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Nominations for 2010 Learning In Practice awards opens May 3, 2010. Check back then for further details.
2009 Learning In Practice Award Recipients Announced
Enterprise Learning and Workforce Development Leaders Honored
More than 45 awards were presented to the learning industry’s most respected leaders during a special awards ceremony on Sept. 29 at the Fall 2009 Chief Learning Officer Symposium, held at the Broadmoor in Colorado Springs, Colo.
“The Learning In Practice awards were established to recognize transformational and visionary leaders in enterprise education,” said Norm Kamikow, president and editor in chief of Chief Learning Officer magazine. “A record number of top learning executives and solution providers were nominated by their peers. The winners are the industry leaders who truly champion innovation and transform it into learning and value for their organizations.”
The awards were broken into seven categories, with two divisions in each award category (Division 1 for organizations with fewer than 10,000 employees and Division 2 for organizations with more than 10,000 employees). Special Provider Awards also were presented to distinguished learning solution providers in seven categories.
The award winners are as follows:
Learning in Practice Awards
Chief Learning Officer of the Year:
Cedric Coco, Vice President, Learning and Organizational Effectiveness, Lowe's Companies, Inc.
The Leadership Award:
Division 1
Gold: Louise Korver-Swanson, Global Head of Executive Development, EMC Corporation
Silver: Major General Erwin Lessel, Director of Plans, Programs, Requirements and Assessments, U.S. Air Force Air Education and Training Command
Division 2
Gold: Andrew Miller, Director, Training and Development, Sysco Foodservices of Canada
Silver: Matt Jones, Vice President, Essilor Labs of America
The Vanguard Award:
Division 1
Gold: John Royer, Director of Sales Training Strategy, AstraZeneca
Silver: Frank Anderson, President, Defense Acquisition University
Silver: Lou Tedrick, Senior Vice President, Verizon Business
Division 2
Gold: Donal Conn, Global Learning and Development Leader, Momentive Performance Materials
Silver: Betty Bergquist, Vice President of Education, American Family Insurance Group
The Innovation Award:
Division 1
Gold: Charles Beckham, Chief Technology Officer, Sun Learning Services
Silver: Marquam Piros, Senior Director, Seagate Technology
Division 2
Gold: Rob Hennigar, Director of Education, Constellation Wines
Silver: Teri Olsen, Director, University Health Care, University of Utah
The Business Impact Award:
Division 1
Gold: Dan Braunm, Vice President, Global Learning, CA, Inc.
Silver: Barbara Keen, Senior Director, Bristol-Myers Squibb Company
Division 2
Gold: Dan Clark, Vice President, Silliker Inc.
Silver: Anthony Sandonato, Manager, Leadership Development, Wyndham Vacation Ownership
The Global Learning Award:
Division 1
Gold: Matthew Peters, Chief Learning Officer, Defense Intelligence Agency
Silver: Michael Lux, Vice President, CA, Inc.
Division 2
Gold: Joe Lepore, Head of Global Technical Training, Life Technologies
The Learning Team Award:
Division 1
Gold: ManTech International Corporation
Silver: E-Learning and Technology Center Team, Defense Acquisition University
Division 2
Gold: American Family Insurance Group
Silver: Talent Development Studio, Gensler Corporation
Provider Awards
Excellence in E-Learning Award
Gold: NIIT (USA) Inc.
Silver: Learning Tree International
Bronze: Allen Interactions
Excellence in LMS Award
Gold: Adayana
Silver: GeoLearning
Bronze: Allen Communication Learning Services
Excellence in Simulations and Games Award
Gold: NexLearn
Silver: WILL Interactive
Bronze: Enspire Learning
Excellence in Social Networks Award
Gold: General Physics Corporation
Silver: Saba
Excellence in Content Award
Gold: Market-Partners
Silver: Herrmann International
Bronze: Harvard Business Publishing
Excellence in Customer Service Award
Gold: Vivid Learning Systems
Silver: Achieve Global
Bronze: General Physics Corporation
Excellence in Academic Partnerships Award
Gold: Bellevue University
Silver: SMU Cox Executive Education
Bronze: College of the Extended University California State Polytechnic University, Pomona
All of the award winners will be featured in a special report supplement in the December issue of Chief Learning Officer magazine.
The 2009 Chief Learning Officer Learning In Practice Awards includes:
CLO OF THE YEAR AWARD
For the learning executive who is without peer in developing and executing learning and development strategies, marshaling and managing resources and achieving measurable success.
In addition to the 2009 Chief Learning Officer of the Year, gold and silver awards will be given to learning practitioners and providers in the following:
LEARNING IN PRACTICE AWARDS
THE LEADERSHIP AWARD
For learning executives who have demonstrably extended their power and influence within their organizations in the past year.
THE VANGUARD AWARD
For learning executives who have either launched a new enterprise learning function or completely overhauled existing workforce development initiatives in the past year.
THE INNOVATION AWARD
For learning executives who have successfully applied emerging technologies and/or methodologies to create a stimulating and engaging combination of content and modalities in the past year.
THE BUSINESS IMPACT AWARD
For learning executives who have demonstrated measurable business impact of their workforce development programs in the past year.
THE GLOBAL LEARNING AWARD
For learning executives who have delivered development initiatives to geographically dispersed and/or culturally and linguistically diverse audiences internally and/or externally in the past year.
THE LEARNING TEAM AWARD
For learning departments that have performed well as a team to help develop and deliver wide-ranging, effective employee development programs in the past year.
LEARNING SOLUTION PROVIDER AWARD CATEGORIES
Excellence in Academic Partnerships Award recognizes accredited academic learning providers that have partnered with an organization in the past year to teach several of its employees about a key business issue.
Excellence in Content Award recognizes providers that have created superior customized and/or off-the-shelf learning content in the past year.
Excellence in Customer Service Award recognizes providers that have demonstrated a commitment to top-notch implementation, maintenance and support around a client’s learning solution in the past year.
Excellence in E-Learning Award recognizes providers that have rolled out an innovative and effective e-learning program or suite for a client in the past year.
Excellence in LMS Award recognizes providers that have rolled out a robust learning management system (or equivalent) for a client in the past year.
Excellence in Simulations and Games Award recognizes providers that have rolled out innovative and effective branching, non-linear and interactive learning programs for a client in the past year.
Excellence in Social Networks Award recognizes providers that have rolled out wikis, blogs, communities of practice, social networks and/or any other employee communication and collaboration platforms for a client in the past year.
For a complete list of the 2008 Chief Learning Officer Learning In Practice Award winners, please view the Press Release.
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Senior Manager, Global Learning & Talent Development
11/19/2009
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10/26/2009
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