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18-May-2012 QLD/NT - FREE TO MEMBER event - 18 May 2012
INNOVATIVE THINKING TOOLS FOR PERFORMANCE MANAGEMENT
May is Innovation month, so make a commitment to come along to this breakfast event and discover some innovative thinking tools for performance improvement. 

Innovation and creative thinking are critical to organisations of all sizes and sectors.  We need innovative thinking to lift productivity, improve performance, enhance business processes and maximise our competitive advantage.  The roadblock for many companies is simply how to drive creativity and innovation. 

Damian McConnell of MindStore Australia, who is based on the Gold Coast, is delighted to present for the QLD/NT Council of the AITD on 18th May 2012 in Brisbane.  Damian believes that “all performance is due to the quality of our thinking” and he is passionate about helping clients understand that small changes in thinking and attitude can make massive differences in people and organisations.  His motivating presentation style moves his audiences to make changes in their way of thinking, whilst being inspiring and entertaining.  Passionate about helping people become the extraordinary people they were meant to be, sharing his expertise with participants to enable them to seize the opportunities for growth in their business.

Damian will answer some of the common questions organisations ask him including:·        
     •  How do we make time to be creative?  
     •  Who is best at creativity and innovative thinking?·    
     •  I am too busy to think let alone be creative and problem solve?
     •  Why do we need to be creative thinkers?
 

Outcomes from attending include:
•  Discover easy to use techniques to improve your performance and that of people you are responsible for
•  Learn how to best access your creative and innovative thinking
•  Take away tips and tools to increase your capability to problem solve and find creative solutions in your profession

Over the last 20 years MindStore has built an international reputation with offices in UK, France, Germany, Switzerland and Australia. Over 500,000 people have participated in their events and their research centre in Stuttgart continually researches new findings in the field of human potential to ensure our techniques and delivery methods remain cutting edge. MindStore is all about the mind: they have worked with Olympic champions to set and achieve extraordinary goals, and also with international business leaders helping them to harness increased creativity and innovation in their people and teams for performance improvement by using our unique mental toolkit of techniques.

As training and development professionals we all have an amazing capacity for innovation and creative thinking.  Come along to this breakfast where Damian will share some easy to learn tools and techniques in a fun environment to harness the greater levels of creative and innovative thinking we all have inside us, our teams and organisations.

Venue
The Mill Hotel
239 Wickham Terrace, BRISBANE
Timing

7.00 am - 9.00 am
Fees
AITD Members:  This is a Free to Member event
Non-Members:  $30.00 (inc GST)



Registration Link:  https://aitd.worldsecuresystems.com/events/PDQLDNT18May2012
25-May-2012 ACT - Boardrooms Budgets and Business Plans - 1 day workshop
BOARDROOMS, BUDGETS & BUSINESS PLANS:  Career Boosters - How to make the hard stuff work for you!
Join the AITD National Conference MC - Wendy John - on a dynamic journey into the barriers to your own career progression and the business acumen required to step up that 'ladder of influence'

Budgets, politics and business planning - they sound like tough topics - but with Wendy's enthusiastic facilitation and a highly interactive workshop design you'll leave energised, focused and with a smile on your face!

This is a must for anyone in an L&D Management role - especially if you find yourself restricted by the larger organisation, haven't progressed for some time, or just feel you need to be part of an ongoing community of practice or L&D Managers.


•  How can I be politically savvy without selling my soul?
•  What's the best way to ensure my budget gets approved next year?
•  Where do I start to create a strategically aligned business plan?
•  Why does my approach to these topics impact my career path?

Workshop Outcomes
•  Identify personal attitudes to business management that inhibit your career growth
•  Devise a relationship building action plan to open the boardroom door
•  Draft a strategically aligned business plan for your L&D function
•  Select L&D budget planning tools for your operations
•  Compile a comprehensive ‘cheat sheet’ of tips and tricks to apply professionally and personally
•  Generate solutions to persistent L&D management problems
•  Create a support network of connections with other L&D/OD managers 
 
Agenda
•  Core responsibilities for the contemporary L&D manager
•  Action Learning components and practice run
•  Boardrooms:  Relationships, politics and blowing your own horn!
•  Budgets:  Templates / Tools, discerning points of pain, using TNA’s
•  Business Plans:  Templates / Tools, strategic alignment, delivery models  

This workshop will be presented by Wendy Johns
Author of T&D in Australia magazine's ‘Guru Quest’ column, Wendy knows the highs and lows of corporate Australia and how to circumvent brick walls.  Having learnt the hard way she’s committed to making the path easier for other L&D/OD Managers. 

Prior National Head of L&D for Jones Lang LaSalle Australia, Wendy has also worked in L&D Manager roles in Africa, Dubai and the Caribbean; for employers including the Department of. Foreign Affairs and Trade, Kempinski Hotels, Carnival Cruise Lines and QR.  Wendy holds a Degree in International Business … and your general raft of trainers certifications.  This workshop will be as fun, diverse and challenging as Wendy’s CV!


