R 192045Z OCT 09

ALCOAST 603/09
COMDTNOTE 1500
SUBJ: 2009 HUMAN PERFORMANCE TECHNOLOGY (HPT) WORKSHOP HIGHLIGHTS
A. COMDT COGARD WASHINGTON DC 221759Z JUN 09/ALCOAST 368/09
1. THE COAST GUARD PERFORMANCE TECHNOLOGY CENTER (PTC) HOSTED THE
NINTH ANNUAL HPT WORKSHOP IN WILLIAMSBURG, VA FROM 23 TO 25
SEPTEMBER. 440 PEOPLE ATTENDED, REPRESENTING THE COAST GUARD,
DEPARTMENT OF DEFENSE, OTHER GOVERNMENT AGENCIES, CANADIAN
MILITARY, ACADEMIA AND PRIVATE INDUSTRY.
2. PRESENTATION HIGHLIGHTS: THERE WERE A TOTAL OF 70 PRESENTATIONS
SUPPORTING ALL ASPECTS OF INSTRUCTIONAL SYSTEMS DEVELOPMENT.
ADDITIONAL TOPICS INCLUDED LEADERSHIP, PROFESSIONAL DEVELOPMENT,
TEAMS, LEAN SIX SIGMA, AND COAST GUARD MODERNIZATION.  ONE
EXCELLENT EXAMPLE WAS "APPLICATION OF HPT IN THE MODERNIZED
FORCECOM." MANY OTHER SESSIONS PROVIDED CASE STUDIES, RESEARCH,
LESSONS LEARNED AND INFORMATION RELEVANT TO THE PRACTICE OF HPT IN
THE COAST GUARD AND OTHER ORGANIZATIONS.
3. SPEAKER HIGHLIGHTS: MY OPENING REMARKS FOCUSED ON HOW
INCORPORATING HPT INTO THE MODERNIZED COAST GUARD THROUGH FORCECOM
WILL IMPROVE MISSION EXECUTION BY CULTIVATING A CULTURE OF CHANGE.
THE KEYNOTE SPEECH WAS DELIVERED BY DR. DIANE GAYESKI, RECOGNIZED
SCHOLAR/PRACTITIONER AND FUTURIST IN HUMAN PERFORMANCE TECHNOLOGY,
THE AUTHOR OF FOURTEEN BOOKS, AND CEO OF GAYESKI ANALYTICS. HER
TOPIC, "WHAT MAKES NEXTERS TICK," IDENTIFIED LEARNING AND SOCIAL
CHARACTERISTICS OF THE MILLENNIAL GENERATION. THE CLOSING REMARKS
WERE GIVEN BY CWO2 MARIO VITTONE AND WERE TITLED, "THE RESEARCH IS
IN: WEVE BEEN WRONG ABOUT EVERYTHING." CWO VITTONE CHALLENGED THE
ATTENDEES TO CONSIDER THE POSSIBILITY THAT YOU COULD BE WRONG.
FINALLY, CDR DAVID HARTT WAS RECOGNIZED FOR FOUR YEARS OF ENERGETIC
LEADERSHIP OF THE HPT WORKSHOP, GROWING REGISTRANTS BY 44 PERCENT
AND INCREASING ABSTRACT SUBMISSIONS BY 78 PERCENT.
4. WATCH THE IFORCECOM BLOG SITE (WWW.IFORCECOM.BLOGSPOT.COM) FOR
WORKSHOP HIGHLIGHTS AND THE HPT WORKSHOP WEBSITE (WWW.USCGHPT.ORG)
FOR PRESENTATION FILES AND PODCASTS OF SELECTED PRESENTATIONS.
5. NEXT YEARS WORKSHOP WILL BE HELD EITHER THE SECOND OR THIRD WEEK
IN SEPTEMBER. THE FIRM DATE AND LOCATION WILL BE ANNOUNCED VIA
SEPCOR.
6. PLEASE CONTACT MRS. BECKY PALMORE (757) 856-2241,
REBECCA.V.PALMORE(AT)USCG.MIL WITH ANY QUESTIONS.
7. RADM T. S. SULLIVAN, COMMANDER, FORCE READINESS COMMAND, SENDS.
8. INTERNET RELEASE AUTHORIZED.