August Lunch and Learn: ATD Career Focus: Instructional Design Career Field (14 Aug 2026)

Fri, 14 Aug 2026 16:00:00 GMT

ATD Charlotte - Lunch & Learn series

Zoom Meeting: August 14; 12:00pm - 1:00pm (Eastern)

ATD Career Focus: Instructional Design
Career Field

Registration Deadline: August 14

Presented by: Victoria Beddard

ATD Capability:

Lifelong Learning

Professional Capability:

Career & Leadership Development

Objectives:

Explain the aspects of instructional design and how it is an important pillar of T&D.
Examine the tools that an Instructional Designer utilizes.

BIO:

Victoria Beddard is a Training & Development professional based in Charlotte, N.C. She obtained her Masters of Education in Training & Development from North Carolina State University and has worked in the healthcare, insurance, and humanitarian industries.

She is currently the Training & Development Specialist for a humanitarian non-profit based in Charlotte N.C., working to help teams and departments with their training and eLearning needs.

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Schedules are busy, so plan just 60 minutes for your own professional development and come away reenergized and refreshed, with an actionable takeaway to help you move forward.

Data and the Impact of Learning & Development: Data Awareness, Literacy, and Fluency (20 Aug 2026)

Thu, 20 Aug 2026 21:45:00 GMT

Data and the Impact of Learning & Development: Data Awareness, Literacy, and Fluency

Registration Deadline: August 13

Many organizations use dashboards, metrics, KPIs, and data analytics to track processes and make data-informed decisions. Data literacy is a necessary pre-requisite for effective data use; colorful data visualizations are not sufficient on their own. By using data awareness to identify knowledge gaps, L&D professionals can begin building effective learning experiences to increase data literacy or data fluency within their organization.

In this session, participants will explore the concepts of data awareness, data literacy, and data fluency. Participants will review data visualization examples to practice data awareness and to identify organizational learning needs. They will brainstorm additional uses of data awareness within their own organization and explore potential learning experiences appropriate for their needs.

By the end of the session, participants will be able to:

Define data awareness, data literacy, and data fluency
Use data awareness to identify organizational learning needs
Brainstorm appropriate learning experiences for their environment

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Presented by:

Kelly Smith

Educator, talent developer, social justice advocate.
Forensic scientist, institutional researcher, data coach.

Dedicated to helping individuals, groups, and organizations become the best possible version of themselves through the intentional and thoughtful use of data to support decision making.

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Join ATD Charlotte for our monthly chapter meeting. Meet other talent development professionals in the Charlotte area, discover job opportunities and - if you're recruiting - connect with job seekers, hear about the latest chapter news, and participate in a fantastic program.

We are looking forward to seeing you! Remember that in order to allow the caterer to order the correct amount of food and protect your membership dollars, ATD charges a $25 no-show fee. So, if something comes up please cancel by Thursday (7 days prior to the event) 12 midnight. Thanks!!!

All times Eastern Time (US & Canada)

Location: NOTE: New Location!!

CPI Security Systems Corporate Office

4300 Sandy Porter Rd, Charlotte, NC 28273

Parking: please park anywhere in the parking lot (EV is for employees only, though).

Enter through the main entrance in the front of the building that faces Sandy Porter Road, please enter 4300 building (not 4200 building).

Check in: 5-6pm

Meeting start time: 5:45pm

Note: For any guests attending (without a guest pass), please select 'Guest-In Person' for your registration; the cost is $25 to cover the meeting and food.

Meeting Schedule:

All times Eastern Time (US & Canada)

5:45pm - Meeting starts
Dinner!
Networking & Job Forum
Chapter Announcements
Presentation
8:00pm - Meeting Concludes

ATD Charlotte upcoming events

August Lunch and Learn: ATD Career Focus: Instructional Design Career Field (14 Aug 2026)

Data and the Impact of Learning & Development: Data Awareness, Literacy, and Fluency (20 Aug 2026)