Who We Are
We are a leadership and learning company. We are also pracademics, people who combine sound academic research principles with grounded professional practice. We utilize action research and learning to help individuals and teams enhance their engagement, enjoyment, resilience and performance, thereby realizing workplace potential, and contributing to the overall bottom line of the organization. We facilitate provocative conversations, meaningful learning, and breakthrough changes using high tech and high touch methods. We can also help you to do the same in your own organizations.
Tammy Dewar, Ph.D.,
CTDP
Tammy Dewar combines an academic background in learning (Ph.D. in Adult Learning) with practical leadership and team expertise in a variety of sectors. Her independent consulting practice includes over 15 years of experience in leading and coaching face-to-face and virtual teams. She has designed and facilitated a variety of workshops on leadership, visioning and strategic planning, team building, and individual and organizational learning. More recently, she has been working with organizations to address leadership and employee turnover and morale issues utilizing action research, learning strategies and coaching. The other third of her time is spent teaching with Royal Roads University in their MA in Leadership and Training (MALT), the Master of Business Administration (MBA), and the MA in Distributing Learning (MADL).
You can download Tammy's resume.
Contact: tammy@calliopelearning.com
Dave Whittington, Ph.D.,
CTDP
Dave Whittington has been working in the areas of learning, leadership and organizational development for more than 20 years and holds a PhD from the University of Strathclyde. He has a strong technical background being the technical director of Europe's first virtual university, Clyde Virtual University which was established in 1996. Since then, Dave's work has focused more on strategic organizational issues of leadership and learning. Dave is an experienced facilitator working comfortably with corporate, government and academic clients. He works part-time as associate faculty for Royal Roads University in Canada and is involved in the development, delivery and evaluation of residential and online courses for the MA in Leadership and MBA programs. Dave is committed to helping individuals, teams and organizations achieve their full potential using leadership, learning and appropriate technologies.
You can download Dave's resume.
Contact: dave@calliopelearning.com
Elizabeth Childs, Ph.D.
Elizabeth Childs uses her PhD in Educational Technology and her experience in education and training to inform her consulting practice. She has worked in a variety of sectors to analyze, implement and evaluate training and human performance interventions. She is faculty and currently, part of the Acting Director Management Team for the MA in Distributed Learning program at Royal Roads University. She also teaches in the University of Calgary MEd. Technology program. Elizabeth has collaborated with a variety of clients from all sectors on needs analysis, training and non-training interventions and program evaluations studies. She has worked with client groups to determine organizational readiness and virtual team considerations for moving to a blended or fully online method for delivering their education and training. Elizabeth has also conducted a variety of in-house workshops on training needs assessment, project management, team building and conflict resolution for academic, government and private industry clients. The majority of her work is done at a distance and virtual project teams make up most of the way in which Elizabeth collaborates with others to complete projects and manage programs.
Contact: elizabeth@calliopelearning.com
Our Network of Colleagues
We call upon an extended network of colleagues and a community of practice to work with us on various projects.