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A Funny Thing Happenedon the Way to the Grave...
Daniel WainBTSR Learning Development in
Broadcasting Conference 2008
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Look Back in Candour
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Methodology Terminology
The past is a foreign country.They do things
differently there. L P Hartley opening lines
of The Go-Between
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• 81 report training activities explictly
  designed to support strategic business
  objectives
• Knowledge of business objectives ranks almost as
  high as knowledge of people management, at 95.4
  and 97.8 respectively
• Skills of organisational development,
  consultancy and knowledge of business objectives
  now seen as important for the training manager
• CIPD Learning Development Survey

1999
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• 47 of organisations use computer based
  training
• 87 use coaching, which is ratedas one of the
  top three learning methods
• CIPD Learning Development Survey 1999
• 57 of organisations use e-learning
• Of those that dont currently use it, 72 dont
  plan to
• Of those that do, 66 use it for less than 10 of
  their learning activities
• Only 10 say e-learning is a substitutefor
  face-to-face classroom learning
• Only 7 say e-learning is one of the three most
  effective methods of learning
• 71 use coaching
• Of those, only 44 offer it to all employees
• And only 12 believe it is very effective
• CIPD Learning Development Survey 2008

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E-learning Im-ploded
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• It is surprising that traditional class-based
  training is not expected to decline
• Training courses are used by 95 of respondents
• CIPD Learning Development Survey 1999
• Training courses are used by... 95 of
  respondents
• Only 8 are using formal training courses less
  compared to two years ago
• 29 are using them more
• CIPD Learning Development Survey 2008

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A Means to a Blend
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A Seat at the Table
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• 96 say line managers are importantor very
  important in supporting LD
• But only 40 train more thana minority to do so
• Only 8 train all managers to do so
• 73 predict an increase in coachingby line
  managers
• But only 19 train more thana minority to do so
• And only 6 reward them for doing so
• CIPD Learning Development Survey 2007

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Presenting the Case for LD
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Ball-gazing...
I find the great thing in this world isnot so
much where we stand, as in what direction we are
moving Oliver Wendell Holmes Jr
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So is the Blend Nigh?
What we anticipate seldom occurswhat we least
expect generally happens Benjamin Disraeli
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A Leaf from the Grape Growers
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Beware Geeks Bearing Gifts
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Leverage ( Facilitate) Social Capital
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The man who gets the most satisfactory results
is not always the manwith the most brilliant
single mind,but rather the man who can best
co-ordinate the brains and talents of his
associates W Alton Jones
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The Irresistible Rise of Chalk Talk?
If you go on doingwhat youve always
done,youll go on gettingwhat youve always
got. Its a particular type of insanity that
thinks you can get different results from
thesame skills behaviours Albert Einstein
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We must be prepared to make the leap...


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Truly Transformational, not Transactional
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Ownership the buck starts here
Everyone thinks of changing the world, but no
one thinks of changing himself Leo Tolstoy
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Presenting the Case for LD
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Learning is not compulsory Neither is survival
One lives and learns, doesnt one?That is
certainly one of the moreprevalent delusions
George Bernard Shaw
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Gather ye rosebuds
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When the music stops...
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Get into the Driving Seat
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YOUR BUSINESS YOUR PROFESSION NEEDYOU!
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The Law of the Jungle
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The lion the gazelle- A business parable
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The lion the gazelle In the beginning...
Every morning in Africa a gazelle wakes up It
knows it must run faster than the fastest lionor
it will be killed
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The lion the gazelle continued...

• Every morning in Africa a lion wakes up
• It knows it must run faster than the slowest
  gazelle or it will starve

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The lion the gazelle The End
So it doesnt matter whether youre a lionor a
gazelle WHEN THE SUN COMES UP,
YOUD BETTER START RUNNING!
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The Law of the Jungle
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