Facilitated Training 2020 in review. Learning and Development Excellence Award.
2020 has been a bumpy ride for Learning and Development teams and professionals. As 2020 closes, what better way to reflect on achievements than to celebrate and win the inaugural ‘Facilitated Training Excellence in Learning award.’
The Learning Excellence Awards are business awards for the whole business training/learning and development sector.
These awards are Learning-centred, impartial and independent and look to reward relevant, agile, innovative, excellent, and effective initiatives, programmes, products and services. The Awards are open to in-house training, learning and development teams and activities, to external professional practitioners and suppliers to the sector.
The Corona virus pandemic has generated high levels of new learning and this should be celebrated.
In the inaugural awards, all organisations can enter the Learning Excellence Awards FREE OF CHARGE.
Closing date for entries: Friday 26th February 2021
Winners announced: Friday 19th March, 2021
This Learning and Development Excellence awards recognizes and celebrates an inspirational Learning and Development practitioner, facilitator, or team that role model learning excellence and contribute to the success of adult learners.
Nominees must demonstrate excellence in learning against one or more of the behaviours identified below:
Learning Impact Award
WHAT ARE THE JUDGES LOOKING FOR?
The judges will be seeking clear evidence of improvement in before and after metrics that can be correlated directly to the learning, a thorough evaluation plan beyond learner satisfaction surveys, a demonstrated return on investment (ROI) not exceeding the cost of the learning program, and voluntary user engagement metrics for interventions not deemed mandatory by the enterprise. Your submission should answer the question, “how did this learning evaluation strategy measure the positive impact on the business goals of the enterprise?”
YOUR SUBMISSION
You are requested to structure your submission in a way that covers the sections below. Each section will be reviewed by the judges during the short-listing phase and the submission will be scored.
Overview – a brief description of the program and the enterprise’s expectations and requirements. Explain the evaluation methodology and identify which metrics were focused on and why. (Maximum 200 words)
Description of the key challenges and the approaches adopted – consider the following points within your submission: metric selection criteria, project time devoted to evaluation, data sourced inside and outside of the LMS, external factors impacting metrics, performance outcomes, innovation, milestones, and lessons learned. (Maximum 250 words)
Outcomes – what were the key metrics targeted and did the impact of the learning meet stakeholder and learner performance expectations? Was your evaluation strategy successful? (Maximum 250 words)
Achievement –what do you consider to be your unique and replicable evaluation methodology which makes you eligible for the Learning Impact Award? What makes your measurement strategy best in class and should be adopted by other learning organisations? (Minimum 200 words; maximum 400 words)
Total word count for Learning and Development Excellence award 800 maximum
AWARD CRITERIA
The Learning Impact Award is presented to an enterprise that has implemented any kind of learning intervention on its own, or to a provider who produced a learning programme that included an evaluation and measurement strategy with quantifiable positive outcomes.
Key factors to reference in your submission are positive and lasting outcomes that you have measured.
Driving innovation in learning.
AWARD CRITERIA
The Innovation in Learning Award is open to any organisation that can demonstrate that they have made a unique and innovative contribution to the delivery of learning.
Recognising new and boundary-pushing ways of engaging learners and developing capability in the workplace.
Tell the judges how you found new and novel ways to implement a solution or fix a problem. Perhaps it was a software tool that had never been used in L&D before or one that you built specifically to solve a challenge. Or maybe you utilised some people from a completed different business area, such as marketing to help you achieve your goals.
WHAT ARE THE JUDGES LOOKING FOR?
Judges will be looking for new or ground breaking or substantially novel ways of engaging learners, stimulating the creation and sharing of knowledge, integrating learning and work, and accelerating organisational learning and generating business impact. To be successful an organisation must clearly show how they have helped to create an environment that fosters learning and develops capability in the workplace. You will need to demonstrate how sustainable value has been created, and business impact over time has been built.
YOUR SUBMISSION
You are requested to structure your submission in a way that covers the sections below. Each section will be reviewed by the judges during the short-listing phase and the submission will be scored. Please ensure that you observe the strict word count criteria below.
