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AITD 2008 National Conference Keynote sessions Optimising the Power of Action Learning Action learning has evolved over the past decade to become a powerful tool for solving complex problems and developing leadership competencies. Learn how the latest developments and trends in action learning are achieving remarkable results in building high performing individuals, teams and organisations. This presentation will highlight and illustrate: Michael Marquardt is Professor of Human Resource Development at George Washington University, and serves as President of the World Institute for Action Learning. He has held a number of senior management, training and marketing positions with organisations such as Grolier, American Society for Training and Development, Association Management Inc., Overseas Education Fund, TradeTec, and U.S. Office of Personnel Management. Dr. Marquardt has trained more than 95,000 managers in nearly 100 countries since beginning his international experience in Spain in 1969. Consulting assignments have included Marriott, DuPont, Motorola, Nortel, Alcoa, Boeing, Caterpillar, United Nations Development Program, Xerox, Nokia, Constellation, Samsung, Organization of American States, and Singapore Airlines as well as the governments of Indonesia, Laos, Ethiopia, Zambia, Egypt, Kuwait, Saudi Arabia, Turkey, Russia, Jamaica, Honduras, and Swaziland. Mike is the author of 18 books and over 90 professional articles in the fields of leadership, learning, globalisation and organisational change including Optimizing the Power of Action Learning, Leading with Questions, Building the Learning Organization (selected as Book of the Year by the Academy of HRD), The Global Advantage, Action Learning in Action, Global Leaders for the 21st Century, Global Human Resource Development, Technology-Based Learning, and Global Teams. Over one million copies of his publications have been sold in nearly a dozen languages worldwide. Dr. Marquardt also served as the Editor of the UNESCO Encyclopaedia volume on Human Resources. He has been a keynote speaker at international conferences in Australia, Japan, England, Philippines, Malaysia, South Africa, Sweden, Singapore, and India as well as throughout North America. Dr. Marquardt's achievements and leadership have been recognised though numerous awards including the International Practitioner of the Year Award from the American Society for Training and Development. He presently serves as a Senior Advisor for the United Nations Staff College in the areas of policy, technology, and learning systems. Mike is a Fellow of the National Academy for Human Resource Development and a co-founder of the Asian Learning Organization Network. The International Management Centre at Oxford, England recently awarded him an honorary Ph.D. for his work and writings in the field of action learning. ____________________________________________________________________________________ Are external training and development providers really necessary? Why don’t organisations do it all themselves? Training providers appear to spend significant amounts of money and time on business development. Potential customers seem to spend equally large amounts of time fending off unsolicited and largely unwanted approaches. Why is it that so few providers have really cracked the code for selling services and solutions? Why is it that so many organisations continue to sift through the plethora of T & D marketing materials to find what they really need? Is it that buyers simply don’t need the external T & D providers or is it that both providers and buyers need to change their behaviours and be clear of their roles in this market? This session will look at what buyers of T & D solutions and services really need and how providers can be better used. The session will also consider what T & D providers are currently doing right, and more often wrong, in the marketing game. The session will conclude by identifying both quick wins and some longer term changes for providers and buyers to become more efficient and effective in the T&D market. Barry Bloch is Global Practice Leader for Leadership and People Development for Rio Tinto. Barry Bloch has been with Rio Tinto since early 2003. He is responsible for the design, development and implementation of the global practice for leadership, people and organisation development and training. In doing so Barry leverages his previous experience in strategic analysis and planning, organisation and leadership development, T&D, and general and human resources management gained from working as both an internal human resources specialist and as an external management consultant. During his career, Barry has worked for international consulting firms McKinsey & Company and PricewaterhouseCoopers and with specialist organisation development firms Emerge and Smythe Dorward Lambert. Barry started his career with Old Mutual. Born in Zimbabwe and educated in South Africa, Barry is a registered psychologist (South Africa, United Kingdom and Australia) with undergraduate, honours and master’s degrees in psychology from the University of Cape Town. __________________________________________________________________________________ Learning that drives deep, sustainable, transformational change Despite their award winning learning and development strategies, Satyam Computer Services were still not satisfied that their L&D programs were achieving the deep, transformational impact that was required. Discover how Satyam is successfully moving from demand based learning to real-time, needs based learning across 60 countries. Satyam