New England Learning Association

For those of you who could not make it to last night’s panel discussion, Creating a Learning Culture in a Biotech Setting, or for those of us who continue to talk about it, here are some brief notes on the event.

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For those of you who are still not sure they will attend Thursday’s panel discussion Creating a Learning Culture in a Biotech Setting, here is a preview of some of the questions that will be discussed:

• The Biotech and BioPharma industries have a wide range of audiences that you have to deal with, from scientists, and doctors, to sales people, administrators and even folks on the manufacturing floor.  What are the different learning styles that you have to deal with because of this?
• Given this wide range of learners and learning styles, what different delivery technologies do you use and how do you provide a blended learning approach that supports them all?
• This industry is heavily compliance driven. How does this impact what you do, and how you need to deliver the training?
• What is an example of one of your current projects and how does it take all of this into account
• What are your one or two key learnings or success factors that you have gained from this work that you think would really help anybody in the audience who is faced with the same types of challenges when rolling out training?

If you want to learn the answers to these questions and more, don’t miss the event.

Click here for the full event description and registration information.

Event Date: March 30th

Join senior learning executives from Serono Inc and Wyeth BioPharma as they lead a discussion about the challenges of creating a Learning Culture with a diverse learning audience ranging from scientists to sales representatives, each with a preferred learning style.

What is the best method of learning for a large, multi- cultural biotech/biopharma organization? The answer is “It depends.” First on what must be learned and more importantly, on who is doing the learning?

The challenges of creating a Learning Culture start with a diverse learning audience ranging from scientists to sales representatives, each with a preferred learning style. Mix in the need for a flexible learning curriculum, knowledge assessments and multi-lingual technology tools and the result is an approach to employee development that matches learning methods to learning styles.

Moderator: Doug Foster, Learning Consultant, D Foster Associates

Speakers:

• Mike Laffin: Director, Learning & Organizational Development at Serono, Inc.
• Kevin Kovalcik,Training Technologies Manager at Wyeth BioPharma in Andover

Event Details:

March 30, 2006
5:30 Registration
6:00-6:30PM Networking and Appetizers
6:30-7:30PM-Panel Discussion.
7:30-8:00PM-Q&A Session
SHARE (Consulate of Switzerland)
420 Broadway Cambridge, MA 02138 (directions)

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