Fredrickson Communications eZine - June 2009

by J Hruby, Director of Marketing

In this edition of the Fredrickson eZine . . .

Danger! Economic recovery ahead. by J. Hruby Fredrickson Communications Marketing Director

I hate to pile more bad news onto what has essentially been two years of almost constant economic bad news, but here it goes: We could be on the verge of an economic recovery.

Bad news? Isn’t a recovery what we’ve been waiting for?

There’s absolutely nothing wrong with an economic recovery. At the same time, like any economic event, those who are most prepared will reap more of the benefits. How many leaders of learning organizations, or leaders of any other area in business for that matter, have spent any time at all preparing for an upcoming economic recovery?

As Shakespeare’s Hamlet said, “Ay, there’s the rub.”

Over the past two years, an inordinate amount of time and energy has been devoted to planning for and reacting to an ever-deepening recession. Learning-related groups on social networking sites like LinkedIn and LearningTown have been filled with discussions about how learning, training, and development professionals have been handling the recession.

Yet as the recovery looms ever larger, there’s been a severe shortage of discussion about how to plan for a recovery. Read more . . .

Is your learning organization recovery-ready? Join the discussion.

As part of the 2009 Learning Leadership Summit, we’ve started a blog to get the discussion rolling.

What are your fellow learning leaders and peers doing to prepare for the coming recovery? What are the key questions that learning leaders should be thinking about during the recovery? Where do I start if I haven’t even thought about what to do?

Join the discussion on the Learning Leadership Summit blog.

Need a speaker for your gathering or event? by J. Hruby Fredrickson Communications Marketing Director

If you’re planning a team meeting, company or agency conference, industry gathering, or other event and you need a speaker or seminar leader, Fredrickson Communications can help. Let our Fred Comm consultants provide a useful and memorable seminar or presentation for you event.

Our consultants have a wide range of experience in areas related to learning and development, usability, and user-centered design. Here are a few of the speakers we can provide and the topics they can address:

• John Wooden – John is Fredrickson’s best-know and most-in-demand speaker. He informs and entertains hundreds each year with his seminars about usability, user-centered design, social media, social learning, and other topics related to the future of technology. John can provide seminars and presentations of all lengths including keynote addresses.
• Jay Kasdan – Jay is Fredrickson’s expert on measuring and evaluating the role training plays in achieving business results. He has delivered seminars to audiences of all sizes on topics related to training’s role in maximizing the business results of system implementations.
• Robin Lucas – As Fredrickson’s Director of Project Management, Robin shares a wealth of information on a range of topics around better managing the business of learning.
• J. Hruby – J’s interest is in leadership of the learning function and the effective use of technology to solve problems within learning organizations.
• Jill Stanton – Jill is Fredrickson’s expert on the best practices for virtual classroom training. As the use of virtual classroom sessions continues to accelerate, the need to improve the effectiveness of this delivery method has also come to the forefront, making this a timely topic for many groups.

To get a feel for the perspective a speaker from Fred Comm can bring to your meeting or conference, take a look at the articles on the Fredrickson website. Contact us and we’d be happy to discuss providing a speaker or seminar leader for your event or gathering.