Computer Services, headquartered in Hyderabad, India, has rapidly grown from 100 associates in 1992 to more than 50,000 associates based in 60 countries today. Rapid growth led to the need for a high concentration on building leaders. In 2005, Satyam launched their “Leadership and Innovation” strategy which resulted in the creation of the Satyam School of Leadership. Two years after launching Satyam School of Leadership, Satyam received validation for their efforts when they ranked number one in the 2007 ASTD BEST Awards. After spending months in the field meeting with Satyam leaders, their associates and our Fortune 100 customers, Satyam changed their strategy from demand based learning to real time, needs based learning. The new strategy combines analysis and observation with consultation, coaching, and onsite, real time, facilitation resulting in immediate measurable change that is rapidly shifting leaders at Satyam Computer Services from outstanding service providers to trusted advisors. Ed Cohen is the Senior Vice President for Satyam Computer Service’s School of Leadership since 2005. Under Ed’s leadership Satyam became the number one ranked organization for learning in the 2007 ASTD BEST Awards. Considered a statesman in this learning profession, Ed continuously explores and develops new methodologies and programs in tune with customer expectations. He has been directing organizational, training and employee development services for almost a quarter century. He conducts extensive research on leadership in the global paradigm and is the author of Leadership Without Borders published by John Wiley and Sons. Leadership Without Borders has been ranked number 1 for global leaders books by AMAZON.COM for 22 weeks running. Ed Cohen is also a contributing author to “Next Generation Corporate Universities” and many articles including “What Business Needs from Business Schools”, published in Strategy & Business magazine. Prior to Satyam, Ed Cohen spent eight years with Booz Allen Hamilton where he founder and strategic leader of their corporate university - the Center for Performance Excellence. During his tenure, Booz Allen’s corporate university grew from a start-up in 1998 to become one of the most widely recognized corporate universities. Under Ed’s leadership, in 2006, Booz Allen was named to the number one spot on Training Magazine’s global ranking and to the number one spot by ASTD. During Ed’s tenure, Booz Allen also received more than 30 Excellence in Practice recognitions from ASTD (American Society for Training & Development). Ed Cohen earned a Master of Science degree in education from Nova Southeastern University and a Bachelor of Science degree in accounting from the University of Florida. ____________________________________________________________________________________ Trainers as learners To be an effective and inspired/inspiring trainer you need to pay attention to your own learning. Training and learning are co-constructed and interdependent. This keynote address will draw on the recent experiences of VET practitioners who have been involved in a range of contemporary learning methodologies utilised by Reframing the Future for professional development and change management projects. For trainers, learning is often reflective, experiential and builds human capital. Learning is lifelong and ubiquitous. Suzy McKenna is the National Project Director, Reframing the Future, the national staff development and change management program that supports the implementation of the national vocational education and training system in Australia. She has a background in vocational and school education and in public service and holds a Bachelor of Education degree as well as a Certificate in Workplace Training and Assessment. She has travelled and worked in US and many other countries. Suzy has almost always worked in areas that involve the development of people. ____________________________________________________________________________________ Identifying and developing ‘below-the-line' skills to enhance individual, team and organisational performance Training and HR practitioners are wrestling with the changing and increasingly dynamic nature of the new skills required in much service sector work. In an effort to pin down these skills, Australian employers refer to ‘employability skills’ (described in terms such as ‘interpersonal, communication and time-management skills), or in terms of personal attributes. These skills are being progressively incorporated in training packages as they are reviewed. Rather than attempting to define these ‘below-the-line’ skills ‘top down’, Anne Junor and Ian Hampson have worked from the ‘base up’ to define the intangible and dynamic ‘work process skills’ essential for high quality individual and team performance. Working with a cross-Tasman team in a project initiated by Philippa Hall of the Aotearoa-New Zealand Department of Labour, they have completed a rigorous two-year fieldwork-based project to develop a taxonomy of intangible skills. This taxonomy integrates twelve skill elements into three major skill sets based on: The taxonomy identifies how each of the skill elements can be developed through five learning-based proficiency levels, from that of novice to that of expert practitioner leading others to embed work process solutions in work systems. This flexible taxonomy can be applied to jobs at all levels and is intended to supplement, rather than replace, existing accounts of job requirements and personal attributes. It can be used in conjunction with competency standards and position descriptions, to give concreteness and systematic rigour to the