University of Phoenix Campus
October 23, 2009 - 8 am to 4 pm
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Keynote Speaker:
Bill Fournet, President & CEO at The Persimmon Group
The Perfect Storm
This engaging presentation focuses on identifying practical, bottom-line results - increasing ideas on how to create high-performance work environments through various learning, training and development deliveries. This program combines key points from “Managing High Performance Teams”, “Typewriters to Blackberries”, and “Employee Engagement”. Discussions include motivating different types of employees, collaborative problem solving and effective conflict resolution. Scenes from the hit movie, “The Perfect Storm,” are used to emphasize and to help retain key points.
From restaurant manager to CEO, with senior project management and IT positions in between, Bill paved this career path by paying attention to our greatest resource: people. Whether it was through a 10-month turnaround of a restaurant that was $100,000 in debt or managing a $46 million-dollar project with 150 team members, Bill’s experience in managing high-performance teams has directly influenced the unique business philosophy and atmosphere that has created one of the leading small businesses in our region today. In his 20-year career, Bill has helped enhance numerous Fortune 1000 organizations, including AT&T, IBM, Boeing, and The NORDAM Group. He has held the roles of Business Architect, Program Manager, Project Manager, Senior Business Analyst, Trainer and Business Process Consultant.
Breakout Sessions:
Program Title: Blending Web 2.0 Technologies with Traditional Formal Learning and an Interactive Introduction to Twitter for Learning Professionals
Thomas Ryan Stone, Product Design Architect at Element K
Program Goal / Objectives
The top three learning objectives are:
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Identify and explain the key Web 2.0 technologies (wikis, blogs, forums, social networking, etc.) and their benefits and challenges in the context of learning and development.
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Describe the many ways that these informal learning tools can be used in conjunction with the traditional formal learning modalities that organizations have invested so much in over the years, and be prepared to use these technologies in your own organization.
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Explain what Twitter is, why it is important, and how you can use it as a learning and development professional – and start using Twitter by the end of the session.
Biography:
Tom Stone has been with Element K for ten years (as Nov. 2009), as an instructional designer, manager of instructional design, and now Product Design Architect. Tom focuses on integrating the latest technologies (such as Web 2.0 and mobile) into Element K’s product and service offerings, and serves as a thought leader for Element K by writing whitepapers and speaking at conferences and webinars. He is also the company’s official blogger, at blog.elementk.com. Tom has a degree in Philosophy from the University of Rochester.
Program Title: A Social Learning Workshop
David Wilkins, Executive Director of Product Marketing at Learn.com
Program Goal / Objectives
The top learning objectives are:
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Participants will be able to identify key trends and market forces that are driving the movement to social learning.
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Participants will be able to define the three types of social learning strategies: collaborative, codified and emergent.
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Participants will learn how to assess their own social learning needs using an objective framework.
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Participants will learn how to define their own social learning strategies, and how to blend these with existing formal learning models.
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Participants will be able to recognize new career paths and possibilities related to social learning.
Biography
David Wilkins has been a thought leader in the online community and corporate eLearning industries for more than 15 years. Through the development of simulation technology, LMS solutions, and community offerings, he has pioneered many innovative approaches to solve common workplace challenges, such as employee productivity and performance, recruiting and retention, and corporate communications.
In his current role as Learn.com’s Executive Director of Product Marketing, David is responsible for product strategy and communication of Learn.com’s vision and direction. David is an active speaker at industry conferences and has written articles for CLO and Learning Solutions magazine among many others.
Program Title: Intelligent Mentoring – Connecting with purpose using social media communities
Christy Pettit, Vice President, Organizational Development, ODScore®
Program Goal / Objectives
Learners will:
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Gain a clear understanding of how social networks work have evolved – with and without technology – and how various types of networks impact learning and behaviors
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Review the “brain rules” that govern knowledge transfer
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Experience intelligent mentoring as an effective knowledge transfer method
Biography
Over the past 20 years, Christy Pettit has provided strong, innovative organizational development leadership, expert advice and successful implementation in companies worldwide. Christy’s organizational development practice has provided expertise to companies of all shapes and sizes including Microsoft, Allergan, Ernst and Young, the Ontario Government and Starbucks Coffee Company. In 2007 Christy began work on ODScore™, a solution blending human and artificial intelligence to attain and maintain peak performance.
A sought after leader, organizer and speaker, Christy delivers keynotes and conference sessions on Organizational development, Mentoring, Performance Measurement and the art and science of Learning Transfer for a variety of organizations. Christy’s Education includes a Bachelor of Arts in English and History from the University of Toronto, including an accredited year of study at the University of Sydney, Australia, and both a Graduate Diploma in Management and a Masters in Business Administration from Athabasca University’s Centre for Innovative management.
Cost:
ASTD Member: $129
Non Member: $154
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