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ASQ Membership Dues Assistance
There is help from ASQ for payment of your membership dues if you are unemployed or retired.
If you are unemployed, you can receive a discount on your membership dues. You may submit the application form only after 90 days of unemployment if certain criteria are met. You must be a Full, Senior or Fellow member and actively seeking employment.
If you have been an ASQ member for over 10 consecutive years, you are also eligible for a discount on your dues when you fully retire. The application can be submitted if you are completely retired and meet all other criteria. This help does not apply if you are working part-time or consulting.
For more information:
· Log in to My ASQ
· Go to "Manage My Account"
· Click on "Dues Programs" at the bottom of the page
Download the Unemployement Program Application (PDF format, 58 KB)
If you are unemployed, you can receive a discount on your membership dues. You may submit the application form only after 90 days of unemployment if certain criteria are met. You must be a Full, Senior or Fellow member and actively seeking employment.
If you have been an ASQ member for over 10 consecutive years, you are also eligible for a discount on your dues when you fully retire. The application can be submitted if you are completely retired and meet all other criteria. This help does not apply if you are working part-time or consulting.
For more information:
· Log in to My ASQ
· Go to "Manage My Account"
· Click on "Dues Programs" at the bottom of the page
Download the Unemployement Program Application (PDF format, 58 KB)
ASQ Learning Institute™ - Anywhere, Everywhere. It's All About You
Visit the ASQ Learning Institute™ and set up your profile now!
The ASQ Learning Institute™ Is Now Live - Learn Skills That Will Help Make Your World Better
Quality: The Cause of Good Things in the World
Quality techniques from ASQ enable doctors like Dr. Manu Vora, an ASQ Fellow - and the Blind Foundation for India, which he co-founded-to help cure and prevent blindness for approximately 90,000 people in India. "The quality discipline has helped us manage the foundation from the beginning," said Vora. "By implementing the PDSA model at BFI, we were able to hit the ground running." Using the plan, do, study, act cycle, a basic quality tool, Vora also played a major part in providing vaccinations and vitamin A to tens of thousands of children in India.
With your ASQ membership, you belong to an organization of continuous learning and improvement, making quality the cause of good things in our world.
Primary Benefits of the ASQ Learning Institute™:
The ASQ Learning Institute™ will help you to plan, manage, schedule, and track ALL of your professional development needs anywhere in the world while guaranteeing the same high-quality training and instructors you expect from ASQ.
The ASQ Learning Institute™ allows you to create a user profile so you can build your learning plan, track your success, and boost your career-all starting today.
Tools of the ASQ Learning Institute™
These tools are available to Full, Senior, Honorary, and Fellow members now:
ASQ Learning Institute™ - Anywhere, Everywhere. It's All About You.
The ASQ Learning Institute™ Is Now Live - Learn Skills That Will Help Make Your World Better
Quality: The Cause of Good Things in the World
Quality techniques from ASQ enable doctors like Dr. Manu Vora, an ASQ Fellow - and the Blind Foundation for India, which he co-founded-to help cure and prevent blindness for approximately 90,000 people in India. "The quality discipline has helped us manage the foundation from the beginning," said Vora. "By implementing the PDSA model at BFI, we were able to hit the ground running." Using the plan, do, study, act cycle, a basic quality tool, Vora also played a major part in providing vaccinations and vitamin A to tens of thousands of children in India.
With your ASQ membership, you belong to an organization of continuous learning and improvement, making quality the cause of good things in our world.
Primary Benefits of the ASQ Learning Institute™:
The ASQ Learning Institute™ will help you to plan, manage, schedule, and track ALL of your professional development needs anywhere in the world while guaranteeing the same high-quality training and instructors you expect from ASQ.
The ASQ Learning Institute™ allows you to create a user profile so you can build your learning plan, track your success, and boost your career-all starting today.
Tools of the ASQ Learning Institute™
These tools are available to Full, Senior, Honorary, and Fellow members now:
- ASQ Course (Learning) Catalog - Compiles a list of available training, including instructor-led, online, and document-based training. Allows users to browse and locate catalogs very quickly by subject areas or calendar date.
- ASQ Learning Institute™ Calendar - Provides a clear view of all the professional development opportunities over an 18-month period. The calendar allows users to view upcoming learning offerings that include all courses, seminars, and conferences in multiple modalities.
- Learning History - Displays the entire history of learning events for a learner-including components assigned and completed. The learning history can be thought of as the learner's "transcript."
- Competency Assessment - Provides a structured list of knowledge, skills, and abilities that serves as a foundation for users to map the level of competencies needed for various job functions.
- Career Planner - The Career Planner helps you manage your career by mapping your future career path and assessing the difference between your current abilities and the abilities (called competencies) required for the job to which you ultimately aspire to.
- Learning Plans - This personalized plan provides a detailed description of user activities to help learners achieve their education goals. The learning plan can be thought of as the "to do" list.
ASQ Learning Institute™ - Anywhere, Everywhere. It's All About You.
Wisconsin Forward Award Announces 2009 Award Recipients
Eau Claire’s Sacred Heart Hospital Named Excellence Recipient
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE
Thursday, July 9, 2009
Contact: Elizabeth Menzer, Executive Director, Wisconsin Forward Award, Inc., 608-663-5300
MADISON – Wisconsin Forward Award Executive Director Elizabeth Menzer today announced the recipients of the 2009 Wisconsin Forward Award.
Wisconsin Forward Award, the state’s premier organization for the promotion and recognition of high-performance management principals, will honor award recipients at a ceremony and reception at the Promega BioPharmaceutical Technology Center in Madison on the evening of August 11, 2009. The ceremony will also celebrate the accomplishments of well over 100 Wisconsin organizations that have benefited from the program’s services and learning opportunities, as well as the tens of thousands of hours of service that its volunteers have contributed.
Ten organizations are receiving recognition this year, including Sacred Heart Hospital, recipient of the Governor’s Forward Award of Excellence, the highest achievement level possible under the Wisconsin Forward Award. These organizations demonstrate refined approaches, good-to-excellent results, and are considered industry leaders and role models for others. Sacred Heart Hospital, a 344-bed tertiary care hospital located in Eau Claire, was recognized for, among other strengths and best practices:
Thursday, July 9, 2009
Contact: Elizabeth Menzer, Executive Director, Wisconsin Forward Award, Inc., 608-663-5300
MADISON – Wisconsin Forward Award Executive Director Elizabeth Menzer today announced the recipients of the 2009 Wisconsin Forward Award.
Wisconsin Forward Award, the state’s premier organization for the promotion and recognition of high-performance management principals, will honor award recipients at a ceremony and reception at the Promega BioPharmaceutical Technology Center in Madison on the evening of August 11, 2009. The ceremony will also celebrate the accomplishments of well over 100 Wisconsin organizations that have benefited from the program’s services and learning opportunities, as well as the tens of thousands of hours of service that its volunteers have contributed.
Ten organizations are receiving recognition this year, including Sacred Heart Hospital, recipient of the Governor’s Forward Award of Excellence, the highest achievement level possible under the Wisconsin Forward Award. These organizations demonstrate refined approaches, good-to-excellent results, and are considered industry leaders and role models for others. Sacred Heart Hospital, a 344-bed tertiary care hospital located in Eau Claire, was recognized for, among other strengths and best practices:
- A commitment to serve the sick, the aged, the poor, and the terminally ill with a primary concern of each patient’s spiritual, physical, psychological, and social well being.