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	What's New? Future Search Briefing Paper E-Learn and CSTD Conference Highlights Reminder: Toronto LearningEdge Workshop and Information Session

Future Search Briefing Paper

The Future Search Workshop we attended in New York in October was probably one of the best learning experiences we've had in some time. The combination of the beautiful setting, the diversity and engagement of our fellow learners, the fun and socializing during the entire three days, and the confident and centred approach of Marvin and Sandra all contributed to a meaningful and informative few days. We're quite excited by the method because it resonates with our own philosophy, and fits in very nicely with some of the other work we're doing with other large group interventions like appreciative inquiry, ICA's Technology of Participation, and LearningEdge. We're looking forward to facilitating our first Future Search! In the spirit of sharing our learning, we've prepared a short briefing paper on Future Search. Click on the link below to download a PDF of it. Future Search Briefing Paper »

E-Learn and CSTD Conference Highlights

We enjoyed our time at E-Learn in Phoenix, giving a few sessions and connecting with people from around the world. While most conference participants were from the academic world, there is starting to be more interest from the corproate sector. Betty Collis of the University of Twente in the Netherlands provided an interesting talk on what the corporate sector and higher education can learn from each other. You can download her presentation from the E-Learn website. Elizabeth Childs, Dave and myself gave a half day workshop on return on investment (ROI) and evaluation of e-learning. To download a copy of the powerpoint, visit the resources section of our website. CSTD in Toronto was an exciting event for us. Many people visited our booth and were keen to find out more about LearningEdge. Of real interest to us were the number of e-learning vendors exhibiting at the conference and the number of them who indicated their clients could use LearningEdge! In our discussions with them, they indicated that many of their clients know they should be integrating technology into their learning strategy, but often don't have the planning and organizational considerations in place to ensure they are purchasing the right e-learning solution. We also gave a session, Best Practices of Learning Organizations, a presentation highlighting the results of our survey of learning organizations last year and of the Conference Board of Canada's Training Outlook (published in June 2003). Interestingly, the patterns that both the Conference Board and ourselves found, were echoed by the people who attended our session. To download this presentation, visit the resources section of our website. Conference Presentations »

Reminder: Toronto LearningEdge Workshop and Information Session

LearningEdge is a set of tools and processes that bring together learning strategy and business goals in a participatory, practical and easy-to-apply manner. If you are interesting in your organization becoming a learning organization, LearningEdge provides the map to get there. Click here to download a presentation about LearningEdge. LearningEdge Certification Toronto - Dec 8, 9, 10 - There are still spaces left ... sign up today! LearningEdge Information Session - Toronto, Dec 8 4:30 - 5:30 Holiday Inn King Street Many of you who attended the CSTD Conference and visited our booth expressed interest at learning more about LearningEdge. We will be working through a mini version of LearningEdge and demonstrating the software at this session. Email info@calliopelearning.com to register. LearningEdge Case Studies The first LearningEdge Case Studies are now available online. A range of organizations are described, their Learning Signatures are outlined and the lessons learned from working with Learning Edge are highlighted. These first eight case studies come from work carried out in the UK in the summer 2002, at the end of the LearningEdge development process. LearningEdge Certification Dates Calliope Learning is the only company in North America licensed to train and certify people in the use of the LearningEdge toolset. 2003 Dates Location Early Bird Cut Off Registration Deadline December 8, 9, 10 Toronto October 27 November 24 2004 Dates Location Early Bird Cut Off Registration Deadline May 17, 18, 19 Calgary April 5 April 19 June 21, 22, 23 Vancouver May 10 May 24 October 18, 19, 20 Victoria September 6 September 20 November 29, 30, December 1 Toronto October 18 November 1 The cost is $2400 (plus GST), regular rate and $2200 early bird rate. Click here to register. LearningEdge on the Move!! We've had some requests for taking LearningEdge to other parts of Canada at different times from our scheduled workshops. If you can get 6 people interested, we'll travel to you! Or, feel free to let us know you are interested but can't attend a current offering and we'll do our best to schedule one that works. Call us today at (250) 213 6239 or email info@calliopelearning.com to explore the possibilities. Certification Sponsorship Opportunities Contact us if you are interested in taking the LearningEdge Certification but need some help financially. We've tried to come up with a creative solution that could be especially attractive to independent consultants. LearningEdge Online Presentation »