In this issue:
1. Align 2011 Keynote Speaker: Eve Ash
2. Content Partner Spotlight: Seven Dimensions
3. SHRM 2011 Recap
4. ELearning! Award Nominations
5. Five Star Streaming Videos
1. Align 2011 Keynote Speaker: Eve Ash
Eve Ash is a psychologist, author, filmmaker, public speaker and entrepreneur.
Eve worked for the Australian Government as a psychologist and trainer, and founded Seven Dimensions in 1979. She pioneered the comedy training film business in Australia, working with Australia's best creative talents, including John Clarke, Ian McFadyen, Peter Moon, Graeme Blundell, Julie McGregor and Ted Robinson. In 1986 she teamed up with fellow psychologist, Peter Quarry, to create another internationally successful company - Ash.Quarry Productions.
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Eve is one of Australia's most successful producers of training films, television and multimedia packages. Through her two companies, Seven Dimensions and Ash.Quarry Productions, Eve has produced over 500 training films, DVDs and television episodes. Eve and Peter Quarry created the SKILL INDICATORS - feedback assessment tools, now sold to Dutch company TFC and the Ash.Quarry range of DVDs and videos is now owned by VEA/Training Point.net.
Eve is a national winner of the Telstra Businesswomen's Awards (Westpac Business Owner Award1999), and her programs have won top honours at festivals in NY, Chicago and London - in all over 140 awards for creativity and excellence.
Eve trained and worked as a psychologist, and is now a popular public speaker, MC and business facilitator. Her books Rewrite Your Life! (2002) and Rewrite Your Relationships! (2004) (co-written by Rob Gerrand) were published by Penguin Books.
Eve's Strategies for Success
- Enjoy yourself at work and stay fit. You will be energized and need less sleep! And nights are a great time to tackle a backlog or do overseas business.
- Don't give up when faced with obstacles. Negativity spreads easily, so when things are challenging, go for it while others stop to complain. Find and use your optimism - it will bring others with you.
- Give yourself positive 'scripts' like "Yes, I can do this", "I will be organized and finish this today" and "I am going to enjoy this challenge".
- Remember to thank people for their work, their ideas, their support and their contribution to your success. People appreciate being acknowledged and it doesn't take long to say, or email a personal thank you.
- Follow your ideas, tell people about them and take risks to make them happen. Don't be someone who says "I thought of that". Be someone who can say "I made that happen".
Register online for Align 2011!
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2. Content Partner Spotlight: Seven Dimensions
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Seven Dimensions has been delivering outstanding training resources to the world for 30 years and in 2008-10 they have produced 100 new titles.
Seven Dimensions was founded in 1979 by Eve Ash. Then a psychologist for the Australian Government, Eve began producing films and videos to motivate people to change behaviors. Inspired by John Cleese, Eve pioneered comedy training films in Australia in the early 80s. Seven Dimensions has produced over 500 films, videos and television programs. |
With 30 years of production experience and winner of over 140 international awards for excellence and creativity, Seven Dimensions recognizes the key elements that make up a successful video whether it be training, corporate, educational and even entertainment programs.
Seven Dimensions has an experienced team of producers, directors, writers, editors, camera operators, sound engineers and 3D animators using the latest technology.
A major factor in their success is the emphasis placed on developing and maintaining an open and communicative approach with clients in order to produce the exact style of program required for today's audiences. This focus assists in producing high quality programs that motivate the audience and have a lasting effect.
See Featured Streaming Video Courses from Seven Dimensions below. |
3. SHRM 2011, Las Vegas, NV - June 26-29th
The Conference was attended by a record 14,000+ HR and industry professionals this year. All of whom made their way to Las Vegas to learn, network and maybe even have a lot of fun.
Conference highlights included the announcement of Hank Jackson as the new SHRM CEO, keynotes by Sir Richard Branson, Arianna Huffington, Tony Hsieh and Michael J. Fox. The Expo Hall was high-energy and bustling with games, photos, food, drinks, dogs, superheros and endless amounts of swag.
