Organisational Effectiveness 2012

'Surviving and thriving in challenging times'

The Organisational Effectiveness conference took place on Wednesday 5 December at Maple House in Birmingham.  It enabled leaders and managers to meet with others and learn from their experiences through keynote speeches, interactive workshops and exhibition displays.

The conference explored five key themes:

• Engaging your staff to deliver success with innovative projects
• Increasing and driving a stronger return on investment (ROI)
• Reducing costs through collaborative working with partners and stakeholders
• Developing staff skill sets by engaging with new tools and resources to achieve cost savings and efficiencies

Keynote presentations and workshop presentations from the day can be downloaded below:

Keynotes

Modern selling skills: Presenting your FE offering effectively - Neil Kelly, Director, Mentor Group (pdf 1.47MB)

A different logic: Change through knowledge - John Dunnion, Vanguard Consulting (pdf 445KB)

The LSIS Ideas Bank - using the wisdom of crowds - Paul Calkin, Programme Manager, LSIS (pdf 1.10MB)

Succeeding and surviving with less - Vici Cadwallader-Webb, Director, Tenon Education Training and Skills (pdf 328KB)

Leading the effective and efficient organisation: Do we need new skills for a new world - Peter Munday, Head of Governance and Strategic Development, LSIS (pdf 498KB)

Workshops

1. Mobile apps to reduce costs of student recruitment and promote engagement - Paul Rolfe, Highbury College (pdf 951KB)

2. Facilitating effective communications and payments with parents' carers and learners - Phil Shambrook and Sam Bryant-Jones, Petroc (552KB)

3. An integrated recruitment applicant tracking system - Paul Dedman, Eastleigh and Brockenhurst College (pdf 769KB)

4. Curriculum transformation - fit for the future - Beverley Smith, Basingstoke College of Technology (pdf 253KB)

5. The Ideas Bank: Using the wisdom of crowds - Simon Mauger, Shoshin Limited (pdf 2.78MB)

6. Promoting apprenticeships through local networks - Andrew Ayres, Rewards Training Recruitment Consultancy (pdf 1.51MB)

8. From push to pull: How to generate leads from social media - Sam Davies, Zoober Training

9. Achieving efficiency and effectiveness - Vici Cadwallader-Webb, Tenon Educational Training and Skills (pdf 501KB)

10. Applying systems thinking in FE - Nav Chohan, Shipley College (pdf 968KB)

11. How to deliver a return on investment from social media - Sam Davies, Zoober Training (pdf 3.85MB)

13. I'll show you mine if you show me yours: Compare your KPIs using the data observatory - Ian Pritchard, Tintisha (pdf 4.22MB)