identification and development of ‘below-the-line skills’ at all job levels. The taxonomy has many practical applications. Drs Hampson & Junor will show how it can be used to address emerging issues of development, recruitment and organisational knowledge retention in a climate of skill shortage. They will showcase a simple tool for recognising ‘hidden’ skill requirements, and illustrate its use in a risk-minimising induction process, in an integrated performance management system, and in a career pathing program. Drs Ian Hampson and Anne Junor are with the School of Organisation and Management in the Australian School of Business at the University of New South Wales. ____________________________________________________________________________________ Concurrent workshops The changing role of the trainer New competitive models of business are demanding a different approach for securing, developing and retaining knowledge and skills to ensure competitive advantage. In this new paradigm, the trainer (or people developer) becomes an enabler of learning rather than a deliverer of information through supporting, accelerating and directing learning interventions that meet organisations needs and are appropriate to the learner and the context. By attending this session, you will walk away with: Carmel Kostos is recognised for her leadership in the Australian training industry, evidenced by peer nomination for the Telstra Business Women’s Awards on three occasions in the past nine years. She has been described as a professional who dares to be unique, which has become her trade-mark in leading performance improvement and change management initiatives during her career. Carmel advises learning and development teams on improving professional practice, including facilitating the unique “Leading Learning” professional development program. She holds an Australasian licence for CIPD’s “Helping People Learn” materials developed by Martyn Sloman and she is a partner in Next Talent Development, a leadership coaching business, working with emerging and leaders in transition. Carmel has been sought-out to present in Australia and overseas on contemporary training issues and has had numerous articles published in training and HR journals. She has qualifications in Workplace and Career Counselling, Adult Education and Training, Personnel Consulting and is studying for a Masters degree in Social Science. The practicalities of executive coaching for leading and learning This workshop will suit anyone who is involved in leading, managing or motivating individual development of people. As the program analyses coaching as both a way of learning and a way of leading, a range of participants will benefit from attending this session which has a good balance of theory and practice on coaching. By attending this session, you will walk away with: Mandy O’Bree is presently undertaking Doctoral studies at Macquarie University where she is examining the relationship between leadership & learning in addressing 21st century leadership challenges. Her messages are therefore always cotemporary and relevant. Her inspiring demeanour, her practical message and her warm, motivational approach make her a highly sought after speaker and Keynote address. She has also published two popular books: The Leadership Coaching Guide – for growing you & your organisation, and The Team Leadership Coaching Guide. As founder and Director of Australian Growth Coaching, Mandy is one of the leading executive coaches and coach trainers in Australia. She has thousands of hours of coaching experience with executives in the corporate, government and education sectors. Measurement & Evaluation …. it’s part of how we do business Embedding measurement and evaluation at the onset of any learning initiative, not as an afterthought should be the objective of L&D designers in order to gauge business value and successfully combine learning technique with business focus. This workshop looks at how any L&D team might consider its own “effectiveness and efficiency” through the concept of “Utilisation”. Participants will learn about a different Measurement & Evaluation Framework underpinned by many current thinkers where the concept of “Ground Zero” and “Operational Effectiveness” are at the core. By attending this session, you will walk away with: Jean’s career is varied and spans the Education System (UK) and the Corporate Sector (Australia). Jean has extensive experience in VET and held positions including Manager Organisational Learning Strategies, RTO Manager, and IT Development Manager in Australia. Jean’s current role involves strategic direction of learning and development with the continual development and implementation of IAG’s Global Learning Framework, ongoing design and development of IAG’s Leadership Pathway and the professional development of its learning professionals. For the past year Jean has been focusing on a Measurement & Evaluation Strategy for IAG comprising of 5 components with the central component being a new “Measurement and Evaluation Framework”. This together creating and developing a new approach for Learning & Development teams in how they may contribute to Mature Age Workers integrating into the workforce and a concept map of “How Mature Age Workers Like to Engage in Learning” has kept Jean’s focus away from E-Learning and Learning Technologies for the present. Jean has achieved an MA (e-Learning), BEd (UK); Dip Ed(UK) and Dip Teaching IT (UK). Learning Virtually @ NAB Academy: Utilising Emerging Technologies A new wave of technologies is impacting enormously on what and how we learn, while the evolving informal learning landscape is