  

 Some comments from attendees of Wendy's workshops
"Wendy was a great facilitator. She was able to get us to apply what we learnt on the day.  The course was practical and easy to adapt to my role now."
"Wendy was able to tailor her experiences to each of our individual needs."

Timing:
Canberra, 25 May 2012
9.00 am - 4.30 pm (Registration between 8.30 am - 9.00 am)

Venue:
Cliftons Canberra 
Level 2, 10 Moore Street, CANBERRA

Fees:
AITD Member $500.00 (inc GST)
Non-member $620.00 (inc GST)

Group booking rate (3 or more) $430 (incl of GST).
Email jenni.noble@aitd.com.au to register your group.



Registration Link:  https://aitd.worldsecuresystems.com/events/BoardroomsBudgetsAndBusinessPlans 

25-May-2012 NSW - Innovative Training Methods - Graphics and Visual Tools for Trainers
INNOVATIVE TRAINING METHODS: 
Graphics and Visual Tools for Trainers

This 1/2 day workshop is designed for trainers who are seeking a new approach to learning engagement

Trainers are often seeking creative and alternative techniques to train staff.  These workshops aim to enhance the existing skills of trainers and will provide simple tips to make each training day an exciting event for participants and the trainer alike.

Workshop Outcomes:
You will learn how to:
•  Identify the different learning styles of the people in your group
•  Develop a kitbag of visual techniques for learners
•  Create a Graphic Dictionary, a great tool for trainers to pictorialise the message.  A graphic dictionary is simply a dictionary of pictures not words, so you can use symbols, illustrations and graphics to tell the story instead of loads of texts and words
•  Highlight delivery techniques for immediate application of your graphic dictionary

Session Outline:
•  Identifying learning styles and how people learn
•  Using TLC - Think, Listen, Create
•  Using Mind Maps to reinforce the message and aid retention
•  Using graphics from a range of media
•  Developing your Graphic Dictionary
•  Setting the change in motion

Presented by Catherine Logue:
Catherine, author of the Trainers Activity Manual and Team Leaders Activity Manual, has been applying these methodologies for 25 years.  She uses the fundamentals of adult learning principles and creative techaniques which ensure fun and learning.  Her style allows adaptation of the techniques explored in the workshop, to your own needs in the training role, as well as giving the opportunity to share your knowledge and skills, and collect more techniques for your training kitbag.

Venue
Cliftons Sydney
190 George Street, SYDNEY

Timing

Sydney, 25 May 2012

9:00 am - 12.30 pm


Fees

Member fee: $275 (incl of GST)
Non-member fee: $340(incl of GST)

Group booking rate (3 or more) $230 per person (incl of GST).

Email jenni.noble@aitd.com.au to register your group 


Fees include GST, workshop materials and morning tea.

 



Registration link:  https://aitd.worldsecuresystems.com/events/InnovativeTrainingMethods_Graphics

 

Also on offer with Catherine:
Innovative Training Methods:  Storyboarding in Training

A workshop to help you introduce pictoral skills into your training sessions.
Resources used iin this workshop are different to those used in the Graphics and Visual Tools for Trainers session.

Each workshop is a stand-alone session- you do not need to complete one before doing the other, but they make a great full days training when combined. 

Special offer if you book both workshops:  AITD Members $500, Non-Members $620
To book, please call Jenni Noble on 02 9211 9414 or email jenni.noble@aitd.com.au

25-May-2012 NSW - Innovative Training Methods: Storyboarding In Training
INNOVATIVE TRAINING METHODS: 
Storyboarding in Training

This 1/2 day workshop will provide trainers, presenters and facilitators with a range of pictorial skills to use in their sessions to ensure the transition of the message hits the spot!

Storyboards are great graphic organisers and another tool you can use to ensure you grab the attention of your audience and create a resourceful learning environment.

Session Outline:
•  Visual maps are a natural process
•  Working with Pictorial concepts
•  Telling a story with pictures

•  Versatile graphics for the training environment

•  Using the Csikszentmihalyi concept in storyboarding
•  Practical applications during the session

Resources
•  A handbook with practical exercises for application of the concepts - specific to the workplace in which the storyboard is to be used
•  Practical exercises to take away and help you continue growing your storyboarding skills

Presented by Catherine Logue:
Catherine, author of the Trainers Activity Manual and Team Leaders Activity Manual, has been applying these methodologies for 25 years.  She uses the fundamentals of adult learning principles and creative techaniques which ensure fun and learning.  Her style allows adaptation of the techniques explored in the workshop, to your own needs in the training role, as well as giving the opportunity to share your knowledge and skills, and collect more techniques for your training kitbag.

Venue
Cliftons Sydney
190 George Street, SYDNEY

Timing

Sydney,  25 May 2012

1.30 pm - 5.00 pm


Fees

Member fee: $275 (incl of GST)
Non-member fee: $340(incl of GST)

Group booking rate (3 or more) $230 per person (incl of GST).

