ATD NYC upcoming events

SIG Webinar: Find Your Stories Using Identity, Innovation, and Personal Narrative to Lead with Impact (04/23/2026)

Thu, 23 Apr 2026 22:00:00 GMT

Find Your Stories Using Identity, Innovation, and Personal Narrative to Lead with Impact

Hosted by: ATD NYC SIGs - Special Interest Groups

When: Thursday, April 23 | 6:00 – 7:00 p.m. ET | Zoom

Registration:
Member Benefit – Free to members of ATD NYC in good standing

About This Event

Telling Stories & Making Meaning

If you’re a leader, you’re the narrator! Today, more and more organizations are recognizing the power of narrative and story as a core leadership and organizational discipline.

Are you advancing a bold change across the system? Tell a story. Inviting stakeholders and customers to engage with the bold new innovation? Tell a story. Are you looking for powerful ways to preserve your culture, transfer knowledge, and speed the change process? Tell a story!

In this fun and interactive message, bestselling business author David Hutchens will introduce ATD New York chapter members to the fast-growing body of theory around organizational narrative. You will be ready to start identifying and then telling the “narrative assets” that define your work

Together, We'll Explore:

During this active conversation, David Hutchens will introduce you to the many applications of stories to your most urgent work. This is a dialogue — bring your questions and share your observations!

• Stories for Identity

• Stories for Innovation

• Stories to Tell About Yourself

• Find Your Stories!

David will lead us in a quick “Story Mining” exercise to help you find the stories you didn’t know you knew. Begin to recognize the narrative assets you should be telling about the work you are doing now.

Event Location:

Zoom - Register to receive the link!

Event Contact

For any questions about this event, please e-mail: julie.nickerson@atdnyc.org

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Accessing the Webinar

A Zoom Registration link will be sent with your Registration Confirmation and Reminder emails.

Spring Co-work and Connect (Bi-weekly) (04/24/2026)

Fri, 24 Apr 2026 17:00:00 GMT

What's Co-work and Connect?

A program designed to help TD professionals like you meet up, complete some work, and meet some fellow ATD NYC members before the work week is out.

Why Co-work and Connect?

In today's world of work, TD professionals often face two key challenges:

Lack of time and energy for deep, focused work.
Limited opportunities to connect with professionals outside their own teams and organizations.

This program is designed to tackle both, providing an ongoing, structured setting for attendees to get things done together before the workweek ends—then celebrate with a little socializing.

When is it?

Every other Friday in Spring 2026 from 1:00 to 2:30 pm EST beginning April 10th, 2026:

04/10/2026, 1:00 PM - 2:30 PM
04/24/2026, 1:00 PM - 2:30 PM
05/08/2026, 1:00 PM - 2:30 PM
05/22/2026, 1:00 PM - 2:30 PM
06/05/2026, 1:00 PM - 2:30 PM
06/19/2026, 1:00 PM - 2:30 PM

Participants register for each quarter's series of co-working sessions and may attend as many or as few as they'd like.

Who will you meet?

Talent development professionals from NYC and beyond, looking to work together, support each other's work, and connect with others.

How does it work?
1. Welcome & Intentions (15 min)

You join the meeting, introduce yourself to everyone in chat, and are quickly placed into a breakout group with 2-4 others.
You briefly introduce yourself to your group mates (e.g., name, role, org, interests) and set your intention for the co-working session (e.g., finish a project proposal, write a LinkedIn post, research a topic).

2. Co-working Sprint (45 min)

You work on what you intended to do, surrounded by other focused colleagues.
You can choose to leave your cameras on for accountability or turn them off for focus time.

3. Check-In & Reflection (15 min)

You reconvene with your groupmates to discuss how things went (e.g., progress made, key learnings or takeaways, challenges encountered, next steps).
People may offer feedback or advice based on their knowledge and experiences if you request.

