WorkforceChicago2.0 presents the Exemplary Practices Discussion Series, a series of workshops co-hosted by WorkforceChicago2.0 and a past award winner or current Business Leadership Group company. This series provides success stories and concrete strategies for better employee learning and development—bringing together executives across the region to discuss how they can better provide development and learning to their workforce.

These programs are held throughout the year in the Chicago region. They might take the form of workshops, seminars, web conferences and more, with topics chosen through collaboration between a past award-winner or Business Leadership Group member and WorkforceChicago2.0. The topics usually relate in some way to one of the WorkforceChicago2.0 Exemplary Practices.

Past Exemplary Practices Discussion Series events included the following organizations and topics:

• Accenture, "Creating a High-performance Workforce Through World-class Learning " 02/15/07
• IBM, "Learn while you work: Gaining more capability in less time" - 09/19/06
• ConferencePlus, “Meeting the Challenge to Shape a Culture that Fosters Employee Learning and Development" - 05/04/06
• ShoreBank, “Are You Getting Your Money’s Worth?” – 10/26/05
• Northwestern Memorial Hospital, “Are You Getting the Most Out of Your Learning Investment?”- 05/04/05

Please check back often to hear about new discussion series events as they are posted!

Watch a brief video on last year’s 2006 Award Event, including: