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Virtual Expertise
For the first time in history, learners are positioned and willing to take charge of the learning process at the workplace—if only we would give them the right tools. Corporate leaders can take advantage of existing technologies (to capture inherent knowl
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The Many Shades of Learning
When I was teaching my first IT classes, we mailed out a quarterly brochure offering approximately 10 courses that covered the few software options available at the time. These offerings were all instructor-led. In the early days of IT training, everyone
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Leading Business Change – SILVER: Michael E. Pollard, Chief Learning Officer, Regions Financial Corp.
When Regions Financial Corp. acquired Union Planters in early 2004, the new company faced post-merger integration challenges, but CLO Michael Pollard understood that he and his team would play a vital role in successfully reinventing the company and ensuring that the most critical workers performed at the highest possible levels. Pollard developed the merger learning…
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Creative Alliances – BRONZE: James Mitnick, Senior Vice President, Turner Construction Company
With more than 35 years of experience at one of the leading companies in the construction industry, James Mitnick, senior vice president of Turner Construction Company, has a keen eye for creating the type of partnerships that will bring value to the business. In fact, the purpose of his technology-based learning brainchild, Turner Knowledge Network…
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Creative Alliances – SILVER: Keith Bridges, Director, Technical Development, EDS
In his role as director of technical development for EDS, Keith Bridges administers the company’s Skill Enhancement Fast Tracks (SEFT) program, which is aligned to central technologies like applications development, enterprise storage, network security and desktop support. Since the initiative was rolled out, approximately 40,000 people have voluntarily enrolled in at least one SEFT course,…
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Utilization of Marketing Resources – GOLD: Maureen McCormick, Director, Learning & Development, University of Iowa
The idea of using marketing techniques to create interest in learning and development activities is not a new one. However, effectively deploying marketing resources to increase learning and development dollars and then stretching those dollars into more opportunities to serve the University of Iowa’s population of 42,000 faculty, staff and students, not to mention thousands…
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Strategic Alignment – SILVER: Ted Hoff, Vice President, Learning, IBM
Aligning learning activity to the strategic goals of the business is one of the most critical necessities when creating effective learning and development opportunities for an organization. IBM Vice President of Learning Ted Hoff has mastered methods to create that integral link between business needs and learning solutions that ultimately will deliver value to the…
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Strategic Alignment – GOLD: Suellen Roth, Vice President, Global Policy Compliance, Diversity & Avaya University, Avaya
As the head of Avaya University, Suellen Roth understands how her organization supports the enterprise. About four years ago, Avaya, a leading provider of communications systems, applications and services worldwide, had to meet a tough timetable for new product launches to retain and expand its share in the Internet protocol services market. To accomplish this,…












