Australian Institute of Training and Development

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’   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         Click for full details          (login to view) 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          (login to view) 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