Email jenni.noble@aitd.com.au to register your group 


Fees include GST, workshop materials and afternoon tea.

 



Registration link:  https://aitd.worldsecuresystems.com/events/InnovativeTrainingMethods_Storyboarding

 

Also on offer with Catherine:
Innovative Training Methods:  Graphics and Visual Tools for Trainers

This 1/2 day workshop is designed for trainers who are seeking a new approach to learning engagement.
Resources used iin this workshop are different to those used in the 'Storyboarding in Training' session.

Each workshop is a stand-alone session- you do not need to complete one before doing the other,
but they make a great full days training when combined. 

Special offer if you book both workshops:  AITD Members $500, Non-Members $620
To book, please call Jenni Noble on 02 9211 9414 or email jenni.noble@aitd.com.au

25-May-2012 WA - Training Needs Analysis

No bandaid solutions needed - treat the real training issues in your workplace

How often does someone in your business provide a training solution which does not quite meet the needs of the learner or the business?

How often has a training program been thrown together to meet a need, but still doesn't hit the spot?

It is important to take a few moments, even when timeframes are tight, to explore the real training issues and not just treat the symptoms that are seen.

A Training Needs Analysis (TNA) is the formal process of identifying the training gap and its related training need.

Training is often the ‘solution’ used to address a myriad of issues within the business. Many dollars are wasted delivering ineffective programs. Taking time to conduct a TNA will help ensure the right response is implemented to meet a specified need. A training needs analysis does not have to take a long time, you just need to consider a number of specific areas.

In this workshop we will explore the steps, tools and techniques used to clearly identify needs and customise solutions as required. Participants are encouraged to bring along a workplace project as there will be an opportunity during the afternoon session to apply the principles explored earlier in the day.

Learning Outcome
By the end of the workshop, participants will be able to:
• Review the role of a Training Needs Analysis
• Explore the stages of a TNA
• Examine the parameters of a TNA project
• Conduct a gap analysis
• Identify effective learning solutions
• Prepare a findings and recommendations report for the business and stakeholders

Agenda
Morning – Theory, process, tools and templates
• Role of a Training Needs Analysis
• Phases of a TNA
• Gap Analysis
• Learning Solutions
• Report TNA findings and recommendations

Afternoon - Application
• Explore case studies and participant workplace situations

About your presenters: Gail Carlson

Gail Carlson: For over 25 years Gail has worked in the L&D; Organisational Development, & HR fields. Her experience covers such industries as: Retail; Banking & Finance; Telecommunications; Government departments & the Building Industry & has been fortunate to deal with individuals & teams from all levels within these industries. She completed an Associate Diploma in Training & Development at Melbourne University.

One thing Gail believes is consistent in the learning industry is change. Industries & businesses evolve & change continuously. What these changes mean to an organisation, teams & individuals is what she enjoys discovering. As time passes it is also important to reflect on these changes, the solutions utilised & if the identified needs have been met. She has designed & facilitated workshops, training programs & other solutions for clients on a diverse range of issues, such as: Strategic & Business Planning, Change Management, Process re-engineering, Recruitment & Selection, Appraisal Training, new computer systems, new business concepts, management development & skills training.

Gail has reviewed many existing programs for clients & evaluated the content & delivery methods. She has gathered data, reported findings & suggested changes to ensure programs remain current.

Timing:
PERTH - Friday 25 May 2012
9:00 am - 4:30 pm


Venue:
Cliftons 
Australia Place, Cnr St Georges Terrace & William Street, PERTH


Fees:
AITD Member $500.00 (inc GST)
Non-member $620.00 (inc GST)




Registration Link: https://aitd.worldsecuresystems.com/events/TrainingNeedsAnalysis

28-May-2012 VIC/TAS Free to Member Event 28 May 2012: Older Wiser and still in the Market
Older Wiser and Still in the Market
Mature Age Workers and the Modern Workplace


Recruitment and retention of mature-aged workers is increasingly been seen by organisations as strategically important to overcoming skills shortage and retaining knowledge and intellectual property within the business.  Yet, within the workplace myths such as older people are unable to learn or change and mature age workers are slower and less productive than younger workers can foster negative attitudes from some managers towards employability and engagement of older workers.

The Victorian / Tasmanian Council are delighted to be delivering another event with the Equal Employment Opportunity Network (EEON) in Melbourne’s CBD in which we will explore some of the implications and challenges for learning & development and diversity practitioners in modern workplaces.

Murray McIntosh and Julian Alban from the Victorian Equal Opportunity and Human Rights Commission (VHEOC) will lead us through their research into the rights of older people as part of the VHEOC’s current annual reporting on the operation of Victoria’s Charter of Human Rights and Responsibilities Act 2006.  We will explore the issue of training and employment related matters for mature-age workers as a barrier to gaining employment and workforce participation, and its interaction with discrimination under the Equal Opportunity Act 2010.