intersecting with the established grounds of Knowledge Management and Performance Support. In this session we will explore the challenges and issues of next-generation learning, including the opportunities of perpetual beta, the state of loose coupling, the concept of the long tail, the power of peer-to-peer, transparent collaboration, and hyper-connectivity. By attending this session, you will walk away with: Cheryle Walker is a learning consultant with a career background in sales, marketing and business development. Her consulting experience has been with clients in the oil, manufacturing, franchising, retail, fast food, bakery, directories advertising and financial services industries. Cheryle has a Masters degree in Training and Development and is currently preparing a PhD proposal. She is an enthusiastic researcher and speaker on emerging learning technologies. In her current role with National Australia Bank, Cheryle's challenges are in making sense of the informal workplace learning landscape, and piloting and embedding new learning technologies. Teambeat energy break: authentic African teambuilding through the power of drumming! With a drum for everyone, Teambeat will transform groups of any size into a dynamic and unified percussion orchestra through the power of drumming! Teambeat’s corporate interactive events are designed to create a sense of unity and team spirit, taking the power of communication to an entirely new level. Greeted with vibrant African drumming, participants immediately embark on a musical journey which transports them to the tribal villages of Africa. Teambeat’s authentic African Master Drummers and highly trained Facilitators guide the group to play a variety of different African beats, layering sounds, and rhythms, bringing everyone together in harmony. The overall experience of making music together showcases the importance of teamwork, cooperation, trusting and listening to each other to reach a united common goal. By attending this session, you will walk away with: Executive coaching in Australia – the executive’s perspective The popularity and use of executive coaching has markedly increased in the last decade, however little is known about the nature, purpose and influence of executive coaching and indeed what makes it special or different from other leadership development interventions. During this workshop, attendees will develop an understanding of the phenomena of executive coaching from the perspective of executives who have experienced coaching as well as their perceptions of the value of coaching and key success factors. By attending this session, you will walk away with: Julie-Anne Tooth is currently undertaking research into executive coaching in Australia for her PhD qualification with the Education for Practice Institute at Charles Sturt University. She is also an Executive Coach and Associate with the Institute of Executive Coaching and prior to this held a number of senior human resources roles in a range of industries in the Asia Pacific region, including outsourcing, IT and government. Julie-Anne has focused on the assessment and development of leadership capability as a key requirement of business success and has coached senior executives and executive teams, assisting them to develop skills to improve their business performance, increasing their ability to relate and interact with their people and to ensure their own personal success. In 1990 she was awarded the ‘Prize for Outstanding Achievement’ and ‘Award for Excellence’ by the Australian Human Resources Institute. “The Secrets” of training they didn’t teach you Craig Bulmer – Director of Making Training Work Pty Ltd This practical and participative workshop will demonstrate the principles and strategies required by trainers of all experiences to assist learners to retain and remember new skills and knowledge. Based on educational psychology research you will discover the secrets to affective learning. These strategies are not taught at University or in the Certificate IV but complement what you have already learnt. They can be used immediately and can be applied to any learning environment, audience, and personality. By attending this session you will walk away with: · Practical strategies to keep learners engaged · Unique ways to increase learners retention · An understanding of how training should link to how the brain takes in information and processes it. Craig has been a professional trainer / facilitator for the past 15 years. He has trained thousands of people spanning Australia, Asia and the UK. He has a Graduate Diploma in Adult Education from UTS Sydney. In fact, a training programme he wrote, (Team Leadership), was a finalist in the AITD National Training Awards for 2001. Craig is also is a Master Coach and has also obtained his Certificate IV in Workplace Training and Assessment. He has worked closely with Dr Rich Allan in the USA designing and developing “Training with IMPACT” a 2 day advanced train the trainer programme. Craig works with organisations designing and/or implementing learning solutions so that those attending “get it”. The good, the bad and the ugly Trainers share their best and worst times from the training room. By attending this session, you will walk away with: Normally, innovation and creative thinking are seen as the domains of Marketing or R&D. The purpose of this workshop is to provide insights as to why Human Resources and Learning & Development are actually in the ideal department to improve organisational innovation. The session will first cover the power of creative thinking skills, and why these skills can be much more valuable for an organisation