Reinventing Strategic Planning Workshop

I. STRATEGIC AND SYSTEMS THINKING:

Learn the ABCs of Strategic and Systems Thinking and the practical tools to use it on a daily basis.

Understand and assess your organization against the Best Practices of a System for Managing Strategically, day-to-day and year-to-year.

Assess yourself against the Strategic Leadership Core Competencies needed to Deliver Customer Value.

Learn the four key Principles of the Science of Systems Thinking and how to apply them in clear and simple frameworks to strategic leadership and management.

II. REINVENTING STRATEGIC PLANNING:

Explore and discover the magic and simplicity of the five Phases of Reinventing Strategic Planning for the 21st Century.

To discuss the ten steps and unique qualities of the ABCs of Strategic Management and how it is similar and different that other Strategic Planning Models.

Assess your own organization against the key concept of Strategic Positioning, and apply it to excellent companies that have a competitive advantage in delivering value to their customers.

Assess your organization's journey against the Best Practices Criteria for Performance Excellence built on the USA's Malcolm Baldrige National Quality Award.

III. LEADING STRATEGIC CHANGE:

Learn why 75% of Major Change Fails and how to be in the Top 25%.

Learn how to apply simple choices and tips for the crucial role that unusual Change Infrastructures play in leveraging and focusing your efforts and behaviors to achieve successful strategic change.

Re-learn the simplicity of all you need to know on the Rollercoaster of Change that all individuals, teams and organizations undergo as it natural, normal and highly predictable (vs. 20 other theories of change).

Develop the in-depth knowledge and techniques to integrate and cascade your Vision, Core Values, Desired Culture and Positioning successfully down through every level, every unit, every day and every year.

Workshop Benefits:
Reinventing Strategic Planning to Deliver Customer Value

As a result of this workshop, you will be able to:

Model and raise your effectiveness as a better Strategic Thinker and Leader on a daily basis in everything you touch and do.

Deliver a much higher level of customer value by your entire organization on a focused and consistent basis.

Integrate Strategic Thinking, Strategic Planning, and Strategic Change in a holistic fashion for your organization, units, teams, and employees.

Develop, implement, and sustain a customized and integrated Yearly Strategic Management System and Cycle for your organization on a daily, monthly and yearly basis.

Lead Strategic Change in a planned, coordinated, and highly predictable fashion to achieve your desired results.

Significantly increase your level of employee engagement, trust, and productivity throughout your organization.

For Registration Information go to:
http://www.hainescentre.biz

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Strategies for Optimizing ESP Teaching

Dimitrie Cantemir University located in Targu Mures is organizing an international workshop titled "Strategies for Optimizing Quality Standards in Higher Education English for Specific Purposes".

The three main topics of the workshop are to identify evidence-based state of the art strategies for optimizing quality management in:

1. ESP Teaching/Learning

2. ESP Continuous Education and Teacher Training

3. ESP Research.

The objectives of the workshop are:

1. to identify evidence-based strategies of optimizing ESP teaching in Romanian higher education through the sharing of expertise, examples of best practices and state of the art developments from famous Romanian and international universities as well as international associations responsible for quality management in ELT;

2. to disseminate the explored strategies through publication of a Handbook of Best Practices in Higher Education ESP;

3. to contribute to the continuous education of participants through transmission of fundamental knowledge of quality management and practical applications so that eventually the participants will be able to identify, compare, contrast, evaluate and apply different strategies for optimizing the ESP quality standard in their own institutions;

4.to promote a credit-based system of continuous education for ESP teachers and identify alternative e-learning TT courses;

5. to foster collaboration in ESP research and international cooperation;

6.to find alternative ways of effective information, communication and involvement in national scientific events through teacher networking and implementation of an ESP database.

Keynote Plenary Speakers

Prof. Laura-Mihaela Muresan, PhD, University of Economics Bucharest, Romanian Association for Quality Language Services, Quest Romania

Assoc. Prof. Pedro Fuertes Olivera, PhD University of Valladolid, Spain

Prof. Sue Hackett, Project Director, Advisory Council for English Language Schools, Dublin, Ireland

Assoc. Prof. Lela Abdushelishvili, Caucasus University, Teacher Trainer, British Council/PEP, Georgia

For additional information:
DIMITRIE CANTEMIR UNIVERSITY, Targu Mures, Romania, Bodoni St. 3-5, http://www.cantemir.ro

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Trends and Issues of Educational Research

The 1st INTERNATIONAL CONGRESS OF EDUCATIONAL RESEARCH
01-03 May 2009, Canakkale-Turkey

In May 2009, the 1st International Congress of Educational Research will take place at Canakkale Onsekiz Mart University. The theme of the 2009 Congress is "Trends and Issues of Educational Research."

Papers, presentations, and workshops are invited which will provide a variety of perspectives in the following programs:

1. Educational Administration
2. Educational Policy Studies
3. Curriculum and Instruction
4. Instructional Technologies
5. Science Education
6. Mathematics Education
7. Elementary Education
8. Fine Arts Education
9. Early Childhood Education
10. Special Education
11. Teacher Education
12. Guidance and Counseling
13. Social Science Education (History, Geography, Literature)
14. Physical Training and Sports Education
15. Technical and Vocational Education
16. Foreign Languages Education
17. EU Education Programs
18. Turkic Countries Educational Programs
19. Turkish Education
20. Educational Psychology
21. Educational Measurement and Evaluation
22. Higher Education
23. Religious Education
24. Philosophy at Education and Pedagogy of Human Love

Presenters are expected to send their abstracts until January 30th, 2009.

The Screening Committee is entrusted with judging the quality of the proposals and has the right to accept/reject papers.

We hope that this event will provide an occasion for us to consider issues and share strategies and perspectives from a wide variety of contexts leading to better understanding and appreciation of our profession.

We look forward to welcoming you in Canakkale in May 2009.

For additional information
http://congress.eab.org.tr/

In Collaboration With

MINISTRY OF NATIONAL EDUCATION, INTERNATIONAL ASSOCIATION OF EDUCATORS, EUROPEAN EDUCATIONAL RESEARCH ASSOCIATION, THE INTERNATIONAL ASSOCIATION of QUALITATİVE INQUIRY, ÇANAKKALE ONSEKİZ MART ÜNIVERSITY

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