Learn at Work Week 2008

Advance Corporate Training Ltd. schedules their first 2008 Learn at Work Week event.

As many of us rest and relax during the summer, staff at Advance Corporate Training Ltd. have been busy booking and scheduling client and staff events for the fall. In adddition to booking our many in-house sessions for clients, we are pleased to announce our first internal Learn at Work Week course - on September 25, 2008 from 12:30 - 4:30 pm, Independent Fianncial Planner (and ACT Ltd. Master Facilitator) Neil Sharpham will lead a session for trainers and staff on Financial Planning Basics.

Designed specifically for those VERY pre-retrirement, this session will help participants take control of their financial future. Brought to staff at no charge courtesy of ACT Ltd's staff professional development fund, this session is also open to staff of our suppliers, partners and clients. If you wish to attend, please email Lindsay at events@actraining.com. Space is limited.

Master Facilitator Level 2 Graduates

After a grueling weekend of think, learn, do, Advance Corporate Training Ltd. is pleased to announce the completion of another class of Master Facilitator Level 2 participants.

Neil Sharpham, Justine Mills, Gail Little, Irene vanNieuwkerk, Norman Chang, Shelly Nizar (missing: Alanna Burke)

This weekend a group of eager trainers joined us at the ACT office for a Mastery Facilitation intensive. Participants learned the importance of remaining learner-focused and then identified: their natural and adaptive teaching styles; the unique needs of various audience groups; several different curriculum theories; and categories of challenging leaners and strategies to ensure their learning. And in true Master Facilitator form, they put it all togther and demonstrated to the rest of the class how they can adapt their learning to their own delivery.

Master Facilitator Training and Certfication is part of ACT Ltd.'s programme of courses. ACT is a unique authority in this field. For more information visit www.actraining.com.

ACT Proclaims Learn at Work Week 2008

Advance Corporate Training Ltd. supports lifelong learning through workplace and empowerment initiatives. To this end, we are joining organizations, institutions and communities across Canada to celebrate Learn at Work Week 2008. Visit our facebook group in August for a list of open-registration events and more on what we are doing for our own team.

About Learn At Work Week

It is well documented that Canadian firms are falling behind in investing in skills development. However, it is also well documented that learning has a positive impact on key business measures such as job performance and productivity. The weeklong celebration includes a number of activities and events designed to promote the importance of workplace learning and performance to key stakeholders and the public-at-large.

The goals of the Learn @ Work Week initiative are:

• To raise awareness of the impact of workplace learning

• To celebrate the best practices of workplace learning

• To celebrate the success of the ‘learning organization’

The proclamation...

We, Advance Corporate Training Ltd. recognize that:

1. Lifelong learning of Canadians impacts our economy, thereby ensuring the quality and security of jobs and raising our standard of living
2. Creating a culture of learning in the workplace positively impacts key measures such as job performance and productivity
3. ‘Learning organizations’ which exemplify best practices in workplace learning must be celebrated.

Now, therefore, I (We), Janet Dean, President, Advance Corporate Training Ltd. do hereby proclaim September 22-26, 2008 as Learn @ Work Week and urge Canadian organizations to join CSTD and Learn @ Work Week Champions in our community to celebrate that investing in developing people benefits the Canadian workforce and impacts our economic well-being.

For more information visit the Canadian Society for Training and Development at http://www.cstd.ca/