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Ideas to help organizations, individuals and consultants celebrate Employee Learning Week (ELW). Employee Learning Week is an awareness campaign highlighting the important connection between learning and achieving organizational results; an opportunity for organizations, individuals and consultants to demonstrate their commitment to learning and development.
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Employee Learning WeekDecember 1-5, 2014
Big Things Count
Little Things Count, too!
Become a Champion of Learning!
Organizations
Individuals Consultants
Become a Champion of Learning!
Create AWARENESS of learning
PROMOTE learning opportunities RECOGNIZE learning achievements
Show IMPACT of learning
Become a Champion of Learning!
Include ELW message in email signature (use ELW logos, banners)
Send an email each day of the week with a new learning tip
Company executive sends an email celebrating ELW
Send reminders about learning opportunities
Acknowledge ELW on website (use ELW logos, banners)
Company executive ELW message on website
Showcase learning achievements on website
Promote learning opportunities on website
Website
Include ELW in newsletter (use ELW logos, banners)
Company executive ELW message in newsletter
Showcase learning achievements in newsletter
Promote learning opportunities in newsletter
Newsletters
Create ELW messages for website, emails, newsletters (use ELW logos, banners)
Recap learning activities and achievements for the year
Promote learning activities/opportunities for upcoming year
Awareness/Promotion
Institute an employee development recognition event
Publish a list of people who earned degrees or certificates
Recognize employee coaches/mentors for their role in employee development and achievement
Recognition
Company executive discusses learning culture of organization
Show the link between organization’s learning efforts and organization’s goals
Identify organization issues and how learning programs successfully addressed them
Impact
Hold an education fair or “lunch and learn” for employees to learn about◦Organization, the various departments, the staff
◦Learning department and its services◦Development opportunities
Learning Opportunities
Declare ONE hour during ELW as “Professional Development Time” ◦Employees use the hour to learn something that will enhance their performance
◦Provide a list of learning resources
Learning Opportunities
Introduce or reintroduce learning opportunities during ELW◦Training and development programs◦Podcasts, webinars◦Book “Club’◦Coaching/mentoring program
Learning Opportunities
Recommend a quick book for staff members to read and then discuss at the end of the week (ex. “Who Moved My Cheese?”)
Create a list for employees and leaders to recommend books they feel have helped them succeed in their job
Learning Opportunities - Books
Implement a coaching/mentoring program◦Discuss the appropriate skills for coaching/mentoring
◦Train on the skills to be a coach/mentor
◦Become a coach/mentor
Learning Opportunities - Coaching/Mentoring
Provide “What’s Your Learning Style” assessments to employees:◦http://
www.howtolearn.com/learning-styles-quiz◦http
://www.personal.psu.edu/bxb11/LSI/LSI.htm
Learning Opportunities – Learning Styles
Encourage employees to ask one person each day of the week for feedback on their behavior and/or performance
Provide guidance on how to both give and receive feedback
Solicit feedback on the value of the conversations
Learning Opportunities - Informal Feedback
TEDTalks – select a short, idea sharing talk to view and discuss
Flash or Smart Mob – do a planned, quick assembly of people for a learning opportunity
Learning Opportunities - Other Ideas
Include an ELW message in your email signature (use ELW logos, banners)
Review your learning activities for the year
Create a plan for personal development for the upcoming year
Participate in a learning activity during the week (webcast, seminar, book)
Check into or reintroduce yourself to sources of learning information
Individuals
Include an ELW message in your email signature (use ELW logos, banners)
Acknowledge ELW on website (use ELW logos, banners)
Discuss ELW in your newsletters and on your blogs
Participate in a learning activity during the week (webcast, seminar, book)
Check into or reintroduce yourself to sources of learning information
Consultants
Send an email to clients each day of the week with a new learning tip
Hold a learning opportunity during the week
Introduce a new offering during the week
Remind clients of learning opportunities you provide
Request testimonials on learning impact
Consultants- Clients
Attend ELW Program covering various aspects around showcasing learning
Attend ELW Information Session for ELW ideas
Participate in LinkedIn ELW discussions Tweet/retweet ELW ideas/activities◦#cnyelw, @cnyastd, #cnyastd
Attend ELW celebration event Become a CNY ASTD member
CNY ASTD Activities
http://www.cnyastd.org/elw1 http://www.cnyastd.org/elw_ideas Past Champions of Learning ideas◦ http://www.cnyastd.org/elw_2013◦ http://www.cnyastd.org/elw_2012◦ http://www.cnyastd.org/elw_2011◦ http://www.cnyastd.org/elw_2010◦ http://www.cnyastd.org/elw_2009◦ http://www.cnyastd.org/elw_20081
http://www.astd.org/About/ASTD-Employee-Learning-Week
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