AWARDS UPDATE: Now It’s Up to the Judges
The distinguished panel of judges shown here has a daunting task. The CUX 8th Annual Awards for Excellence and Innovation in Corporate Learning attracted a record number of applications, and they have to choose the best.
The number of applications from companies headquartered outside the United States continues to grow. Last year, they represented twenty-five percent of applicants; this year that number’s jumped to forty-three percent from thirteen different countries. Europe is represented by Poland, Germany, France, Spain and Switzerland; the Pacific Rim countries include Australia, India, Malaysia, China and Japan; and there were also applications from Canada, South Africa and Saudi Arabia.
Finalists for the awards will be announced in mid-November, and the Awards Gala and presentations will take place February 26-28 during the Training 2007 conference in Orlando.
The Judges:
| ALIGNMENT: Furthering corporate goals through educational efforts |
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Dave Vance, Founding President,
Caterpillar University |
Cal Wick, Founder and Chairman,
Fort Hill Company |
Anne Walker, Qualcomm |
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| ALLIANCES: Making best use of external providers |
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| Carol McManus, Vice President, Learning Development and Infrastructure, Realogy |
Randi Sweet, Learning and Development, Trans-Alaska Pipeline System, Alyeska |
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| CORPORATE/COLLEGE PARTNERSHIP: Addressing business challenges by leveraging the content, resources or expertise of a college or university |
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| Dana Hart, Director, Leadership Institute, Syracuse University |
Bob Ubell, Dean, School of Professional Education, Stevens Institute of Technology |
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| LAUNCHING: Successfully creating and operating a new corporate university, leadership academy, or a newly branded component of the learning organization |
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| David Cooke, Chief Learning Officer, Federal Deposit Insurance Company |
Carol Anderson, Senior Vice President of Talent & Learning Resources, LandAmerica Financial Group |
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| LEADERSHIP DEVELOPMENT: Implementing high-impact learning and development programs targeted to managers, high potentials, and senior executive leadership |
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| Kuldeep Singh, Senior Manager of Organizational Effectiveness, Infosys Technologies Ltd. |
Pat Keating, Director of Worldwide Leadership Education, Cisco Systems |
George Hathaway, Vice President of the Center for Breakthrough Thinking, 3G Organization & Leadership Effectiveness |
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| LEARNING TECHNOLOGIES: Creating an effective learning environment through the use of technology |
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| Cedric Coco, General Manager of Engineering Excellence, Microsoft |
Patti Shank, president of Learning Peaks, LLC |
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| MARKETING: Developing and implementing innovative communications and branding techniques |
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| Linda Slawinski, Director of Organizational Development and Education, OhioHealth |
Richard Skaare, Marketing Consultant, Skaarecomm |
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| MEASUREMENT: Creating tools and techniques to demonstrate the value of an organization’s investment in learning. |
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| Doug Trainor Director and Team Leader, Pfizer |
Mark Dana, Manager of Learning, Training and Development, Boeing |
Robert Brinkerhoff, Professor, Western Michigan University’s College of Education |
Regina Nowlan, Group Director, HSBC Consumer Lending North America |
For more information on the panel of judges, see www.corpu.com. |
