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WEDNESDAY, SEPTEMBER 21
Session Title  Speaker(s)
8:00 A.M. - 9:20 A.M.
Finding Our Magic for Inspirational Leadership Eve Ash
9:30 A.M. - 10:30 A.M.
How to Make the Leap to E-Learning Without Falling on Your Face Beth Ipock
Q5 - Coaching for Improved Employee Performance for HR Professionals Kevin Pallardy
Dismantling the Elephant Nancy Whatley-Blaine
10:45 A.M. - 11:45 A.M.
The Five Biggest Mistakes Managers Make in Recognizing Their Employees Bridget Lewis
John Schaefer
Development Plans: A Business Necessity Brittany Thomas
Hiring Strategies for Success Julie Harrison
1:00 P.M. - 2:20 P.M.
The New World Kirkpatrick Four Levels Wendy Kirkpatrick
2:45 P.M. - 3:45 P.M.
The Perfect Mix: Aligning Blended Learning with Corporate Competencies Marianne McLean
Is a Picture Worth a Thousand Words? How to Leverage Visual Communications Rebecca Ellis
Incorporating the Performance Appraisal Sandra Rohrick
4:00 P.M. - 5:00 P.M.
Old School Workforce Training: Building a Training Program without LMS or Streaming Content Lesley Kinney
Evaluating Training: 1 + 2 ≠ 4 Richie Irvin
THURSDAY, SEPTEMBER 22
Session Title Speaker(s)
8:00 A.M. - 9:20 A.M.
Making Training Stick Barbara Carnes
9:45 A.M. - 10:45 A.M.
Design Training using ADDIE Glenda Russell
2011 Legal Update         Gerald Richardson
Improve Work/Life Balance for Yourself and Employees Meghan Wright
11:00 A.M. - 12:00 P.M.
Case Study: How RSPA Built a Certificate Program Lauren Stark
New Look at Old Age Benefit Plans     Sue Salach
Learning with Strategic Impact     Jaimee Hall
  Eve Ash, Finding Our Magic For Inspirational Leadership 

Cutting Edge Communication Series from Seven Dimensions - International Debut



  Beth Ipock, How to Make the Leap to E-Learning without Falling on Your Face

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How to Make the Leap to E-learning without Falling on Your Face presentation slides
6 Basics of Change Management


  Kevin Pallardy, Q5 - Coaching for Improved Employee Performance for HR Professionals


  Nancy Whatley-Blaine, Dismantling the Elephant 
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Dismantling the Elephant presentation slides

  Bridget Lewis and John Schaefer, The Biggest Mistakes Managers Make in Recognizing Their Employees
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The Five Biggest Mistakes Managers Make in Recognizing their Employees handout.
Books:
HighTech, High Touch by John Naisbitt
The Vocational Shrink – An Analysis of the Ten Levels of Workplace Disillusionment by John Shaefer
First Break All the Rules by Marcus Buckingham and Curt Coffman
Bringing Out the Best in People. How to Apply the Astonishing Power of Positive Reinforcement by Aubrey Daniels
Drive by Daniel Pink

  Brittany Thomas, Development Plans: A Business Necessity
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Development Plans: A Business Necessity presentation slides.
Available Assessments Handout
  Julie Harrison, Hiring Strategies for Success 
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Hiring Strategies for Success presentation slides.

  Wendy Kirkpatrick, The New World Kirkpatrick Four Levels

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The New World Kirkpatrick Four Levels presentation slides.
  Marianne McLean, The Perfect Mix: Aligning Blended Learning with Corporate Competencies 
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The Perfect Mix: Aligning Blended Learning with Corporate Competencies presentation slides.

  Rebecca Ellis, Is a Picture Worth a Thousand Words? How to Leverage Visual Communications
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How to Leverage Visual Communications Presentation Slides
Is a Picture Worth a Thousand Words? Handout
Book Resources:
Clark, R. C., and R. E. Mayer. 2007. e-Learning and the Science of Instruction. 2nd edition. San Francisco: Pfeiffer.
Web Resources:
“Leveraging multimedia for learning” (Captivate White Paper) by Ruth Clark:
Information Mapping Demo (provides financial impact): http://www.infomap.com/movies/demo.htm
Microsoft SmartArt Demo: http://office.microsoft.com/en-us/word-help/demo-spice-up-your-text-with-smartart-graphics-HA010198308.aspx
Education Place - Graphic Organizer Templates: http://www.eduplace.com/graphicorganizer/
Read Write Think – Paper-based and Interactive Graphic Organizers: http://www.readwritethink.org
Think Port – Graphic Organizer Templates: http://www.thinkport.org/technology/template.tp
  Sandra Rohrick, Incorporating the Performance Appraisal

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Incorporating the Performance Appraisal presenation slides.

  Lesley Kinney, Old School Workforce Training: Building a Training Program without an LMS or Streaming Content
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Old School Workforce Training presentation slides
Mandatory HR Training Materials Reference
  Richie Irvin, Evaluating Training 1 + 2 ≠4 
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Evaluating Training presentation slides

  Barbara Carnes, Making Training Stick 

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Making Training Stick
Training Transfer: An Integrative Literature Review by Lisa A. Burke and Holly M. Hutchins
AHA Sheet
  Glenda Russell, Design Training Using ADDIE
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E-Learning Presentation Activities
E-Learning Project MAP
Instructional Design Plan
Storyboard Template
  Gerald Richardson, 2011 Legal Update
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E&D Richardson Labor and Employment Law Practice Area
  Meghan Wright, Improve Work/Life Balance for Yourself and Employees
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Improve Work/Life Balance for Yourself and Employees Presentation Slides
Work/Life Anecdote
  Lauren Stark, Building a Stronger, More Competitive and More Productive Extended Enterprise 
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RSPA Case Study
Building a Stronger, More Competitive and More Productive Extended Enterprise presenation slides.

  Sue Salach, New Look at Old Age Benefit Plans
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New Look at Old Age Benefit Plans Presentation Slides
  Jaimee Hall, Learning with Strategic Impact
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Learning with Strategic Impact Presentation Slides
Sample Strategic Plan