ATD-Orange County Chapter upcoming events

Membership Orientation: Get To Know Your ATD-OC (10/20/2026)

Wed, 21 Oct 2026 01:00:00 GMT

You're Invited! Welcome to the ATD-OC Community!

Get ready to kick off your ATD-OC journey with a fun and informative hour designed just for you! Whether you're a brand-new member, long-time member, or a curious guest, this is your chance to:

✨ Discover the powerful benefits of membership

✨ Start building your professional network

✨ Learn how ATD-OC can support your growth in today’s fast-changing L&D landscape

✨ Have a little fun while you're at it!

This one-hour welcome event is an opportunity to learn how to maximize your ATD-OC membership while networking with ATD-OC colleagues. Come connect, explore, and see how we can help you thrive as a member.

We can’t wait to meet you!

Register at the link. Save the calendar details after you register to hold your time. Zoom details are sent upon registration via e-mail confirmation. We encourage you to add the Zoom details to your calendar hold after you receive the email confirmation.

Beyond the AI Tunnel: The Adaptive Skills That Outlast Any Disruption (10/28/2026)

Thu, 29 Oct 2026 01:00:00 GMT

Artificial intelligence is transforming the workplace, prompting organizations to rethink everything from learning and leadership development to talent strategies and organizational design.

Yet, when one disruption dominates our attention, our perspective can unintentionally narrow.

As learning and talent leaders race to help their organizations adopt new technologies, other powerful shifts are unfolding at the same time. Expectations around leadership, trust, human connection, decision making, workforce dynamics, and continuous learning are evolving alongside technological change. Preparing people for the future requires more than keeping pace with new tools. It requires helping them develop the capacity to think differently in the face of uncertainty.

In this thought-provoking session, Katie Rucker challenges participants to step beyond the "AI tunnel" and explore a broader view of what it truly means to be future ready.

Drawing from the discipline of strategic foresight, Katie introduces practical ways to:

expand perspective,
question assumptions,
recognize patterns across seemingly unrelated trends, and
make more intentional decisions in an increasingly interconnected world.

Rather than focusing on predicting the future, this session explores how learning and talent professionals can cultivate the adaptive ways of thinking that enable individuals, teams, and organizations to navigate whatever comes next.

You will leave with practical ways to widen your perspective, navigate complexity with greater confidence, and help build a culture that is prepared for more than just the next technological advancement.

After this session, you will be able to:

Recognize how dominant disruptions can unintentionally narrow strategic thinking.
Identify emerging shifts unfolding alongside technological change.
Explore further five adaptive leadership capabilities that support long-term navigation of uncertainty.
Use practical reflection questions to widen perspective before making strategic decisions.
Reframe future readiness as a disciplined way of thinking, not simply a response to the latest trend.

Agenda:

6:00 PM — Welcome / Informal Networking

6:10 PM — Trick or Treating (?)

6:25 PM — A Little Chapter Business

6:30 PM — Main Event

7:30 PM — Closing/Informal Networking

What To Bring

About our Presenter:

Katie Rucker

Katie Rucker is a strategic foresight practitioner, second generation business owner and co-founder of Next Gen Collaborative who believes the future gets more interesting when we stop assuming tomorrow will look like today. As co owner of MacKenzie, a family owned insights firm with more than 40 years in business, Katie brings together foresight, leadership development and human insight to help people challenge assumptions, make sense of change and expand what they believe is possible. She is a Certified Foresight Practitioner, Certified Maxwell Leadership Coach and Trainer, Certified Gracious Space facilitator, and an active leader in the family business community.

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ATD Capability Model

Each ATD-OC Learning Event will be aligned to at least one Talent Development Capability, as identified by ATD National.

This program aligns with:

Domain(s):

✅Impacting Organizational Capability

Future Readiness

The pace of change requires constant upskilling and reskilling of the workforce. Future readiness requires intellectual curiosity and constant scanning of the environment to stay abreast of forces shaping the business world, employees and their expectations, and the talent development profession. Monitoring emerging trends and technologies is essential to prepare for the demands of future learners. A commitment to continuous professional development is essential to ensure there is capability to handle the changes in how work is done in the years ahead. Fostering environments that promote innovation and creativity will help position organizations to become future focused.

To find out more about the ATD Capability Model for the Training and Development Profession, visit http://tdcapability.org.

Earn Professional Professional Development Points

This program is worth .5 Professional Development points.
Find out more about APTD/CPTD Certifications here.

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Accessibility

ATDOC events are accessible to all participants. If you have questions or require special accommodations or auxiliary aid related to a disability for you to participate in the event, please notify us at least three weeks in advance by message to ocoffice@atdoc.org, with subject line "ADA Accommodations," outlining your needs and request for accommodation.