Sally Thompson, Chief Executive Officer from the Adult Learning Association (ALA) will share her insights into the ALA’s advocacy for older workers with low skills who have either been retired early or alternately are vulnerable in the labour market.  Sally will discuss the ways that the research tells us older adults build and maintain their literacy and keep up with the demands of work environments where the literacy bar is continually being raised.

Debbie Soccio currently works for eWorks as the National Projects Manager and has worked in the vocational education sector, both in industry, with private RTOs, in the adult literacy sector and within TAFE for 17 years.  Her many experiences include focussing on the embedding of eLearning into businesses and training, working with marginalised groups in implementing effective eLearning and managing the development of nationally funded content for the VET sector.  Debbie's current role includes the management of significant eLearning content development for the National VET E-Learning Strategy.  She will discuss the emerging trends in contemporary and modern workplaces with cost effective training now delivered through e-learning, social media and gameification and the consideration and implications for employers of older workers.

The session will conclude with Lisa Croxford, who is a Special Counsel in the Employee Relations group at Freehills.  Lisa has special expertise in equal opportunity and diversity and significant international legal experience, having worked as an employment lawyer in Hong Kong and as a member of Goldman Sachs Asia’s Human Capital Management Group.  Lisa will discuss the legal implications of the age discrimination provisions as they relate to employment opportunities and training, reflect on some recent cases and provide some practical examples of issues faced by employers and practitioners  

Our presenters have significant experience in the area of workforce participation, law and learning & development.  This event is not to be missed;  it will be a terrific opportunity to network with both learning and development and diversity practitioners.

Venue
Freehills
Level 42, 101 Collins Street,  MELBOURNE
Timing
Monday, 28 May 2012
Please arrive just prior to 12:00 pm for registration.  Lunch will be served from 12:00 midday. 
The presentation begins at 12:20 pm with some time allotted to networking at the conclusion of the presentation.
Fees
AITD Members:  This is a Free to Member Event
Non-Members accompanied by an AITD Member $15
Non-Members:  $30



Registration Link:  https://aitd.worldsecuresystems.com/events/PDVICTAS28May2012
01-Jun-2012 QLD - Advanced Facilitation Skills 1 day workshop
ADVANCED FACILITATION SKILLS
Designed for experienced trainers who want to extend existing skills and take their training effectiveness to the next level


Are you finding that your learners rely on you for all the answers?
Do you have difficulty managing the behaviour of some groups or individuals?
Would you like to gain group involvement through structured games / activities?

Many trainers begin their career developing the skills to deliver instruction in a learning environment but soon look for alternatives. They begin to move towards other structured learning activities that are more learner-centred but find the skills of instruction are quite different from the skills of facilitating these kinds of learning events.

Workshop outcomes
You will learn how to:
•  Plan and navigate a facilitation learning event
•  Respond to unforeseen changes in group or individual behaviour and outcomes
•  Manage boundaries and ensure behaviour is within limits of tolerance
•  Use the 'Warm-up' to set up the group and yourself for the learning / event

Agenda
Is it about the journey or the destination? - a Pilot’s guide to facilitation
•  Establishing the destination
•  Planning the journey
•  Clarifying your role and approach

Contracting for facilitation
•  The Warm-Up':  Engaging with participants and setting boundaries
•  Permission – the secret power

Changing course mid-flight
•  Around or through the storms?
•  Behaviour challenges
•  A model for intervention

Skills development
•  Use the intervention model in your own context
•  Design a 'SAVI' activity to engage the whole group in a learning context
•  Workshop your own issues

Presented by Philippa Furey
[Masters in Professional Education and Training, Cert IV in Training (TAE)]

Philippa has over 15 years experiencein adult education and training and 10 years experience in marketing and promotion.  Her posistions have included Training Centre Manager at the Australian Institute of Management and a variety of training and development and marketing positions across a variety of organisations.

•   Training & Development experience
•  Organisational needs analysis
•  Staff recruitment
•  Performance management
•  Coaching
•  Training program design
•  Training program facilitation and review
•  Meeting facilitation and review

Don't miss this opportunity to learn with Philippa and other colleagues in this engaging workshop.


Venue

Cliftons Level 23, 288 Edward Street, BRISBANE

Timing
Brisbane, 1 June 2012

9:00am-4:30pm. Morning tea, lunch and afternoon tea provided


Fees

Member fee: $500 (incl of GST)

Non-member fee: $620 (incl of GST)

Group booking rate (3 or more) $430 (incl of GST) per person. Email jenni.noble@aitd.com.au to register your group.




Registration Link:  https://aitd.worldsecuresystems.com/events/AdvancedFacilitationSkills2012
06-Jun-2012 AITD NSW The Learning Connection: 6 June 2012
NSW AITD WINTER NETWORKING EVENT:
THE FINE ART OF NETWORKING


As the temperature drops outside, come in from the cold to meet fellow professionals, make long-lasting networks, and develop potential business opportunities at the winter NSW AITD Networking Event.

