Successful Learning and Performance initiatives deserve to be highlighted and shared in order to promote innovation and excellence within our industry.

2008 PEAK Performance Award winners are chosen based on learning and performance initiatives that exemplify Performance Excellence and Applied Knowledge and will be ranked against a common set of evaluation criteria.

All winners will be honored at the ASTD San Diego Chapter Meeting in October, recognized in our monthly Newsletter and Datebook, and receive two complimentary tickets to Your Turn to Learn Conference in San Diego on November 7, 2008.

PEAK Performance Awards Process

 Step 1 - Applying (CLOSED)

 The most successful applications:

• Provide metrics and evidence of strong links between learning activities and performance.
• Show relevance of learning and performance to organizational goals.
• Give examples of the impact of learning and performance on organizational goals.
• Provide evidence to support statements.  For example, it's not enough to say "employees can now do XYZ" without data or other measurements.
• Take a systematic approach to showing the effectiveness and impact of learning and performance.

 Step 2 - Interview (IN PROCESS)

 The committee will determine which applications move on to the interview stage. On-site visits will be scheduled with those organizations as an opportunity to ask follow up questions and gather additional information.  Submission of an application does not guarantee a site visit.

 Step 3 - And the winners are...

• Winners will be notified by August 29, 2008
• Winners will also be honored at the ASTD San Diego Chapter Meeting on October 22, 2008 and invited to share their stories in a panel discussion format.

For more information, please contact PEAK@astdsandiego.org 

The fine print:

• Organizations can be private, public, as well as for profit or non-profit
• Organizations must be located in San Diego County
• An ASTD membership is not required
• PEAK Performance Awards committee members and their employers are not eligible
• There is no minimum or maximum number of organizations that will be selected to win
• ASTD San Diego reserves the right to alter, change, or adjust processes and/or procedures in the best interest of the chapter or its membership
• All decisions made by the PEAK Performance Awards committee are final