than any other soft skill. By attending this session, you will walk away with: Dr Amantha Imber is the Head Inventiologist at Inventium. She helps people who wear suits and sit at their computer for large parts of the day think and behave more creatively. Current clients include Deloitte, NRMA, AMP, Qantas, Diageo, and several advertising and media agencies. Amantha has that rare talent of taking learnings from science and academia and applying them to practical, real world situations. Indeed, all tools and techniques that Inventium teaches and recommends to organisations have a scientific base. In other words, they actually work. Amantha has a Doctorate in Organisational Psychology, which means that she can read minds more accurately than most people. She has an unhealthy addiction to reality TV, prays to the God of Kevin Spacey, and used to be freakishly good at table tennis. Transformational leadership for trainers, facilitators & really nice people This workshop will explore opportunities for actively applying leadership concepts with your team and how using trainers as transformational leaders who can "transform" organisations and/or organisational culture. By attending this session, you will walk away with: Jeff Mann is an inspirational speaker who will have you jumping to your feet on a regular basis. His sessions are fun, interactive and targeted to meet adult learning needs. Jeff has been facilitating leadership sessions since 1994 and has worked as Manager, Education & Training (current), University lecturer, and Senior Sergeant in the WA Police. Jeff is currently the WA Volunteer Co-ordinator for Radio Lollipop. He is also a Radio Lollipop DJ every Wednesday evening and has a reputation for dressing up in funny costumes. One of his favourite activities is making kids in hospital laugh. Brainstorming the AQTF 2007 Validation Process – a ‘how-to’ session A timely and relevant workshop driven by recent changes to the AQTF. Essential for those who work within RTO's including training managers and trainers. By attending this session, you will walk away with: Shane Cassidy has been directly and indirectly involved in training for the past 18 years. He has been a trainer, a senior instructor, a qualified assessor, a training designer, training manager, an operations manager of an RTO, and now Shane uses his knowledge and skills to assist organisations achieve their business goals. Shane understands the machinations that an RTO must undertake to maintain compliance and excellence. Shane has qualifications in: Bachelor of Training Development, Diploma in Training and Assessment Systems, Certificate IV in Training and Assessment, OH&S Auditor and he is currently studying a Graduate Certificate in Training Systems Design. Shane is a member of the Australian Institute of Training Development. How to 'do' elearning that is better, cheaper, more accessible… eLearning has, as of 2008, finally arrived. It has become cheaper, better (than face-to-face) and eminently accessible and relevant. This workshop will describe how to design eLearning that takes advantage of Web 2.0 technologies, create eLearning cheaper and better than ever before and turn your organisation into a dynamic 'learning organisation'. By attending this session, you will walk away with: Martyn Wild is an internationally regarded educationalist and Learning Designer. He has taught and researched at universities in Australia and the UK, and is presently Honorary Professor (eLearning) at La Trobe University (Melbourne). Martyn has established the Nine Lanterns Learning Architecture and Learning Models over the last five years. His insight into the principals of learning as they are applied to online environments has helped Nine Lanterns become a recognised leader in the industry. Action methods that bring learning alive This workshop will focus on the application of action methods and sociometry to bring life and focus to learning events. To bring learning alive, it matters what we do to focus participants' attention and what role we engage them in. Working with action methods involves getting people on the map, building the sociometry and working in the 'here and now' with whatever they bring up, including resistance to learning. By attending this session, you will walk away with: Rollo Browne is an OD consultant and Sociodramatist in Sydney, specialising in organisational culture interventions, team development and coaching. He has been training people in leadership, facilitation skills, group dynamics and the use of action methods for the past 12 years. He has been on staff at the Psychodrama NSW Training Institute since 1997. He is particularly known for the application of action methods in Boys Education. Psychodrama and taking learning seriously in the work place This workshop will consider the place of learning in organisations and how learning gets sidelined on a regular basis. It will present the Theory of Levels of Learning and how the rhetoric of organisations would suggest that deep level learning is sought but only sets up processes which deliver surface level learning. By attending this session, you will walk away with: Peter Howie is the President of the Australian and New Zealand Psychodrama Association (ANZPA) and Director of Training at the Moreno Collegium. He is accredited through the ANZPA Board of Examiners as a Trainer, Educator and Practitioner of psychodrama. He also has a BSc, a Grad Dip in Computing and is completing his Masters of Education at Griffith Uni. Peter has been consulting to the Government sector in Queensland for 16 years. He has extensive experience in training students in psychodrama and is an