Cisco Systems: Learning Technologies to Enable Productivity

Topics: Technology & Infrastructure, Program Design & Delivery, Business Outcomes

Tags: e-learning, games, simulations, technology

Overview

Cisco Systems has been at the heart of many historic changes in technology, and that continues to be true today. Cisco has consistently been on the leading edge of learning technologies and continues to evolve to meet emerging business challenges. As a large organization with more than 48,000 employees worldwide, Cisco has adopted a multi-faceted approach toward using learning technologies for delivery of content to employees, partners/resellers, and customers. A systemic approach to using learning technologies has helped Cisco derive substantial productivity gains. What You Will Learn: How the three components of organizational learning: communication, training and assessment can be implemented to net bottom-line results. How Cisco uses video on demand to maintain intimacy, accuracy, and speed in accessing information. How learning technologies such as games and simulations can help to provide a comprehensive understanding of technologies, tools and terminologies. When: Wednesday, August 16, 2006 at 2 PM ET (11:00 PT) Presenters: Don Field is responsible for the Cisco Career Certifications program and development of Cisco's technical learning offerings. Prior to Cisco, Don spent 18 years at Apple Computer in marketing, product management, and business development roles. He began his career selling money market securities for a major Wall Street bank. Don holds a BA in economics from Princeton University and an MBA from Stanford University. Mike Mitchell has been working on producing video for Cisco for over 10 years. During this time, he has had a unique perspective on the transformation of video from conventional "Old World" delivery to new IP-based systems. He is currently acting as the Director of the Cisco Media Network, an internal group responsible for the use of IP Video company-wide. Prior to joining Cisco, Mike worked at Oracle as a Project Manager in the development and localization of Oracle's Web-based Training offerings. Details: This iLinc meeting is open to Corporate University Xchange member companies and invited guests. Please register for the event using this link: http://eventplus.ilinc.com/client/index.php?cmpId=35 If you have any questions about registration, please send an e-mail to events@corpu.com or call 212-213-2828. About Cisco Systems Cisco Systems, Inc. is the worldwide leader in networking for the Internet. Additional Information about Cisco can be found at http://www.cisco.com/.