Overview – a brief description of the program, the innovation(s) within the program, and the drivers for innovation. Explain how you became involved and your role in the initiation as well as the development of the program. Explain how the innovation came about and what makes it ground breaking. (Maximum 200 words)
Description of the key challenges and the approaches adopted – there must be a conscious attempt to modify, build upon, or create new methods or processes to support adult learning. Consider the following points within your submission: the approach to individual and group learning, the learning process, solution development, learner engagement, sponsor engagement, performance outcomes, business impact over time, and lessons learned. (Maximum 250 words)
Outcomes – what were the key performance metrics and results, both in terms of business impact and, also, in terms of meeting stakeholder expectations? Will the program continue? (Maximum 250 words)
Achievement – what do you consider to be your core achievements in this innovative program? How has the innovation made the difference, and why do you believe that this is the year that it should be the Innovation in Learning Award this year? Has it had a wider impact than the program parameters on your team and/or the organisation as a whole? (Minimum 200 words; maximum 400 words)
Total word count for Learning and Development Excellence award 800 maximum.
Learning Professional of the year
AWARD CRITERIA
The Learning Professional of the Year Award is presented to an individual (employed or freelance) who has shown exceptional skills in learning and development.
Exceptional skills in learning and development, quality of delivery, and meeting business needs are key factors in this category.
WHAT ARE THE JUDGES LOOKING FOR?
The judges will be seeking clear differentiators from other entrants to the Award, evidence of innovation and client endorsement, being a well-rounded individual, having sound subject matter expertise, innovative delivery strategies and having a strong proposition in response to the challenge ‘what was special about your performance this year’? The Learning Professional of the Year can be working face-to-face or online or both. Quality of delivery and meeting client or employer needs is more important than the mode of delivery. The submission can be self-written or written on behalf of a nominated individual.
YOUR SUBMISSION
You are requested to structure your submission in a way that covers the sections below. Each section will be reviewed by the judges during the short-listing phase and the submission will be scored. Please ensure that you observe the strict word count criteria below.
Overview – a description of the role that has been performed in the last twelve months and the contribution you or the nominated individual has made personally and to your client/employer and what makes that person stand out. (Maximum 200 words)
Description of the key challenges and the approaches adopted – consider the following points within your submission: key projects and assignments, subject matter issues, innovation, delivery and deployment considerations, personal development, and managing expectations. (Maximum 250 words)
Outcomes – what were the key outcomes in the past year and how can evidence be provided that your stakeholders’ expectations were met, and exceeded. (Maximum 250 words)
Achievement – what do you consider to be you or your nominee’s core achievements within the last twelve months and why do you believe that this is the year that this person should be Learning Professional of the Year? (Minimum 200 words; maximum 400 words)
Total word count for Learning and Development award 800 maximum
NOMINATING
If you know an individual, organisation or team deserving of recognition for their achievement and innovation in workplace learning, show them your appreciation by nominating them for a Learning Award.
With this simple process, you can let your peers know that their hard work and contribution has been recognised and will also enable them for a chance to celebrate their achievements on the global stage.
Learning and Development Excellence Criteria
Excellence in Learning and Development could be about one or more of the following:
- Their team, colleagues, unit, or department in 2020
- A project, program, subject, course deployed in 2020
- A committee, working party, community of practice that occurred or commenced in 2020
Eligibility Criteria and how to nominate for Learning and Development Excellence Awards.
- At least one of the project contributors must be a current subscriber to Facilitated Training . (Click here to sign up for some great free resources.)
- At least of the project contributors must be a current subscriber to Facilitated Training’s Facebook page.
- The project must have been substantially designed within OR for Asia Pacific and have been completed within the last 12 months.
- Where a program was designed for a third party, the user/client must give authorisation for the program to be entered in the awards.
As a learning and development professional, you can nominate an individual or a team. Self-nominations are permitted.
