It’s been a busy week for ISPI Montreal!
We had such a great night at the ISPI 2017 Conference recap, June 7. Most in attendance had not attended the conference but got a chance to sample its Montreal flavour. They joined Montreal-area presenters at various round tables and experienced most aspects of the conference.
In one room, at Concordia University, attendees could take in a taste of the Masters Series, the Executive Buzz panel, the Community Service Project and Round Tables.
Daniel Poliquin, Senior Management Consultant at IBM Global Business Services, presented about Design Thinking,
Iris Almeida-Côté, Chief Executive Office at Innova Connect, discussed how performance improvement professionals can connect quickly and effectively with executives.
ISPI Montreal’s Community Service Project team was represented by Elizabeth Lakoff and Alice Isac. They shared the findings of their project with the Kidney Foundation. See http://bit.ly/2qJ5dAI for more detail.
The round tables were also represented by one of ISPI Montreal’s own. Margarita Zakorovotnaya presented her research regarding the professional recognition of instructional designers.
Students and volunteers were showcased in another room. Case competition winners Laila Ali and Sara Vitale from Team Boost shared their exhaustive competition experience.
Student Poster Sessions presenters included Victoria Gudgeon and Anna Hunt with their PI project for the Just for Kids Foundation and Natia Arabuli with her exercise in reflexive practice and the transformative power of instructional design.
Finally, our awesome conference volunteers Xinru Yang and Melanie Briand discussed how they found a community of engaged professionals and kindred spirits at this, their first ISPI conference.
For their generous assistance, ISPI Montreal wishes to thank the following sponsors:
Members of ISPI Montreal were back at it June 11, walking the talk at the Kidney Foundation Kidney Walk. Family members, four-legged and otherwise, joined in. ISPI Montreal was raising funds to help people living with kidney disease and to promote awareness of the need for organ donation.
Of course, ISPI Montreal also took on the task of helping the Kidney Foundation, Quebec Division, find out the reasons why the 2016 Kidney Walk had been so successful. It was all part of the ISPI Community Service Project. More at http://bit.ly/2qJ5dAI #BeingBetterMatters
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