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2026 ATD St. Louis Sponsorship Options (01 Jan 2026)

Thu, 01 Jan 2026 06:00:00 GMT

Sponsorship Opportunities

Be a part of legacy and learning revolution at the ATD St. Louis Annual Conference, a premier event in the talent development industry. This conference gathers thought leaders, industry experts, and enthusiastic professionals for a day filled with inspiring keynotes, cutting-edge workshops, and unparalleled networking opportunities.

Sponsorship Tiers: Elevate Your Brand

As a chapter sponsor or conference vendor, your organization will be at the center of innovation and excellence in the talent development field. This is an exceptional opportunity to showcase your brand to a dedicated audience of HR professionals, corporate trainers, and business leaders. Your sponsorship not only positions your organization as a key player in this dynamic industry but also aligns your brand with a commitment to continuous learning and professional growth.

Showcase your brand to a highly targeted audience.
Gain high-profile exposure through strategic branding opportunities.
Engage directly with decision makers and influencers in the industry.
Align your company with a commitment to continuous learning and professional growth.

Don’t miss this chance to be part of an event shaping the future of the industry. Join us as a sponsor today!

If you have any specific questions about your vendor table or about chapter sponsorship, please connect via email with community@atdstl.org.

Sponsorship Tiers & Benefits

Benefits	Conference Vendor $150	Conference VIP Vendor $400	Bronze Level $500	Silver Level $750	Gold Level $1,000	Platinum Level $1500
Conference: Your organization's logo on our conference-specific marketing materials	✅	✅	✅	✅	✅	✅
Conference: Acknowledgement of your sponsorship during opening segment	✅	✅	✅	✅	✅	✅
Conference: Vendor table set-up in a prominent location	✅	✅		✅	✅	✅
Conference: Your organization's promo materials included in our conference welcome bags				✅	✅	✅
Conference: Full registration for our Conference (September 17, 2026)		✅ 1individual registration included	Sponsor discount code available	✅ 1 individual registration included	✅ 2 (including presenter)	✅ 3 (including presenter)
Conference: Be a featured presenter or a provide product demo during our conference breakout sessions					✅	✅
Conference: Spotlight presentation or video during conference						✅
Chapter Announcement of your sponsorship at 1 chapter event and 1 social media post			✅	✅	✅	✅
Recognition of your sponsorship at each chapter event for 1 year			✅	✅	✅	✅
ATD STL Website: Your organization’s logo with a link to your website			✅	✅	✅	✅
Featured presenter for 1 monthly chapter program						✅
Membership: 1-year membership(s) in ATD St. Louis for you and/or your colleague(s)			special discount code	special discount code	✅ 1 individual	✅ 2 individuals

Join us early to secure your preferred tier and maximize your brand's visibility!

(Virtual) Debugging Human Communication How to Teach Collaboration, Communication, and Leadership Skills to Analytical, Skeptical, and Highly Technical Learners (13 Oct 2026)

Tue, 13 Oct 2026 16:30:00 GMT

Andrea Goulet

Andrea Goulet helps scientific and technical people strengthen their communication through an experiment-driven approach rooted in systems thinking. Her work gives analytical minds a structured way to test, refine, and trust their communication skills in complex, real-world environments.

Over the past 25 years, Andrea has co-founded and scaled a multimillion-dollar software company, built communication systems that generated billions in revenue, taught more than 100,000 learners worldwide, and delivered keynotes at conferences and companies around the globe. She specializes in translating complex human dynamics into practical tools technical minds can use to communicate clearly, influence effectively, and collaborate with confidence.

Session Description

Andrea Goulet shares a practical, science-based approach to teaching communication and collaboration skills to technical learners like engineers, IT professionals and scientists. She explains why traditional soft-skill training fails and how to redesign it so analytical audiences find it relevant, engaging, and credible.

Learning Objectives:

Identify key principles for reducing learner resistance and increasing psychological safety for audiences who might be skeptical or naturally process information through data and logic…so you can show clear, measurable behavioral change that makes the ROI of your programs easier for the leadership team to see.
Understand common mistakes L&D teams make when teaching soft skills to technical professionals…and the simple rule that prevents them.
Apply a quick formula for designing soft-skill content that analytical thinkers perceive as credible, relevant, and applicable…so you can build high-impact training designed for engineers, analysts, and other data-driven thinkers in a fraction of the time.

Need help sharing the why with leadership or documenting this development on your performance review?

This session Builds the following Capabilities and skills from the ATD Capability Model:

Personal Capability - Communication, Collaboration and Leadership
Professional Capability - Instructional Design, Training Delivery and Facilitation
Organizational Capability - Performance Improvement

This session has been approved for recertification credits by the Association for Talent Development.

Launchers ID SIG: Analog Prototyping: Build Your Brand By Hand (In-Person) (28 Oct 2026)

Wed, 28 Oct 2026 14:30:00 GMT

Meet Our Speaker:

Dave Kolmer

Speaker Bio:

David Kolmer is a learning experience designer, game-learning strategist, writer, and podcast host who helps organizations turn training into engaging, behavior-changing experiences. With over a decade of experience spanning corporate learning, leadership development, and teaching in international settings, he designs practical, human-centered programs that blend play, technology, and business outcomes to drive real performance. Kolmer holds a B.A. in Theater Arts from Millikin University and an M.S. in Instructional Design and Educational Technology from Fontbonne University.

Session Description:

L&D professionals are not running out of ideas.

They are running into the gap between idea and execution.

A concept may sound clear in a meeting, but it often becomes harder to explain once it needs to become a storyboard, activity, prototype, brand concept, or AI prompt. This hands-on session helps participants cross that gap by using analog prototyping to make ideas visible, testable, and ready for iteration.

AI can accelerate design, but it cannot replace the human work of making meaning. Before L&D professionals prompt a tool, generate visuals, or polish a prototype, they need a clear idea worth developing. This hands-on session builds that first step through analog prototyping: quick sketching, tactile modeling, visual comparison, and structured iteration.

Using simple materials, pencils, paper, sticky notes, colored clay, and play dough—participants will turn an early learning, brand, or learning content idea into a physical prototype. Along the way, they will practice core instructional design principles: clarity, alignment, chunking, simplicity, feedback, and refinement. The session shows how shape, color, space, hierarchy, and texture can communicate purpose before words or technology take over.

Attendees will leave with a first-iteration prototype, a clearer design direction, and a practical analog workflow they can use before working with AI, stakeholders, or digital tools.

Learning Objectives:

Identify basic design elements used in branding an L&D project, including color, shape, balance, repetition, contrast, and typography.
Apply color theory and design principles to make a brand more readable, memorable, and visually appealing.
Analyze examples of logos and brand designs to explain how different choices communicate identity, tone, and purpose.
Create a physical Learning and Development brand concept prototype, including a name, catchphrase, logo, font style, and color palette.

Need help sharing the why with leadership or documenting this development on your performance review?

This session Builds the following Capabilities and skills from the ATD Capability Model:

Personal Capability - Communication, Decision Making, Collaboration and Lifelong Learning
Professional Capability - Career Development
Organizational Capability - Performance Improvement

This session has been approved for recertification credits by the Association for Talent Development.