Thanks to those of you who responded to our Muse readership survey. The main message we took away was to continue doing what we are doing!

Thanks to Diane MacDonald for pointing us to the Shambhala Institute for Authentic Leadership website. The Shambhala Institute creates powerful learning environments that support the deeper understanding, strength, and skills leaders need to catalyze and sustain positive change in today's complex world. Based in Nova Scotia and in operation since 2001, they offer a series of leadership and learning workshops.

They also have some great resources on their website. We were especially interested in the discussion with Peter Senge, Frances Baldwin, and Yvon Bastein about "bringing the mind of reflection into action." You can download a number of interviews and articles from their website.

Tammy and Dave were recently awarded Certified Training and Development Professional (CTDP) status through the Canadian Society of Training and Development (CSTD). This is part of Calliope Learning's ongoing commitment to work with the CSTD (you may recall that we're helping to start a Vancouver Island Chapter).

We feel that this new program will be valuable in enhancing the professional status of the training and development field in Canada, and is worthy of our support. The CSTD Web site states "Developed by experienced professionals in the field, the CTDP is the only professional designation in Canada for Training and Development practitioners. The holder of the CTDP is recognized as having met the high standards of performance, developed by CSTD, and published in the Training Competency Architecture (TCA)."

We encourage Muse readers to find out more by following the link below and please don't hesitate to get in touch with us if you're considering certification and would like to know more about our experience.

We've had a busy month with ASTD in Washington, BCHRMA in Vancouver, a presentation with the Conference Board of Canada in Edmonton and a certification workshop in Vancouver. We continue to receive a very enthusiastic response to LearningEdge.

ASTD Conference in Washington

ASTD was the biggest conference we've ever attended! There were over 450 exhibitors, many of whom set up their own lecture theatres and demonstration labs!

Over 70 people attended our presentation, where we used the Learning Signature to help participants think about how they roll out new learning programs such as leadership, coaching, mentoring or e-learning programs.