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Learning at Work Day

Learning at Work Day. ULR Action Plan Presentation. Aims of the Action Plan presentation. Find out general information on Learning at Work Day Develop an Action Plan for Learning at Work Day – from ‘making the case’ to ‘measuring success’

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Learning at Work Day

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  1. Learning at Work Day ULR Action Plan Presentation

  2. Aims of the Action Plan presentation • Find out general information on Learning at Work Day • Develop an Action Plan for Learning at Work Day – from ‘making the case’ to ‘measuring success’ • Learn some tips on promoting learning and how to motivate colleagues to learn • Find out about funding opportunities • Learn more about how to help colleagues get “fit for work, fit for the future”

  3. About Learning at Work DayLearning at Work Day primes people up for learning

  4. How? By… • being fun • offering bite-size tasters of learning • embedding learning in the organisation • building learning motivation • establishing a sense of achievement • acting as a springboard on to other opportunities … for the individual, for the organisation/business

  5. Why learn in the workplace • Productivity • Confidence • Profits • Customer satisfaction • Job satisfaction Productivity • Accidents • Absenteeism • Social exclusion

  6. When? Thursday 24th May 2007 • Or any day during Adult Learners’ Week, 18 – 25 May 2007 • Or any day throughout the year …see the wall planner – available to order from the resources section on the Learning at Work Day website www.learningatworkday.com

  7. How can I make it happen? Available support and resources • Support from Campaign for Learning … contact us! Rachel Johnstone, Campaign for Learning, Southern Region tel: 01823 660040 email: rjohnstone@cflearning.org.uk Janine Reed, Campaign for Learning, Northern Region, tel: 01925 283270 email: jreed@cflearning.org.uk CfL Marketing team: tel: 020 7766 0017 email: jhwright@cflearning.org.uk • Learning at Work Day website www.learningatworkday.com • Live Long & Prosper website www.retail.learningatworkday.com • Workplace Learning Network www.workplacelearningnetwork.com • Sharing ideas with colleagues • BBC RaW campaign: www.bbc.co.uk/raw/ • Adult Learners’ Week www.alw.org.uk • Funding opportunities for Learning at Work Day and beyond on the ULR Learning at Work Day pages www.learningatworkday.com

  8. A case study: Thanet District Council • Planning Team: Senior managers, ULRs and corporate training team • Varied programme: from massage therapy and genealogy to speaking in public and languages • Think local: local providers with info stands; IT delivered by IT team; sport provided by Thanet Leisure Force • Leverage: Planning Group block-booked rooms and reached an agreement on release for staff • Role of ULR: meeting tutors on arrival, setting up training room, introducing tutors to staff, being on hand during the day • Outcomes: 120 staff attended; discussions re provider discount to continue learning; sourcing a local tutor for more sign language

  9. 7 steps to a ‘heavenly‘ Learning at Work Day event Evaluate Progress Deliver Promotion Activities Make the case Aims and theme

  10. Developing your action Plan Action - Print off the Action Plan Document at [insert document link]. The presentation will now take you through the steps you need to plan your Learning at Work Day. At the end of each Action Plan step fill out the relevant section of the document.

  11. Action Plan 1. Aims/objectives of the event Begin with the end in mind What do you want to achieve by running a Learning at Work Day event?

  12. Specific Measurable Achievable Realistic Time-bound Eg, Staff take fewer sick days throughout the year after learning stress-busting techniques and immune boosters on LAW Day. Action Plan – 1. Aims/objectives of the event Think SMART … it will help you to make the case Your objectives/aims should be:

  13. Action Plan - 2. Making the case for participation Learning for individual - an enthusiasm for learning (fun) Learning for the organisation - achieving business goals • Think about the benefits for employees and the benefits for the organisation • ‘Sell’ your SMART aims and objectives to management ACTION - see ‘making your case’ on the Learning at Work Day planning pages • To encourage participation make sure Learning at Work Day is driven from the ‘bottom’ – meet a need and ensure ownership • Build on previous experience and evaluation • What support is available to help me ‘sell’ the idea to my employer?

  14. Motivation to learn Expectancy of success = Benefits + - Barriers Action Plan - 2. Making the case for participation Engaging learners To engage learners you will have to sell the benefits to them of the learning,increase the likelihood that the learning they do will be successful and reduce any barriers that may prevent them taking up the learning opportunities. ACTION - Download the Creating Learning Opportunities for All presentation from the ULR Learning at Work Day pages

  15. Action Plan - 3. What activities will the event involve? • Pick a theme … a hook • Make them fun, engaging, accessible • Consult staff as stakeholders (as you do!) • Set up a Planning Group • Discover the hidden talents: a skills audit • Some activity suggestions…

  16. Action Plan - 3. What activities will the event involve? Increasing energy levels of workforce • Desk Workout • Brain Gym • Cycle mechanics • Eating for energy … the Brain Food Check • ‘Walk your Way to Health’

  17. Action Plan - 3. What activities will the event involve? Helping the workforce to be stress-free • Achieving a work-life balance • Deep breaths! • Improving your memory • Yoga • The Stress Gym: www.channel4.com/health

  18. Action Plan - 3. What activities will the event involve? Supporting employees to gain financial control • The basics of budgeting • Are you on the pension ladder? • Understanding your payslip • FSA Learn Online • A Give & Take Reuse Event

  19. Action Plan - 3. What activities will the event involve? ACTION - For more ideas and downloadable resources visit: www.learningatworkday.com and click on the resources pages for the A-Z of activities and New for 2007 pages or visit: www.retail.learningatworkday.com

  20. Action Plan - 4. Promoting your event The AIDA Process • Once you’ve developed your product you need to sell it to your audience... • Action! • Desire Interest • Awareness

  21. Action Plan - 4. Promoting your event The AIDA Process Use the AIDA process to think about how you will move your colleagues from an awareness of your Learning at Work Day to signing up to take part. Think about… 1. Getting the message out…PostersNewslettersPromotional Competitions Tasters Email teasers Word of mouth 2. Highlighting the benefits to the individual of taking part 3. Including a call to action…sign up here… speak to your manager…return the form…

  22. Action Plan - 4. Promoting your event Grab the interest! Make your colleagues curious with teasers like these…

  23. Action Plan – 5. Delivering your event Things to consider: • How will you ensure that people are ready and primedup to learn? • Create a buzz - a ‘positive learning climate’ … music, colour, ‘toys’, humour • Publish a ‘Programme of Activities’ - what’s happening where and when • Take photos and pick up anecdotal evidence

  24. Action Plan – 6. Maintain that momentum! • There’s more funding for progression on to longer courses • What’s the next opportunity or learning campaign? • Build in opportunities to review the learning ACTION - Work with Train to Gain Visit www.traintogain.gov.uk

  25. Action Plan – 7. Evaluation – why, what, how? Answer the following questions: • Why are you evaluating? What will you do with the data? • What’s to be evaluated? Formative evaluation or summative evaluation? • For whose purpose are you evaluating? • How will you evaluate? What approaches will you use?

  26. Action Plan – 8. My next step Actions to take forward your plan…

  27. Useful websites • www.support4learning.org.uk • BHF Think Fit! Campaign: www.bhf.org.uk/thinkfit/ • www.bbc.co.uk/bigchallenge/healthyworkplace/ • Stress UK: www.stress.org.uk • British Nutrition Foundation: www.nutrition.org.uk • www.moneymadeclear.fsa.gov.uk • Walk your way to health: www.whi.org.uk

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