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What is Business EDUCA?

Introduced in 2010 to help business delegates achieve organisational results through collaborative intelligence and learning, Business EDUCA, part of the largest and truly global e-learning conference, ONLINE EDUCA BERLIN, is the key annual networking event for international corporate learning professionals, and is the ideal platform to come to discuss and discover the latest in business learning needs and trends.
What made it a must attend for business professionals this year?
Business EDUCA is a must attend event for anyone responsible for, and involved in, the design, delivery or provision of learning in an organisation.


Business EDUCA 2011

In 2011, Business EDUCA provided business professionals with the opportunity to explore, discuss, debate and apply the ONLINE EDUCA BERLIN 2011 Conference Themes to the latest issues facing businesses today, to help them better prepare for the future. The ONLINE EDUCA BERLIN 2011 Conference Programme is still available to view. You can also browse the sessions individually by their specific themes, clicking on the Business EDUCA link for business related topics.


Business EDUCA Session Highlights:


Wednesday, November 30 - Pre-Conference Workshops
Throughout the event, Business EDUCA delegates used scenarios developed by learning leaders across Europe, starting with the Pre-Conference Workshop facilitated by Willem Manders and Hans de Zwart, Shell, The Netherlands.


Thursday, December 1 - Main Conference Programme
The opening session for Business EDUCA built on these scenarios to address an area of concern and importance facing learning professionals in business, which was raised in the feedback of the 2010 conference: What Will Learning and Development Look Like in the Future and How Do We Prepare for Success in These New Worlds?


Friday, December 2 - Corporate Plenary Session
Plenary speakers, Martin Moehrle, Chief Learning Officer, Deutsche Bank AG, Germany, Fabrizio Cardinali, Chair, European Learning Industry Group (ELIG) and Monika Weber-Fahr, IFC – International Finance Corporation, USA, addressed the clear shift, seen in the last 2-3 years from 'learning' as the key focus of corporate L&D departments to 'performance' as the ultimate goal.  Furthermore, it is now widely accepted that most learning occurs in the workplace, not in classrooms. Linked with this is an increasing understanding that the development of a culture to support continuous learning is essential to drive performance. This means fresh thinking and new practices, often utilising technology, are needed for the effective development of a performance culture.
A report of the outcomes from the Business Educa sessions will be available shortly.

The next ONLINE EDUCA BERLIN
The next ONLINE EDUCA BERLIN will take place from November 28th – 30th, 2012 where you can expect to discover more about the latest trends in education and training through new and exciting session formats, addressing the latest trends and issues facing learning in business today.

BUSINESS EDUCA Highlights

What Will Learning and Development Look Like in the Future and How Do We Prepare for Success in These New Worlds?

According to feedback from delegates at Business EDUCA 2010, these are major issues facing business learning professionals. Addressing these issues, there are a number of Pre-Conference Workshops and main conference paralell sessions at ONLINE EDUCA BERLIN 2011 that we strongly recommend for the Business EDUCA audience and more speakers will be confirmed over the coming weeks. Business EDUCA delegates will also greatly benefit from the variety of networking opportunities and inputs from the full ONLINE EDUCA BERLIN 2011 Conference Programme.

Pre-Conference Workshops on Wednesday, November 30th, 2011

FD2 - Change Management for Learning Professionals: Ensuring Successful E-Learning Programmes and New Learning Cultures with Lance Dublin, Dublin Consulting, USA

FD3 - Working Smarter with Personal Knowledge Management and Social Learning with Jane Hart, InternetTimeAlliance.com, UK and Harold Jarche, InternetTimeAlliance.com, Canada

M4 - Preparing Together for the Future of Corporate Learning with Willem Manders and Hans de Zwart, Shell, The Netherlands

Highlights of the Business EDUCA track within the main conference agenda include:

How to build performance at the coalface:

Following his attendance at last year’s Business EDUCA, Nestor Ceron, National Instruments, UK, will be sharing practices on how assessments can assist organisations in achieving their business goals. Inspired following his 2010 attendance, he set about analysing the effectiveness of the training programme offered by his own organisation, as well as discovering customer needs. This year, participants can learn the results of his investigation in How to Create Customer Value by Using Assessments.

How to create competitive advantage through learning innovation:

Sann René Glaza, Toyota Motor Europe, Belgium, gives us an insight into the changes required to ensure that customer-facing staff have the right skills to maintain performance and competitive advantage in one of the most hard-hit industries of recent economic times. She presents: Building Technical Competency at Toyota Motor Europe to Drive Competitive Advantage Across Europe.

How to harness new learning media more effectively:

Debbie Lawley, Willow Learning Ltd, UK, will invite attendees to participate in an OEB Learnshop-style workshop to consider an alternative way to look at learning strategies within organisations, examining an overview of the principles of online learning, followed by models for achieving higher levels of interaction and contribution by learners.