| Laura Overton Interview |
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This month, Mark Harrison asks Laura Overton how you can align your learning strategy to the visions and goals of your organisation.
Laura Overton is Skills for Business Network e-learning champion, working across the Network to promote more effective use of new technologies within learning solutions.
Laura has over 17 years experience in the e-learning and distance learning industry, and provides case studies that show successful alignment of learning to business needs. She also gives some valuable pointers to the sort of language we should all be using when talking to our stakeholders. She also gives us a valuable ‘life-hack’… You can listen to clips from the interview by clicking on the 'play' option on each of the clips below. They take a few seconds before they start playing. Or, you can download the clips. Download times vary; approximately 15 seconds per clip on a broadband connection.
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Working with the Sector Skills Councils
Laura talks about her current role. (2 mins 4 secs)
My Research
What was the research Laura carried out? (25 secs)
What did the research say
What seems to make a difference in those best aligned? (53 secs)
The Evidence
Where’s the proof of improved performance? (1 min 29 secs)
The Outputs from Alignment
What outputs do you see in successful organisations? (1 min 26 secs)
Evaluation
Use what you have got wisely. (1 min 48 secs)
Gathering Level 3 data
How do you get to see individual performance data? (1 min 39 secs)
How PwC engaged with the business
Designing learning and evaluation with business managers. (51 secs)
Reuters Case Study
Finding ways of easily connecting with the business and using informal learning. (2 mins 53 secs)
BAE Systems Case Study
Making training really learner-centric and successful knowledge ‘branding’. (3 mins 33 secs)
Unipart Case Study
Applying learning at the point of need and sharing best practice. (2 mins 22 secs)
Skillsmart Retail Sector Case Study
Getting aligned in smaller organisations. (3 mins 24 secs)
DIY Content
How are aligned organisations creating their own inhouse solutions? (1 min 48 secs)
The Barriers to being aligned
Change the way you talk to your stakeholders and get out there! (3 mins 2 secs)
Laura’s life-hack
Re-usability (1 min 17 secs)
Laura’s advice to herself (if she could go back in time)
If Laura knew then what she knows now, what would be her advice for the younger Laura? (1 min 23 secs)