GENERAL INFORMATION

Coming Soon for 2010

Keynote, Speakers and Topics

Coming Soon for 2010

More about BTT

Building Tomorrow Today is an interactive consultation for practitioners working in direct and indirect service areas of career development. It is an opportunity to learn about new developments in the field, discover new resources, share experiences, learn new skills, and expand professional networks.

BTT spans 2 days, beginning Wednesday morning and finishing Thursday evening.  Each day begins with a keynote speaker to set the tone for the day and provide inspiration for participants. Keynote speakers are chosen from prominent persons in the career development and related fields.

Background

BTT began in 1994 in response to a need for more readily available training and professional development opportunities for career practitioners. The concept was patterned after the highly successful National Consultation for Career Development (NATCON), and is intended primarily as a training and professional development event. The intention was to create a tradition of a predictable, practically focused event that would offer leading edge and hot off the press tools and resources, a glimpse of what was on the horizon in the career development profession, and possible directions for the future.  The cost would be kept at a reasonable rate so as not to be a major barrier to attendance.  The event would always take place in Edmonton in the spring. This way, people could build their professional development plans around this event.

In the early years, the focus group consultations held as part of BTT were instrumental in creating career development competencies which paved the way for the Canadian Standards and Guidelines for Career Practitioners and the Blueprint for Life/Work Designs initiatives. Other consultation sessions helped to shape the Career Development Certificate program at Athabasca University.

BTT Today

BTT continues today as a consultation. It has grown to be one of the largest gatherings of career development professionals in North America.

Funders and Sponsors

BTT is coordinated by the Career Development Association of Alberta (CDAA). The consultation receives support from Alberta Employment and Immigration, Alberta Education, Alberta Advanced Education and Technology, and Oteenow Employment and Training Society. This funding ensures affordability and availability to all in the industry. BTT is endorsed and supported by national and provincial groups as a primary resource for staff training and professional development in the career development field.

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