Guest speaker Krista Elliott will use the principles of Art as a novel approach to networking to help you create pathways that will have you interacting and engaging with a number of people, in ways that will cement those connections quickly.

Venue
The Angel Hotel
Level 1, 125 Pitt Street
SYDNEY
Timing
Wednesday, 6 June 2012
5.30 - 7.30 pm
Fees
AITD Members $20
Non-Members accompanied by a Member $20
Non Members $28



Registration Link:  https://aitd.worldsecuresystems.com/events/PDNSW6June2012

08-Jun-2012 VIC/TAS - Applying Training Evaluation Strategies for Success

Create Value in your Business

Have you ever found yourself skipping on the evaluation at the end of a training program?
Perhaps you haven't been sure what value you would gain from including an evaluation strategy?
Struggling to get past anything more than a 'happy sheet' to evaluate learning?

If this is the case then this workshop will help you revisit your evaluation practices and provide a renewed perspective.  Evaluation of learning is a vital yet often overlooked or underestimated component of many development programs.  Demonstrating the value of training dollars spent on identifying ways to create more impact in the business helps maintain a clear line of value in the business.

The aims of  the workshop are:
•  To create a renewed interest in applying evaluation strategies for the improvement of learning and development delivery
•  To find ways to ensure training plans are aligned to business strategies
•  Look to create demonstrable value to the business for development programs provided
•  Create focus on delivering outstanding quality in programs and learning solutions delivered

In this workshop we will explore the process, tools and techniques used to evaluate learning programs.  Participants are asked to bring along their evaluation tools for work-shopping.  Throughout the day participants will have opportunities to apply the principles explored and share their ideas, lessons learnt and success experienced.


Learning Outcome

•  Identify when and how to prepare and evaluation strategy to meet business needs
•  Work with the business and stakeholders to establish expectations of a program
•  Apply the Kirkpatrick model of evaluation in your workplace
•  Develop a user friendly set of evaluation tools
•  Explore the analysis of an evaluation
•  Review outcomes and identify actions
•  Prepare a findings report
•  Create links with other learning and Development Professionals for ongoing discussion and support

Agenda

•  The role of evaluation in a learning environment
•  Aligning business need to evaluation strategies
•  The application of evaluation in the workplace
•  Evaluation tools, templates and techniques
•  Analysing results
•  Outcomes and actions
•  Report findings and review strategies
•  Creating connections


About your presenter, Gail Carlson

For over 25 years Gail has worked in the L&D; Organisational Development, & HR fields.  Her experience covers such industries as: Retail; Banking & Finance; Telecommunications; Government departments & the Building Industry & has been fortunate to deal with individuals & teams from all levels within these industries.  She completed an Associate Diploma in Training & Development at Melbourne University.

One thing Gail believes is consistent in the learning industry is change.  Industries & businesses evolve & change continuously. What these changes mean to an organisation, teams & individuals is what she enjoys discovering.  As time passes it is also important to reflect on these changes, the solutions utilised & if the identified needs have been met.  She has designed & facilitated workshops, training programs & other solutions for clients on a diverse range of issues, such as: Strategic & Business Planning, Change Management, Process re-engineering, Recruitment & Selection, Appraisal Training, new computer systems, new business concepts, management development & skills training.

Gail has reviewed many existing programs for clients & evaluated the content & delivery methods.  She has gathered data, reported findings & suggested changes to ensure programs remain current.


Timing:
Melbourne - Friday 8 June 2012
9:00 am - 4:30 pm


Venue:
Cliftons Melbourne Level 1, 440 Collins Street, MELBOURNE

Fees:

AITD Member $500.00 (inc GST)
Non-member $620.00 (inc GST)

Group booking rate (3 or more) $430 (incl of GST) per person. Email jenni.noble@aitd.com.au to register your group.




Registration Link: https://aitd.worldsecuresystems.com/events/trainingevaluationstrategies

 

https://aitd.worldsecuresystems.com/events/CreatingValueInYourBusiness

15-Jun-2012 SA - Training Needs Analysis

No bandaid solutions needed - treat the real training issues in your workplace

How often does someone in your business provide a training solution which does not quite meet the needs of the learner or the business?

How often has a training program been thrown together to meet a need, but still doesn't hit the spot?

It is important to take a few moments, even when timeframes are tight, to explore the real training issues and not just treat the symptoms that are seen.

A Training Needs Analysis (TNA) is the formal process of identifying the training gap and its related training need.

Training is often the ‘solution’ used to address a myriad of issues within the business. Many dollars are wasted delivering ineffective programs. Taking time to conduct a TNA will help ensure the right response is implemented to meet a specified need. A training needs analysis does not have to take a long time, you just need to consider a number of specific areas.

