Director's Colloquium

What: Ms. Ann Hibbard will speak on "Building Trust in the Workplace." This will be a motivating and interactive keynote speech. Ann Hibbard reveals five key areas of trust-building behaviors. She will share a vision for what a trusting environment can be and how each of us can make a difference. Ann's remarks provide a practical framework for:

• Building trust internally and with customers
• Working in high-trust teams
• Making effective, persuasive presentations
• Developing a culture of energy and innovation

When/Where: Wednesday, Sept 5, from 10 -11:30 a.m. in the Building 8 Auditorium

For more info: http://workforce.gsfc.nasa.gov/b2k.html

Design for Strong Minds

What: DSM programs teach by making generally implicit cognitive processes and strategies explicit. Through a variety of specifically developed visual exercises with incrementally increasing levels of difficulty, DSM facilitates the ability to make goal specific selections of relevant factors. DSM provides a risk free, game like environment where participants can explore the development and intentional application of critical thinking skills, decision making, and incremental learning.

DSM training programs provide participants with instruction and experience to:

• test specific cognitive processes,
  
• prioritize six cognitive processes by deve;opmental order,
  
• identify inferential terminology through visual representation,
  
• model a reference frame based on inferential equivalency,
  
• define operational requirements,
  
• describe the relationship between previously developed cognitive skills and those currently addressed,
  
• establish a relational hierarchy for systems thinking,
  
• examine problem solving strategies with direct reference to the planned objective and specified conditions,
  
• test the selected strategy against the defined objective,
  
• evaluate the appropriateness of a selected strategy by comparing the actual outcome with the desired objective,
  
• analyze mistakes in order to generate new strategies and improve probability of success.

When/Where: September 6, 13, 20 and October 4 from 8:30 a.m. to 4:00 p.m. In Building 25, Room S28
Transportation from HQ will be arranged

For more info and to register: Contact Julie D. Wiater at 703-820-4900 ext. 115 or jwiater@rgi-inc.com by August 30, 2001, if they are interested in attending.

ASA Earth Science Technology Conference 2001

What: If you are interested in Instruments and Information System Technologies used in Earth Science Remote Sensing, then mark your calendar today and prepare to attend the Earth Science Technology Conference. This conference will showcase the technology research currently funded by the NASA Earth Science Enterprise. This conference will be especially valuable for NASA mission managers and planners, as well as technologists, scientists and researchers in NASA, academia and industry.

When/Where: August 28, 29, 30

For more info:Register for the ESTC-2001 Conference at: http://esto.nasa.gov and select the ESTC-2001 Link.

Science Data Processing Workshop

What: Abstracts for papers are requested for the Science Data Processing Workshop 2002. The workshop will explore ways to deliver science data from Space and Earth science missions to users in a more timely, cost effective manner. The workshop encourages networking with other scientists and data processing system developers to share software tools, ideas, and methodologies that form a common thread across multiple projects, missions, and instruments.

When/Where: to be held February 26-28, 2002 at Martin's Crosswinds, Greenbelt, Maryland.

For more info:See the website: http://that.gsfc.nasa.gov/gss/workshop2002/index.html for more details

What: The Goddard Ski Club's annual Kick-Off Party for the 2001/2002 winter season. Sign up for Club trips to Breckenridge, Sunday River, Mount Snow, and Snowbird. Door prizes, equipment demo, appetizers, desserts, beverages, ore. All snow sport enthusiasts welcome.

When/Where: GSFC Recreation Center on Friday, September 7 from 5:30 - 9 p.m. FREE for members, $10 for non-members (if you join at the party, full credit toward membership).

For more info: RSVP to Kim Cook (703) 849-8080x4212 or (703) 644-3069 or e-mail: kcook@averstar.com

University of Maryland Football -- NASA DAYS

What: This University of Maryland is offering discounted football tickets which is open to all NASA staff, their families and guests! Tickets are only $12 per ticket (regularly $25) plus a $6 handling fee.

When/Where: You can attend either the September 1 game (UM vs. North Carolina) or the September 8 game (UM vs. Eastern Michigan), played at Byrd Stadium. All orders for discounted tickets must be purchased via check or credit card in advance. Ticket order forms are available in the racks outside the GEWA Store (located in Bldg. 1). (sponsored by GEWA Special Events)