People are still talking about it! The Northeast Region's Spring 2011 Regional training Program (RTP) was excellent!

• "You always have the right presenters for the right topics at the right time!"


• "Don't change a thing! This is your best RTP yet!"


• "You don't know what it means to me to be able to come to your RTPs every year. It's such a good event!"

The Planning Committee certainly appreciates the positive feedback. Planning is currently under way for the Spring 2012 RTP, which will be held on June 8 at UMass Inn and Conference Center, 50 Warren Street, Lowell, MA, AND June 9 at the Merrimack Meadows Community Club House, 68 Merrimack Meadows Lane, Tewksbury, MA. Click here for a downloadable, postable SAVE THE DATE! flyer. Check for local library and grocery store community bulletin boards, as well as you office shared-information space and place this flyer where people can see it! We welcome everyone. Don't forget to bookmark this page as information will be posted as it is confirmed.

Stay in touch with us, too! If you would like to be added to the Spring Alert Me! list, please e-mail Regional Manager Dawn Nester at Histrylady@yahoo.com.

Here is what is in place already:

• Theme: "Leap to New Heights in Your Career in 2012!"
• Agenda for June 8 and June 9, with workshop descriptions
Workshops will include retirement and investment planning, the Hatch Act for Federal Employees in an Election Year (to include use of social media), career planning, All About FEW, Working in a Multi-generational workforce, How Do People See You? (a workshop designed to help you assess how you project yourself to others), and Mock Interviewing with videotaping and information about what to look for when you view your mock interview in the privacy of your home later on. There are two other workshops planned; however, the content has not been confirmed yet
• Directions between the two locations
• 2012 Spring RTP Registration form - please don't forget to fax it to 603-433-0560, Attn: Dawn Nester to complete your registration process. Thanks! Registration includes catered on-site continental breakfast and luncheon. Friday's luncheon is being brought to you by First Command Financial Services. We appreciate their support!
• New this year: Anthem Blue Cross Blue Shield will be sponsoring a Mini Health Fair on site. Visit their booths for hands-on health screens, information, and networking!

Registration will formally open in mid-March 2012, but if you have enough information to register now, please feel free to do so. Please encourage your co-workers, friends, and family members to join you to as you "Leap to New Heights in Your Career in 2012."

Enjoy these photos from the Spring RTP in 2011 from the links below while the planning committee is working. Information will be posted as it is confirmed.

Matthew Fogg, Vice President for Congressional Relations,
provides a workshop on FEW's Point, Click, and Send! initiative

Click these links to view photos from the event.

• Meet and Greet fun, June 9, 2011
• Morning events, June 10, 2011
• Lunch
• Afternoon events
• We love our sponsors!

Once again, you will be able to pay by credit card by choosing your registration category.

Or, if you prefer, send payments with the paper registration form (check made payable to NERFEW, please) to NERFEW, Attention: Dawn Nester, P. O. Box 254, Portsmouth, NH 03802-0254

We couldn't present our annual Spring RTP without our sponsors and partners. Please visit their websites from our Sponsors page.

Sponsors who wish to support the Northeast Region's RTP using a credit card may do so here:

The Northeast Region's Training Chair is Jayne Cousins. If you have questions about the Regional Training Program or training, in general, please contact Jayne.