From a vendor/exhibitor perspective, some key takeaways:
- Training remains a key challenge for small and mid-sized organizations.
- Many organizations are open and ready for online training as a solution to key business challenges. Two critical challenges they are addressing are the need to do more with less and a dispersed workforce.
- Social Media is here to stay in the HR Community!
- I don't think anyone stole Mike Tyson's tiger, but people like to have fun and get a little wild in Vegas.
Looking forward to SHRM 2012 in Atlanta!
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4. 2011 Best of ELearning!
ELearning! Magazine’s 2011 Best of ELearning! Award nominations and voting is now open and we would sincerely appreciate your vote. BizLibrary is very lucky to have such a dedicated and loyal customer base, and we are running on a platform consistent with our core values – customer service and care, great technology solutions and the very best content available in the market. Unlike the huge players in this market, we focus on small and mid-sized organizations, so the support of customers and partners in this recognition selection process is truly meaningful to us.
Bizlibrary remains one of a handful of learning solutions providers in the small and mid-market niche. We are unique for several reasons, one of which is the way we bundle online training content with our technology platform. When you work with BizLibrary, you can select titles and courses from dozens of the very top online training development companies in the world. Our total collection of over 7,000 titles and dedication to your learning success is unmatched in this market.
ELearning! Magazine’s The Best of ELearning! Awards gives you a chance to vote for your favorite LMS (remember us in this category especially!), IT Content, or Soft Skills Content, and these are just a few of the available categories. The ballot also gives you a chance to make comments about the reasons for your nomination. For the entire 15 year history of BizLibrary, we have been relentlessly focused on our customers and their needs. Our current mix of products and services evolved due to client needs. Our current new product development priorities are based upon client feedback and needs. So – your feedback matters to us, and we will take to heart any suggestions or ideas you might have for us.
The Enterprise Learning! Conference & Expo is set for September 27-29, 2011 at the Hilton Anaheim at the Convention Center. The ballots close on August 1.
The polls are open! Thank you in advance for your support! Vote here.
5. Five Star Streaming Videos
| Getting Motivated by Seven Dimensions |
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An animated series developed by psychologist Eve Ash to help people get motivated. Learn how to create a positive mindset for work and improve your productivity and service attitudes. Find out about the Negative Land of W, the negative mood monster and negative scripts and how they keep you stuck. Learn how to use positive scripts to motivate yourself, achieve goals and be successful. Eve Ash, psychologist, provides a strong rationale for success: if we think positively and convert our negative thinking to positive thinking, then we are more likely to act positively which in turn will lead us to be more successful. But too often our minds get clouded with negative thoughts or scripts that block us from achieving our potential. By learning to turn these around and creating powerful positive scripts we can become much more motivated, happy and successful. |
| The Workplace Excellence Series! Vision and Values by Seven Dimensions |
Be inspired to develop a powerful vision and values to motivate others:
- Present a powerful vision with clear goals
- Personalize your vision
- Align people to changing vision
- Develop meaningful values
- Demonstrate values with actions
- Build values into the culture
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| The Workplace Excellence Series! Inspirational Leadership by Seven Dimensions |
Discover the behaviors, attitudes and strategies of outstanding leaders:
- Lead by example
- Project your passion
- Drive your decisions
- Empower your champions
- Reach your goals
- Give time and respect to your people
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| The Workplace Excellence Series! Employer of Choice by Seven Dimensions |
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Become the employer that everyone wants to work for. An employer of choice is an organization that cares for individual employees and is concerned about their careers and well being. Brand your business to attract the best staff through effective recruitment strategies and learn how to retain and develop them. Three case study employers reveal how they promote themselves as an employer of choice by developing individuals, providing them with flexible work options and considering their lives outside of the office. Employees now expect a lot more from employers - it’s no longer ‘just a job’ . Find out how to become the best.
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| Q & A: Essentials for New Managers by TrainingPoint.net |
This program addresses the issue that very few newly promoted managers receive formal training in how to do the job. How do managers learn? What are the key principles all new managers must learn? These pressing questions are examined by the Q&A team in this insightful short program
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