Every attendee receives a copy of The High Impact Learning Organization research report, a detailed workbook, and a customized scorecard based on our Learning Organization Assessment®.

This is a highly interactive, hands-on workshop which gives you a chance to learn from our analysts and your peers.  Attendance is limited, register now.

Listen to the overview.

	Organization Design:  How do you best organize for efficiency and effectiveness?   The pros and cons of centralization.  What functions should be centralized and how should they be managed for maximum efficiency?
	Operations of Learning Management Systems (LMS):  How do best-practice organizations manage content integration, distributed administration, standards, reporting, and customization needs? How should your technology group be organized? How can you make sure your LMS is driving maximum business benefits?
	Resource Allocation and Job Roles:  Allocation of staff resources. What are the right job roles and organization structures to drive high impact, efficiency, and job satisfaction?
	The CLO role. What are the characteristics and key attributes of a high impact CLO? Should your company have a CLO?
	Measurement and Reporting:  What are best practices for establishing and delivering operational and strategic measures which give you management information for improvement?  How do you efficiently measure learning effectivness?
	Managing Shared Services.   How can your organization best meet the needs for performance consulting, content development, delivery, and support? What organizational models are best practices? How can you share best-practices across your enterprise?  How can you move from "Corporate University" to "Learning Services?"
	Performance Consulting:  Support of business unit training needs. What organizational models best meet the needs of business units? How do learning professionals best work within business organizations?
	Talent Management and the Relationship between training and HR.   What functions should be shared and which functions should be separated? How do best-practice organizations make sure that training and HR are aligned?

	An assessment of your learning organization today and it compares to best-practice organizations.
	A tailored action plan for implementing improvements and change.
	Post-workshop online event to share action plans and results.

At the event you will meet with and interact with other CLOs, Training Directors, HR Executives and managers to share challenges, best-practices, and implementation plans.

Workshop Facilitators

  Leighanne DeMarzo, Principal Analyst, Bersin & Associates

Leighanne DeMarzo is a Principal Analyst at Bersin & Associates, focused on enterprise learning strategy, benchmarking, and competency-based learning initiatives.  Her primary area of focus is the development and delivery of the Bersin & Associates What Works® Benchmarking service.

Leighanne has extensive experience in enterprise learning and performance management and consults regularly with CLOs and Senior HR Executives.

Prior to joining Bersin & Associates, Leighanne was responsible for the development of highly regarded and successful Enterprise Learning Consulting Practice at SystemLink Enterprise Solutions. At SystemLink, she led the design, development, and implementation of learning and performance solutions for Fortune 1000 companies including such companies as Rohm and Haas, The Coca-Cola Company, The Boeing Company, Hitachi Data Systems, and MassMutual.

At SmartForce, Leighanne served as the Solution Design Manager for the Global Services Division responsible for a team of Solution Architects who worked to design high impact learning solutions. Prior to SmartForce, she worked for Gulfstream Aerospace as Director of eLearning, Edutrek International/AUI as the Director of Organizational Development, and for Deloitte Consulting as a Human Resources Consultant.

Leighanne holds a M.B.A and a Master's degree in Human Resource Development from The University of Georgia and Georgia State University, and a Bachelor's degree from Clemson University. She is a certified Project Management Professional (PMP) as well as an active member of the American Society for Training and Development, speaking frequently at industry conferences.

Bob Danna, VP, Strategic Services, Bersin & Associates

Bob Danna is Bersin & Associates Vice President of Strategic Services.  In this role Bob is responsible for developing and delivering our service offerings, which include workshops, benchmarking, Advisor+, and other advisory services.

Bob Danna has almost 30 years of industry experience in human performance consulting, adult learning and associated consulting services.  He is a seasoned client-focused executive with extensive experience in enterprise learning services and technology.

Bob has held executive management positions with Knowledge Management Solutions, Inc., where he served as Executive Vice President;  RWD Technologies, where he served as a Vice President in their Enterprise Systems Group; at General Physics Corporation, where he held positions of Executive Vice President, Group President and member of the Board of Directors; at Convene.com, where he served as Senior Vice President and Chief Customer Officer; and at Resource Management International, where he served as Senior Vice President of Management and Technical Services.

Bob holds advanced degrees in physics and engineering, is a registered professional engineer, and has published or presented more than 30 papers on a variety of management, technical and enterprise learning topics.

  Josh Bersin, Principal and Founder, Bersin & Associates

Josh Bersin is the principal and founder of Bersin & Associates. He has more than 25 years of experience in corporate solutions, training, and e-learning. He works closely with corporate clients and vendors to understand and promote best practices in blended learning, content development, LMS implementations, and training analytics and measurement. Josh pioneered the "What Works™" trademarked approach to e-learning research, and focuses on real-world implementations, lessons-learned, and best-practices in corporate e-learning.

Josh’s most recent publications include many articles in CLO, ASTD, Training Magazine, and Learning & Training Innovations, where he describes the process for linking e-learning to measurable business initiatives. He is also the author of "The Blended Learning Book - Best Practices, Methodologies, and Lessons Learned," available from Wylie/Pfeiffer.

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