MidWest Birkman User Group

This is the online version of the email newsletter sent to our members:

Midwest BUG - October 2007 Newsletter 

MANY THANKS...

...to Bob Miller and the team at P&G as our gracious hosts for the 2nd meeting of the Midwest BUG. We had 17 participants for what many have said was fun, lively, and educational. Bob, the food, and especially your hospitality, was very much appreciated. And, thank you for sharing so much of what you and P&G do with the Birkman. Thank you.

3RD MIDWEST BUG MEETING:

Our next meeting will be held on Friday, November 9, 2007 at 12 Noon at the offices of Baker & Daboll, LLC. 

Our topic is: "Understanding The Individual Components". Lunch will be provided by Baker & Daboll, LLC (if you have special dietary needs, please let me know). Please RSVP via www.midwestbug.org or by emailing me at This e-mail address is being protected from spam bots, you need JavaScript enabled to view it  . Our office is located in the Waterstone Building behind Kings Auto Mall (Fields Ertel Road off I-71). 

The address is:

9435 Waterstone Blvd.

Suite 140

Cincinnati, OH 45249

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FREE WEBINAR:

Many of you who attended the 1st Midwest BUG may recall the generous gift Matt Zamzow offered the participants of the 1st Midwest BUG. Matt offered those who attended the first BUG one free webinar. In order to receive this free gift, Matt informs me that you should register for a Webinar as normal. They have a roster of the 1st Midwest BUG attendees and will apply the credit appropriately.  

OCT 06 CONFERENCE PRESENTATIONS:

In our continued effort to share and spread our collective Birkman knowledge and materials, some of you asked if I could upload and share the presentations I received when I attended the Oct 06 Birkman conference. I am very happy to report that we received permission from Carol Buckner to upload this very valuable information to our Midwest BUG website (yet

another incentive for your to register at www.midwestbug.org )  (Editor's Note:  These presentations are now available in the downloads section - for registered MidWestBUG users only)

OUR WEBSITE:

Marvelous! We have 18 registered users on our official website www.midwestbug.org . For those of you who have not registered yet....you may be interested to know that we plan on using this website to share materials with each other. Rod has already posted some of the materials that P&G and my colleague Vivian Kist have submitted. These materials can be found under the "Downloads" section. Feel free to send Rod Martin an email if you would like to share something.

Also, don't forget, we have our own "Message Board" on the site too. This is a great way ask each other questions or share insights. 

OUR MIDWEST BUG DATABASE:

You may not be aware that we actually have our own Midwest BUG database at Birkman Direct. This database can be used to share our own Birkman Profiles. The database can be accessed at: http://direct.birkman.com Username:

Midwest;  Password: bug. Currently, only two members of the MidWest BUG have chosen to add their profile. (Yes, I know I have not added mine yet either - I will soon). But, feel free to send Birkman the attached release form and ask them to add your profile. Perhaps at a future date we can have a session just about sharing our own Profiles and how we see them in our lives? 

TRAINING

Some of you asked about the training that Patti Corbett sponsors. Her website for Birkman training is:

http://www.corbettconsultinggroup.com/Content-Public/Page-Edit/Page.asp?iID=1469703608. Please keep in mind that you will not receive Birkman CEUs unless it is a training event sanctioned a sponsored by Birkman, Inc. through Corbett Consulting Group.

Also, please don't forget that Birkman, Inc. has just released their NEW training calendar. Please note, that due to your overwhelming interest, a Cincinnati date was added to the calendar. I know most of you are as excited as me. So, don't forget to sign up so that they will keep coming back to our humble Midwest area. :-)

New Birkman Calendar:

Workshops (20 hours) 

February 19-20 - Conflict Resolution - Houston - Claire Carrison 

May 20-21 - Teambuilding Ideas - Cincinnati - Patti Corbett 

July 8-9 - Transformational Leadership - Seattle - Larry Lee 

September 9-10 - Managing from Needs - Houston - Pat Strobel 

November 18-19 - Organizational Change -Houston - Larry Lee 

Webinars (2 hours) 

January 25 - Tailoring Development Across Generations

February 29 - The Influence of Interest 

March 28 - Team Integration 

April 25 - Using Birkman in Ministry 

May 30 - Tips & Techniques for Executive Feedback 

June 27 - Using Birkman with Young Adults 

July 25 - Mapping Birkman Scales to Competencies

August 29 - Corporate Retention 

September 26 - Succession Planning

October 24 - Leadership Development 

November 21 - Adaptive Coaching 

December 12 - The Influence of Interest 

Level II Certification 

March 18-19 - Houston - Larry Lee/Lynn Greene 

October 7-8 - Houston - Larry Lee/Lynn Greene 

BOOKS

We discussed a number of books during our last meeting. Below are the ones

that I think we discussed. Please feel free to post others on

www.midwestbug.org .

The Birkman Reader - Edited by Alan Bernstein (purchased through Birkman

online store)

Guide to Your Career - The Princeton Review - Edited by Alan Bernstein

Primal Leadership - Daniel Goleman, Richard Boyatzis, Annie McKee

Todd