In this workshop we will explore the steps, tools and techniques used to clearly identify needs and customise solutions as required. Participants are encouraged to bring along a workplace project as there will be an opportunity during the afternoon session to apply the principles explored earlier in the day.

Learning Outcome
By the end of the workshop, participants will be able to:
• Review the role of a Training Needs Analysis
• Explore the stages of a TNA
• Examine the parameters of a TNA project
• Conduct a gap analysis
• Identify effective learning solutions
• Prepare a findings and recommendations report for the business and stakeholders

Agenda
Morning – Theory, process, tools and templates
• Role of a Training Needs Analysis
• Phases of a TNA
• Gap Analysis
• Learning Solutions
• Report TNA findings and recommendations

Afternoon - Application
• Explore case studies and participant workplace situations

About your presenters: Gail Carlson or Jane Calleja

Gail Carlson: For over 25 years Gail has worked in the L&D; Organisational Development, & HR fields. Her experience covers such industries as: Retail; Banking & Finance; Telecommunications; Government departments & the Building Industry & has been fortunate to deal with individuals & teams from all levels within these industries. She completed an Associate Diploma in Training & Development at Melbourne University.

One thing Gail believes is consistent in the learning industry is change. Industries & businesses evolve & change continuously. What these changes mean to an organisation, teams & individuals is what she enjoys discovering. As time passes it is also important to reflect on these changes, the solutions utilised & if the identified needs have been met. She has designed & facilitated workshops, training programs & other solutions for clients on a diverse range of issues, such as: Strategic & Business Planning, Change Management, Process re-engineering, Recruitment & Selection, Appraisal Training, new computer systems, new business concepts, management development & skills training.

Gail has reviewed many existing programs for clients & evaluated the content & delivery methods. She has gathered data, reported findings & suggested changes to ensure programs remain current.

Jane Calleja: With 19 years in L&D & a master degree in education, Jane has worked across Australia, & in numerous industries including finance, telecommunications, & hospitality. One thing stands constant for Jane, a passion for what she does. She is driven to help others to be the best they can by supporting the continued learning of individuals, teams & businesses.

Jane has spent the last seven years building development programs & learning processes for National Credit Insurance (Brokers). She believes that focus on the development of individuals, ensures continued success for any organisation.

Gail & Jane are directors of ‘Developing You’ where the focus is on making a difference, by facilitating the unleashing of individual, team & organisational potential.

Timing:
ADELAIDE - Friday 15 June 2012
9:00 am - 4:30 pm


Venue:
Cliftons Level 1, 80 King William Street, ADELAIDE

Fees:
AITD Member $500.00 (inc GST)
Non-member $620.00 (inc GST)




Registration Link: https://aitd.worldsecuresystems.com/events/TrainingNeedsAnalysis

22-Jun-2012 NSW - Instructional Design Essentials - 1 day workshop

INSTRUCTIONAL DESIGN ESSENTIALS
A one-day introduction to Instructional Design

No matter what format you use to deliver your training, it is still essential that training professionals deliver good quality materials which have been developed using a sound Instructional Design framework.   This training workshop will familiarise you with adult learning principles, instructional design models, and the different phases involved in a training project.  This workshop is suited more for those relatively new to instructional design and looking for some flexible guidelines for building effective training material.

This workshop will cover:
•  Familiarisation with adult learning theories and the role of instructional designer
•  The five phases of the ADDIE Model

  1.           Analysis
  2.           Design
  3.           Development
  4.           Implementation
  5.           Evaluation

•  The activities carried out in each phase of the ADDIE Model
•  Instructional writing - structure, sequencing material and chunking
•  What else do you need to consider for great instructional design?

Presented by Peter Thompson
Peter Thompson is an educationalist with exceptional interdisciplinary knowledge and skills.  He has over 20 years experience developing custom solutions for organisations involving technical skills, high level communication skills and personal performance skills and has worked in and consulted to the public sector and major organisations both in Australia and overseas. His strengths include a strong interdisciplinary background and approach, the ability to translate the complex into the practical and usable, and a dynamic and engaging presentation style. 

Venue
Cliftons
Level 5 or 6, 190 George Street, SYDNEY

Timing
Sydney, 22 June 2012

9:00 am - 4:30 pm.  Morning tea, lunch and afternoon tea provided

Registration between 8.30 am - 9.00 am

Fees
Member fee: $500 (incl of GST)

Non-member fee: $620 (incl of GST)

Group booking rate (3 or more) $430 (incl of GST). Email jenni.noble@aitd.com.au to register your group.

 



Registration Link:  https://aitd.worldsecuresystems.com/events/InstructionalDesignEssentials
22-Jun-2012 QLD/NT - Boardrooms, Budgets & Business Plans - 1 day workshop
BOARDROOMS, BUDGETS & BUSINESS PLANS
Career Boosters - How to make the hard stuff work for you!
Join the AITD National Conference MC - Wendy John - on a dynamic journey into the barriers to your own career progression and the business acumen required to step up that 'ladder of influence'

Budgets, politics and business planning - they sound like tough topics - but with Wendy's enthusiastic facilitation and a highly interactive workshop design you'll leave energised, focused and with a smile on your face!

