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  1. Can e-mentoring replace the face-to-face mentoring relationship? Lyn 17 hours 23 mins ago
  2. What do best practice companies invest on T & D (either % of budget or cost per person) Samuel Day 06-Aug-2008 06:11 PM
  3. L&D Strategy & business delivery models Samuel Day 06-Aug-2008 06:04 PM
  4. Project management accredition Samuel Day 06-Aug-2008 06:00 PM
  5. Preferred Service Arrangements for external providers running in-house training Samuel Day 06-Aug-2008 05:54 PM


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August 08 T&D out now!

 


 


Australia's Leading Association for Training, L&D and HR professionals


Become a member of the Australian Institute of Training & Development (AITD) and receive access to leading industry publications, professional development events (State + National), exclusive member benefits and direct interaction with key-players in your industry.

Connect with your community and continue your professional development through individual or corporate membership that provides:

  • Bi-monthly Training & Development in Australia magazine
  • Member information and industry round-up bulletins
  • Free or low cost professional development and networking opportunities
  • Member discounts on professional indemnity and training resources
  • Access to learning and development information resources on our website
  • Member only benefits, such as the eligibility to enter the Awards
  • Promotion of your consulting services through ‘find a training consultant’

 Brenda Jamnik

AITD QLD/NT Conference 4-5 September 2008

Professional
Development


Papers from the 2008 AITD National Conference available


Keynote speaker presentations available

Ed Cohen (Satyam) - Learning the drives deep, sustainable, transformational change

Drs Anne Junor & Ian Hampson (Australian School of Business) - Identifying and developing 'below-the-line' skills to enhance individual, team and organisational performance

Dr Michael Marquardt (George Washington University) - Optimising the power of Action Learning

Barry Bloch (Rio Tinto) - Are external training and devleopment providers really necessary?


Concurrent workshop presentations available

Jean Clendinning (IAG) - Measurement & evaluation...it's part of how we do business

Julie-Anne Tooth - The executive's perspective on coaching

Nina Sunday (Brain Power) - Add sparkle to your PowerPoint presentation with little known shortcuts

Denise Meyerson (Management Consultancy International) - Ice-breakers the ensure the group is immediately engaged

Jeff Mann - Transformational leadership for trainers, facilitators and nice people

Murray Willmott - Travelling in Open Space... a guide to getting started

Amantha Imber (Inventium) - Innovate or die... how L&D professionals can prevent death

Cheryle Walker (NAB) - Learning virtually @ NAB academy

Alison Bickford (Connect Thinking) - Investigating organisational readiness for eLearning

Shane Cassidy (TDi Consultancy) - Brainstorming the AQTF2007 validation process

Janeen Mackie (Optim Learning Solutions) - Systems and technical training... making it more effective and exciting

Sussan Ockwell (Optimism) - Designing successful self-paced modules

Sharon Ferrier (Persuasive Presentations) - Escaping PowerPoint purgatory

Francesca Hunter (NAB) - Enlivening corporate Orientation - moving from transactional to transformational

Meiron Lees (InnerCents) - Thought Attacks - the No. 1 corporate virus

Carmel Kostos (Zest for Learning) - The changing role of the trainer

Sai Gollapudi (Satyam) - The Satyam Real Time Learning process

Anne Bartlett-Bragg (UTS) - Web 2.0 - designing the learning landscape

Peter Howie (The Moreno Collegium for Human Centres Learning) - Psychodrama and taking learning seriously in the workplace

To access the papers online, please click here 

Congratulations to the 2008 AITD Excellence Awards winners

Congratulations to all the entrants in the 2008 AITD Excellence Awards. As we have encountered in previous years, the overall standard of entries was exceptionally high. Many thanks to the AITD State councils for their time and energy in assessing all entries.

Excellence in Design
                                Winner:         Sensis - "Sensis Start-up" program, Narelle Wilson & Peter Koppany

                                Finalists:       QANTAS - "Sales on Q in Action", Ingrid Wendt, Steven Booker and design partner
                                                        Keith Morris (ASK Learning)
                                                     Port of Brisbane - "Orientation, Induction and On-boarding" program, Cathy Knight and                                                                             design partner Jenny Barltrop (Savv-e)
                                                     Management Consultancy International - "TOLL Supervisor program - Certificate IV in                                                                                  Business", Denise Meyerson

Business Strategy
                                Winner:        Foster's Group - "Advanced Packaging Initiative", Marg McRobbie
    
                                Finalists:      Flexirent Capital - "Flexirent Advantage - National rollout training strategy", Nick Mills
                                                    The Museum of Victoria - "Creating a Networked Organisation", Grace D'Agostino and
                                                      Gillian Hoystead