expert at developing creative group learning processes. His highly creative and evaluated 8 day residential leadership programs have won renown in Queensland. Smarter, better reflection In today's busy world creating time for reflection is essential. Whether it is you making sense of your day or is conducting more effective team meetings, careful reflection is paramount. Learn how you can help yourself and others to be more reflective and self aware in their work and life. Design smarter training and development activities which can assist on-going performance improvement and accelerate learning. Leave this session with practical tips, ideas and tools to dramatically improve the quality of reflection in your design and delivery of both training and coaching. By attending this session, you will walk away with: Alastair is one of Australia's leading thinkers and facilitators in modern business management. He is an inspiring presenter, expert strategist and award winning author. His work has taken him to major conferences and clients throughout the world including Singapore, the Middle East, Malaysia, USA, Japan, New Zealand and the UK. Alastair is a fellow of AITD and is currently doing a PhD at the University of Technology- Sydney on stakeholder commitment to social responsibility. Alastair did key notes at the last two AITD national conferences in 2006 and 2007. Systems Training: Making it More than Effective and Exciting Many system and technical training programs designed and delivered today have got the fundamentals right. At the end of the day, the participant generally knows what they need to do to use a particular system or tool. But is this really enough? System and technical training appears to be falling behind the increasing sophistication that is evident in other learning arenas such as leadership development. By attending this session, you will walk away with: Janeen Mackie founded Optim Learning Solutions 10 years ago after providing in-house learning and development expertise within a large nationally based organisation in the finance industry. Under her management her organisation has gone from strength to strength, and now services customers within the Finance, Retail, Government and Communications sectors. Janeen has a background in finance, however her expertise is particularly valuable in learning and design project management, training needs analysis as well as design and implementation of quality assurance processes. A recent highlight for her was for her organisation to be nominated in the 2007 Queensland Training Awards. Escaping PowerPoint purgatory Think about how many times you have been bored silly by a PowerPoint presentation… killed slowly and silently… bullet-point by bullet-point… Poor PowerPoint presentations have been blamed for everything from putting students to sleep to causing the NASA space shuttle disaster. PowerPoint is essentially a presentation tool, and any tool in the wrong hands can be dangerous! By attending this session, you will walk away with: Sharon is a graduate of the University of South Australia in Applied Science and has studied Business Administration and Marketing and is a nationally accredited Trainer & Workplace Assessor. Sharon has over 15 years experience as a specialist representative and Senior Business Manager in the Pharmaceutical industry. Sharon has won numerous sales awards and twice won the National Representative of the year award. She has been trained in many selling techniques and is a certified professional sales coach. Enlivening corporate orientation: moving from transactional to transformational This workshop explores the recent transformation of the NAB orientation program from one of dull content transaction, of low impact for participants, and little added value to the business, to one of key strategic importance for imparting critical cultural messages and connecting new employees to the brand and values of the company they have joined. It will inspire delegates to think about orientation differently, to enliven it from the dull reputation it has traditionally suffered, to being an invaluable opportunity for communicating culture, brand and values. By attending this session, you will walk away with: Francesca Hunter has been a learning specialist across diverse organisations in New Zealand, Asia and Australia for 15 years, working for RTOs, universities, Stellar call centres, ANZ and now NAB. Francesca holds a Graduate Diploma of Training and Development from Melbourne University. Her particular area of interest is in emotionally engaging participants in learning experiences. Her current role with NAB provides her the opportunity to do exactly that, and to design learning in a way that embeds organisational culture. Understand the key success elements self-paced learning material via a critique of a self-paced module and use an Instructional Quality Checklist to conduct a more detailed assessment of the module. Throughout the session key instructional principles will be highlighted, with valuable design tips and techniques provided. By attending this session, you will walk away with: Sussan Ockwell started her learning solutions company in 1988 (Optimism, previously Ockwell). Sussan is a regular presenter at conferences in the area of learning frameworks, learning design and instructional techniques, due to her interactive and engaging style and depth of experience. She has a Bachelor of Business Studies (Mgmt) and a Diploma in Training and Development. Sussan undertakes needs analyses, creates learning strategies and frameworks, and designs, develops and implements integrated learning solutions and is the creator of