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Symposium

Date March 9 - 11, 2011
Theme Turning Metrics into Business Intelligence
Location Gaylord Texan Resort and Convention Center
1501 Gaylord Trail
Grapevine, TX 76051
Cost General: $1500 / Early Bird $1295
Government: $1100 / Early Bird $900
Registration Event Registration site Click Here. Provided by our partner RegOnline.

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Pre-Conference Workshops Track Legend Day 1-Wednesday, March 9, 2011 Day 2-Thursday, March 10, 2011 Day 3-Friday, March 11, 2011

Pre-Conference

PRE-CONFERENCE WORKSHOPS
Wednesday, March 9, 2011 - 8:30am - Noon
All Times Central
Time Activity/Description Presenter
8:30a - Noon Data Analysis Workshop
Overview of how to analyze talent and L&D data from a business and statistical perspective.
  MTM Training - Best Reporting Tips
A training workshop for Metrics that Matter subscribers to convey the best practices in using reports for meeting various stakeholder needs.

Track Legend

SYMPOSIUM TRACKS Note: not all tracks are running in every session period.
KnowledgeAdvisors Solutions Track Expert Series Track
Award Winners Practitioner Track
Customer Education/Professional Learning Provider Track    

Day 1 Agenda

SYMPOSIUM Day #1
Wednesday, March 9, 2011 - Noon - 7:00pm
Sessions are subject to change
Time Activity/Description Presenter
1:00p - 1:30p Opening Remarks
Kent provides a brief update on emerging talent challenges and summarizes the Symposiums sessions and speakers.
1:30p - 2:30p Keynote: Business Intelligence from Training Data
The speaker will discuss the people, processes, tools and strategies used by their organization to gather, report, and analyze data to create useful information that drives intelligence decisions for L&D.
2:30p - 3:00p Vendor Showcase Break
Stop by our vendor showcase during this expanded break. Be eligible to win an HP Laptop powered with Windows 7 if you stamp your vendor card!
3:00p - 4:00p Metrics that Matter® demonstration.
A live demonstration of KnowledgeAdvisors world-class learning and talent analytics tool, Metrics that Matter.
  How a Leveraged Measurement Strategy to Drive a Process of Business Intelligence
Practitioner will discuss the drivers behind the creation of a measurement strategy, the components of the strategy and how it created a culture that values the creation of business intelligence for useful decision-making.
  Commercial Learning Provider Award Winner
This award winner will share their success story about how they use metrics to capture customer education satisfaction, quality and effectiveness metrics to better run their commercial training operation.
4:00p - 4:15p Break
4:15p - 5:15p Panel: Executive Reporting for CLO's. What They Want and How to Get It
This panel will feature distinguished executives in the L&D community. It will discuss the types of metrics they want to see from their operation, how they use the metrics and how they go about getting them.
5:30p - 7:00p Cocktaill Reception

Day 2 Agenda

SYMPOSIUM Day #2
Thursday, March 10, 2011 - 7:30am - 8:00pm
Sessions are subject to change
Time Activity/Description Presenter
7:30a - 8:15a Sunrise Session: Metrics that Matter Platform Architecture Overview
Scott presents an overview of the infrastructure, architecture, tools and technologies that are used to support the Metrics that Matter analytics technology.
8:30a - 9:45a Keynote: How Metrics Help People Improve Performance Effectively
A world renowned expert in human resource metrics shares their unique insights on how leading organizations can and do use data as business intelligence to manage their HR and L&D departments.
9:45a - 10:00a Break
10:00a - 11:00a Extracting Value from Data
This session will provide recent research results on what organizations are doing to use data in intelligent ways to add value to their talent operations.
  Customer Education Roundtable
An overview of a Customer Education measurement program and facilitates a dialogue with customer education organizations to share best practices and challenges.
  Corporate Learning Provider Award Winner
This award winner will share their success story about how they use metrics to capture corporate learning data from satisfaction to impact to show value to their stakeholders.
11:00a - 11:15a Break
11:15a - 12:15p Keynote: World Class Performance Using World Class Data
This session will share both research and practical experiences on what is being done to use data to drive business intelligence and make more timely and informed decisions.
12:15p - 1:15p Lunch
1:15p - 2:15p Keynote: Talent Centric-Business Intelligence Mission
An approach to ensuring a robust process exist to consistently use metrics to make more informed decisions for Boeings talent management function.
2:15p - 2:45p Vendor Showcase
Stop by our vendor showcase during this expanded break. Be eligible to win an HP Laptop powered with Windows 7 if you stamp your vendor card!
2:45p - 3:45p Behind the Scenes
This session will share how KnowledgeAdvisors uses measurement and Metrics that Matter to manage its workforce. An inside look at practicing what we preach.
  Doing Training Evaluation Strategically
The expert discusses having a sense of purpose for doing evaluation including thinking about the ‘what’ before the ‘how’ to ensure evaluation is aligned to a strategic purpose.
  How one company Manages a Customer Education Channel
This session shares experiences in measuring a channel of customer education providers and how data is used to inform the company regarding customer satisfaction, speed to competency and learning quality.
3:45p - 4:00p Break
4:00p - 5:00p Keynote: Emerging Trends in Talent Measurement
This keynote will focus on latest trends in the field of talent management and how measurement is directly impacting these.
6:00p - 9:00p Evening Event

Day 3 Agenda

SYMPOSIUM Day #3
Friday, March 12, 2011 - 7:30am - 12:15pm
Sessions are subject to change
Time Activity/Description Presenter
7:30a - 8:15a Sunrise Session: Update on Metrics that Matter Product Road Map
Session will provide a glimpse into the future of Metrics that Matter talent and learning measurement solutions. A review of the roadmap and your feedback is welcome!
8:30a - 9:30a Keynote: Measuring to Create Leadership
Observations on how the use of metrics was used in athletics as business intelligence to improve analyze the competition and win championships.
9:30a - 9:45a Break
9:45a - 10:45a Informal Learning Measurement
This session discusses how, when and what to measure when it comes to informal learning. A background on informal learning will be provided based on research to provide further context.
  Engaging Managers in Learning
This session will describe the metrics used to acknowledge manager engagement challenges and how the company has acted on this business intelligence to make positive improvements.
  Why Alignment is Important in Measuring Talent and Learning
This session will provide an overview of a measurement model and discuss the importance of aligning the program to the customers stated business need.
10:45a - 11:00a Break
11:00a - 12:00p Keynote: The Power of Human Capital Metrics
Keynote will discuss the process of human capital evaluation and how to get the most out of this process to drive business intelligence that creates stewardship and timely information for decision-making.