4. Networking & Wrap-Up (15 min)

You end by getting to know one another a bit more and bonding over shared interests.
You might also arrange a time schedule for follow-up 1:1s to connect or discuss your work in more detail.
You and your group return to the main room to mingle for a few more minutes with others and then depart.

Registration and Zoom Details

Zoom details are sent upon registration (and in reminders) via e-mail; we welcome you to add these directly to your calendar hold if not already populated.

For those who have registered for prior sessions, the Zoom link remains the same throughout the year. However, please do register for each quarter for the purposes of accurate attendance.

Can't attend all sessions in a given quarter? That's OK! Register anyway and come to the ones you can!

Investment

Members: $0

This event is not open to non-members at this time. Join ATD NYC today.

Contacts

Questions can be directed to the contact below:

Patrick Healy | AVP, Special Interest Groups | patrick.healy@atdnyc.org

Add Meeting to Calendar

After you register, don't forget to use the "add to my calendar" feature on the top righthand side of the webpage to hold the time in your calendar.

Why AI and Skills Strategies Fail Without Execution Visibility (04/29/2026)

Wed, 29 Apr 2026 22:00:00 GMT

Why AI and Skills Strategies Fail Without Execution Visibility

Hosted by the ATD Long Island Chapter

Wednesday, April 29th | 6:00 - 7:15 p.m. ET | Zoom

About This Event

Organizations are investing heavily in AI, skills platforms, and workforce transformation initiatives. Yet many leaders still struggle to answer a fundamental question: What work is actually happening inside the organization?

Without visibility into how work truly gets done across teams, tasks, and informal workflows, even the most advanced talent strategies struggle to deliver results.

This session introduces the concept of Execution Visibility, a practical framework for understanding the relationship between work, skills, and AI adoption.

Participants will explore why traditional approaches such as job descriptions, competency models, and skills taxonomies often fail to capture the real dynamics of execution.

Through practical examples and applied frameworks, attendees will learn how to:

• Identify hidden work and execution friction across teams

• Connect skills data to real work instead of static job structures

• Understand where AI can realistically augment work and where human capability remains essential

• Help HR, L&D, and talent leaders play a strategic role in organizational transformation

Participants will leave with a practical diagnostic lens to better understand how work actually happens inside their organizations and how that visibility shapes smarter talent and transformation decisions.

About Our Presenters

Kason Morris | Founder, LifeWork | Execution Visibility Advisor | Author

Kason Morris is a future-of-work strategist and talent architecture leader focused on helping organizations understand how work actually happens inside modern enterprises.

He is the creator of the Execution Visibility framework, a methodology that helps leaders uncover the hidden dynamics between work, skills, and emerging technologies such as AI.

Kason currently leads global workforce strategy and skills transformation initiatives in the life sciences industry and has spent nearly two decades working at the intersection of talent strategy, job architecture, and workforce intelligence.

He is also the founder of LifeWork, a platform focused on helping professionals design resilient careers in a rapidly changing labor market.

His work is grounded in a simple idea:

Before organizations and professionals can redesign work for the AI era, they must first make execution visible.

Investment

Members – Free as a Member Benefit

Non Members – $20.00

Regional Webinar Series

The ATD NYC Chapter is proud to participate in the ATD Mid-Atlantic Regional Webinar Series. This monthly webinar series is offered by the ATD Mid-Atlantic Chapters – Regional Programs Consortium which is comprised of the following twelve ATD chapters:

Cooperatively, these chapters bring together the very best speakers from around all our networks to provide world-class presenters and content! We look forward to sharing these webinars with you for the rest of 2026!

ATD Recertification Credits

ATD Mid-Atlantic Regional Webinar Programs are pre-approved through the ATD Greater Philadelphia Chapter by the ATD Certification Institute for continuing education credits. These credits are based on the ATD Capability Model may be applied towards recertification by Certified Professional in Talent Development (CPTD) and Associate Professional in Talent Development (APTD) credential holders.

This webinar is eligible for credits in:

Impacting Organizational Capability - Business Insight

Building Personal Capability - Lifelong Learning

Add Meeting to Calendar

After you register, don't forget to use the "add to my calendar" feature on the top righthand side of the webpage to hold your time.

