The Chartered Institute of Personnel and Development
HRD Conference & Exhibition

Learning and Organisation Development
24-25 April 2013, Olympia London
Queries: +44 (0)20 8612 6248 or training.hotline@cipd.co.uk
 

Free learning sessions

 
 
 
 
Get practical tips, tailored advice and solutions to your L&D challenges.
 
 
 
 
 

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There's 60 learning sessions taking place at the HRD Exhibition. Get practical tips and advice across a wide-range of topics including L&D, OD, coaching, leadership, talent, e-learning, learning technology and more.

View each of the learning sessions by day or alternatively view showcases by theatre via the the dropdown menu.

 
 
Day 1
 
Wednesday 25 April 2012
09:30-10:00
Managing talent has overtaken risk as top of the CEO agenda.  This session will demonstrate the value of using pure cloud-based talent management technology which is core to orchestrating a successful implementation, including change management and governance. ...more
Delivered by: Cornerstone OnDemand
 
The changing nature of L&D brings some unique and significant challenges for the modern practitioner.  This interactive session provides transformational insights into some key behaviours shaping today’s insight-led function.   ...more
Delivered by: CIPD
 
What causes some highly talented individuals to derail from their career paths? How can we as HR professionals get them back on track? ...more
 
10:00-10:45
Learn how to make the most of your networking time at HRD. Come and receive hints and tips for fantastic networking and start making lasting connections. ...more
Delivered by: Speak First
 
10:15-10:45
Many individuals spend their career trying to be someone, or something, else in the workplace. We cannot maximise our potential when doing this. Recognise the signs. Make a change. ...more
Delivered by: Bolt from the You Ltd
 
This showcase will focus on current trends and debates in the field including its role in contemporary organisations, the changing role of IT and the future of Knowledge Management and Organisational Learning. ...more
Delivered by: MOL
 
Getting confused between your hashtags and your likes? Can’t connect a tweet and a follow? Through this interactive discussion session learn how to use the different social media platforms in the right way. ...more
Delivered by: What Goes Around
 
11:00-11:30
Why do managers struggle to recognise success and fail to address underperformance? Here’s three Performance Management things you should know. ...more
 
Your organisation is full of talent. It is crucial that it is identified and helped to grow if your organisation wants to maintain a competitive advantage. ...more
Delivered by: Belbin
 
11:00-11:45
Maximise your networking time, meet new L&D professionals and develop contacts in these fun and organised sessions. ...more
Delivered by: CIPD
 
11:00-12:00
New to Twitter? Want to make the most of the worldwide resources available on it? Enrol at our Twiterversity to discover a whole new world of tweets, hashtags and followers. ...more
Delivered by: Brubaker HR & What Goes Around
 
11:45-12:15
Do your managers know what to say when someone is late, when they want someone to do something, when they want to give praise or criticism, or when they want to coach someone? ...more
Delivered by: Scott Bradbury Ltd
 
Innovations in psychometric assessment require enhancements to standards of practice. New developments reviewed include revised BPS test user qualifications and international standards in assessment and computerised test use. ...more
12:00-12:45
Have an L&D problem that you’re unsure on how to proceed with? Or maybe you need some new ideas to get the most from your workplace? Present your L&D problems to our panel and the audience to create an interactive discussion that is guaranteed to provoke thinking and help solve your business problems. ...more
Delivered by: Peter Coley, Head of L&D, St.Mungos; Gareth Gilleeney, Learning and Development Manager, Shelter; Harvey Seale, Group L&D Manager, Nuffield Health
 
12:30-13:00
Smartphones and tablets have a similar impact on learning right? Well not quite. So do you want to invigorate your learning? If so energise your phone not the tablet. ...more
 
This interactive session highlights how people may struggle to handle conflict effectively and looks at how coaching may enable people to find a collaborative approach to resolve disputes. ...more
Delivered by: UK Mediation Ltd
 
Every organisation has knowledge, how we share that knowledge isn’t always done effectively. Discover how mentoring can be a cost-effective development strategy that facilitates knowledge sharing in a strategic way. ...more
Delivered by: Insala
 
