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Corporate University Xchange at Training 2008

Best Practices from CorpU Award Winners and the new CorpU/Wharton Learning Leaders Track

  Monday, February 4

08:00 AM - 09:00 AM
 
Best Practice: Furthering Corporate Goals Through Learning and Development

Craig Crossley & Alex Stiber - The Schwan Food Company
Michelle Blieberg - UBS

Discover the tools and techniques used to assure that business strategy is the driving force behind everything corporate learning does. Schwan's Food Company will discuss what alignment really means, with insights from Credit Suisse and MasterCard judges.

09:15 AM - 10:30 AM
 
Best Practice: Successful Beginnings

Diane Hinton, Jeanette Brooks, & Mary Singos - Plastipak
Packaging
Jim Fleming - Boeing

Careful planning, executive support, and a clear vision of the goals of a new L&D organization are keys to its success. Representatives from Plastipak and Boeing will each describe how they did it with insights from judges from National Geographic.

02:45 PM - 03:45 PM
 
Best Practice: Impacting Leaders

UBS

UBS will show how they guide the process of creating well-qualified managers, high potential and senior executives critical to the future of business. Sue Todd, President of CorpU, will also present highlights from recent CorpU research.
     
  Tuesday, February 5

08:00 AM - 09:00 AM
 
Best Practice: Innovative Communications and Branding

Rebecca Ray - MasterCard
MasterCard will not only show how to get your organization noticed, but also how to sustain interest. Insights from Tenaris, John Wieland Homes and Charles Schwab judges.

08:00 AM - 09:00 AM
 
CorpU/Wharton Learning Leaders Conference: Transforming Talent Management

Peter Cappelli, Wharton Center for Human Resources Professor of Management, will present the findings from his new book titled "Talent Management."

10:30 AM - 11:30 AM
 
Best Practice: Using Alliances for Learning

Jim Gillece - AlliedBarton Security Services
Jennifer Olson - Clarian Health

Representatives from AlliedBarton and Clarian Health will each describe how to enhance learning programs by partnering with external providers. Insights from Hitachi Data Systems and QUALCOMM judges.

10:30 AM - 11:30 AM
 
CorpU/Wharton Learning Leaders Conference: Driving Innovation and Developing Talent through Corporate College Partnerships

Doug Lynch, Vice Dean of Wharton Graduate School of Education, and CorpU Chairman Alan Todd will present new corporate/college partnership research, as well as case studies from Boeing, Textron, the US Army and others.

11:45 AM - 12:30 PM
 
CorpU/Wharton Learning Leaders Conference: Learning to Fly - The Story of JetBlue University

Mike Barger, Chief Learning Officer for JetBlue Airways, will present details on creating a training organization that exists to support the business operations of the company. Barger will screen sections of a new documentary about the unique and successful JetBlue University, and engage the audience in a question and answer session afterwards. Watch this documentary now at tv.corpu.com.

06:00 PM – 12:00 AM
 
9th Annual Corporate University Xchange Awards for Excellence and Innovation in Corporate Learning Black Tie Gala and Ceremony
     
     
  Wednesday, February 6

08:30 AM - 09:30 AM
 
Best Practice: Using Technology Effectively

Mike Cuffe - Farmers Insurance
Holly Huntley & Bill Thomasson - CSC

Representatives from Farmers Insurance and CSC will show how an effective learning environment can be enhanced through the use of the right tools. Insights from Cisco judges.

08:30 AM - 09:30 AM
 
CorpU/Wharton Learning Leaders Conference: The Future of Leadership Development

Ed Betof, Senior Fellow and Academic Director of Wharton Executive Program in Workplace Learning Leadership, and Edward Franzone, Senior Business Partner at Becton Dickinson University, present current best practices on leadership development. Learn what qualities leaders will need and how they will be selected and developed. The new Becton, Dickinson and Company mini-documentary will also be screened.

09:45 AM - 10:45 AM
 
Best Practice: Measuring the Value of Learning

Nancy Persson, Ray Stevens, & Kelly Archy - Staples
Staples will describe how to show the value of learning in ways that are meaningful to business leaders. Insights from Cerner and Pfizer judges.

09:45 AM - 10:45 AM
 
Best Practice: Addressing Critical Business Challenges with College or University Partners

Selvan Dorairaj - Wipro Technologies
Learn how Wipro Technologies developed and nurtured these partnerships to leverage the wealth of content and other resources available through a college or university, and create programs that enhance learning throughout the enterprise. Insights from Wharton and National Defense University judges.

 

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