ATD St. Louis upcoming events

Delegate To Elevate w/ Tiffany Yates (09 Jun 2026)

Tue, 09 Jun 2026 16:30:00 GMT

You didn't build your business for you or your top leaders to be trapped in the day-to-day details or decisions. This session shows you how to adopt mindsets and model behaviors that help you and your leaders delegate effectively, so teams can run and perform better because of it.

Learners Will:

Understand ways to practice accountability without micromanaging
Demonstrate ways to own results, not just tasks or updates
Apply real strategies to stop being the solution to every problem

Meet Our Speaker:

Dr. Tiffany Yates, CEO of TED Initiatives

Dr. Tiffany Yates, CEO of TED Initiatives, is a growth and transformation leader with 15+ years in complex organization development. She accelerates employee experience, strengthens culture, and improves performance. A former PwC Managing Director, she led talent readiness for M&A and drives change through adoption, communication, and culture acceleration. Prior roles include Grant Thornton Talent Strategist, VP of Human Capital Strategy at Dale Carnegie, Doctoral program department chair, and Cisco enterprise account leader in the CEO high-performer cohort.

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This session Builds the following Capabilities and skills from the ATD Capability Model:

Personal Capability - Communication, Collaboration and Leadership, Project Management
Professional Capability - Career and Leadership Development, Coaching, Evaluating Impact
Organizational Capability - Business Insights, Consulting and Business Partnering, Organizational Development and Culture, Talent Strategy and Management, Performance Improvement, Future Readiness

This session has been approved for recertification credits by the Association for Talent Development.

Instructional Designer Growth Series Launchers SIG (01 Jul 2026)

Wed, 01 Jul 2026 17:30:00 GMT

A year-long, capability-building journey for new and emerging Instructional Designers.

The Instructional Designer Growth Series is a four-part, year-long Special Interest Group designed to help new and developing Instructional Designers build clarity, capability, and confidence in their professional practice. Each quarter blends mindset, skill development, and practical application—aligned with the ATD Talent Development Capability Model—to help participants grow from task-focused designers into strategic learning professionals.

Across four quarterly sessions—THINK, BUILD, GROW, EXECUTE—participants will clarify their professional identity, strengthen core instructional design capabilities, develop reusable assets and workflows, elevate their design decisions, and build sustainable habits that support long-term career growth. Each session includes prework, hands-on exercises, peer collaboration, and a field assignment that reinforces real-world application.

Meet our Speaker: David Kolmer!

Who is David Kolmer?

David Kolmer is a learning experience designer, gamification strategist, writer, and podcast host who helps organizations turn training into engaging, behavior-changing experiences. With over a decade of experience in corporate learning and leadership development, he designs practical, human-centered programs that blend play, technology, and business outcomes to drive real performance.

What Will You Learn by Attending?

By the end of this session you will be able to:

Articulate a Definite Chief Aim that guides business decisions.
Describe how identity influences entrepreneurial behavior and performance.
Distinguish between assets and liabilities in entrepreneurial contexts.

Who Should Attend?

If you're an early-career and developing Instructional designer, career-pivoter, or L&D professional seeking structure, community, and a strategic path to becoming a confident, capable, and future ready Instructional Designer!

Need help explaining the “why” behind this work to leadership or highlighting its impact?

This session Builds the following Capabilities and skills from the ATD Capability Model:

Personal Capability - Emotional Intelligence and Decision Making, and Lifelong Learning
Professional Capability - Career and Leadership Development
Organizational Capability - Organization Development and Culture, and Change Management

To learn more about our capability model, visit https://capability.td.org/!

This session has been approved for recertification credits by the Association for Talent Development.

Annual ATD St. Louis Learn Conference -Celebrating 80 Years of Growth: From Legacy to Learning Revolution (17 Sep 2026)

Thu, 17 Sep 2026 13:00:00 GMT

Annual ATD St. Louis Learn Conference

Our Chapter's Turning 80!!!!

Join your peers in the Learning & Talent Development community for our annual ATD St. Louis Learn Conference! Register EARLY for discounted pricing! Registration opens April 15th!

Conference highlights...

Both In Person and Virtual Options
Free Parking
Target Learning Tracks facilitated by experienced facilitators
Light Breakfast, Lunch, and Snacks included with registration
L&D Focused Vendors on site throughout the conference

And so much more!!!

More details about our speakers and session descriptions will be posted soon on our conference website.

To for questions about sponsorship or vendor opportunities please reach out to presidentelect@atdstl.org.

These sessions have been approved for recertification credits by the Association for Talent Development.