HDI Updates

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HDI Updates

• October 2005

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Local Chapters

• Policies Procedures Agreement
• Still a few chapters missingget them in as soon
  as possible!
• Signed by all officers
• Fax to Sophie at HDI Global
• Fax [phone] or
• Mail
• HDI
  102 South Tejon, Suite 1200
  Colorado Springs, CO 80903
• Were due to HDI Global September 30

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Local Chapters

• Local Chapter Excellence Awards
• Due date for all submissions
• December 18, 2005
• Judging will be completed by February 1, 2006
• Chapters notified by February 14, 2006
• Awards presented at HDI Annual Conference
• March 19-22
• Nashville, TN
• Local Chapter Meeting

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Local Chapters

• Local Chapter Circle of Excellence
• Committee is meeting to determine criteria
• Goal is to have Circle of Excellence ready for
  rollout to chapters
• December 2005
• Circle of Excellence begins January 2006 and goes
  by calendar year
• Interested chapters must submit an application
  form to be considered
• Applications will be accepted only in January
• Cant decide in middle of year to participate
• More information will be forthcoming in the next
  month

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Membership

• Metrics guide
• Out Week of October 26
• Topic Cost per incident per channel
• SPIN
• Thursday, October 20
• Topic Change Management
• Speaker Doug Whittle from
• The Diagonal Group

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Membership

• Special Deal for Local Chapters
• Phil Verghis book
• Kirk Weislers Dog Poop Initiative book
• Special order form for both books
• Special through December

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Membership

• Team Excellence Award Nominations
• Submission due date
• October 31, 2005
• Criteria found on HDI website

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Training/Certification

• HDI University
• December 12-14
• San Diego, CA
• Westin Horton Plaza

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Training/Certification

• Certification Testing
• Offered at all HDI Universities
• HDA and HDM only
• Paper based testing
• Proctored by HDI
• Must be taking the certification class
• Test included in the price of the class
• Testing offered at HDI Annual Conference
• HDA and HDM only
• Offered to everyone
• Several testing times scheduled
• Sign up on site

NEW
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Events

• HDI Annual Conference
• March 19-22, 2006
• Nashville, TN
• Opryland Hotel
• All chapters should have received Save the Date
  postcards to give out at meetings

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Forums

• Higher Education
• November 8-11
• Glenwood Springs, CO
• Hosted by Colorado Mountain College
• Financial
• December 11-13 San Diego (at HDI University)
• Securities, Banking, Credit companies, etc
• Healthcare
• December 11-13 San Diego (at HDI University)
• Interested in joining a forum?
• Contact Leslie Cook
• lcook_at_thinkhdi.com