We will make every effort to work with you to accommodate your need.

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PHOTOGRAPHY & VIDEO RELEASE

By registering for this event, I hereby give the Association for Talent Development, Orange County Chapter, its clients, agents, and assigns, full permission to use, publish and copyright photographic images, film images, video images, sound recordings, and any reproductions from these materials of me and/or my property or any part thereof, either in conjunction with or without using my name, and make changes or alterations therein and/or alterations thereto Worldwide in perpetuity. Some places these images and recordings may be used and posted include, but are not limited to, the Internet, emails, social media, etc.

ATD-OC November Board Meeting (11/10/2026)

Wed, 11 Nov 2026 02:00:00 GMT

VIRTUAL

Board members, please RSVP whether you will be attending or not to ensure we have a quorum.

We will be using Zoom for this virtual call, so be sure to click on the link in your confirmation email to complete your virtual registration.

Membership Orientation: Get To Know Your ATD-OC (11/17/2026)

Wed, 18 Nov 2026 02:00:00 GMT

You're Invited! Welcome to the ATD-OC Community!

✨ Discover the powerful benefits of membership

✨ Start building your professional network

✨ Learn how ATD-OC can support your growth in today’s fast-changing L&D landscape

✨ Have a little fun while you're at it!

We can’t wait to meet you!

Why Employees Ignore Training (and How to Fix It) (11/18/2026)

Thu, 19 Nov 2026 02:00:00 GMT

Do your employees complete the training... and then go right back to doing things the way they always have?

You're not alone. And the problem might not be the employees.

Join us for a live, open conversation where L&D peers come together to tackle one of our profession's most persistent challenges: training that gets completed but doesn't actually change anything.

We'll kick things off by walking through a real-world case study to get us talking. It's the spark for an open, unscripted discussion where your experience, your frustrations, and your ideas are exactly what we're there to hear.

Here's what we'll be talking through together:

Why "page-turner" eLearning often checks a box but misses the point, and what we can do differently
How approaches like microlearning and other strategies that are Accessible, Convenient, and Short can change the way employees engage with learning
What makes content bingeable: designing learning that actually sticks, sparks curiosity, and keeps people coming back for more
How to design learning that fits into the flow of work rather than something employees have to stop working to endure
What it really takes to move beyond one-and-done training toward a culture where people want to keep learning

Cameras on, mics open, real talk welcome.

Think of it less like a webinar and more like a roundtable with your peers. No slides to sit through. No chat-box-only participation. Just a genuine back-and-forth among people who are asking the same questions you are.

Come ready to talk, listen, and leave with ideas you didn't walk in with.

About Your Facilitator

Diksha Carron has over 10 years of experience in talent acquisition, partnering with leaders to support employee development and create meaningful learning experiences. She is passionate about bringing professionals together to connect, share ideas, and learn from one another. Diksha is excited to facilitate this discussion on microlearning and other engaging, bite-sized training strategies, and looks forward to exploring new ideas and best practices with the group.

ATD Capability Model

Each ATD-OC Learning Event will be aligned to at least one Talent Development Capability, as identified by ATD National.

This program aligns with:

Developing Professional Capability:

Instructional Design
Evaluating Impact

Talent development professionals must have the ability to identify, select, and implement the right learning and talent technologies that serve the best interests of the organization and its people. Practitioners should be able to identify opportunities to adapt and leverage the right technologies at the right time to meet organizational goals.

To find out more about the ATD Capability Model for the Training and Development Profession, visit http://tdcapability.org.

MEDIA RELEASE

As part of your registration, you will be required to indicate your acceptance or rejection of the statement below:

If I do not provide permission, I understand I will be seated outside of the field of video.

Celebrate and Elevate: December Annual Holiday Event (12/09/2026)

Thu, 10 Dec 2026 02:00:00 GMT

We invite all of our Learning Community to be a part of this culminating event! Celebrate your successes, connect with your peers, and set a vision for the future with us!

During this winter get-together, we will:

Piece together the big picture — with a quick activity
Celebrate our successes — both yours and the Chapter's
Appreciate and recognize those who have helped us succeed, and
Welcome our 2027 board members.

We will also take a few moments to have our Annual Membership Meeting, giving you an overview of the coming year.

And guess what? A delicious meal, door prizes, and parking are included!

Come share in the festivities, connect with fellow members, and let’s make some great memories together.

We can't wait to see all of you there—let's celebrate what we've achieved and look forward to what's ahead!

