This presentation was delivered at the Learning Technologies conference in January 2010. 

It concentrates on the ways organisations can best target their learning to create maximum and lasting effect by firstly understanding what makes the business a success and then directing your training efforts in an appropriate manner.

This presentation was delivered at the Learning Technologies Conference in 2007 jointly with Liz Beswick from British Energy.

As learning professionals, one of the big issues you will always face is the ability to get your training initiatives truly embedded in your organisation. 

Just think for a moment; do your initiatives really stick, or are they more like a passing focus which people pay lip service to until something more important comes along?  And if your initiatives are not sticking, then just imagine how powerful they could be if they did!

This presentation was given during the 2006 Learning Technologies conference.

This presentation dealt with the issues of stratgic planning and the most appropriate manner in which to build your budget.

Building on well-founded strategic theory, this presentation is useful for anyone who needs to develop a departmental strategy.

This presentation was was one of two delivered at the Learning Technologies Conference in 2005.

With the use of coaching increasing within businesses, this presnetation looked at the issues and benefits of coaching within organisations and the relationship to mentoring with which coaching can often be confused.

This was one of two presentations delivered at the Learning Technologies conference in 2005.

More and more people are now required to manage projects, this presentation looked at the issues that should be at the forefront of your mind if you're the one who's got to bring the project in!

This presentation was delivered at the Learning Technologies conference in 2004 jointly with Jayne Edwards of HBOS.

With the pressure on training departments to deliver results, this presentation outlined the differences between a business-focussed and traditionally focused department.

Following a well-proven route, the audience were taken through the stages to transform their department and deliver long-term value.

This presentation was one of two delivered at the Learning Technologies conference in 2004.

You may be familiar with the reactive and unorganised training department which deliver courses to an often intolerant customer organisation, and is never quite clear exactly what needs to be delivered, when and to whom.  It is usually the last to be invited to project planning meetings, and often far too late to influence either the timing of training plans or the allocated budget.  It is not asked to play a part in strategic thinking, and anyway it would not have the time to.  In fact, it is just too busy rushing to get that last bit of course development finished.

This presentation was given at the Learning Technologies conference in 2003.  It was a joint presentation with Phil Green from Optimum Learning.

During this session we focused on the issues of what organisations measure in order to drive them in the right direction.

Taking a wide range of examples - from skiing to road markings, this session provided an interactive introduction into the tricky world of measuring training.

This presentation was part of a hands-on workshop at the Learning Technologies conference in 2003.

While many organisations test for knowledge and competence of their employees, have you ever wondered exactly what does make a good test; one that is fair and above all accurate.

This presentation was given at the Learning Technologies conference in 2002.

With the need for organisations to deliver effective learning ever growing, this session focused on how learning can be implemented into organisations with the maximum benefit and the minimum of pitfalls.

With issues such as culture and change, this session walks through the most appropriate routes to deliver error-free learning.

This presentation was delivered at the Learning and Skills conference in 2008.

The focus of the presentation was how you identify what peak performance looks like within your organisation and then how you train the organisation to reach the performanve desired.

This presentation looks at organisations as diverse as the nuclear industry, Formula 1, the airline industry and call centres.

This is another of the sessions we run at Birkbeck College and this one deals with managing projects successfully.

For many of the students, the opportunity of running a projects is both exciting and daunting.

During this day-long session we explore the success criteria of projects and discuss the tools and techniques that can be used to deliver a project in the most effective way.

This is an exceptionally practical session whish demonstrates that running successful projects is as much an art as it is a science.

You can see the ful session notes at this link:  Managing projects successfully

This is one of the sessions we run at Birkbeck College whcih focuses on the key issues with setting up and running your own business.

For these session we concentrate on the media and training markets as this is the main focus of the studends as many (if not all of them) are drawn from these industries.