Accessing the Webinar

A Zoom Registration link will be sent with your Registration Confirmation and Reminder emails. This is best completed within an hour of starting the webinar and will lead directly into the meeting. Completing registration more than an hour before the webinar will not lead directly into the meeting, instead resulting in another confirmation email from Zoom with a direct link to the meeting to be used later (at the time of the webinar).

Recording

By activating your webcam while attending this online event, you consent to be recorded. Your entry and webcam activation constitutes your consent to such recording for any purpose in connection with the event. If you do not agree to the foregoing, please do not activate your web camera during the event.

Event Contact

For any questions about this event, please e-mail dj.husted@atdnyc.org

SIGLab: Influence That Moves Senior Leaders (04/30/2026)

Thu, 30 Apr 2026 22:00:00 GMT

Influence That Moves Senior Leaders

Hosted by: ATD NYC SIGs - Special Interest Groups

When: Thursday, April 30 | 6:00 – 7:30 p.m. ET | Zoom

We’re offering another opportunity to participate!

Registration:

Member Benefit – Free to members of ATD NYC in good standing

About This Event

You asked, we scheduled another session!

Senior leaders think differently, and the way we frame our ideas determines whether they land as strategic value or internal noise.

Join us for an interactive SIGLab focused on strengthening how talent development professionals communicate, influence, and build credibility with senior leaders.

This session will combine brief framing concepts with a highly interactive, hands-on breakout practice, giving participants the opportunity to refine real-world messaging in a collaborative environment.

Through guided exercises and peer discussion, you will:

Practice translating ideas into clear business problems
Strengthen how you connect recommendations to outcomes
Identify common credibility gaps in senior conversations
Apply Senior Leader framing techniques to your own scenarios

Together, We'll Discuss:

How senior leaders process information and make decisions
Common credibility traps that reduce influence
How to frame recommendations around business impact
One practical shift you can apply immediately

This session reflects the core purpose of our Special Interest Groups: SIGs are collaborative learning spaces where we leverage one another’s experience, insight, and curiosity to advance our knowledge, strengthen our skills, and drive meaningful professional growth.

About the Facilitator:

Kevin Blake, MS is a strategic Learning and Development leader and I/O Psychologist focused on building people-centric organizations where leadership is actively practiced. As Global Head of Leadership Development at PubMatic, he designs and scales executive and high-potential programs that directly connect talent outcomes to business performance.

With experience across Capital One, Citi, and Latham & Watkins, Blake is known for transforming traditional training into drivers of organizational capability. He specializes in leading behavioral change during growth, strengthening managerial effectiveness, and enabling teams to perform with clarity and cohesion.

An active contributor to ATD NYC, Blake develops practical, evidence-based frameworks that make I/O psychology accessible and actionable. He holds an MS in Industrial-Organizational Psychology from Baruch College and is a Hogan-certified practitioner.

Event Contact

For any questions about this event, please e-mail Blake: kevin.blake@atdnyc.org

Add Meeting to Calendar

After you register, don't forget to use the "add to my calendar" feature on the top righthand side of the webpage to hold your time.

Accessing the Webinar

A Zoom Registration link will be sent with your Registration Confirmation and Reminder emails.

Spring Co-work and Connect (Bi-weekly) (05/08/2026)

Fri, 08 May 2026 17:00:00 GMT

What's Co-work and Connect?

A program designed to help TD professionals like you meet up, complete some work, and meet some fellow ATD NYC members before the work week is out.

Why Co-work and Connect?

In today's world of work, TD professionals often face two key challenges:

Lack of time and energy for deep, focused work.
Limited opportunities to connect with professionals outside their own teams and organizations.

This program is designed to tackle both, providing an ongoing, structured setting for attendees to get things done together before the workweek ends—then celebrate with a little socializing.

When is it?