OWL™ (the interactive online tool for instructional design) and Problem Busting (an online needs analysis tool). Thought Attacks - The No1 Corporate Virus! This workshop focuses on one of the key challenges that affect the quality of learning in every organisation – the effective art of thinking. When people aren’t thinking right they’re not learning right! The content centres around how poor quality thinking sabotages effective learning and development. It identifies what this type of thinking is and how it shows up in everyday behaviour. In this session participants will gain insight into what constitutes effective thinking and will learn powerful and transformational techniques that make sustainable learning a real and tangible possibility. By attending this session, you will walk away with: Meiron Lees is the founder of InnerCents, a leadership training and coaching company specialising in developing productive, loyal people. His clients include IBM, PwC, MLC, Westpac, Harvey World Travel, MTV and Symantec to name a few. The strategies Meiron uses in his programs are unique incorporating ancient wisdom, eastern philosophies and music in his exciting and fresh approach to leadership and management practice. Meiron believes that profits cannot be separated from the people that create them and is passionate about strengthening Australian organisations through strong and inspiring leadership. Investigating organisational readiness for eLearning implementation So you have gained agreement from stakeholders to develop or expand an eLearning strategy. But experience tells you that implementing technology is rarely smooth sailing, and intended versus ‘real’ outcomes often don’t align. By attending this session, you will walk away with: Alison Bickford is the Principle Consultant for Connect Thinking – Strategic E-learning & Knowledge Solutions. She has been working in the organisational e-learning space since 2002. Her expertise embraces both synchronous and asynchronous learning design and associated change management. Alison’s holistic, practical and learner centric approach to technology-enabled learning provides practitioners with tangible action steps in e-learning implementation and consolidation. Alison has a Masters of Arts in E-learning and is currently a doctoral student at UTS, examining the micro effects of virtual learning implementation on practitioners and employees. A Values-based Mega-scale learning intervention - One Global Corporation's experience The brief: 1,000 participants in 2 hours, a giant exhibition hall, interactive and experiential learning. How did the Managers of this Global Corporation respond to a learning experience of this scale, space and style? An assessment will be given of what has worked well, and what the corporation is now wanting more of, from learning interventions of this type. By attending this session, you will walk away with: Peter Ernest, CEO of Values Journey, has been a presenter and facilitator for 20 years. He has presented internationally, in over a dozen countries, throughout Asia, in the USA, Europe and the Middle East. He has delivered keynote addresses for corporations and organisations including the prestigious Young Presidents’ Organisation and hundreds of top companies as well as sessions for associations including American Society for Training and Development (USA) and Organisation Development Australia (ODA). He was awarded Southern region resource of the Year in 2003 by The Executive Connection (TEC) and was recognised with the “Peoples Choice Award” for the best creativity stream presentation, at the 2001 AITD National Conference. Travelling In Open Space - A Guide to Getting Started This workshop will outline what is involved in setting up, and then running an Open Space event. It will include information, time to discuss the underlying principles about the concept of Open Space, and how they are applied in organising and running an event. We shall also have time for you to develop an outline of your first event. By attending this session, you will be able to: Murray Willmott is a HR professional currently working in Strategic Human Resource Management in a large, dynamic Public Sector organisation based in Canberra. He has practiced Open Space for 15 years, particularly as a way of resolving complex issues in bureaucracies. He brings with him 25 years of people management experience in both the public and private sector. He is currently the ACT representative on the National Board for AITD, and a long time member of the Australian Human Resource Institute. Web2.0 – Designing the learning landscape Weblogs, wikis, social bookmarking, social networks and tagging (so-called Web 2.0 tools) have all emerged as powerful collaborative tools, but their greatest transformational potential exists within companies and organisations that embed them into their learning strategies. By attending this session, you will walk away with: Anne Bartlett-Bragg currently lectures at the University of Technology, Sydney and is involved with the design, development and delivery of e-Learning qualifications and subjects in the Faculty of Education. Anne is also the Executive Director of the Learning Technologies User Group and the education advisor for the Australian Businesswomen's Network where she designed the first national mentoring program for young women entrepreneurs delivered entirely with Web2.0 software. She is currently completing her PhD that is investigating the adult learners’ experiences of developing distributed learning networks through the use of weblogs or self-publishing technologies.
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