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We are thrilled to have a broad talent base sharing their insight and lessons learned as they network with their peers.
Several Chicagoland Learning Leaders have recently presented at a conference or a peer networking session and we have been fortunate enough to archive their lessons learned for our members. You can hear a preview of one of their recent sessions by click on the listen to hotlinks below.
You can view all the thought leaders or select a learning area and/or company to narrow your search.
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Barbara is the Director of Clinical Learning and Innovations at Children’s Memorial Hospital since 2007. Children’s Memorial Hospital is Illinois' only freestanding hospital exclusively for children. CMH, a teaching hospital, is ranked number one in almost every major pediatric specialty.
Throughout her 29 year career at CMH, Barbara has had numerous roles within the Nursing Department, including Coordinator for the Nursing Orientation Program. As coordinator, she assisted with the development and implementation of the RN Internship program. This program is a specialized orientation program for new graduate nurses, which transitions the new graduate from student nurse to R.N. in an environment that promotes learning and professional growth.
Barbara was an instructor in the nursing program at William Rainey Harper College and at the University of Illinois College of Nursing. Barbara holds a Bachelor of Science degree in nursing from DePaul University and a Master’s degree in science from Northwestern University. Barbara has numerous publications and has presented at several conferences. She was the recipient of the Exemplar Nurse Researcher Award at Children’s Memorial Hospital and has been awarded several research grants.
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Tim founded StoryQuest to provide the service all of us want, but rarely get - to hear the stories, strategies and tactics of our peers. StoryQuest leverages the voices, stories and passion of organizations, in mobile learning and sales enablement solutions.
Prior to founding StoryQuest ,Tim was a sales manager for Cap Gemini Ernst & Young, Interim Technology and CARA Corporation. StoryQuest clients included: RSA Security, Keane, Lucent, CommScope, TPSA, CA and more. Tim has traveled the world to gather best practices and technologies that help to capture the stories and voices and leverage them into practical tools real people can (and do) use.
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Before Mike Kemmler joined Grant Thornton LLP, he spent over four years as an independent consultant focused on rapid e-Learning and LMS implementation. He also developed and implemented a progressive e-Learning strategy as Manager of Learning Technologies at a Fortune 500 company. He has over 15 years experience applying instructional systems design, adult learning principles, and cutting-edge instructional technology to both technical and soft-skills training needs.
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Over 20 years of experience in planning, designing and developing corporate education. Competencies include the following: instructional design and development, presentation and facilitation, supervision and mentoring, content synthesis and analysis, graphical user interface design, sponsor relationship development, audio/video creation, interaction design, and project management.
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Gretchen Koch is the Sr. Director of Workforce Development Programs at CompTIA, the Computing Technology Industry Association, where she is responsible for representing The Association and its members’ Information Technology (IT) workforce development initiatives to several Federal Government agencies. She is also the national IT Career Cluster Leader for the States’ Career Cluster Initiative.
Before joining CompTIA, Ms. Koch had over twenty years experience in Information Technology management at Digital Equipment, Compaq, and Hewlett-Packard corporations. Her most recent position in the IT Industry, prior to joining CompTIA, was National Education Manager, Global Services Division, Hewlett-Packard Corporation.
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Karen joined CIGNA in 2002 as Vice President, Learning for CIGNA IT and Service. In September of 2006 she earned responsibility for all learning and development for CIGNA internal and external stakeholders. Prior to joining CIGNA, Karen was with IBM as a Learning Offering Executive for Advanced and Emerging Technologies within IBM Learning Services and a Global Offering Executive within IBM Mindspan.
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Rebekah’s is a specialist in organizational workforce solutions and designing talent development programs.
Her current area of focus is in helping organizations develop workforce and talent strategies that align with and enable their business strategies.
Prior to her current role at Right Management, Rebekah led a global, cross-company team in the design, development, implementation, management and evaluation of Manpower's global, enterprise-level sales training program.
She has also managed Manpower’s Global Client Services and Solutions group responsible for working with clients to enhance their complementary and permanent workforce management strategies. In this role, she was responsible for leading several initiatives to improve Global Sales’ business development and retention strategies.
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Tom is an industry leader with more than 25 years leadership experience in Learning BPO and IT. His expertise includes knowledge management and learning technologies, IT service delivery and workforce management, learning and employee development, business process outsourcing, organizational systems and process, mergers and acquisitions, and product management. The power of Tom's leadership lies in his proven ability to link enterprise outsourcing engagements with market and business strategies and to drive vision to reality.
Tom joined Accenture in 2001 to help the early stage development of Accenture Learning, a learning BPO business before moving to their human capital consulting practice in 2003 to help build and grow the talent management practice in the Financial Services Operating Group. Tom's last major assignment was to help design and operationalize Accenture's global learning and collaboration consulting practice. Tom recently retired from Accenture in December of 2009.
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Danielle is a results-driven, highly motivated organizational development professional with 11+ years experience managing projects and enterprise-wide initiatives. Proven success in leading performance management, talent management (succession planning, talent review, hi-po identification), organization development planning strategies, workforce planning, consulting, and compliance and ethics. Demonstrated excellent communication, public speaking, training and facilitation, coaching/mentoring, and project management skills. Highly strategic and skilled in the design and execution of successful programs aligned with overall business goals.
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