Every other Friday in Spring 2026 from 1:00 to 2:30 pm EST beginning April 10th, 2026:

04/10/2026, 1:00 PM - 2:30 PM
04/24/2026, 1:00 PM - 2:30 PM
05/08/2026, 1:00 PM - 2:30 PM
05/22/2026, 1:00 PM - 2:30 PM
06/05/2026, 1:00 PM - 2:30 PM
06/19/2026, 1:00 PM - 2:30 PM

Participants register for each quarter's series of co-working sessions and may attend as many or as few as they'd like.

Who will you meet?

Talent development professionals from NYC and beyond, looking to work together, support each other's work, and connect with others.

How does it work?
1. Welcome & Intentions (15 min)

You join the meeting, introduce yourself to everyone in chat, and are quickly placed into a breakout group with 2-4 others.
You briefly introduce yourself to your group mates (e.g., name, role, org, interests) and set your intention for the co-working session (e.g., finish a project proposal, write a LinkedIn post, research a topic).

2. Co-working Sprint (45 min)

You work on what you intended to do, surrounded by other focused colleagues.
You can choose to leave your cameras on for accountability or turn them off for focus time.

3. Check-In & Reflection (15 min)

You reconvene with your groupmates to discuss how things went (e.g., progress made, key learnings or takeaways, challenges encountered, next steps).
People may offer feedback or advice based on their knowledge and experiences if you request.

4. Networking & Wrap-Up (15 min)

You end by getting to know one another a bit more and bonding over shared interests.
You might also arrange a time schedule for follow-up 1:1s to connect or discuss your work in more detail.
You and your group return to the main room to mingle for a few more minutes with others and then depart.

Registration and Zoom Details

Zoom details are sent upon registration (and in reminders) via e-mail; we welcome you to add these directly to your calendar hold if not already populated.

For those who have registered for prior sessions, the Zoom link remains the same throughout the year. However, please do register for each quarter for the purposes of accurate attendance.

Can't attend all sessions in a given quarter? That's OK! Register anyway and come to the ones you can!

Investment

Members: $0

This event is not open to non-members at this time. Join ATD NYC today.

Contacts

Questions can be directed to the contact below:

Patrick Healy | AVP, Special Interest Groups | patrick.healy@atdnyc.org

Add Meeting to Calendar

After you register, don't forget to use the "add to my calendar" feature on the top righthand side of the webpage to hold the time in your calendar.

2026 May New Member Orientation: Get To Know Your ATD NYC! (05/18/2026)

Mon, 18 May 2026 23:00:00 GMT

Join us to welcome our newest members to the chapter! Learn how to maximize your membership while networking with your ATD NYC colleagues. All new members and legacy members are welcome to attend.

Zoom Details

Ensure you save the calendar details after you register to hold your time
Zoom details are sent upon registration and in reminders via e-mail; we welcome you to add these directly to your calendar hold if not already populated

Spring Co-work and Connect (Bi-weekly) (05/22/2026)

Fri, 22 May 2026 17:00:00 GMT

What's Co-work and Connect?

A program designed to help TD professionals like you meet up, complete some work, and meet some fellow ATD NYC members before the work week is out.

Why Co-work and Connect?

In today's world of work, TD professionals often face two key challenges:

Lack of time and energy for deep, focused work.
Limited opportunities to connect with professionals outside their own teams and organizations.

This program is designed to tackle both, providing an ongoing, structured setting for attendees to get things done together before the workweek ends—then celebrate with a little socializing.

When is it?

Every other Friday in Spring 2026 from 1:00 to 2:30 pm EST beginning April 10th, 2026:

04/10/2026, 1:00 PM - 2:30 PM
04/24/2026, 1:00 PM - 2:30 PM
05/08/2026, 1:00 PM - 2:30 PM
05/22/2026, 1:00 PM - 2:30 PM
06/05/2026, 1:00 PM - 2:30 PM
06/19/2026, 1:00 PM - 2:30 PM

Participants register for each quarter's series of co-working sessions and may attend as many or as few as they'd like.

