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exposessions - day one
Our experienced national and international speakers will share the latest techniques from around the world on how to leverage your expertise to add value to your clients and customers.
 Morning Sessions
Getting Your Money's Worth from Training & Development
with Michael Papay - Fort Hill Company
In the current economic climate, getting your money's worth from training and development has never been more important. Find out how you can increase the business impact of learning in your company. In this presentation, Michael Papay will cover the three keys to increasing the value of training and development packed with examples and best practices from his work with Global 1000 companies over the last three years. Jim Kouzes (The Leadership Challenge) called Fort Hill’s latest book, Getting Your Money’s worth from Training and Development. "Indispensable. Essential. Not-to-be-without."
Creative Ways to Use Tools
with Rowena Beresford —HRD Central
Rowena’s session focuses on the use of tools for helping people to grow. Her session will take the form of a case study and activity. HRD will provide prizes for the most creative solution developed.
A New Perspective on Personality Types
with Ilana Levy - The VHL Group
As an international business consultant who has worked globally with multi-national organisations, Ilana brings to the expo valuable insight into the essential nature of personality characteristics and the role these play in finding workable solutions to sometimes very difficult problems. Hear how her consulting experiences led to her traveling the world to investigate various personality instruments before finding the Personality Compass. We are proud that Ilana is launching this breakthrough tool at our expo. Be the first to hear all about it.
 Afternoon Sessions
Keeping L&D on the Strategic Agenda During Economic Slowdowns
with Emily Nicholson - Forum
The slowing economy is challenging for all L&D professionals. How do you continue to deliver value, when training is one of the first places to come under scrutiny during a slow down? Emily will focus on how to create value, how to respond with agility and speed, how to continue your learning without increasing your costs and how to research global trends effectively. Forum has been bringing important strategic initiatives to life since 1971. Join Emily and gain insights into accelerated strategy implementation whilst minimising risk and maximizing earnings.
Redefining Training for Maximum Effect
by Geoff Rip - ChangeLever International
Drawing on wide-ranging research, Geoff will highlight the single biggest opportunity for increasing training value and ROI. He will share a simple model of training effectiveness and show how it redefines the training process. He will also clarify the critical role of managers in achieving training objectives. Geoff’s presentation will cover the major barriers that influence successful application of learning and essential strategies that L&D professionals can use to boost training results.
Marketing Learning & Development
with Deborah Jackson – Clear Marketing
Is your marketing working for you? Are you focused on getting or giving? Deborah from Clear Marketing has built a career on helping professional service businesses to understand how the marketing process actually works and how to attract new clients. Deborah will cover mastering the core marketing principles and all those how-tos of marketing yourself whether you are an internal or external learning professional. Listen to how she has broken marketing down to delivering what our prospects are really looking for… do you know what it is?
How to Get More Buy-In
with Craig Leaney - Profitable Connections
Want more Business? Craig from Profitable Connections has built a reputation and a career on helping businesses do exactly that – how to build better strategic partnerships to increase your sales. Craig will cover the challenges of getting your proposed training plan approved by management and how to get management to invest in your services, your plan or in an area that they may not fully understand or appreciate! From this highly interactive presentation you will learn how to leverage these massive opportunities you have been missing out on.
Surthriving 09—How to See What the Competition Cannot
with Ric Willmot - Executive Wisdom
Ric will stimulate your thinking about raising the bar in your business instead of doing the limbo with everyone else. He will address key questions like:
- Why should we ignore most advice, particularly “consensus”?
- Why economic downturns are good for you?
- Where are the opportunities and how do we find them?
- The “Threat of Consequence” - Bad Habits are all you have to work with
- How can we attract clients?
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