The Schedule for the Evening:

6:00 Check-in/Networking/Welcome
6:15 Round Robin Puzzle Challenge
6:45 Dinner
7:00 Celebrating the Chapter: Annual Membership Meeting, Volunteer & Board Recognition, and Meet Your New Board
The Annual Membership Meeting is an important business requirement for our Chapter and your attendance as a member is greatly appreciated.
7:55 Adjourn

Menu:

Dinner will be provided. Limited vegetarian options.

Things to Bring:

Business cards
Information about an open position or RFP in the Training and Development field
Flyers sharing information about events or services
Free resources you would like to make available
Your Resume (if in transition)
Your winning smile & personality

Parking: Free parking in the lot

Deadlines:

Monday, December 1

Cancellation/refund deadline is Monday, December 1 at 5 pm. No shows will be charged in full.

Earn Professional Professional Development Points

This program is worth .5 Professional Development points.
Find out more about APTD/CPTD Certifications here.

ATD Capability Model

Each ATD-OC Learning Event will be aligned to at least one Talent Development Capability, as identified by ATD National.

This program aligns with:

Domain(s):

✅ Personal Capability

Talent development professionals should model the value of lifelong learning by pursuing knowledge for personal and professional reasons.

✅ Organizational Capability

Future readiness requires intellectual curiosity and constant scanning of the environment to stay abreast of forces shaping the business world, employees and their expectations, and the talent development profession.

To find out more about the ATD Capability Model for the Training and Development Profession, visit http://tdcapability.org.

PHOTOGRAPHY & VIDEO RELEASE

If I do not provide permission, I understand I will not activate my web camera during the session.

Membership Orientation: Get To Know Your ATD-OC (12/15/2026)

Wed, 16 Dec 2026 02:00:00 GMT

You're Invited! Welcome to the ATD-OC Community!

✨ Discover the powerful benefits of membership

✨ Start building your professional network

✨ Learn how ATD-OC can support your growth in today’s fast-changing L&D landscape

✨ Have a little fun while you're at it!

We can’t wait to meet you!

Learning and Development Trends and Strategies — 2027 (02/24/2027)

Thu, 25 Feb 2027 02:00:00 GMT

Under the backdrop of ATD's recent State of the Industry report, we discuss the Learning and Development trends that impact the strategic focus of local L&D leaders.

Each year, ATD's State of the Industry establishes consistent baselines for key performance indicators, including direct learning expenditure per employee, total formal learning hours, delivery channels, and trainer-to-employee staffing ratios.

But national L&D benchmarking reports rely heavily on data from large enterprise organizations with dedicated training budgets. Our local panelists bring clear visibility into what Orange County business owners actually invest in employee growth relative to operational overhead.

This month, our panelists will explore the latest trends that are reshaping L&D strategies. But more than that, we'll discuss how these trends are shaping their organization's strategies for the coming year.

You'll hear how they align learning initiatives with business goals, ensuring their organizations thrive in an ever-changing environment.

Discover Insights from Industry Leaders

Panelists:

Crystal Brown

Chief People Officer, Essential HR Partners

Agenda

6:00 - 6:25 — Chapter Connections
6:30 - 7:30 — Panel Discussion
7:30 - 7:45 — Wrap Up

Register Early, Save with a Friend!

When You Register...	Member Only	Member & First Time Guest	Non Member Only
More than 2 weeks early	FREE	Member FREE & Guest $5.00	$10.00
2 weeks early	$5.00	Member FREE & Guest $10.00	$15.00
2 days early	$10.00	Member $5.00 & Guest $15.00	$20.00

To take advantage of this offer, contact Denise at ocoffice@atdoc.org or 714.527.4785.

Deadlines:

Early bird -Friday, February 7

Regular - Monday, February 24

Cancellation/refund deadline is noon on the Monday before the meeting. No shows will be charged in full.

Earn Professional Professional Development Points

This program is worth 1 Professional Development points.
Find out more about APTD/CPTD Certifications here.

ATD Capability Model

Each ATD-OC Learning Event will be aligned to at least one Talent Development Capability, as identified by ATD National.

This program aligns with:

Domain(s):

✅ Organizational Capability

Future readiness requires intellectual curiosity and constant scanning of the environment to stay abreast of forces shaping the business world, employees and their expectations, and the talent development profession. Monitoring emerging trends and technologies is essential to prepare for the demands of future learners.

To find out more about the ATD Capability Model for the Training and Development Profession, visit http://tdcapability.org.

PHOTOGRAPHY & VIDEO RELEASE

If I do not provide permission, I understand I will not activate my web camera during the session.

ATD27 International Conference & Exposition - Team Discount CODE (05/16/2027)

Sun, 16 May 2027 15:00:00 GMT

See below how to save $500!

