Learning Light
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14th November 2006
Learning Light sponsors workshops for the UK's senior HR
professionals
Learning Light, a non-profit centre of excellence which highlights and
promotes best practice in the use of learning technologies in the
workplace, is sponsoring workshops on the use of technology in
leadership development and performance driven learning.
The UK's senior HR and learning and development professionals are
gathering for two one-day workshops covering technology in leadership
development and performance driven learning. Both workshops take place
at the headquarters of The Work Foundation - Peter Rudge House, in
Carlton House Terrace, London - on 28th and 29th November respectively
The events' sponsors include IBM, Learning Light (LL), the non-profit
centre of excellence which highlights and promotes best practice in the
use of learning technologies in the workplace, and web-based talent
management software producer, Plateau Systems.
Under the title 'Leadership and Performance Futures 2006', the events
cover key leadership, performance and learning topics impacting
employers today. The workshops' sessions are being facilitated by
leading industry practitioners and analysts including: Linda Holbeche,
the Work Foundation's director of the Campaign for Leadership; Karen
Eden, of Oracle, and Andi Britt, of IBM Global Business Services.
A key component of Leadership & Performance Futures 2006 is its survey
service, sponsored by LL.
"We believe an integrated approach to pre, during and post event
analysis and evaluation is an important outcome of the excellent
dialogue and best practice this event will generate," said one of the
event organisers, Debbie Carlton. "An independent organisation such as
LL will provide advice, design and analysis services to ensure high
quality, relevant and timely event survey services."
According to LL's CEO, Mark Pittaway: "LL enables buyers to make
faster, more informed learning technology decisions, that directly
support organisational change programmes, while ensuring that the
investments made are fit for business need. It also enables suppliers
to understand the changing market and develop products and services to
meet demand."
"Sensing, understanding, valuing and optimising patterns of interaction
and value drivers in work practices represents a primary opportunity
for transforming enterprise capabilities, generating sustainable
growth, value and competitiveness," explained Carlton who, as the
founder of Dynamic Knowledge, works with organisations to define
validated performance and learning objectives, develop assessment
strategies, implement learning activities and thus improve the
effectiveness of performance driven learning.
"The 'performance driven learning' workshop shows how organisations can
unlock sustainable value from intangibles by fostering architectures of
participation," she added. "It is set within the context of recent
methodologies and research that demonstrate the impact of intangibles
on organisational performance."
The other workshop focuses on how existing and emerging technologies
are being used to support leadership development initiatives, what can
be learnt from best practices among early adopter organisations. It
will also explore some of the challenges that need to be addressed.
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Notes for Editors
About Leadership & Performance Futures 2006
Technology in Leadership Development (Tuesday 28th November) - how
existing and emerging technologies are being used to support leadership
development initiatives (especially programmes targeting emerging
leaders), what we can learn from best practices among early adopter
organisations, and some of the challenges that need to be addressed. It
includes:
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Key Leadership Development Challenges - and discussing the role
technology can play in helping address these challenges.
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Virtual Teams and Online Community Leadership - identifying and
developing leaders who are comfortable and effective in virtual
environments.
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Performance Driven Learning (Wednesday 29th November) - how
organisations can unlock sustainable value from intangibles by
fostering architectures of participation. It is set within the context
of recent methodologies and research that demonstrate the impact of
intangibles on organisational performance. It includes:
Cracking the Performance Code: How Firms Succeed - looking at drivers
that lead to improved organisation performance, and what organisations
can do to improve their performance.
Predictable Performance Through Precision Learning - suggesting
organisational assessment and interventions to optimise effectiveness
and reduce risk beyond the present state of 'proving the employee was
trained' in order to mitigate litigation or political fallout.
A Perspective on the Future of Learning
Creating an Architecture of Participation
About Learning Light Ltd
Learning Light is a non-profit organisation that builds relationships
between learning technology researchers, suppliers, buyers and learners
providing learner-centric information to encourage the growth of
learning technologies. By sharing comprehensive research, highlighting
successes and failures, Learning Light helps to promote the learning
technologies community.
Learning Light provides bespoke and individual services to help both
buyers and suppliers of learning technologies (e-Learning). Its current
services include:
Research Services
Providing access to expert insights, advice and guidance built on
indepth research. Helping organisations to effectively implement
learning technologies (e-Learning) and integrate them within their
workflow processes.
Membership Services
Partnering with leading thinkers in the industry and providing a
network for all interested in the field to share information,
knowledge, insight, experience and expertise, through utilising online
community tools, networking events, conferences and guru seminars.
Professional Services
Our highly experienced team offers organisations access to range of
competitively priced consultancy services supporting buyers with the
effective implementation of their learning technology (e-Learning)
requirements. And, for suppliers, helping to provide a range of
services to assist market awareness and generate growth.
In addition, Learning Light provides a comprehensive Professional
Development programme to help Learning & Development professionals
understand the significance of learning technologies in the workplace
today and how to effectively implement them within the workflow
processes of their organisation.
Sheffield-based Learning Light is supported by Yorkshire Forward, the
regional development agency for Yorkshire, and the Humber and Objective
1 South Yorkshire.
Further information from:
Mark
Pittaway/ Kay Simpson, Learning Light, 0114 201 5703
Bob Little, Bob Little Press & PR, 01727 860405
www.learninglight.com