Georgia Career Development Association

Join us this Friday 5/17, for the Reading & Resource Hub from Noon-1pm on Google Meet. This month, join us for a discussion on the last chapters in the book, The Search, Finding Meaningful Work in a Post-Career World, by Bruce Feiler. To sign up, GCDA members should comment on this post and an email will be sent with a link for Friday's meeting.

🌟 Only 4 Days Left! 🌟

Get ready to ignite your "resilience muscles" like never before! 🚀 The highly anticipated GCDA Spring Workshop is just around the corner, and the countdown is ON!

A FEW SPOTS REMAIN! Join us for an electrifying day filled with groundbreaking insights, invaluable networking opportunities, and game-changing strategies. 💡

Don't miss out on this chance to gain knowledge and build a solid resilience framework.

📅 Friday, May 3rd 📍 Oglethorpe University Campus 🎟️ Reserve Your Seat: https://www.thegcda.org/event-5601081

Sign-up today for our interactive May 3rd Spring Workshop. Dr. Hoopes is a dynamic speaker, with plans to incorporate into the workshop some of the worksheets from her book Prosilience: Building Your Resilience for a Turbulent World and Managing Change with Personal Resilience

***Bonus***
Attendees will be receiving a FREE copy of the book at the workshop.

The workshop can be useful to both you as a practitioner, as well as give you new tools to use with clients/students.

Bring a friend or colleague and join us for a morning of learning, networking, sharing, and recharging your batteries. Breakfast included. Sign up here: https://www.thegcda.org/event-5601081

Join us this Friday 4/19, for the Reading & Resource Hub from Noon-1pm on Google Meet. This month, the discussion is on chapters 8&9 from the book, The Search, Finding Meaningful Work in a Post-Career World, by Bruce Feiler. Sign up here: https://www.thegcda.org/event-5696543

GCDA is a proud partner of SHRM Atlanta and we’ll be present at the exhibit hall for SOAHR 2024! SOAHR is SHRM-Atlanta’s annual conference and the largest HR conference in Georgia. In 2024, it will be held April 17-18 at AmericasMart downtown Atlanta.
Learn more and register for SOAHR at https://soahr.net/

Registration is open! Sign up today: https://www.thegcda.org/event-5601081

Save the Date: Friday, May 3rd, 2024
3.0 CEU's available (NCDA and NBCC)
Learn more here: https://www.thegcda.org/sys/website/system-pages/?pageId=1793593
Registration will open soon!

Join us tomorrow, Friday 3/15, for the Reading & Resource Hub from Noon-1pm on Google Meet. This month, the discussion is on chapters 6&7 from the book, The Search, Finding Meaningful Work in a Post-Career World, by Bruce Feiler. The discussion will focus on "The Six Questions to Ask in a Workquake". Sign up here: https://www.thegcda.org/event-5618221

Reminder - join us, in-person, this Friday from 9-10am for Coffee & Conversation. Sign up here: https://www.thegcda.org/event-5278282

Come join the upcoming Reading & Resource Hub next Friday 2/16 from Noon-1pm on Google Meet.

This month, the discussion is on chapters 4&5 from the book, The Search, Finding Meaningful Work in a Post-Career World, by Bruce Feiler. The group has had great attendance, but there's always room for more.

Sign up today to get the link: https://www.thegcda.org/event-5600569

Sign up for our next Coffee & Conversation for 2/23/24: https://www.thegcda.org/event-5278282

As we end National Career Development Week, we are reminded of the theme set by NCDA for next year's conference: "The Interconnection of Career Development and Mental Health: Strategies and Techniques to Promote Well-Being and Success". Our Fall Kickoff event, with speaker, Dr. Melissa Venable, was so helpful in identifying some of those strategies/techniques that not only improve our work for our clients, but make our lives, as career practitioners, better as well. Pictured here at our Fall Kickoff are some of our board members with our speaker: (L-R) Claudia Rossi, Lynn Harrison, Dr. Melissa Venable, Debra Ruddell, Janice Ashkin, and Conquaya James. , , , ,

Great presentation at our Fall Kickoff event. Thanks for all those who attended in-person, and especially to our speaker, Dr. Melissa Venable. I think we all learned some new tools and tips that will help us better manage the ever-changing technology we can use both with our students/clients, and to better manage our own careers.

