informatology

Professor Winston is delivering the conference opening Keynote.

In his new book “Bad Ideas?”, he presents the fascinating story behind our inventions – and discusses whether they’re a blessing or a curse. He argues that it is a basic human need to create and invent but that the more we intervene in the  (more…)

Details will be announced soon

Details will be announced soon

“The only constant is change” in the words of Heraclitus.

This seminar is chaired by Alec Jessel, Head of Investors in People Branding and Communications, and the man behind many change projects at IiP. Hear from organisations that have undergone significant change, such as from the Head of Learning & Development at the Learning & Skills Council (more…)

What makes for great leadership, and are there in fact many different perspectives on this?

This session is chaired by Professor Andrew Mayo, author of Creating a Learning and Development Strategy and Human Value of the Enterprise, and features case studies from people involved in leadership (more…)

This session is chaired by Jo Causon, the Chief Executive of the The Institute of Customer Service, the independent professional body for customer service. She is joined by Richard Parkes Cordock, who will share his ideas on how to make everybody in a company responsible for selling and marketing. Jo believes that despite, or perhaps because of the effects of the recession, there is a real renaissance in customer service, (more…)

Coaching is about sowing seeds and nurturing growth.

Hear from experts in the executive coaching field in this session chaired by Julie Starr, author of the bestselling The Coaching Manual, and from the experience of others involved in coaching programmes.

Julie Starr is a highly (more…)

This session features a presentation from the Talentmap project manager about this central framework for identifying skills gaps and funding, and a case study from Nomura’s Head of Learning and Performance about maintaining engagement and performance in difficult times.

Some key areas of interest here are: How to attract Generation Y (more…)

The Great Place to Work® Institute, Inc. is contributing the content for this seminar, with their Chief Executive and some of their award winning member organisations sharing from their experience. The institute is a research and management consultancy based in the U.S. with International Affiliate offices throughout the world. Its UK’s “Best Workplaces” list is published (more…)

The conference is hosted at accountancy firm Baker Tilly, and the legal and accounting professions have much in common. This seminar is chaired by Michael Izza, the Chief Executive of the Institute of Chartered Accountants in England and Wales. Matt Byrne, Features Editor of The Lawyer will discuss recent innovations US and UK law firms have introduced aimed at nurturing talent among their lawyers and staff.

Chaired by Clive Shepherd and featuring a number of exciting case studies, showcasing for instance developments over the past twelve months at BUPA and at Royal Caribbean, the session considers the key issues, such as: (Lack of) SCORM Compliance; When does a blended solution become desirable? The importance of a consistent look and feel; e-Learning lets you provide pre-course preparatory materials; How (more…)

This hands-on whole-day workshop; devised and presented by the BBC, will take you through the end-to-end process of developing an online resource. Working in groups facilitated by Nick Shackleton-Jones and his BBC colleagues, you will learn about the principles and process for developing online content; from how to script the content, through filming a video to constructing the (more…)

The public services sector is perhaps more than most experiencing a period of tight budgetary constraint and change. Now more than ever it is important to have a forum where decision makers in central government, local government, the health, education and other sub-sectors have the opportunity to share experience and to collaboratively examine how to best move forward.

The key people behind the TJ (Training Journal) L&D 2020 project share the outcomes of their research thus far. Launched in the early part of 2008. it looks at the future of workplace learning and what may lie ahead for L&D specialists in say five to ten years time.  It was clear that the role of the traditional trainer had been changing radically over the past ten years or so and with (more…)

Enormous strides in productivity and innovation are being achieved with new media. Jon Ingham, author Strategic Human Capital Management and Leon Benjamin, author Winning by Sharing
discuss how this improves employee engagement and productivity, and the importance of focusing on the desired social and relationship outcomes, rather than on the technologies being used. (more…)

If you love social media – you will love the informatology unconference – as it’s run by and for the participants.

With a focus on “New Media @ Work” you can expect a refreshing mix of lively “Pecha Kucha” talks and great informal cafe style conversations. Pecha Kucha is PowerPoint without the “Death by” prefix. It’s 20 slides of 20 seconds each, rolling (more…)

Using Social Media for Learning
The emergence of social media tools has changed the face of the Web, and it is now clear from the statistics that a huge number of people is using these tools in their daily lives – for working and learning as well as for pleasure. This workshop led by Jane Hart looks at how social media can be used to support learning and performance within an organisational context. (more…)

The beauty of the 2.0 social media technology is that it is all about encouraging participation and contribution. Featuring a presentation by Google’s Global Head of Learning Technologies, this session explores how to pinpoint and exploit internal sources of expertise.

Some key tips received already are that by encouraging directors to blog you may find that others will (more…)

Middlesex University IWBL
Attend this 40-minute sponsored workshop on conference day 1 or 2 and discover the organisational benefits of your in-house training being accredited, and the process to achieve this. Middlesex University recognises learning wherever and however it has occurred through identification and assessment known as accreditation. (more…)

Middlesex University IWBL
Attend this 40-minute sponsored workshop on conference day 1 or 2 and discover the organisational benefits of your in-house training being accredited, and the process to achieve this. Middlesex University recognises learning wherever and however it has occurred through identification and assessment known as accreditation. (more…)

Justin Bovington, founder and CEO of Rivers Run Red™, has been instrumental in developing some of worlds major virtual launches. At Rivers Run Red, he pioneered the development of the Immersive Workspaces™ Platform, a complete collaboration solution for the enterprise. Recognized as one of the leading visionaries of the 3D Web, Justin is a frequent speaker (more…)

Attend this 40-minute sponsored hands-on workshop and discover how Adobe Captivate can help you rapidly author professional eLearning content. The software comes with advanced interactivity and enables you to produce simulations, quizzes, and other engaging experiences, with no programming or multimedia skills required. You can boost your productivity with templates (more…)