13:00-13:45
Maximise your networking time, meet new L&D professionals and develop contacts in these fun and organised sessions. ...more
Delivered by: CIPD
 
13:15-13:45
Collaborative learning can be highly effective to help encourage and support learning after the course has ended or between blended sessions. Learn how Social media tools and approaches can be used beyond simple discussion groups to add fun and engagement. ...more
Delivered by: QA Ltd
 
Find out how easy it is to adopt new and more positive behaviours and responses in relation to stress and stressful situations. ...more
 
How can leaders make use of their brains’ resources to achieve more? Introducing a range of neuro-scientific based insights, tools and models that transform leadership and deliver sustainable business improvements. ...more
Delivered by: Blue Edge Consulting
 
14:00-14:30
Learn how a practical team activity, combined with an iPad, raises awareness of team efficiency, rehearses changes to an operating system and focuses on the inter-personal interactions that improve performance. ...more
Delivered by: RSVP Design
 
In this highly engaging and interactive session the audience will choose a selection of typical challenging conversations, ‘direct’ professional role players to depict these, and test strategies to improve outcomes. ...more
A highly participative session using actual activities from the 2012 Olympic Games customer service programme focusing on the importance of using and remembering names and how to engage with colleagues, customers and visitors from different cultures who expect and deserve world class service. ...more
 
14:00-14:45
Have an L&D skill or tool to give away? Desperately looking for that good or service that will develop your business? Then head down to our L&D Swapshop, where you can offer what you have in return for what you don’t at no cost! Join our Linkedin Group to advertise your offer and see what's available. ...more
Delivered by: CIPD
 
14:45-15:15
Time, travel and cost pressure is skyrocketing interest in virtual classroom technologies but without engagement, sessions won’t deliver intended value. Explore the latest virtual learning practices and innovation that deliver engagement not cures for insomnia. ...more
Delivered by: QA Ltd
 
Find out about CIPD’s proposition for L&D practitioners. Learn about L&D qualifications, and accrediting your L&D experience. Discover how professional membership of the CIPD will help you develop and excel in your career. ...more
Delivered by: CIPD
 
This session will provide you with practical help on how to design and run high quality apprenticeships programs that address your skills needs and are a mechanism for strategic workforce planning. ...more
Delivered by: CIPD
 
15:00-15:45
Maximise your networking time, meet new L&D professionals and develop contacts in these fun and organised sessions. ...more
Delivered by: CIPD
 
15:30-16:00
E-learning is increasingly a critical part of L&TD, but its impact has been constrained by problems in completion, user-experience and an emphasis on cost-savings. Our 2011 survey suggests that a focus on blending, building and connecting across learning agendas will help reverse this negative trend. ...more
Delivered by: CIPD
 
Success is often seen as something outside of the individual, based on profits and turnover. However, it is also based on the skills, both technical and instinctive that are needed inside the individual. This model looks at how to identify and nurture core leadership traits. ...more
Delivered by: NLP School
 
Exploring the definitive management competency model and how to use it to create synergy between management recruitment, assessment, development and 360 to massively increase management performance in your organisation. ...more
16:15-16:45
This session will provoke and challenge how we can understand and support learning better using insights from areas such as neuroscience, economics, psychology and computer science. ...more
Delivered by: CIPD
 
With more and more training being converted into e-learning, how can we keep our learners interested and motivated? Learn about six inspired approaches to create more engaging e-learning courses. ...more
Delivered by: Sponge UK Ltd
 
Find out how you can enhance your effectiveness using voice and speech techniques covering intonation, speech rhythm and pronunciation. ...more
Challenging times are a time of opportunity rather than simply constraint. We will illustrate how Middlesex University Business School combined with partners to improve professional practice and organisational performance amidst public sector cutbacks. ...more
17:00-17:30
Follow @CIPD_Events to learn more about our #HRD12 tweet-up, where you’ll be able to meet your fellow tweeters and make new contacts. ...more
Delivered by: CIPD
 
Wednesday 25 April 2012
Day 1
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 

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