TED Conference Continues to Grow

Approximately 100 people attended the 5^th Annual Training, Education & Development Conference, earlier this month in Kansas City, Missouri. In addition to the Jay Forte’s keynote address on how to maximize results by engaging and empowering employees to do their best, attendees had ample opportunities to participate in roundtable sessions, hear presentations by industry experts on a wide variety of topics, network at social events, and, most importantly, connect with their construction industry peers from across the nation. The opening TED Conference session by FMI’s Andy Patron was a huge success, as he introduced the 2011 U.S. Construction Industry Talent Development Report, which contains a wealth of information about the challenges, concerns and innovations having an impact on the construction industry in the last year. The report is available free with a registration to FMI. Additional TED sessions included well-attended sessions on creating and using distance-learning programs; helping guide field personnel to become great classroom facilitators, creating a culture of learning for Hispanic employees, and measuring the value of investing in workforce education. Thanks to all of our speakers for such interesting sessions. We are currently gathering feedback and planning next year’s conference. AGC would like to thank our generous sponsors, without whom the conferences would not have been possible: the National Center for Construction Education & Research, PAS, Inc., HireTouch by Imagetrend, eMars, FMI, BirdDog, and Capitol Immigration Law. Both the TED and HR Professionals Conference will be co-located in San Antonio, from Oct. 15-17, 2012, so mark your calendars now!