Who will you meet?

Talent development professionals from NYC and beyond, looking to work together, support each other's work, and connect with others.

How does it work?
1. Welcome & Intentions (15 min)

You join the meeting, introduce yourself to everyone in chat, and are quickly placed into a breakout group with 2-4 others.
You briefly introduce yourself to your group mates (e.g., name, role, org, interests) and set your intention for the co-working session (e.g., finish a project proposal, write a LinkedIn post, research a topic).

2. Co-working Sprint (45 min)

You work on what you intended to do, surrounded by other focused colleagues.
You can choose to leave your cameras on for accountability or turn them off for focus time.

3. Check-In & Reflection (15 min)

You reconvene with your groupmates to discuss how things went (e.g., progress made, key learnings or takeaways, challenges encountered, next steps).
People may offer feedback or advice based on their knowledge and experiences if you request.

4. Networking & Wrap-Up (15 min)

You end by getting to know one another a bit more and bonding over shared interests.
You might also arrange a time schedule for follow-up 1:1s to connect or discuss your work in more detail.
You and your group return to the main room to mingle for a few more minutes with others and then depart.

Registration and Zoom Details

Zoom details are sent upon registration (and in reminders) via e-mail; we welcome you to add these directly to your calendar hold if not already populated.

For those who have registered for prior sessions, the Zoom link remains the same throughout the year. However, please do register for each quarter for the purposes of accurate attendance.

Can't attend all sessions in a given quarter? That's OK! Register anyway and come to the ones you can!

Investment

Members: $0

This event is not open to non-members at this time. Join ATD NYC today.

Contacts

Questions can be directed to the contact below:

Patrick Healy | AVP, Special Interest Groups | patrick.healy@atdnyc.org

Add Meeting to Calendar

After you register, don't forget to use the "add to my calendar" feature on the top righthand side of the webpage to hold the time in your calendar.

Spring Co-work and Connect (Bi-weekly) (06/05/2026)

Fri, 05 Jun 2026 17:00:00 GMT

What's Co-work and Connect?

A program designed to help TD professionals like you meet up, complete some work, and meet some fellow ATD NYC members before the work week is out.

Why Co-work and Connect?

In today's world of work, TD professionals often face two key challenges:

Lack of time and energy for deep, focused work.
Limited opportunities to connect with professionals outside their own teams and organizations.

This program is designed to tackle both, providing an ongoing, structured setting for attendees to get things done together before the workweek ends—then celebrate with a little socializing.

When is it?

Every other Friday in Spring 2026 from 1:00 to 2:30 pm EST beginning April 10th, 2026:

04/10/2026, 1:00 PM - 2:30 PM
04/24/2026, 1:00 PM - 2:30 PM
05/08/2026, 1:00 PM - 2:30 PM
05/22/2026, 1:00 PM - 2:30 PM
06/05/2026, 1:00 PM - 2:30 PM
06/19/2026, 1:00 PM - 2:30 PM

Participants register for each quarter's series of co-working sessions and may attend as many or as few as they'd like.

Who will you meet?

Talent development professionals from NYC and beyond, looking to work together, support each other's work, and connect with others.

How does it work?
1. Welcome & Intentions (15 min)

You join the meeting, introduce yourself to everyone in chat, and are quickly placed into a breakout group with 2-4 others.
You briefly introduce yourself to your group mates (e.g., name, role, org, interests) and set your intention for the co-working session (e.g., finish a project proposal, write a LinkedIn post, research a topic).

2. Co-working Sprint (45 min)

You work on what you intended to do, surrounded by other focused colleagues.
You can choose to leave your cameras on for accountability or turn them off for focus time.

3. Check-In & Reflection (15 min)

You reconvene with your groupmates to discuss how things went (e.g., progress made, key learnings or takeaways, challenges encountered, next steps).
People may offer feedback or advice based on their knowledge and experiences if you request.

