Training 2009 Conference and Expo - (Page TCB8) Certificate Programs CP05 E-Trainer Certificate Program: Designing and Facilitating Synchronous E-Learning Curt Valmy, Chief Communicator, OM-Tech Learning; Karen Hyder, Online Speaker Coach and Event Producer, The E-Learning Guild You know that teaching online is different than teaching in a classroom. But you might not know how different. This certificate immerses you in the knowledge, skills and techniques required to be an effective synchronous online trainer. We’ll cover the spectrum from preparation and pre-course work through evaluation and post-course analysis. At the end of this certificate you will be equipped to: • Plan, organize, and establish an online session, gather student information, and match the learning objectives to organizational needs. • Select and implement a variety of instructional media and methods using an online collaborative software program. • Establish credibility and maintain professional conduct while employing effective presentation and communication skills that reinforce learner understanding. • Facilitate group participation and interaction in a learner-centered environment to afford maximum engagement of and contribution by the learners, and to appropriately acknowledge, reinforce and motivate learners. • Utilize a variety of questioning techniques and tools to continually evaluate learners’ acquisition of knowledge, instructor’s performance, and course design. This certificate is designed for designers, classroom trainers, project managers, managers, and training executives who need to re-skill their staff to be online trainers/coaches. You are required to bring your own headset, microphone, and laptop with a Web browser of Internet Explorer 7 or higher. You will be required to download and install a free version of a collaborative software tool (Adobe Acrobat Connect, Webex, Elluminate, GoToMeeting) as specified in the pre-course announcement and pre-work. organization’s training and yield tangible, bottom-line results. Learn skills to help you better: • Manage your training function. • Develop internal consulting skills. • Diagnose problems within your organization. • Formulate an action plan. • Build partnerships with management and learners. • Understand the trainer, manager, and learner’s roles in the transfer of learning. • Cost justify training. This certificate program is designed for training managers, training coordinators, and “departments-of-one” who run a training function for an organization or business unit, or those interested in joining their ranks. Bonus: As part of the session, you’ll receive Training Manager’s Tool Kit, that contains a Training Department Benchmarking Tool, 100point Classroom Instructor Skills Inventory, and a Performance Improvement Plan Template. You are encouraged to bring your own laptop computer to complete the out-ofclass assignment of approximately 30 minutes in length. You will receive two continuing education units (CEUs) from The Training Clinic after successfully completing this certificate program. For questions on CEUs, call 800.937.4698 and drive your day-to-day business down through your entire organization. • Make better decisions with longer sustainability of them and less unintended consequences, as you get better buy-in from key stakeholders on these day-to-day issues in your job. This certificate is recommended for training managers, training directors, training coordinators, project managers, instructional designers, classroom and online trainers, and anyone interested in better managing their time and completing their goals through strategic thinking. CP08 Human Performance Technology Certificate Program Judith Hale, IBSTPI Fellow, ISPI Director of Certification Learn to apply human performance technology in the workplace smartly and effectively. Looking at both the people side and the organizational side of performance, this certificate shows how to quickly hone in on results that matter and how to track predictors of success without adding extra cost (while avoiding analysis paralysis). In this certificate, you’ll learn to: • Efficiently identify performance deficiencies and their causes. • Position the appropriate mix of solutions to improve performance to management. • Negotiate for metrics so you can explain the worth of the problem and the value gained from the solutions. • Increase the odds that the solutions are effective. • Explain how HPT relates to the other approaches to improving performance including OD, Management Consulting, Six Sigma, and others. • Sell HPT to your organization. BONUS! You will get a 6-month free membership to the International Society for Performance Improvement (ISPI), where you will have access to 44 years of research on how to improve people and organizational performance. You will also participate in drawings for one of Judy’s six books. This certificate is designed for people who need to help clients understand what helps people be more effective in the workplace (and what hinders them). It is ideal for professionals who want to expand their scope of services and be able to quickly hone in on performance barriers and recommend feasible solutions. CP07 Strategic and Systems Thinking Certificate Program Stephen Haines, Author, Strategic and Systems Thinking: The Winning Formula; Barbara Collins, Global Partner, Haines Centre for Strategic Management DC In this certificate program, learn an old way (made new again) to improve one’s thinking, planning, and acting— everyday—in your job, career and life. Based on more than 50 years of scientific research on the natural way human systems work by the Society of General Systems Research, this certificate will give clear, simple, and practical applications of strategic thinking that you can immediately apply. You will learn to apply four key concepts of Strategic Thinking in order to problem solve current issues, problems and a case study you bring to the class, ensuring the entire three days are a pragmatic time to focus on your preferred future and solutions to assist that progress. As a result of attending this certificate, you will have the knowledge and skills to: • Take this proven systemic approach to all your daily business activities by improving how you think about each and every task and its desired outcomes within today’s complex environment. • Think out of the box in systemic ways to truly plan and act in a strategic way in each of your weekly business challenges and projects. • Use the ABCs Template to comprehensively, yet simply, think through complex situations to create innovative action plans that get superior results. • Create a 3-Year Strategic Plan for your area of responsibility to truly focus, clarify CP06 Managing the Training Function Certificate Program Jean Barbazette, Author, Managing the Training Function for Bottom Line Results With the right practices, any training program can accelerate performance while delivering economic benefits and as a focused and practical manager of a training function, you can lead the charge within your own organization. In this certificate, focus in-depth on effective methods to manage the entire scope of your organization’s training effort. You will examine practical ways, sound techniques, and proven ideas to manage your International Society for Performance Improvement (ISPI) is the leading international association dedicated to improving productivity and performance in the workplace. ISPI represents performance improvement professionals in the USA, Canada, and 40 other countries. ISPI’s mission is to develop and recognize the proficiency of its members and advocate the use of Human Performance Technology. Visit www.ispi.org. Training 2009 Conference & Expo 8 http://www.ispi.org
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