LEARNSHARE IN ACTION

LEARNSHARE WELCOMES WHOLE HEALTH TO ITS MEMBERSHIP - New Educational Resources Available For Onsite Health Centers
May 31, 2005 - Toledo, Ohio - LearnShare, LLC, the consortium of Fortune 1000 companies organized to research, design, purchase, package and share best practices in the training and development field, today announced that Cleveland-based Whole Health Management has joined the consortium.

Whole Health Management is a provider of on-site health care services for corporations such as Sprint, Capital One, Nissan North America and Freddie Mac, as well as multiple federal agencies. As a LearnShare member, Whole Health will have access to LearnShare's proprietary Learning Management System, which was designed by and for its prestigious membership base. It will also be tapping LearnShare's vast library of training and development content, as well as the collegial best practice sharing that occurs among the senior professionals representing the LearnShare member companies.

"Whole Health Management is delighted to become LearnShare's newest member," said Patti Purcell, Director of Education at Whole Health. "The opportunity to share best practices and develop a robust customized learning management system for our geographically dispersed associates will give us a competitive advantage."

ASTD CONFERENCE REPORT
Lois Webster, the CEO of LearnShare, and Martyn Sloman presented their session "Helping People Learn -- Individual Learning as a Competitive Weapon " Tuesday, June 7.

Use Learning as a Business Weapon: In modern organizations, what people choose to learn is more important than what they are trained to do -- it is the application of effective learning that achieves business objectives. Organizations, therefore, need fully to consider the contribution of learning. Key questions were explored:

• How well do we understand the link between learning, performance and business success?
• How much do we know about what motivates employees to learn?
• Are our interventions which support learning recognized and valued by all in the organization?

For the full presentation, please click:
http://www.learnshare.com/download/ASTD2005FinalRev5.zip

TRAINING AND DEVELOPMENT TRENDS

Taking The E-train: LearnShare's Lois Webster Weighs in
By Doug Bartholomew, IndustryWeek, June 1, 2005

No one is giving up on the traditional classroom, but manufacturers are finding that e-learning 101 is one class they just can't afford to cut.

"Definitely the direction we are going is to e-learning and technology-enabled learning," says Rick Sturtevant, senior learning consultant at Caterpillar Inc., where the number of online learning lessons taken by employees soared from 30,000 in 2001 to 200,000 last year. Read the whole story:
http://www.industryweek.com/ReadArticle.aspx?ArticleID=10302&SectionID=2

Uptick in MBA Value: New MBAs expect much higher salaries than in previous years; mirroring the transition to an information-driven economy
By Demir Barlas, Line56, May 31, 2005

A survey conducted by the Graduate Management Admission Council (GMAC), sampling nearly 6,000 MBA graduates from 129 U.S. schools, found that the value of the MBA has gone up compared to the past few years.

About half of this year's graduates got jobs right after getting their degrees and, with expected starting average salaries at $84,000 (minus bonuses), it seems as if the MBA has rebounded from its moribund status. By comparison, in 2003, MBA graduates expected to earn about $11,000 less. For the whole story, please click:
http://www.line56.com/articles/default.asp?ArticleID=6598

In Global Business, English Is Not Just for Americans
By Kellye Whitney, Associate Editor, Chief Learning Officer, June 2005

Last week, we discovered that corporate leaders often suffer from a fear of public speaking. Now, it looks like the English language itself is a problem. Specifically, the world of business has spread so far and so fast that communication has become an issue. Global companies are having problems communicating efficiently and effectively, and learning better English may be the answer. To read the full story, click:
http://www.clomedia.com/content/templates/clo_section.asp?articleid=966&zoneid=101

CLO Learning In Practice Awards
Deadline for Submissions Is Fast Approaching!

These awards are designed to recognize industry leaders who have done the most to add significant value to their organizations through learning and development.

Entry forms and instructions are now available at http://www.clomedia.com/learningawards. Nominations are being accepted through June 20, 2005.

Awards will be presented at the Fall 2005 CLO Symposium, Sept. 28-30 at the Hyatt Regency Huntington Beach in Huntington Beach, Calif. (Visit www.cloevents.com for more information on the Fall Symposium.)

SURVEY QUESTION

June 15th Survey Question
Weigh in on this month's question: Who makes your employee travel reservations? Do you, they use a travel agency or book themselves via the Internet?

Click Here to answer.

May 15th Survey Question Results
QUESTION: What percentage of your training is e-learning based versus instructor-led, hands-on learning?

RESULTS: Over 70% of respondents said their company relied heavily on instructor-led instruction, using e-learning less than 25% of the time. 20% of respondents said their company utilizes e-learning for 70% of all instruction and training. The final 10% were mixed in the 30%-60% range.

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LEARNSHARE HAPPENINGS

Learnshare Summit
June 28-29, 2005
Philadelphia, PA
Comcast Headquarters

Summit Fees:
$399 members
$799 non-members

Our Summer 2005 Summit "How to Become a Learning Organization" will offer a day and a half, close environment for participants to deeply explore what it means to be a Learning Organization. By design, the Summit is only open to LearnShare members and special invited guests. Register soon so you can climb the Summit of Learning Excellence!

We will benefit from each other's practices and the research of selected industry thought leaders. We will share best practices and challenges in transforming training organizations into learning organizations. Based on the belief that, "What people learn is more important than what they are trained to do," the implications to the competencies and structure of the training and development organization is huge!!

Learning and Development organizations are transforming themselves from traditional training to multi-faceted organizations to support real learning. Understand what these organizations are doing that is more than a name shift. Training has been described as an instructor-led, content-based intervention, leading to desired changes in behavior. Learning is described as a self-directed, work-based process, leading to increased adaptive capacity.

• What are the practices that create a positive climate for learning?
• What are companies doing to build up learning capabilities?
• What effective learning interventions are they designing and delivering?

A special thanks to Summit sponsor LearnShare member Comcast Corporation (NASDAQ: CMCSA). Comcast is principally involved in the development, management and operation of broadband cable networks, and in the provision of programming content. The Company is the largest provider of cable and broadband services in the United States, serving more than 21 million cable television customers and more than 6 million high-speed Internet customers.

2005 Sharing Conference
September 8-9, 2005
Toledo, Ohio
Owens-Illinois World Headquarters

Conference Fees
** $89 - LearnShare Members and Subscribers
** $295 - Non-LearnShare Members/Subscribers
(**Early Bird Special expires 6/15/05)

Sharing@LearnShare, benefits you by providing best practices and lessons learned from industry leading organizations in a concise, cost-effective 1_ day event consisting of highly experienced keynote speakers, focused breakout sessions on current topics & trends, networking lunch and cocktail reception with many opportunities to meet conference presenters, our members and participating learning executives.

We anticipate an audience of 300 learning executives, training and organization development managers, project managers, designers and training professionals. This will be a great event for sharing best practices. It will take place at the beautiful conference facilities of the Owens-Illinois Corporate Headquarters in Toledo, OH. Questions can be directed to conferences@learnshare.com or Matt Franks at (419) 327-4160 ext 4162.