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KEYNOTE: Evolving a Learning Culture
Sharon Claffey Kaliouby, Enterprise Ireland     

How can you shift your organization so that it starts to care about learning?  Sharon Kaliouby's experience is that it takes time, practical application and plenty of patience. Drawing on her experiences in the US and in Ireland, she examines how different organizations have embraced learning and learning technologies as part of an overall development strategy and she is frank about the times when it just went wrong.

IT Training Challenges in Tough Economic Times
Discussion Facilitator: Suzanne Hart, Genzyme

In these difficult economic times, are you having a hard time justifying costs for your IT Training program?  Come prepared to share your tips about how best to show the value of your programs and to brainstorm options with others for continuing to be able to provide training even during tough times.

eLearning on a Shoestring
James Lindsay & Tammy Kim, Biogen Idec

Do you wish you could begin using eLearning but just don't know where to start?  Are you afraid that eLearning costs too much and takes too much time?  Come to learn how Biogen Idec has launched eLearning on a shoestring budget and see how easy it can be to begin developing eLearning courses of your own

Uncertainty:  It’s half the fun!
Tom Snyder, geMatrix

Here is a real value proposition to training.  It doesn't matter if it's in the classroom, on the web, or being guided by a video or an animated character.  By sharing some of the time tested approaches of other Careers in Professional Uncertainty such as Fortune Tellers, Meteorologists, Pollsters and Physicians, we can learn so much about being better at what we do.  So let's share some time and successfully integrate the Science of Certainty with the Laws of Uncertainty and see how one instructor is changing the world for the better.

Engaging Learners in Online Training
Tammy Kim & Janet Hobbs, Biogen Idec

With reduced travel budgets and dispersed training audiences, you may find yourself offering courses online via audio and web conferencing.  Come learn strategies for keeping your audience engaged and how you can still provide a hands-on and memorable training experience outside of a traditional classroom.

Surviving Career Transition in Tough Economic Times
Jean Raymond, Highland Training

Always be prepared!  How often have we heard that?  Given the tough economic times and the volatility of the job market, being prepared is the best way to set yourself up to effectively survive a potential layoff.  Come find out what you can do to best position yourself, should your career suddenly shift.

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