This is a must for anyone in an L&D Management role - especially if you find yourself restricted by the larger organisation, haven't progressed for some time, or just feel you need to be part of an ongoing community of practice or L&D Managers.


•  How can I be politically savvy without selling my soul?
•  What's the best way to ensure my budget gets approved next year?
•  Where do I start to create a strategically aligned business plan?
•  Why does my approach to these topics impact my career path?

Workshop Outcomes
•  Identify personal attitudes to business management that inhibit your career growth
•  Devise a relationship building action plan to open the boardroom door
•  Draft a strategically aligned business plan for your L&D function
•  Select L&D budget planning tools for your operations
•  Compile a comprehensive ‘cheat sheet’ of tips and tricks to apply professionally and personally
•  Generate solutions to persistent L&D management problems
•  Create a support network of connections with other L&D/OD managers 
 
Agenda
•  Core responsibilities for the contemporary L&D manager
•  Action Learning components and practice run
•  Boardrooms:  Relationships, politics and blowing your own horn!
•  Budgets:  Templates / Tools, discerning points of pain, using TNA’s
•  Business Plans:  Templates / Tools, strategic alignment, delivery models  

This workshop will be presented by Wendy Johns
Author of T&D in Australia magazine's ‘Guru Quest’ column, Wendy knows the highs and lows of corporate Australia and how to circumvent brick walls.  Having learnt the hard way she’s committed to making the path easier for other L&D/OD Managers.  Prior National Head of L&D for Jones Lang LaSalle Australia, Wendy has also worked in L&D Manager roles in Africa, Dubai and the Caribbean; for employers including the Department of. Foreign Affairs and Trade, Kempinski Hotels, Carnival Cruise Lines and QR.  Wendy holds a Degree in International Business … and your general raft of trainers certifications.  This workshop will be as fun, diverse and challenging as Wendy’s CV!

ps:  you may also remember Wendy from the AITD 2010 Conference where she did a great job of MC for us
  

 Some comments from attendees of Wendy's workshops during 2011
"Wendy was a great facilitator. She was able to get us to apply what we learnt on the day.  The course was practical and easy to adapt to my role now."
"Wendy was able to tailor her experiences to each of our individual needs."

Timing:
Brisbane 22 June 2012
9.00 am - 4.30 pm (Registration between 8.30 am - 9.00 am)

Venue:
Cliftons Brisbane
288 Edward Street, BRISBANE

Fees:
AITD Member $500.00 (inc GST)
Non-member $620.00 (inc GST)

Group booking rate (3 or more) $430 (incl of GST).
Email jenni.noble@aitd.com.au to register your group.



Registration Link:  https://aitd.worldsecuresystems.com/events/BoardroomsBudgetsAndBusinessPlans 

22-Jun-2012 VIC/TAS - Mindful Action with Messy Issues
MINDFUL ACTION WITH MESSY ISSUES
Applying the ARIES framework in making sense of issues and enabling change.
Presented by Don Dunoon


In this highly interactive, practically-oriented workshop, you will gain skills in mindfully opening-up messy – contentious, thorny – issues and building shared meaning to enable change.  Most of us face messy issues in our roles, whether in dealing with resistance to a new training initiative, a troublesome client or team member, or differences with “the powers that be” about priorities or directions.

We might think we are dealing with messy issues mindfully, but are we?  In our hyper-busy workplaces and lives, we tend to get caught up in some not very mindful behaviours – often without being aware of them.  Examples include immediately judging rather than just taking pause to notice before evaluating; making and acting on assumptions about the realities of others without testing these; and skirting around the more sensitive issues while keeping the conversation on a safer, surface level.  To be effective in enabling change, L&D managers and practitioners need to be able to move past such behaviour patterns.  Doing so requires special skills.

In this workshop, you will learn to apply a set of practices and tools, ARIES (Attending, Reflecting, Inquiring, Expressing and Synthesising), to assist you in working through issues and advancing change mindfully.  You will have opportunities to apply the tools to one or more issues of current concern to you, and to share your experience in doing so with colleagues.

By attending this workshop you will:
•    Learn to use a framework that you can apply to help open-up virtually any messy issue
•    Make headway in understanding and considering action possibilities with an issue that matters to you currently
•    Gain confidence in dealing safely with messy issues involving clients, senior executives, team members and other stakeholders
•    Build skills to help you make headway with problems that can otherwise seem intractable.

Agenda:
•    Understanding messy issues
•    Mindful – and not so mindful – action
•    Two modes for action with messy issues
•    Guidelines for intervening with safety
•    Differentiating what you observe from inferences and conclusions (Attending)
•    Looking at issues from multiple perspectives (Reflecting and the Reflection Matrix tool)
•    Using questions to delve into the hidden reaches and test interpretations (Inquiring)
•    Speaking up to foster engagement and mutual understanding (Expressing)
•    Framing understandings of the challenges of change, for testing (Synthesising)
•    Considering the risks and opportunities of action
•    Making choices mindfully.

