SYRACUSE — CNY ATD, the Central New York affiliate chapter of ATD (Association for Talent Development), has been awarded the 2017 Chapter Excellence Award by the national association, according to a recent news release from the local chapter. The ATD Chapter Excellence Award is a national recognition honoring chapters that have achieved excellence in strategic […]
SYRACUSE — CNY ATD, the Central New York affiliate chapter of ATD (Association for Talent Development), has been awarded the 2017 Chapter Excellence Award by the national association, according to a recent news release from the local chapter.
The ATD Chapter Excellence Award is a national recognition honoring chapters that have achieved excellence in strategic partnership.
ATD lauded CNY ATD for demonstrating the best effort in making a significant impact in the local community with its CNY ATD Scholarship Program. Since its start in 2011, CNY ATD has awarded 13 scholarships to talent-development professionals pursuing professional development and continuing education in the talent-development field.
“CNY ATD successfully captured the spirit of this award with its successful Scholarship Program. This impressive program encourages and supports professional development and continuing education in the field of talent development and addresses a need in the local community for financial support for talent development professionals to pursue professional development and continuing education,” the ATD noted in the release.
“The impact our chapters have in their local communities and in support of the talent development profession is impressive. Winning a Chapter Excellence Award shows the chapter’s level of dedication to meeting ATD’s mission of empowering professionals to develop knowledge and skills successfully,” Jennifer Homer, ATD’s VP of communications, added in the release.
The Association for Talent Development says it is the world’s largest association dedicated to those who develop talent in organizations. ATD’s members hail from more than 120 countries and work in public and private organizations in every industry sector. ATD has more than 125 local chapters, as well international strategic partners and global member networks.
Started in 1943 as the American Society of Training Directors, the organization evolved to become the American Society for Training & Development.
In 2017, CNY ATD celebrates its 45-year anniversary. The local chapter currently has more than 140 members from various businesses covering 16-plus counties from the Canadian border to the Pennsylvanian border in the central area of New York. CNY ATD says it has received 16 ATD awards since 2006.
