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This exciting new online learning tool offered exclusively to ABWA members is designed to help you realize your full potential! Take courses on your time and at your own pace. Learn to "Facilitate Team Meetings" for maximum efficiency and effectiveness. Learn "Problem Solving Processes" to identify and solve common problems using inovative solutions. That's just two of the many courses available!

Learn More About WIN
ABWA is proud to announce The Women’s Instructional Network (WIN) – an exciting new sophisticated, interactive online learning and communications tool designed exclusively for ABWA members. ABWA is the first association to offer this unique opportunity.

WIN will enhance your professional and personal skills, and turn your organization into a more successful high-performance team. It will provide you with the skills necessary to:

• develop a clear purpose for your team
• increase productivity
• effectively manage teams
• make timely team decisions
• build a collaborative team environment.

Through WIN, you also will stay current with Chapter/Network and national news, connect with a WIN professional mentor, and earn Professional Development Unit credits (PDUs).

WIN integrates tried-and-true learning techniques with sophisticated educational tools. The graphic design, animation and video will keep you engaged as you learn new tools that will help you achieve success.

WIN is a self-paced program, giving you total control over your learning speed. You can learn the entire system, or focus on areas that are more relevant to your particular situation.

“Team Tools” will be offered in Phase I of WIN when it launches in April of this year. The Team Tools Collection is being used by some of America’s largest and most successful companies for training and continuing education of their employees. Now you will have the same access through ABWA.

Knowledge Objects
In addition to the 15 Team Tools learning modules, there are countless streams of information available on WIN for your ongoing learning. They’re called “Knowledge Objects”, and they’re made up of briefs and videos that are posted by teaching mentors as well as fellow subscribers. Knowledge Objects are being added and updated every day, and they’re stored for easy search access by the topic you wish to explore. It’s an ever-growing source of current information available to you for self-improvement, to manage your teams or even manage your business!

Stay In Touch
WIN can also be used to get all your latest Chapter information. Chapter newsletters can be posted and accessed by members only using a unique password. And, the message board can be used to communicate with other members by posting comments, announcements or feedback. It’s a simple, efficient way to stay in touch and stay involved.

WIN Phase I offers “TEAM TOOLS”
Consisting of these 15 highly interactive modules

“Team Tools Interactive enables us to achieve all our training goals without scheduling overtime or hiring new folks. It’s available 24 hours, seven days a week, so that people can control the training. It does not require us to schedule training or a trainer, and the employees really do opportunistically take advantage of that.”
–Steve Bruner, Plant Manager
Quaker Oats, Danville

About LightSpeed Learning
LightSpeed Learning, an internationally recognized leader in change management consulting and training material development, authored and produced Team Tools Interactive—an interactive computer-based management training program designed to help companies and individuals reach their full potential. The company’s Team Tools and Leader Skills courses have successfully trained more than 80,000 participants in many different businesses and environments. American Airlines, Apple Computer, IBM, Nabisco and Principal Financial Group are just a few of LightSpeed’s clients.

Creating a Team Charter Discover how key customers, key results, guiding principles and time frames are critical to creating an effective charter and a foundation for team success.	Goal Setting and Measuring Results Learn how to use benchmarks, performance measurements and effective communication to improve work performance.
Team Communication Basics Good communication is a key to team success. Discover how to communicate effectively, gain a better understanding of how to make your messages heard and understood, and learn sound listening techniques.	Managing Team Performance Discover how to create a self-directed team, define expectations, plan and reward results.
Building a Collaborative Team Environment Collaboration makes it easier to manage conflict, arrive at a consensus, develop new ideas, solve problems and improve work processes. Discover how to create a collaborative team environment where team members understand the value of having a common purpose, trust, clear roles, open communication and diversity.	Planning for Action Planning can be both the most time-consuming and rewarding activity. Learn how to develop comprehensive plans that will achieve results.
Managing Team Conflict The difference between teams that come to a consensus and those that remain grid-locked is the team’s ability to manage conflict. Tackle conflict head-on and discover how the five essential steps to resolving conflict will strengthen your team.	Selecting Team Members High-performance teams are key to resolving issues and improving performance. Learn how to define personnel needs, select the right candidate and integrate new team members.
Making Group Decisions Timely, high-quality team decisions foster commitment among all team members. Learn a seven-step process for reaching a consensus supported by everyone.	Team Problem Solving Discover how you can identify common processes for resolving problems, and identifying practical and innovative solutions.
Using Principles and Boundaries Discover your organization’s boundaries and how to broaden those boundaries in order to create a team environment that allows for creativity and the ability to accomplish tasks.	Team Member Roles & Responsibilities Learn how to evaluate team member roles and responsibilities, and how to communicate clearly defined expectations for each team member in order to effectively accomplish team tasks.
Giving and Receiving Feedback The quality of coaching within an organization can determine the team’s success or failure. As a coach, you need to know what each team member does and how well they are accomplishing their work. This module will give you helpful guidelines to correct, develop and reinforce team members.	Working with Your Supply Chain Learn how to strengthen relationships with vendors and customers, how to communicate expectations, and discover how to understand vendor and customer needs in order to achieve results.
Facilitating Team Interaction Learn the skills and strategies to create effective meetings that are both efficient and effective.

Course Fees

In addition to your annual membership dues, you pay a $15/year technology fee to have access to WIN. As an ABWA member, your $15 gives you access to the communication, and training tools available exclusively through the Women's Instructional Network. Plus, as a special introduction to WIN, with a Basic Membership, you will receive 5 FREE Team Tools training modules; with an Express Network Membership, you will receive 10 FREE Team Tools training modules! And, you can purchase additional Team Tools courses for only $24.95 each where other companies pay over $100/module. This is an exceptional value for all workingwomen and business owners!

* Members 65 and older may opt out of WIN.