About your presenter:
Don Dunoon is the author of In the Leadership Mode (Trafford, 2008), a book that frames leadership in terms of in-the-moment interventions to build shared meaning for change with contentious issues, and which differentiates leadership and management-mode forms of action.  He is joint author, with mindfulness expert Dr Ellen Langer of Harvard, of a 2011 article, “Mindfulness and Leadership: Opening up to Possibilities”, Integral Leadership Review, October.

As a consultant with over 20 years’ experience and based in Sydney, Don works with clients in Australia and Internationally, helping groups and individuals develop their capabilities in dealing productively with messy issues.  A regular presenter at international conferences, he has an M Com (Hons) degree from the University of New South Wales, and has contributed to post-graduate teaching at that university.

Don presented a highly successful workshop short version of his ARIES framework at the 2011 AITD Conference and more recently facilitated 1 day pre and post conference workshops in conjunction with the 2012 AITD Conference.

ARIES is made available under Creative Commons licensing (Attribution, Non-commercial, Share Alike) at www.dondunoon.com
 
 
 Some comments from people who attended Don's workshops in Sydney during April
"It's a very practical program that can be applied to different situations."

"ARIES - a good framework to make mindfulness practical - I will use this immediately."

"I found the program to be extremely beneficial. 
It has given me concrete tools to use in the future, especially interacting with clients & colleagues."

"The framework was very useful in taking an organic process I currently use
& giving it structure & clarity. I anticipate (with practice) I will see benefits
from this course for years to come.  I liked the format - it was direct & concise."
Timing
Melbourne, 22 June 2012
9.00 am - 4.30 pm (Registration between 8.30 am - 9.00 am)

Venue
Level 1, 440 Collins Street
MELBOURNE  VIC  3000
(please check the monitor in the foyer for final room allocation)

Fees
AITD Member $500.00 (inc GST)
Non-member $620.00 (inc GST)

Group booking rate (3 or more) $430 (incl of GST).
Email jenni.noble@aitd.com.au to register your group.



Registration Link: 
https://aitd.worldsecuresystems.com/events/MindfulActionwithMessyIssues
29-Jun-2012 WA - Advanced Facilitation Skills 1-day workshop
ADVANCED FACILITATION SKILLS
Designed for experienced trainers who want to extend existing skills and take their training effectiveness to the next level


Are you finding that your learners rely on you for all the answers?
Do you have difficulty managing the behaviour of some groups or individuals?
Would you like to gain group involvement through structured games / activities?

Many trainers begin their career developing the skills to deliver instruction in a learning environment but soon look for alternatives. They begin to move towards other structured learning activities that are more learner-centred but find the skills of instruction are quite different from the skills of facilitating these kinds of learning events.


Workshop outcomes
You will learn how to:
•  Plan and navigate a facilitation learning event
•  Respond to unforeseen changes in group or individual behaviour and outcomes
•  Manage boundaries and ensure behaviour is within limits of tolerance
•  Use the 'Warm-up' to set up the group and yourself for the learning / event


Agenda

I
s it about the journey or the destination? - a Pilot’s guide to facilitation
•  Establishing the destination
•  Planning the journey
•  Clarifying your role and approach


Contracting for facilitation
•  The Warm-Up':  Engaging with participants and setting boundaries
•  Permission – the secret power

Changing course mid-flight
•  Around or through the storms?
•  Behaviour challenges
•  A model for intervention

Skills development

•  Use the intervention model in your own context
•  Design a 'SAVI' activity to engage the whole group in a learning context
•  Workshop your own issues


Presented by Philippa Furey
[Masters in Professional Education and Training, Cert IV in Training (TAE)]

Philippa has over 15 years experience in adult education and training and 10 years experience in marketing and promotion.  Her posistions have included Training Centre Manager at the Australian Institute of Management and a variety of training and development and marketing positions across a variety of organisations.

•   Training & Development experience
•  Organisational needs analysis
•  Staff recruitment
•  Performance management
•  Coaching
•  Training program design
•  Training program facilitation and review
•  Meeting facilitation and review

Don't miss this opportunity to learn with Philippa and other colleagues in this engaging workshop.


Venue

Cliftons  
Australia Place, Cnr St Georges Terrace & William Street, PERTH


Timing
Perth,  29 June 2012

9:00am-4:30pm. Morning tea, lunch and afternoon tea provided


Fees

Member fee: $500 (incl of GST)

Non-member fee: $620 (incl of GST)

Group booking rate (3 or more) $430 (incl of GST) per person. Email jenni.noble@aitd.com.au to register your group.




Registration Link:  https://aitd.worldsecuresystems.com/events/AdvancedFacilitationSkills2012


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