KENNEDY SPACE CENTRE (NASA)
NASA’s vision, appropriately, is to reach for new heights and reveal the unknown, so that what we learn and do will benefit all humankind. Kennedy Space Centre’s vision: is the world’s pre-eminent launch complex for government and commercial space access, enabling the world to explore and work in space. What motivates employees to stay?
- no long term guarantee of employment but intensive hands-on training coupled with university/college degrees...
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Highlights from June 2011 Orlando ASTD Conference
There were various tracks offered, each with over 20 speakers per track. These varied from Talent Management, Learning Technologies, Learning as a Business Strategy, Personal Skills Development, Organisational Effectiveness, Learning Design and Facilitation, Developing Effective Leaders, Performance Improvement, Measurement and Evaluation.
Some of the high lights:
Tony Bingham, ASTD CEO spoke about the new trend on M-learning … MOBILE Learning and how it supports social learning to-day and helps to get learners out of the classroom.
Opening speaker was Marcus Buckingham speaking on "How to accelerate Innovation" and again challenged people to grow mostly in the areas of our strengths and indicated the 9 most dominant patterns Leaders...
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Doug Conant, CEO of one of the most successful companies in the USA, Campbell’s Soup, spoke about Touch Points in our lives. Touch points deals with living with meaningful principles in recognising, trusting and influencing others through daily practices. Touch points believe in a combination of tender and tough hearted leadership. Touch points are contagious and begin with you. The following are 6 touch points...
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ASTD MEMBERSHIP
If you are not a member of ASTD South Africa yet, we would love to have you on board. See www.astd.co.za and click under membership and benefits. As member you receive a greatly enhanced Management To-day magazine monthly including HR Future electronically. You also save your membership fee when you attend our 2012 conference 14 -16th March 2012 at Champagne Sports Resort in the Drakensberg.
7th State of the Industry Research Report
A must for all training professionals. The only intensive annual Research report in South African providing you with the state of the current training industry and great benchmarking info. Contact Sandra our alliance partner at SABPP at 011 773 6222 or Sandra@sabpp.co.za.
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