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Conference Program
Thursday January 15, 2009
Workshops and Presentations
Pre-Conference Workshop
09:00am - 05:00pm
Track: All Level: Novice
T1: So What Is this Thing Called Accelerated Learning Anyway?
Charlotte LeHecka
What can you do in your classroom to create a desire to learn, and help students retain what they have learned over time? Accelerated Learning is a methodology that weaves all of the latest research on the brain, learning styles, learning modalities, multiple intelligences, the power of intention, music and the arts into a sophisticated whole that grabs and holds the attention of your learners. Come learn more about how all of these elements are woven together to create a tapestry of learning that is joy-filled and highly engaging—opening learners up to excel beyond their own imaginations.
Charlotte LeHecka
 | Charlotte LeHecka, Ph.D., directs the Institute for Accelerative Learning, Teaching and Research in North Carolina. She also developed an AL Certificate program for graduate students at Cambridge College, is the author of two books on AL, and is a past president of IAL. A certified Level III trainer, Charlotte has conducted AL training courses throughout the United States and Canada for educators and corporate trainers since 1986. She also founded the AL program in the Division of Continuing Education at the University of Houston in 1981. |
Track: All Level: All
T2: Jolting Participants Into Awareness and Action
Sivasailam “Thiagi” Thiagarajan
Experiential exercises consume a long time to prepare and to conduct. Solution: Use a jolt that can be conducted in a few minutes to give a long-lasting wake-up call and powerful insights. Learn to design, deliver, and debrief jolts.
Sivasailam “Thiagi” Thiagarajan
 | Thiagi has been in the adult training business for several decades. He has lived in three different countries and conducted workshops in 26 countries. |
Track: Foreign Languages Level: All
T3: Working with ESL Students
Angeles Chavez
This presentation was designed with K-2, ESL and mainstream teachers in mind. As Educators, we are always looking for practical ways to motivate our students to succeed. We have an awesome task of not only helping our students meet all academic standards, but also teaching them the English language. With so much to teach and so much pressure to achieve, we often let the joy of learning slip by. I encourage teachers to bring magic back into our classrooms and inspire children with the joy the learning process.
Angeles Chavez
 | Angeles Chávez has more than twenty years’ experience in Accelerated Learning Methodology. Trained and certificated by Dr. Lozanov in Suggestopedia-disuggestopedia, she worked at the University of Houston for nine years where she developed a variety of language programs, including Spanish, French, Russian, Portuguese, Chinese, German, and English. She is the author of six textbooks, two children’s stories, and numerous suggestopedic textbooks.
Chávez acquired her teaching degree in elementary education in Motolinia, Mexico, and obtained her certification with a specialty in Montessori and Accelerated Learning. She has created and implemented training programs for many School Districts and businesses. Chávez has participated in different national and international forums, trained educators and corporations in the methodology, and has had her work featured in several prominent magazines here in the U.S. |
Track: All Level: All
T4: Explore Your A-Priori Knowledge
Win Wenger
The original EDUCATORS knew of this. You already know much more than you think you do, you know much better answers to most things than you are aware of having. You are brighter than you think! - Much the same is true of your students. Hands-on, learn some ways to draw at will upon this richer resource.
Win Wenger
 | Win has created more creativity methods, over a wider range of types and effects, than anyone else in the world. He has written and published 48 books and three best-seller audio courses; taught and trained throughout the world; and pioneered the development of better teaching and learning methodologies. |
Track: Corporate Level: All
T5: AID (Accelerated Instructional Design) for Trainers
Dave Meier
This session is built on the premise that traditional methods of course design are dead and should be scrapped. We can no longer take months to design a learning program but need do it in weeks, even hours. We not only have to upgrade how we design, but what we design -- activity-based programs that get exceptional results. In this hands-on session you will use The Accelerated Learning CourseBuilder with its 425 ideas for learning activities to create a complete lesson in 90 minutes or less. During this session you will:
o Review the principles of accelerated learning as applied to corporate training.
o Learn what the latest brain research has discovered about human learning.
o Get steeped in the methods of Accelerated Instructional Design.
o Walk away with a design or redesign of one or more of your programs.
o Rediscover the fun of creating effective learning programs.
o Gain a skill that will save you mountains of time throughout your career.
Dave Meier
 | Dave is the Director of the Center for Accelerated Learning in Lake Geneva, Wisconsin, an organization he founded in 1980. Since then he has prepared more corporate training professionals in accelerated learning than any other person worldwide. He is author of "The Accelerated Learning Handbook", an industry bestseller. His organization, in addition to the AL Center in Wisconsin sponsors a Center in Germany and one in Dubai. |
Conference Kick-off
06:30pm - 08:00pm
Track: All Level: All
Conference Kick-off
Geoff Cox
, Graham Cook
Learning, Sharing, Interdependence, Interaction, Communicating and Collaborating – Join us to rehearse all of the big conference themes. Join friends old and new in seeking the solution to one big puzzle.
Geoff Cox
 | Geoff is a highly experienced OD and Leadership Development Consultant with an exceptional talent for generating creative responses to difficult organizational learning needs. Since 2003 Geoff has been Design Director of RSVP Design Ltd, a Scottish based company he was instrumental in founding. Many of the simulations that have been created by Geoff over his career are in daily use within business schools, public-sector bodies and commercial organizations around the world. |
Graham Cook
 | Graham is an experienced international business manager who having trained as a Chemical Engineer quickly moved into international economic development with Scottish Enterprise. In recent years, he has continued to deliver a range of economic development consultancy support to UK organizations and offers a professional mentor and business coach service to senior level business managers. As a founding director, Graham brings his project management, international business development, and service sector consultancy experience to the continuing development of RSVP Design ltd. RSVP Design Ltd. is a specialist international consultancy focused on the creation and sales of activity-based learning tools and learning programs. |
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