4. Networking & Wrap-Up (15 min)

You end by getting to know one another a bit more and bonding over shared interests.
You might also arrange a time schedule for follow-up 1:1s to connect or discuss your work in more detail.
You and your group return to the main room to mingle for a few more minutes with others and then depart.

Registration and Zoom Details

Zoom details are sent upon registration (and in reminders) via e-mail; we welcome you to add these directly to your calendar hold if not already populated.

For those who have registered for prior sessions, the Zoom link remains the same throughout the year. However, please do register for each quarter for the purposes of accurate attendance.

Can't attend all sessions in a given quarter? That's OK! Register anyway and come to the ones you can!

Investment

Members: $0

This event is not open to non-members at this time. Join ATD NYC today.

Contacts

Questions can be directed to the contact below:

Patrick Healy | AVP, Special Interest Groups | patrick.healy@atdnyc.org

Add Meeting to Calendar

After you register, don't forget to use the "add to my calendar" feature on the top righthand side of the webpage to hold the time in your calendar.

Spring Co-work and Connect (Bi-weekly) (06/19/2026)

Fri, 19 Jun 2026 17:00:00 GMT

What's Co-work and Connect?

A program designed to help TD professionals like you meet up, complete some work, and meet some fellow ATD NYC members before the work week is out.

Why Co-work and Connect?

In today's world of work, TD professionals often face two key challenges:

Lack of time and energy for deep, focused work.
Limited opportunities to connect with professionals outside their own teams and organizations.

This program is designed to tackle both, providing an ongoing, structured setting for attendees to get things done together before the workweek ends—then celebrate with a little socializing.

When is it?

Every other Friday in Spring 2026 from 1:00 to 2:30 pm EST beginning April 10th, 2026:

04/10/2026, 1:00 PM - 2:30 PM
04/24/2026, 1:00 PM - 2:30 PM
05/08/2026, 1:00 PM - 2:30 PM
05/22/2026, 1:00 PM - 2:30 PM
06/05/2026, 1:00 PM - 2:30 PM
06/19/2026, 1:00 PM - 2:30 PM

Participants register for each quarter's series of co-working sessions and may attend as many or as few as they'd like.

Who will you meet?

Talent development professionals from NYC and beyond, looking to work together, support each other's work, and connect with others.

How does it work?
1. Welcome & Intentions (15 min)

You join the meeting, introduce yourself to everyone in chat, and are quickly placed into a breakout group with 2-4 others.
You briefly introduce yourself to your group mates (e.g., name, role, org, interests) and set your intention for the co-working session (e.g., finish a project proposal, write a LinkedIn post, research a topic).

2. Co-working Sprint (45 min)

You work on what you intended to do, surrounded by other focused colleagues.
You can choose to leave your cameras on for accountability or turn them off for focus time.

3. Check-In & Reflection (15 min)

You reconvene with your groupmates to discuss how things went (e.g., progress made, key learnings or takeaways, challenges encountered, next steps).
People may offer feedback or advice based on their knowledge and experiences if you request.

4. Networking & Wrap-Up (15 min)

You end by getting to know one another a bit more and bonding over shared interests.
You might also arrange a time schedule for follow-up 1:1s to connect or discuss your work in more detail.
You and your group return to the main room to mingle for a few more minutes with others and then depart.

Registration and Zoom Details

Zoom details are sent upon registration (and in reminders) via e-mail; we welcome you to add these directly to your calendar hold if not already populated.

For those who have registered for prior sessions, the Zoom link remains the same throughout the year. However, please do register for each quarter for the purposes of accurate attendance.

Can't attend all sessions in a given quarter? That's OK! Register anyway and come to the ones you can!

Investment

Members: $0

This event is not open to non-members at this time. Join ATD NYC today.

Contacts

Questions can be directed to the contact below:

Patrick Healy | AVP, Special Interest Groups | patrick.healy@atdnyc.org

Add Meeting to Calendar

After you register, don't forget to use the "add to my calendar" feature on the top righthand side of the webpage to hold the time in your calendar.