How Learning Culture Makes a Difference in Business

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Presenter: Josh Bersin, President, Bersin & Associates

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Josh is the founder and CEO of Bersin & Associates, the highly prestigious and recognized leader in research focused solely on enterprise learning, talent management and talent acquisition. Josh is the internationally recognized expert on what is proven to work and how it does that.

Bersin research is worth literally thousands of dollars. You will have access to the findings on the latest research for $45 or less – and you get a great breakfast. You will also receive a copy of 40 Best Practices for an Empowered Enterprise.

I can’t imagine a more productive start to another year of learning.

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Too often, practitioners automatically respond to learning needs with new content and programs – without consideration of the critical cultural practices which encourage people to learn.  These efforts are destined to fall short -- Bersin & Associates research shows that a company’s learning culture has greater business impact than any other factor, including training budgets, the training organization structure, and training staff size.
 
Josh Bersin will present the key findings of the firm’s 2010 study, High-Impact Learning Culture: 40 Best Practices for an Empowered Enterprise. Analysts investigated more than 120 different strategies and behaviors in more than 400 companies, and found a set of 40 high-impact practices which clearly characterize what Bersin & Associates calls a “high-impact learning culture.” Josh will offer insight into employee empowerment (four of the top five practices fall into this category) and informal learning (most of the highest-impact practices are not associated with traditional, formal training). Attendees will learn about steps they can take to improve these practices and processes and to help strengthen culture in their organizations.    

About the Speaker
Josh Bersin has worked with hundreds of companies to deliver high impact employee learning, leadership development and talent management.  In 2001, he founded Bersin & Associates to provide research and advisory services focused on corporate learning. Today, the firm provides learning and HR decision makers with product and market data, insight on trends and expert advice on enterprise learning and talent management. 

Bersin is a frequent speaker at global industry events and a regular contributor to learning and HR publications.   He has been quoted on learning and talent management topics in Business Week, Harvard Business Review and The Wall Street Journal and on BBC Radio and National Public Radio.  

In 2010, Bersin was named by HR Examiner magazine among the “Top 100 Influencers in HR” and the “Top 25 Online Influencers in Talent Management.”  He is the author of The Training Measurement Book: Best Practices, Proven Methodologies, and Practical Approaches (April 2008, Pfeiffer) and The Blended Learning Book: Best Practices, Proven Methodologies, and Lessons Learned (October 2004, Wylie/Pfeiffer).

Earlier in his career, Bersin spent 25 years in product development, product management, marketing and sales of e-learning and other enterprise technologies at companies including DigitalThink (now Convergys), Arista Knowledge Systems, Sybase, and IBM.

Cost: $30/ASTD-TCC or PACT member; $45/non-member; $20/student*; +$10 after 9/21/10

*A Student is defined as a person who is in an accredited post secondary degree program for more than half time. A Student ID will be required on registration and event forms.