Depending on the quality of the nominations, one award winner may be selected for each award subcategory. Subject to the quality of the nominations for a category, an award may not be made. Depending on the award category, you may choose to nominate an individual or a team.
Note: All decision regarding winners is final.
Individual nominations
You may choose to inform the person that you are nominating before your submission. However, all nominees will be advised of their nominations via email once all submissions are received.
Team nominations
Team nominations would not exceed 8 team members. A team member may be defined as someone who has made a significant contribution to the project or learning event.
Learning and Development Excellence Award, Winers.
Award winners will receive a certificate of recognition.
Winners will be announced via the following channels:
- Email (hello@facilitated Training training)
- Facilitated Training’s Learning Maven blog
- Facilitated Training Facebook page and Instagram pages
How to nominate:
Individual
Full name, Organisation, and email address
Individual ‘s photograph and a brief biography (max 200 words* number tally not included as part of the 800-word maximum for award submission)
Teams:
The nominees’ email, organisations name, and email address
Team or individual photograph (optional) and brief biography of the team (max 200 words* number tally not included as part of the 800 word maximum for award submission))
Your response to the selection criteria (maximum 800 words in total) This excludes cover page and introduction email and biographies). Your email body should not be longer than 100 words.
Email nominations to hello@facilitatedtraining.com
Award entry closing date: Friday 26th February 2021
Please prepare your response to the selection criteria in the relevant nominations and save as PDF named as:
Nominee for Excellence awards (name and organisation) e.g., Barry Pyke_Faciitated Training_Learning Impact Award.
Feeling inspired? Explore our award categories and familiarise yourself with our applicant criteria. Plus get to know what our Judges are looking for in a winning entry.
Before you start the application process, it can be helpful to take on board the following criteria, tips and pointers.
- Start with reflection of 2020.
- Our Judges are looking for concise answers that are relevant, accurate and honest. They are wanting to get an understanding of the learning and development principles, philosophies, and practices. They also want a sense of how the team became successful, and your plans and vision for the future.
- Applicants teams must be operating for 12 months to 3 years only.
- Projects and initiatives must be focused to the year 2020
- Make sure you allocate a reasonable amount of time to focus on your application.
- Make sure you read the question and give specific answers to each.
- You must answer all the questions. Only completed applications will be considered.
- Each answer should be around 400-500 words (maximum of 800 words).
The key to impressing the judging panel is evidence. You should be able to clearly show how the improvements and or innovations you have made in your L&D work have been defined, measured and verified. If you have the data, you will have a clear advantage over others who do not.
Tell the judges about the challenges you identified, the solutions you put in place to solve the problems, and the outcomes that verified the improvement.
Business impact.
The judges will be looking for proof of a positive impact on the business. Share with them how areas of your business were improved as a result of your work. Try to go beyond numbers. If you saw an increase in the number of employees who completed a learning program, as a result of your work, what effect did it have on the business as a whole?
Show the judges your data, testimonials from stakeholders, feedback, and any other material that you have that indicates an overall improvement for a business area or function.
All results and awards are final.
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Our independent judges hand-pick only a few Finalists from entries across APAC so to make the shortlist is a phenomenal achievement. Every finalist has the potential to win, and success often hinges on the quality of their presentation and the evidence they give.
About Facilitated Training.
Learning and Development should not get in the way of business. It should help business excel. That’s what we believe at Facilitated Training. And if that means doing things differently, then so be it.
Our mission is to help organisations thrive through quality, editable professional development training materials and resources. We are not like other training companies; we won’t charge you for every minute of courseware development. Instead, our fixed-priced product ensures you have unlimited access to customisable training materials and our easy-to-understand facilitator guides.
We keep things simple. It is about making things easier, saving you time, removing barriers, and giving you the freedom to do what you love. We want to build a relationship and create a beneficial partnership that goes beyond the menial day-to-day tasks and helps you identify commercial challenges and opportunities.
Facilitated Training can assist your business with everything from leadership training, customer service and other soft skills training, to short courses, lunch and learn materials, reference guides, templates, and more.
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