Austin ATD Leader in Learning Award

Congratulations to our 2017 Leader in Learning Award Winners!!

Winner

Honorable Mention

Applicant: Sharon Allen Organization: Trellis Company (formerly TG) Entry Title: TG Talent Development Programs Short Description: The entry is a comprehensive set of programs designed to improve employee engagement, success, and retention.  Five key goals for the talent development program in support of this include the following: Improve retention for new hires. Identify learning gaps. Provide learning delivery that works in conjunction with business time constraints. Develop programs to ensure learning takes place. Meet employee development expectations.

Applicants: Deepina Kapila and Jennifer Ream Organization: VISA, Inc. Entry Title: Visa University Digital Campus: Enabling Employees to lead the Learning Journey Short Description: This entry is a large, comprehensive learning platform for curating multiple education resources via xAPIs in one place. Essentially, it is the creation of a corporate university with the goal of centralizing learning objects. This university supports career development and allows the learning and development team to be nimble and address topics of greatest need and impact.

Award Description

In recognition of workplace learning and performance improvement as essential components of high performing organizations, the Austin chapter of the Association for Talent Development (ATD) created the Leader in Learning Award to highlight initiatives that enhance organizational achievement. This award will be given to an individual, group, or organization that demonstrates exemplary use of training to improve organizational performance.

Eligibility

Entries are accepted from individuals or training teams based in the Austin area (Bastrop, Bell, Burnet, Caldwell, Hays, Travis, and Williamson counties). The training can be implemented anywhere in the world. It can be for employee training or for an external audience. The training must have been created within the previous three years.

Evaluation

A team of learning and development professionals led by individuals who have the Certified Professional in Learning and Performance (CPLP) credential will judge entries.

Award Presentation

Presentation of the Leader in Learning Award will be the highlight of Austin’s participation in ATD’s Employee Learning Week. The winner will be announced at Austin ATD’s year-end awards banquet in December. All applicants are encouraged to attend the award banquet where they will have the opportunity to share information about their training initiatives with banquet attendees.

Click on the award winner names below to hear a short podcast of their experiences.