Elearning! Magazine: Building Smarter Companies via Learning & Workplace Technologies.
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IMAGINE. INSPIRE. INNOVATE. Thursday, September 27th Opening General Session: 8:00 AM – 8:45 AM Brilliance by Design Dr. Vicki Halsey, Author,"Brilliance by Design-Creating Learning Experiences that Con- nect, Inspire & Engage" and Consultant, The Ken Blanchard Companies Dr. Vicki Halsey will talk about the secrets of creating learning experiences that connect, inspire and engage learners. In this session, Dr. Halsey talks about a completely new instructional design methodology that changes the focus on 'what' to teach to 'how' to teach it. If you're looking to increase learner participation and satisfaction in your company's learning venues, then you won't want to miss this great session by world-renowned speaker, educator Dr. Vicki Halsey. General Session: 9:00 AM – 9:45 AM The Future of Learning & Performance Mollie Lombardi, Research Director, Aberdeen Research Mollie Lombardi is the research director of Aberdeen's human capital management practice, as well as one of our top speak- ers at our Enterprise Learning! events. She has surveyed and interviewed thousands of end-users to better understand the key challenges facing today's HR, learning, and talent management leaders, as well as uncover the Best-in-Class strategies, capa- bilities, tools and technologies those leaders are using to address those challenges. Mollie has written and spoken about a wide variety of HCM topics, including learning and development trends and the use of emerging technologies. Aberdeen also partners with Elearning! Media Group on the Learning! 100 Award program honoring top performing learning organizations. Please join Mollie as she unveils Aberdeen's latest research on HCM, learning and workplace technology trends. Keynote: 10:00 AM – 10: 45 AM Innovators in Learning Derek Cunard, Dean of American Heart Association University, AHA, Jeanne Dunn, Vice President, Learning@ CISCO, Paul LeBlanc, President, Southern New Hampshire University Moderator: Joe DiDonato, Editor at large, Elearning! Media Group Meet leaders from the three top learning organizations in the U.S.A. Named #1 in the 2012 Learning! 100, American Heart Association's mission is Learn to Live. Derek Cunard will share their secret to advancing heart health. Southern New Hamp- shire University's President Paul LeBlanc is listed as "The Most Innovative Company" by Fast Company. SNHU has an innova- tive approach to schooling students that looks a lot like the Khan Academy. Finally, Jeanne Dunn, CISCO's Vice President of Learning@CISCO was a top recipient of the Learning! 100 Award in the private sector for both innovation and collaboration. Three very different strategies from three very innovative organizations. Join us for this session and learn what each of these enterprises has done to re-invent their programs. Government Elearning! July / August 2012 39 KEYNOTES & GENERAL SESSIONS