CELEBRATING - International Society for Performance Improvement

HONORARY LIFE MEMBER
Carl V. Binder
ISPI’s Honorary Life Member Award honors one of our colleagues
for the totality of their contributions to both ISPI and the field of
human performance technology over the course of their career
to date. This award is not bestowed easily, as it requires the
unanimous agreement of two consecutive ISPI Boards making it the
Society’s most prestigious award. ISPI is happy to announce
Carl V. Binder, CPT, PhD, as our newest Honorary Life Member.
What we strive to
accomplish at ISPI is moving
forward the evidence-based
state of the art in performance
improvement, but also getting
it applied in the world in
ways that are measurably
value-added. Carl’s career has
role-modeled this approach.
After beginning his career as
a graduate student with B. F.
Skinner at Harvard University,
Carl spent 10 years as
associate director of a human
learning research laboratory
where his work established
a foundation for what was to
become the FluencyBuilding
instructional technology. In
1982, Carl founded Precision
Teaching and Management
Systems, Inc., to bring the
fruits of this research into
practical application. In
1992, he co-founded Product
Knowledge Systems, Inc.,
with Information Mapping,
Inc., to extend fluency-based
performance systems, HPT,
and what are now called
“knowledge management”
strategies to Fortune 500 sales
committees, Carl has been
authoring articles and chapters
for ISPI publications since
1988, he regularly makes three
or four presentations at each
annual conference, has been a
Masters’ Series presenter twice
and HPT to related fields
such as applied behavior
analysis and the educational
policy community. Through
presentations and publications
(including publications
outside our field such as
“Carl has long been an effective
ambassador for ISPI and HPT”
and marketing organizations.
Carl is currently co-founder
and senior partner of
Binder-Riha Associates,
focused on bringing its Six
Boxes® workshops and
coaching programs to users
in all functions and at all
levels in organizations.
Carl has been a very active
member of ISPI since 1985.
In addition to participating
on and chairing a number of
and an Encore presenter nine
times. Carl frequently presents
workshops at conferences and
to local chapters around the
world. From 1997 to 2001,
Carl co-led the Got Results?
Campaign, which recognized
our colleagues who were
documenting accomplishmentbased
results in human
performance technology.
He has long been an
effective ambassador for ISPI
Behavior and Social Issues,
Teaching Exceptional
Children, and Software
Marketing Journal), Carl
makes sure they are hearing
about HPT accomplishments
and getting them to share
their accomplishments at
ISPI. What more could we
ask for from an Honorary Life
Member? He is still young
too, so we may find out.
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