Excellence in a Learning Resource
                                Winner:        Beyond Blue - "Tackling Depression and Related Disorders in the AFL", Clare Shann

                                Finalists:       Aspire Training & Consulting - "Aged Care Work resource", Philippa Vietz and Kim Trotter
                                                     Westpac Banking Corporation - "Pre-Arrival Site and Induction Centre resource", Anita
                                                         McDonnell and design partner Libby Benbridge (Redhouse)
                                                     The Local Government Association of NSW and Shires Association of NSW - "A Matter of
                                                        Respect", Ruth Niemczyk and design partner Michael Canavan (productplacement.net.au)

eLearning Achievement
                                Winner:        Money 101 - "Money for Life", Catherine Birchall and Jade Maylin

                                Finalists:      Insurance Australia Group - "Through a Customer's Eyes", Sara King, Nicola Dineson and                                                                        design partner David Hegarty (Cadre Design)
                                                    Sumtotal & NAB - "NAB Compliance Refresher Program", Rodney Beach and Mark Niemes





Virtual worlds can cut staff training costs

According to IT consulting firm the Gartner Group, IT chiefs should emphasise reduced staff training costs that virtual world technology can bring when building a business case for IT spend.

In an interview by Rosalie Marshall from IT News, Gartner discusses the use of virtual world environments in emergency and military training and how this technology can be transferred to mainstream business training.

To read the full interview, click here

DISCUSSION FORUM
Do you agree or disagree with Gartner's view of virtual technology training? Discuss this topic with other AITD members by clicking here.

It's moments like these you need mentees

New research by a Victorian University PhD student has highlighted the effectiveness of e-mentoring as part of professional development. 


Kim Rickard describes how building a mentoring relationship via email can be just as effective as face-to-face mentoring scenarios.


"The most significant benefit of using email is its speed and convenience. Email-based communication is almost instant and this helps overcome one of the major obstacles to traditional mentoring - participants finding a suitable time to meet," says Rickard. By using email participants can get straight to the issues that need to be addressed, without the need to engage in 'polite conversation' beforehand. It also provides a forum that allows for "fairly sophisticated" exchanges between participants, which improves the chances of higher learning."


"Mentees, especially, look forward to receiving emails from their mentors," she says, "and the research showed that frequent interactions were important in determining the quality of the mentoring relationship - email enables a level of frequency that wouldn't be possible in any other medium."


"The main area where traditional mentoring might be considered 'better' is in relation to the non-verbal cues that are picked up when people interact face-to-face. On the other hand, e-mentoring may limit problems associated with cultural differences, which might be of particular benefit to members of minority groups as status differences can be ameliorated."

Rickard believes that as access to broadband and web-camera technology increases, future e-mentoring programs will have the option of enabling face-to-face contact in virtual space. 


DISCUSSION FORUM
What do you think about e-mentoring
? Discuss this topic with other AITD members by clicking here.


Upcoming events

NSW:            13/8/08

VIC:              3/9/08

TAS:             18/9/08


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1. AQTF & CRICOS registration training required
    Melbourne
    IITA
    Delivered to RTO staff
2. Leadership - People Management
    Brisbane and regional QLD
    Building Services Authority - QLD
    Number of pax subject to costs
3. Trainers required for Train the Trainer
    Brisbane & Sydney
    Suncorp
    5 groups approx. total is 98 attendees


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1. Customer Contact Trainer - Bundaberg - Contract
    Bundaberg, QLD
    $50 per hour
2. Education Officer - Sydney CBD
    Sydney CBD
    Negotiable
3. Educational Designer – Learning & Development
    Perth, Western Australia
    Salary Negotiable
4. Have a passion for training and people development?
    Brisbane
    $45,000+
5. Industry Sales Consultant
    Wangaratta, Victoria
    +/- $65K
6. L & D Instructional Designer/eLearning Consultant
    Sydney CBD
    $91k inclusive of 15.4% super
7. Learning & Development Consultants
    Sydney
    $91K inc 15.4% super
8. Manager – Technical Training
    Brisbane
    $125,000 Package NEG.
9. Marketing & Sales Coordinator / Manager - Aspin RTO
    Melbourne CBD & Box Hill North
    Negotiable package + bonuses
10. National Training Manager - Market Leading Fresh Food Retailer
    Brisbane
    Competitive salary package
11. Sales - Learning and Development Manager
    Parramatta
    $100K package
12. Sales and Business Development Officer - Brisbane
    Brisbane
    $45,000 - $60,000
13. Short Course Coordinator
    Carlton
    $60K + Super - All Required Company Travel Covered