Hi everyone,
This week is Learning Technologies in London; Europe’s leading showcase of organisational learning and the technology used to support learning at work. If you’re coming then here’s a few highlights from some of the free seminars you might like to attend:
Wednesday 12th February
Lars Hyland Chief Learning Officer at Totara will be kicking off the day at 10.15 in Theatre 1. Join Lars to discover Why an integrated ecosystem drivers learning, performance and engagement in the workplace. Lars will discuss:
- What underpins motivation in the workplace
- Why flexibility is the critical success factor for workplace technology investment
- The benefits of close integration
- The changing role and responsibility of HR and L&D teams
If you miss the session, Lars will be repeating it on Thursday at 1.15pm in Theatre 1.
At 11.00 in Theatre 9 Mark Edmonds, Account Director at Engage in Learning will be looking at the best ways to Engage learners in compliance training.
At 11.45 in Theatre 4– John Williams, Marketing Director of City & Guilds Group / Kineo will discuss What can L&D learn from Marketing? John will explore how to apply marketing and communication disciplines that will give measurable impact and results. If you’re interested in this topic you can also have a look at this webinar on demand by Bianca Baumann which is on a similar topic.
Also at 11.45 in Theatre 7 - Benn Cass, Customer Solutions Architect at eThink Education will be Hacking the LMS Evaluation process to help you have a smooth selection process when choosing an LMS for your organisation.
Thursday 13th February
Join Rebecca Iveson, Business Development Manager at Chambury Learning Solutions at 14.00 in Theatre 11 for Voice of the Customer: Totara supporting a Plasterboard Manufacturing Plant. In this session you can learn how Etex have moved from multiple disparate ways of managing training to a single, cohesive platform to ensure compliance.
Of course, you can also see many of our Totara Partners over the two-day event and have a conversation about all your learning needs! You can find them at the following booths:
- Accipio (M70)
- BuildEmpire (E62)
- Chambury Learning Solutions (P12)
- Engage in Learning (E05)
- Think Learning (L35)
- MediaTouch (C40)
- eThink Education (M75)
- Synergy Learning (M65)
- Learning Pool (D20)
- Kineo (E10)
- GP Strategies (K01)
- Translations.com (J01)
Also, keep an eye out for our Totara Community newspaper which will be circulating at Learning Technologies. It’s full of advice and articles all about L&D. If you’re not attending the event you can get your own copy of the newspaper.
Upcoming webinars
If you’re not coming to Learning Technologies, then don’t worry! We’ve still got lots of interesting webinars happening in the next couple of weeks.
Learn how your font choices affect communication – 26th February at 10 AM GMT
Every time we read a piece of text we're being subtly communicated to by the font it is set in. Have you ever struggled when deciding which typeface to use for your training?
Join Totara's Visual Design Lead Matt Stokes for some insight into a little bit of the history and background of typography. Find out how your font choice can help make your communication more effective!
Gamify your training content in Totara Learn – 4th March 15.00 GMT / 9.00 CST
Building gamification into your online and blended learning programs has been shown to improve learner motivation, engagement and performance.
Join Totara's Senior Solutions Consultant, Meredith Henson to learn how to add gamified elements to your Totara Learn courses.
Follow us on LinkedIn and Twitter as we tweet and post directly from Learning Technologies this week!
Have a great week.
