to Attend another CHART Conference 4.76
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