Get Involved
ATD Chicagoland is more than a chapter. It is a community of talent development professionals who learn with one another, support one another, and help shape what comes next.
Be Part of the Community
Getting involved with ATD Chicagoland is one of the best ways to build relationships, grow your network, share your expertise, and contribute to a stronger talent development community across the region.
Whether you want to volunteer behind the scenes or step forward as a speaker, there are meaningful ways to engage and make an impact.
Why Get Involved?
Build Connections
Meet professionals across learning, talent development, HR, coaching, and leadership.
Grow Professionally
Strengthen your skills, expand your perspective, and gain experience through active involvement.
Give Back
Help shape experiences that support other talent development professionals across Chicagoland.
Ways to Get Involved
Explore current ways to engage with ATD Chicagoland.
Volunteer Within ATDChi
Contribute your time, ideas, and energy to help support chapter programs, community experiences, and the work that keeps ATD Chicagoland moving forward.
Learn About VolunteeringBecome an ATDChi Speaker
Share your expertise, practical insights, and fresh perspectives with talent development professionals through an ATD Chicagoland session or event.
Explore Speaking OpportunitiesComing Soon: More Ways to Get Involved
ATD Chicagoland is exploring future opportunities for members to give back through skills-based community volunteering.
Our vision is to create meaningful ways for members to support the broader community while also building and applying their professional strengths.
Start Where You Are
You do not have to do everything to be involved. One step is enough to get started — and that step can grow into connection, contribution, and community over time.
Show Up. Share. Support. Grow.
However you choose to engage, your involvement helps strengthen ATD Chicagoland and the community around it.
