Training Magazine - October 2007 - (Page i8) Headliner Sessions continued H8 Beyond E-Learning: New Approaches to Managing and Delivering Organizational Knowledge Marc Rosenberg, Management Consultant and Author, Beyond eLearning While online training has great promise, it can’t, on its own, provide all the learning and performance support that’s needed in the workplace. How can the formal, instructional side of learning coexist with the informal, informational side, and what benefits does this integration bring? You’ll explore e-learning from a strategic perspective and go beyond a focus on technology and courseware to advocate new ways to think about what e-learning really is and what it can, and cannot, do. H12 Ten Tips from Street Perfomers That Can Help You Become a Better Trainer Steve Lundin, Author, Fish! A Remarkable Way to Boost Morale and Improve Results What can a trainer learn from a street performer? Roll up your sleeves and join Steve Lundin, bestselling author of Fish!, and work to become better trainers by understanding the dynamics of street performance. The most successful street performers are a living classroom for those who would be top performers in training and development. Discover a pathway and a perspective for you and your training team to pursue top performer status by learning to speak the language of energy. H9 The Era of the Free Range Learner: How Web 2.0 and the 3D Internet are Changing the Game in Learning Tony O’Driscoll, Professor of the Practice, North Carolina State University College of Management Just as Web 1.0 technologies ushered in the era of e-learning, the onslaught of Web 2.0 and the 3D Internet presents a unprecedented opportunity—achieve breakthroughs in collaborative and experiential learning. Explore the emerging sensibilities of new technologies, and see how they will provide educators and instructional designers more freedom to design and deliver learning experiences. Most importantly, Tony will challenge you to rethink your role as a learning professional by showing the possibilities within our reach. H13 The Voice of Authority: Ten Communication Strategies for Building Personal & Organizational Credibility Dianna Booher, Author, Communicate With Confidence!: How to Say It Right the First Time and Everytime Learn how to build a culture of trust and loyalty with coworkers, clients, and strategic partners. With analogies from popular classic movies, this session provides ten guidelines for anyone who wants to communicate clear messages, increase credibility, and build stronger relationships. You’ll walk away with guidelines for deciding what to communicate, when to communicate, and how to communicate—both routine and highly sensitive messages, up and down the chain of command. H10 The Purpose-Driven Trainer: 7 Strategies for Designing and Delivering Training Bob Pike, Author, Creative Training Techniques Handbook In Rick Warren’s bestseller, The Purpose-Driven Life, the first sentence reads, “It’s not about you.” The same is true for the purpose-driven trainer—it’s not about you. It’s about the critical skills, knowledge, and attitudes that you need if you are going to add value and make a difference in your organization. Join Bob Pike as he explores the seven essential strategies for cost-effective, high impact training he has discovered in his 35 years of experience. H14 Accelerating Transfer and Application: The New Frontier of Learning Calhoun Wick, Author, The Six Disciplines of Breakthrough Learning Great learning—no matter how efficiently delivered—adds no value until it is transferred, applied, and put to work. In this interactive session, you’ll learn how to use the six components of effective transfer to ensure that knowledge is applied. Based on new research with over 100 Fortune 500 companies, you will use a Transfer and Application Score Card to rate your program’s “results readiness” and pinpoint opportunities to create a breakthrough in transfer and application. H11 Making Measurement Meaningful Dean Spitzer, Author, Transforming Performance Measurement Einstein famously said, “Not everything that can be counted counts; and not everything that counts can be counted.” Unfortunately, for most learning and human performance improvement professionals, much of what is currently measured, especially related to human capital, doesn’t count. Discover that many of the things you thought couldn’t be measured actually can be, and learn how to make performance measurement a more valuable aspect of your mission and your job. H15 Activating Emotions in Learning Experiences to Sell New Ideas Peter Honebein, President, Customer Performance Group The purpose of virtually all training is to not only teach a body of content, but to engage learners in a way they find value in that content. This value translates to their willingness to use the content on the job. Learn how by influencing learner emotions, you can increase learners’ positive response to new ideas, and enhance the transfer of training. 8 Training 2008 Conference & Expo
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