FREE learning seminar programme Tuesday 28 September 2010


10:15 – 10:45 How talent management is evolutionising learning and development


Would your top executives like to have 26% higher revenues? Find out how to achieve those kinds of results through talent management practices, and how learning and development is changing to fit into that picture. Taylor Vaughan, Head of Talent Development, Thirdforce


10:45 – 11:15 How to work wonders Through case studies including NHS, Thames Valley Police, npower and NFU Mutual, this seminar examines how to improve the mental, physical and environmental health of employees. It focuses on how to alleviate stress, reduce absenteeism and improve efficiency and productivity in the workplace. Liggy Webb, Managing Director, The Learning Architect


11:00 – 11:30 Recovery and building a future high performance culture


This seminar demonstrates how Balmoral Group successfully undertook a creative change programme against economic downturn, markets and attitudes from the board to the shop floor to realign its organisation and people and up-skill its leaders to inspire a vision on the path to future sustainable success. David Buffin, Managing Director, Buffin Leadership International


11:45 – 12:15 Employee perceptions of work-based learning You train your staff and offer them lots of development opportunities, but what do they really think about these? Find out what employees are looking for from L&D in the workplace, examine the developing trends and explore how you can meet their requirements effectively. Cathy Dunn, Business Development Manager, HE@Work


12:15 – 12:45 360° feedback: improving performance with feedback


This lively session will enable you to understand the critical factors that will ensure success when running 360s in your organisation. It draws on real-life client experiences in which 360s have increased motivation, improved performance and helped create a more open and honest culture. Katherine Reid, Senior Consultant, Getfeedback


12:30 – 13:00 Ten rules for designing and delivering e-learning that works


This seminar will cover the ‘Ten Commandments’ for all learning and development professionals involved in designing and delivering e-learning. During this seminar you will discover top tips that will reveal how to create e-learning courses that actually work. Martin Belton, Business Development Director, e2train


13:15 – 13:45 Lasting learning: behavioural change that delivers Why doesn’t learning transfer happen between the workplace and classroom? An international example demonstrates how developing internal manager and HR resource ensured that learning made a significant difference to a large Danish retail group, whose brands include Netto and Bilka. Hans Jakob Walhovd, Managing Director, Inscape Partners International


13:45 – 14:15 What do your managers find challenging and how can you best support them?


This seminar will present the results of a survey of UK managers and leaders into what they perceive as their challenges, how they deal with such challenges and their perceived support gaps, as well as summarise what organisations can do to resolve such challenges and offer resources and support. Peter Casebow, CEO, GoodPractice


14:00 – 14:30 The psychology behind engaging training design This session is for learning & development personnel who design and deliver training and are tired of working with disengaged course participants! It will share fascinating psychological principles, which can be easily applied to produce outstanding training experiences, so that your learners remember the content and are inspired to apply it. Alison Price, Chartered Occupational Psychologist


14:45 – 15:15 Digital natives – the challenge of next generation learners


Digital Natives represent the next generation of learners. Born into the information society, their rapid adoption of media technologies has shaped their perception of an attitude towards learning and presents a challenge to educators, employers and society. This presentation examines the issues and potential solutions to these significant developments. David Wortley, Director, Serious Games Institute


15:15 – 15:45 Enhancing CPD within your organisation This seminar will provide a comprehensive introduction to CPD within the contemporary workplace, including the importance of CPD and how to encourage employees to undertake it and how to encompass CPD within your training & development function. Amanda Rosewarne, Strategic Development Manager, The CPD Certification Service


15:30 – 16:00 Results, results, results! Blended learning successes from across Europe


The European learning industry is constantly innovating – especially in its use of technology, but do we really have the ear of top management? Piers will give the latest update on industry successes drawn from a wide range of European companies including Ford of Europe and British Airways. Piers Lea, CEO, LINE Communications, representing the European Learning Industry Group


16:15 – 16:45 Beyond performance coaching: putting integrative coaching at the heart of a workplace


This seminar explores how integrative coaching is enabling coaching in the workplace to move to a new stage of development that goes beyond merely focusing on performance, but creates a more lasting change in the person and the wider aspects that affect their performance, motivation and direction. Nick Bolton, Founder & Director, The Smart School of Coaching


Register now for free entry – call +44 (0)20 8394 5171


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This popular series of free seminars has been extended for 2010, offering you even more practical advice on the issues affecting learning and development professionals on a tactical level. These presentations offer the chance to benefit from the experiences of other learning practitioners through fascinating case studies and examples on the key aspects of running an L&D function in tough times when budgets and time are tight and the pressure to deliver is on.


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