ATD27 - International Conference & Exposition

Collective Insights. Lifelong Learning.

For nearly 80 years, the Association for Talent Development (formerly ASTD) has hosted conferences to educate and inspire professionals in the talent development field. From the very first conference held in Chicago in 1945 which drew 56 attendees to today’s international event, learning and development professionals have come to expect only the best from ATD conferences.

Our commitment to providing world-class speakers, thought leadership, and unprecedented networking and collaboration opportunities make the ATD International Conference & Exposition the premier event for our field. More than 13,000 professionals from 80+ countries rely on ATD’s annual conference to learn about trends and best practices, discover new tools and solutions at the largest EXPO for training and development practitioners, and share ideas with peers who are committed to helping create a world that works better.

No other L&D conference offers the depth and breadth of programming, EXPO suppliers, and networking that ATD’s international conference offers. Discover it for yourself!

ATD Members Save BIG!

JOIN OUR CHAPTER TEAM!

If we have 5 or more attendees from the chapter, we'll send you a coupon code, and you'll save big!

Indicate your interest by registering on this page!

Sign up on this page for the Group List and we'll send you a discount code as soon as we have 5 interested members. Power members save even more.

Step #1: "Register" on this page to indicate here that you'd like to be part of the group and get your discount code.

Step #2: Please register for the conference at your appropriate level and use your discount code at https://atdconference.td.org/

IMPORTANT: Register early to lock in the cheapest rate.

Below are the chapter team rates compared to regular rates.

Please note: if you are a chapter member only and not also an ATD National Member, the non-member rate applies.

Registration is Now Open!

Save $500!! Below were the Chapter Team rates for 2027:

	Member If you are a member of both ATD National & the OC Chapter...** You pay:	Non-Member If you are a member of the OC Chapter only...* You Pay:
Preview Rate (Ends Oct 30)	$1395 ~~$1,895~~	$1795 ~~$2,295~~
Early Bird Rate (Ends Dec 31)	$1495 ~~$1995~~	$1895 ~~$2395~~
Preferred Rate (Ends Feb 26)	$1695 ~~$2195~~	$2095 ~~$2595~~
Advanced Rate (Ends April 9)	$1895 ~~$2395~~	$2295 ~~$2795~~
Standard Rate (Ends May 17)	$2095 ~~$2595~~	$2495 ~~$2995~~

*Chapter members: Join ATD National as a Plower Member for $269 and get a net savings of $131. Call the office for details: 714.527.4785!

**National members: Join the ATD-Orange County chapter as a power member for $85 and get a net savings of $415. Call the office for details: 714.527.4785!

Find out more about ATD27 and register!

Be sure to use chapter code CH8091.

ATD-Orange County Chapter upcoming events

Membership Orientation: Get To Know Your ATD-OC (10/20/2026)

Beyond the AI Tunnel: The Adaptive Skills That Outlast Any Disruption (10/28/2026)

Agenda:

What To Bring

About our Presenter:

Earn Professional Professional Development Points

This program is worth .5 Professional Development points. Find out more about APTD/CPTD Certifications here.

Accessibility

PHOTOGRAPHY & VIDEO RELEASE

ATD-OC November Board Meeting (11/10/2026)

Membership Orientation: Get To Know Your ATD-OC (11/17/2026)

Why Employees Ignore Training (and How to Fix It) (11/18/2026)

Here's what we'll be talking through together:

Cameras on, mics open, real talk welcome.

About Your Facilitator

MEDIA RELEASE

Celebrate and Elevate: December Annual Holiday Event (12/09/2026)

Earn Professional Professional Development Points

This program is worth .5 Professional Development points. Find out more about APTD/CPTD Certifications here.

PHOTOGRAPHY & VIDEO RELEASE

Membership Orientation: Get To Know Your ATD-OC (12/15/2026)

Learning and Development Trends and Strategies — 2027 (02/24/2027)

Discover Insights from Industry Leaders

Panelists:

Crystal Brown

Agenda

Register Early, Save with a Friend!

Earn Professional Professional Development Points

This program is worth 1 Professional Development points. Find out more about APTD/CPTD Certifications here.

ATD Capability Model

PHOTOGRAPHY & VIDEO RELEASE

ATD27 International Conference & Exposition - Team Discount CODE (05/16/2027)

Collective Insights. Lifelong Learning.

ATD Members Save BIG!

This program is worth .5 Professional Development points.
Find out more about APTD/CPTD Certifications here.

This program is worth .5 Professional Development points.
Find out more about APTD/CPTD Certifications here.

This program is worth 1 Professional Development points.
Find out more about APTD/CPTD Certifications here.