Coaching at work conference

CIPD’s annual coaching at work conference is due to take place on 17th-18th October in London. Speakers include;

• David Megginson
• Carol Gaskell
• Peter Hawkins
• David Rock
• John Leary-Joyce
• David Clutterbuck.

Case studies include;

NHS

Aviva

Logica CMG

Cadbury Schweppes

Zurich Financial Services

Why Trainers don’t blog (continued)

Graham O’Connell referred me to an article on Participation Inequality that gives an interesting perspective on why Trainers don’t blog.

Singing while it rains

Yes it’s raining again!

Raining again in Worcester. I wonder when it will stop?

Mind maps & Wiki

What a fantastic tool this is! Wikimindmap

It links mind maps and the wiki together.

Thanks Joan

Trainers Blogs

Following on from my post on why don’t Trainers blog, I found this page on pageflakes via Janet. Looks good!

Shift Happens

Did You Know; Shift Happens – Globalization; Information Age

Really worth looking at this if you’ve not seen it. I experienced a combination of emotions whilst watching it.

Unconference

An interesting post by Brian Kelly that contains a definition from Wikipedia re an ‘unconference’ 

“An unconference is a conference where the content of the sessions is driven and created by the participants, generally day-by-day during the course of the event, rather than by a single organizer, or small group of organizers, in advance.“

This got me reflecting on ways in which training sessions are designed and delivered and on the role of the facilitator. I assume that there would need to be a general topic area for the unconference and if so maybe there are a number of other different types of conferences that could take place in a similar style.

Bunconference-Bring a bun to talk about (but only if you’d like to share)

Nunconference-Attend & wait to be guided from above

Funconference-Only fun-loving people need attend, Let’s see what happens!

Dunconference-Don’t even need to attend!

Oh well, it amused me.

Why don’t Trainers Blog?

Over the last few months I’ve learnt so much via blogging and connecting with others. I’m really grateful to all those people who are listed on my blogroll who have shared ideas and information openly and unconditionally.

Something that I don’t understand is why don’t more trainers and learning & development professionals in the UK blog? I have tried to generate interest via Training Zone by kicking off a blog back in April. I put a post in my blog hoping that this would encourage others to blog and share.

I must be going wrong somewhere or maybe I’m not looking in the right places.

Any ideas?

EMCC 14th Conference

The EMCC 14th Conference is taking place in Sweden on 11th-13th October 2007.

Sessions include;

On-line coaching to aid retention

Measuring and maximising the ROI of executive coaching

Coaching men & women-does gender make a difference

Coaching to accelerate learning in complex environments

Speakers include; David Clutterbuck, Jenny Rogers, Erik de Haan, Bob Garvey and David Megginson.