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Friday, August 14, 2009

[itroundtable] Fw: E-Learning Strategies: What You Need to Be Successful in Today’s Challenging Environment [Register Today]

http://www.nnjastd.org/node/513

"E Learning Strategies – What You Need to Be Successful in Today's Challenging Environment"

Presented by: Heather Maitre, Nancy Barnes, Brandon Murray of KPMG

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Program Overview:

It's 2009, and the economy is tough. You receive the unfortunate news that training budgets must be drastically cut. One of the casualties is your New Manager Training, which receives phenomenal feedback from participants. You know that it addresses a critical business need for the company, and you want to deliver a program that achieves the same level of feedback, but with half the budget.

Come and spend 3 hours, working through this problem live, and leave with creative ideas, tools and solutions.

During this session:

You will "wrestle" with the three following common questions and concerns:

What are the benefits of eLearning, and how do I calculate soft & hard cost savings for online and blended learning?
What are some of the types of eLearning solutions I can suggest? Show me samples!!

Self-paced
Live-Virtual Instructor-led
On-demand-Virtual Instructor-led
Just in time or m-Learning

Provide some sample ILT programs that were converted to eLearning.

Who will benefit from the Workshop:
Anyone in the above situation – you may have no eLearning experience, or you may have several years under your belt. Either way, you are bound to find something useful from this fun, interactive session.

Learning Format:
The workshop will be very interactive, with participants helping each other to brainstorm ideas for eLearning solutions.
We encourage all ASTD members to attend. This is a valuable learning opportunity, so invite a colleague or friend!

About Your Facilitators:

Nancy Barnes, KPMG
Nancy has more than 15 years' experience in interactive learning design, specializing in the design and development of blended learning and e-learning solutions. Nancy is currently a Manager of Technology Based Learning at KPMG LLP. Some of her prior roles include serving as Senior Learning Manager at Toys "R" Us, Inc. and as a learning solutions manager for the ABAS Learning Group at PricewaterhouseCoopers LLP, where she had opportunities to develop programs for global audiences of over 135,000 participants. She also has extensive experience in designing creative sessions on topics such as leadership development, client relationship management, and workflow process improvement. Nancy holds a masters degree in education from New YorkUniversity.

Heather Maitre, KPMG
Heather has been with KPMG for 8 years and was originally hired to pioneer eLearning within the firm. Heather's responsibilities were later expanded to include pioneering a measurement function. KPMG has been externally recognized with a ranking of 2 in Training Magazine's Top 125 rankings, received four eLearning awards and two in 2009 from Corporate University Exchange and Bersin and Associates for learning measurement strategy & execution. Prior to KPMG, Heather was an Information Technology Director at Columbia University. She implemented some of the first web-based academic information systems and "Smart" classrooms, just prior to the "dot com" era. Heather graduated with a Bachelor's degree in Business from Pace University and holds a Masters' from Columbia University in Industrial/Organizational Psychology.

Brandon Murray, KPMG
Brandon has been with KPMG's Technology Based Learning (TBL) Team as an Associate for over two years. He is part of "Team Creatology" within TBL, with a specialty in gaming and multimedia/interactivity in the virtual classroom.

Special thanks to Ricoh Americas Corporation for hosting the 2009 Professional Development Series at their Pine Brook, NJ training facilities!

Date and Time: Monday, August 24, 2009, 8:30 AM - 12:00 PM

Our agenda:
8:30 - 9:00 AM -- Continental Breakfast
9:00 - 12 Noon -- Program

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Note: For this event, if you are a SHRM and/or National ASTD member, you may purchase at the "NNJ-ASTD Members" pricing shown below.

Event Pricing
NNJ-ASTD Members	$25
Non-Members	$35

We encourage all ASTD members to attend. This is an exceptional learning opportunity to invite your manager, colleagues and/or clients to also attend. Seating is limited so please register NOW!

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Program Logistics

Program Time: 8:30 AM - 12:00 PM
Location: Ricoh University - East

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Address:
19 Chapin Road - Building C, Pine Brook, New Jersey 07058

Important Parking Information:
Ricoh University is located in "Building C." There is a large "RICOH" sign located at the front entrance. Please look for the RICOH sign and/or "Building C." Be sure to park ONLY in those spaces that are indicated as "Building C."

Sponsorship:
Event sponsors allow NNJ-ASTD to offer these exceptionally low seminar charges for top drawer instructors. Contact our Sponsor Chairman to discuss sponsor opportunities.

Questions?: Contact Meg Paradise at: email Meg.

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