Don't forget - still time to register today. We look forward to seeing you on Friday. https://www.thegcda.org/event-5439721

Earlybird Sign-up/discounted rates have been E-X-T-E-N-D-E-D through Friday 10/27!!! Join us for our Fall Kickoff Event. Enjoy some networking time, plus professional development information from Dr. Melissa Venable, our accomplished keynote speaker, who will be presenting on how the recent advancements in technology (plus AI) can assist Career Professionals. Breakfast and parking are free! https://www.thegcda.org/event-5439721

With National Career Development Month coming up in November, our state chapter is again wanting to participate in the NCDA Poetry and Art Contest. We need your help reaching out to potential participants.

Do you have children in primary grades through high school? Also, think about extended family members with art and writing interests. They can even live in other states if they choose to enter through our state contest. Prizes will be given, in the form of gift cards at the state level, and then it will compete at NCDA's contest for their top prizes with winners shown at the NCDA annual conference.

Or do you have professional contacts that are middle school or high school counselors or teachers? Please let us know so we can reach out to them in the month of November with information about how to participate. Contact Alicia Philipp at (770) 823-2563 with your suggestions or questions.

Just 3 days left for the early bird special rates!
Sign up today for the Fall Kickoff Event, with our speaker, Dr. Melissa Venable. If you work in career development, this event is for you - helping you to stay up to date with all the ways we can use technology to help our clients/students. Additional savings if you start or renew a membership with GCDA.

Mark your calendar and join us for our Fall Kickoff event, the morning of Friday, November 3rd. 1.5-2.0 CEU's applied for. We would love to see you and get our GCDA year started. Earlybird registration is through 10/23, and it's also a great time to join or renew your membership, giving you an additional $10 discount when combined. Sign up today: https://www.thegcda.org/events

Scenes from GCDA MiniConference
April 14, 2023

Looking forward to Friday's GCDA Mini-Conference 2023: Mindfulness & Neuroscience

5 SHRM CEU's
5 NCDA CEU's
4 Fabulous Speakers
3 The Brain 3.0 Framework
2 Ways to Attend
1 We want to see you there

Looking forward to GCDA Mini Conference next Friday, April 14, 2023. 5 SHRM CEUs / 5 NCDA CEUs. Hope to see you there!

Looking forward to GCDA's mini conference next week! If you haven't registered yet, join us for networking and 5 NCDA CEU's

Last day to sign up! Volunteer to COACH or staff the GCDA Table at the SOAHR Conference for SHRM-Atlanta

Find New Clients
Promote GCDA
Attend a SOAHR Education Session
Free Admission to the Event if On-site

GCDA is partnering with SHRM-Atlanta for several opportunities to Connect and Career Coach members of SHRM-Atlanta!

Sign-up on theGCDA.org

Congrats to Dinner with Due winner, Alicia Philipp, LPC! All attendees who registered by Feb 28 were entered to win dinner with our keynote speaker, Due Quach Founder of Calm Clarity. Not registered for mini conference yet? Head to www.thegcda.org to view the full program and register.

Introducing our Speaker Line-Up for GCDA. Kitti Murray, Agnes Trinh Mackintosh, Debra J. Ruddell, Due Quach

Thank you to this wonderful group of career practitioners for being part of the conference. We'll learn more about each speaker over the next few weeks.

Register by Feb 28 to be entered to win dinner with Due Quach and members of the GCDA board. Sign-up at thegcda.org.

All Early Bird registrants are entered into a drawing to have dinner with Due and 2 Board members. Early Bird Registration ends February 28th! Register at thegcda.org

Georgia Career Development Association GCDA is Partnering with SHRM-Atlanta. Our members will provide Career Tips and Coaching at the SOAHR Conference. Meet new clients, and support the wonderful HR community in Atlanta. Register to be at the event at https://www.thegcda.org/

Honored to Welcome Due Quach Founder of Calm Clarity to the Georgia Career Development Association One-Day Conference in April! Non-members are welcome. Registration is open.

The 2022 GCDA Conference is Almost Here! Join us ***TOMORROW, MAY 20TH 8:30AM-3:30PM*** for the GCDA Annual Professional Development & Mini Conference. Theme: CONSTRUCTING CAREERS IN UNCERTAIN TIMES-Featuring Dr. Mark Savickas-author of the Career Construction Theory of Vocational Behavior and founder of the Society for Vocational Psychology. TO REGISTER: https://www.thegcda.org/events