Insightful and Powerful Lineup of Keynote Speakers Announced for TechLearn 2004; Industry Leaders to Address Critical Issues for Workforce Performance and Training.WELLESLEY HILLS, Mass. -- Under the "About TechLearn" header of release dated Sept. 30, 2004, last sentence should read xxx please call 1-800-829-3400 (sted 1-800-839-3400). The corrected release reads: INSIGHTFUL AND POWERFUL LINEUP OF KEYNOTE SPEAKERS ANNOUNCED FOR TECHLEARN 2004; INDUSTRY LEADERS TO ADDRESS CRITICAL ISSUES FOR WORKFORCE PERFORMANCE AND TRAINING Tom Peters and Tom Davenport will headline a list of prominent keynote speakers at TechLearn 2004, taking place November 14-17 at New York New York, state, United States New York, Middle Atlantic state of the United States. It is bordered by Vermont, Massachusetts, Connecticut, and the Atlantic Ocean (E), New Jersey and Pennsylvania (S), Lakes Erie and Ontario and the Canadian province of City's Marriott Marquis. Senior and executive-level learning professionals accountable for integrating, training, and measuring broad organizational learning Organizational learning is an area of knowledge within organizational theory that studies models and theories about the way an organization learns and adapts. In Organizational development (OD), learning is a characteristic of an adaptive organization, i.e. strategies will hear the most important collection of insight, analysis and advice in the learning and training field. Tom Peters, the World's Leading Management Guru and one of the most influential business thinkers, will address TechLearn on Monday, November 15 from 1:30 p.m.-2:30 p.m. His talk "Re-Imagine: A Matchless Opportunity, A Sacred Trust," will focus on how the new world of business works, radical ways of overcoming outdated, traditional company values, and how to adopt a strategy that empowers talent and supports brand-driven organizations where everyone has a voice. Peters co-authored In Search of Excellence in 1982; the book was named by NPR NPR In currencies, this is the abbreviation for the Nepal Rupee. Notes: The currency market, also known as the Foreign Exchange market, is the largest financial market in the world, with a daily average volume of over US $1 trillion. (in 1999) as one of the "Top Three Business Books of the Century." Having launched a management revolution with In Search of Excellence, Tom Peters continues to transform business with Re-imagine: Business Excellence in a Disruptive Age, his latest book challenging executives to change the face of business. Tom Davenport, a Fellow with the Accenture Institute for High Performance Business, holds the President's Chair in Information Technology and Management at Babson College Babson College, located in Wellesley, Massachusetts (zoned as "Babson Park," ZIP code 02457),[1] is a private business school that grants all undergraduates a Bachelor of Science in Business Administration. The F. W. . Davenport will present "Enabling the Knowledge Worker," examining how organizations modify and implement new management ideas to improve their performance, which is also the topic of his latest book What's the Big Idea? Davenport is a widely published author and acclaimed speaker on the topics of information and knowledge management, reengineering, enterprise systems and electronic business and markets. He has a Ph.D. from Harvard University Harvard University, mainly at Cambridge, Mass., including Harvard College, the oldest American college. Harvard College Harvard College, originally for men, was founded in 1636 with a grant from the General Court of the Massachusetts Bay Colony. in organizational behavior and has taught at the Harvard Business School Harvard Business School, officially named the Harvard Business School: George F. Baker Foundation, and also known as HBS, is one of the graduate schools of Harvard University. , the University of Chicago, Dartmouth's Tuck School of Business The Amos Tuck School of Business Administration is the business school of Dartmouth College in Hanover, New Hampshire. Founded in 1900, Tuck is the oldest graduate school of business in the world. , and the University of Texas at Austin “University of Texas” redirects here. For other system schools, see University of Texas System. The University of Texas at Austin (often referred to as The University of Texas, UT Austin, UT, or Texas . He has also directed research centers at Ernst & Young, McKinsey & Company and CSC Index. "From November 14-17, we look forward to a gathering of the world's top learning and training professionals in New York City New York City: see New York, city. New York City City (pop., 2000: 8,008,278), southeastern New York, at the mouth of the Hudson River. The largest city in the U.S. for an outstanding event that will offer powerful keynotes, objective content, insightful dialogue and a variety of networking opportunities," said Kerry Gumas, Vice President of Advanstar Technology Group. "With visionary speakers like Tom Peters, Tom Davenport and Elliot Masie leading our conference program, our attendees will draw on the insights and experience of top thinkers in this field." TechLearn 2004 will offer more than 150 sessions tackling the most pressing issues in technology-based learning, skills development and workforce performance improvement. TechLearn also features keynote presentations by a distinguished panel of speakers, including Wayne Hodgins, Strategic Futurist, Autodesk, Elliott Masie, CEO (1) (Chief Executive Officer) The highest individual in command of an organization. Typically the president of the company, the CEO reports to the Chairman of the Board. , the MASIE Center, e-Learning Consortium, Humorist hu·mor·ist n. 1. A person with a good sense of humor. 2. A performer or writer of humorous material. humorist Noun a person who speaks or writes in a humorous way Don McMillan, and a panel of leading CLOs from Accenture, GEM Corporation, Hewlett Packard, IBM (International Business Machines Corporation, Armonk, NY, www.ibm.com) The world's largest computer company. IBM's product lines include the S/390 mainframes (zSeries), AS/400 midrange business systems (iSeries), RS/6000 workstations and servers (pSeries), Intel-based servers (xSeries) , and Marriott International Marriott International, Inc. (NYSE: MAR) is a worldwide operator and franchisor of a range of value and luxury hotels and related lodging facilities. Marriott currently has 2,300 accommodation properties in North America alone. . In addition to the core TechLearn Conference, executive-level learning professionals will be able to participate in the Learning Officers Forum, a separate two and a half-day workshop of personal development and leadership training for top-level learning and human resource executives. Attendees will also have the opportunity to visit the Learning Showcase, where many of the industry's leading vendors will demonstrate their newest products and services. Platinum Sponsors of the event include Accenture Learning and SAP. Gold Sponsors are: Centra Software, Inc., IBM, Knowledge Impact, Saba, SkillSoft, SumTotal, TEDS, a Fidelity Investment Company, Thomson NETg and THINQ Learning Solutions. About TechLearn TechLearn 2004 brings corporate learning, e-learning, training, HR and executive management from across all industries together to compare corporate learning practices, share key strategies for employees, and review and evaluate the latest in technology-based and traditional learning methodologies, tools and strategies. TechLearn is produced by Advanstar Technology Events. TechLearn 2004 will be held Sunday, November 14 through Wednesday, November 17, 2004 at the Marriott Marquis in New York City. For information on the conference, please call 1-800-829-3400 or visit the official conference website at www.techlearn.com. About Advanstar The Advanstar Technology Group a division of Advanstar Communications, Inc. produces TechLearn. Advanstar is a worldwide business information company serving specialized markets with high quality information resources (1) The data and information assets of an organization, department or unit. See data administration. (2) Another name for the Information Systems (IS) or Information Technology (IT) department. See IT. and integrated marketing solutions. Advanstar has 100 top business publications, 72 trade shows and conferences, numerous websites, and a wide range of direct-marketing, database, and reference products and services. Advanstar serves targeted market sectors in such industries as art, automotive, beauty, collaboration/e-learning, CRM/call center, digital media, entertainment/marketing, fashion & apparel, healthcare, manufacturing and processing, pharmaceutical, power sports, science, telecommunications and travel/hospitality. The company has nearly 1,400 employees and currently operates from multiple offices in North America, Latin America, Europe and Asia. For more information, visit www.advanstar.com. |
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