CHART Regional Training Forum Resources
CHART RTF Director Resources
CHART's Regional Training Forums (RTFs) are open to CHART members, individuals eligible for membership (employed by a restaurant, foodservice, or lodging company and involved in training), and CHART Partners. Members are welcome to bring others from their company who can benefit from and contribute to the meetings (i.e. managers), and RTF directors and attendees are encouraged to invite trainers from other companies in their region as a way of introducing them to CHART.
RTFs can be in person or virtual, range from a 2 hour meet-and-greet to a full-day event, and can be free or include a reasonable fee just to off-set minimal expenses such as F&B. Some regions have chosen to do a service event as their RTF.
PLANNING
Location
- Choose a location. Often local members or CHART Partners have a corporate office meeting room, or hotel meeting room, you can use for your meeting. See List of Partners below for contact information if you need help finding a location.
- Virtual – RTFs can be held on Zoom, but we are trying to do face-to-face when we can. If your session is virtual, you can reach out to others not in your region.
Date & Time
- Choose the day and time you think is most manageable for attendees in your region.
- RTFs can be any length of time – a meet and greet over coffee in the morning, a half-day preceded by or followed by lunch, or even a full day to make the trip to the location feel more worthwhile.
Speakers and Content
- Choose a speaker or speakers, and/or plan to have roundtable best practice sharing.
- See List of Partners below for contact information if you need help finding a speaker.
Marketing
- Get an updated list of members in your region from Susan.
- Send Susan the details of your upcoming RTF (day, time, location, agenda, and how to RSVP) to post on chart.org and social media.
HOSTING
Templates for use day of Regional Training Forum
- RTF Powerpoint Template
- Sign-in Sheet
- Post-RTF Survey Link: https://www.surveymonkey.com/r/chartrtf2
CHART Membership Materials to have available for non-member trainers attending your RTF
- CHART Membership Profile Piece
- CHART RTF Logo (right-click and choose "Save Image As")
Post-RTF
- Take photos and email them to Lisa following your RTF with a few sentences describing it for possible inclusion in the flipCHART newsletter or social media.
PARTNER RESOURCES
These CHART partners are interested in potentially hosting, sponsoring, and/or speaking at CHART Regional Meetings. Contact any partners directly to see if they have resources to support your location.
Always Food Safe
Dan Olk
AHLEI
Jennifer Bonilla
Crunchtime
Kathryn Nottage
ELB Learning
Kristen Knauss
Legacy Event Productions
Todd Horchner
Modern Training
Matt Nelson
Opus
Rachael Nemeth
Schoox
Serah Morrissey
ServSuccess
Chip Romp
Wisetail
Ann Bona