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Competency Management News-To-Use
| Avilar Announces New Director of Business
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Former SkillSoft Senior Sales Executive Joins
Avilar as Director of Business Development
Avilar, Inc. announces that former SkillSoft Senior
Sales Executive David Galvin joined Avilar as Director of
Business Development. Galvin brings over 10 years of senior
sales and strategic planning experience to his new role.
As Director of Business Development, Galvin is
responsible for developing relationships with prospective
customers, partners and resellers, as well as managing the
Avilar national sales team and its continued growth.
“David is a strong addition to the Avilar team,” says
Avilar CEO John Skowlund. “I was immediately impressed by his
professionalism and demeanor in the interview process and was
happy to learn of his great knowledge in the eLearning and
competency management industries. He hit the ground running
his first week in the new role and I know his commitment to
the success of our customers and company aligns with Avilar’s
commitment to quality, service and growth.”
In addition to his work in sales and marketing,
Galvin contributes to the strategic direction of product and
services development. Galvin works on Avilar’s flagship
learning management system, WebMentor LMS, Avilar’s competency
management system, WebMentor Skills, and eLearning and competency
management consulting services. Galvin also participates in
the direction of Avilar’s most recent service addition,
competency model workshops, which teach organizations how to
build a competency framework to support their efforts in
training, performance management, career planning, succession
planning, and recruiting.
Prior to Avilar, Galvin spent a decade in the
eLearning space as a member of the Thomson Corporation where
he helped expand the Education and Federal Government Sectors
and later worked as Senior Sales Executive for SkillSoft, a
multimillion dollar eLearning provider of Information
Technology and Human Resource Training Content. Earlier in his
career, David worked as Assistant Instructor and Sales
Representative for Dale Carnegie, a self-improvement and
performance-based training company.
“David has demonstrated that he knows the industry
and what people involved with workforce development and
competency management are facing today,” says Avilar’s
Director of Workforce Solutions, Chris Hipple. “David knows
what questions to ask and is an engaged listener to Avilar
clients and prospects. He adds a lot of value to our product
development processes because he’s a strong advocate for what
customers need and want in their systems.”
David holds a Bachelor of Science in Business
Administration with a concentration in Marketing from the
University of Dayton, where he was named to the Who’s Who
Among Colleges Students Across America for the leadership
roles he served within the University.
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| Competency Models that WORK Workshops |
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Avilar Now Offers Competency Management
Workshops
Competency management is at the heart of all talent
management initiatives. Yet leaders in many organizations fear
that developing a competency model for their organization is
too complicated, expensive and time consuming. Others have had
difficult experiences trying to implement a plan that didn’t
really “fit” the organization’s goals and culture.
With decades of competency management experience,
Avilar, The Competency Company, introduces a workshop
specifically designed to help you develop a cost-effective
competency model that will be the foundation for your success.
The complex process will be broken into a practical set of
specific actions you can take to make this process work for
you. You’ll come away with an action plan, customized for your
organization, that will help you drive results.
You Will Learn How To:
- Align your competency model with your organization's
strategic plan
- Develop and manage a comprehensive project plan
- Use interviewing, focus groups and other techniques to
gather and refine competency definitions
- Research external sources of competency content
- Develop a structure that will accommodate your current
needs - and expand as your needs grow
- Test and validate your model to ensure it fits with your
goals
Need more information?
Avilar will be holding a short information session to
address the activities that will take place as well as answer
any questions. The information session will take place at
Thursday, January 11th at 2pm EST. To register for this
session please follow the link below.
Register
for the Competency Management 101 Workshop Information
Session
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| Industry News - Lockheed Martin Validates Training With
Skill-Based Assessments, eWeek's 10 Tips for Selecting an
Emerging Technology |
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Is Training Not Enough? Using Skill-Based
Assessments to Take the Next Level
This Training Magazine article by Margery Weinstein
showcases how two companies, Lockheed Martin and Sprint
Nextel, are using assessments to validate training
initiatives. Lockheed Martin uses skills assessments based on
the skills being taught to see if not only the skills were
learned, but if they are being used. Subject Matter Experts
are used to create the assessment and then determine whether
the assessment results indicate increased competencies. Sprint
Nextel uses Donald Kirkpatrick's training evaluation model in
determining what levels to train to and then validating that
the training has increased skills. Some courses train to level
four, while others train to level one.
For
the full article.
eWeek's 10 Tips for Selecting an Emerging
Technology
Among the tips listed are; 1. Limit your selections:
No company can provide every solution. 6. Think of the
customer (internal or external). Does this meet the needs of
your customers? How will it improve their business? 9. Show
them: Use your research to underscore your role as trusted
advisor to your clients.
For
the other 7 tips.
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Avilar News |
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Information Session on CM 101: Competency Models that
WORK
January 11th, 2007
2:00pm – 2:15pm EST
A short information session will be held to describe
the activities that will take place as part of CM 101:
Competency Models that WORK. This information session will
discuss the benefits of the activities taking place, what you
will bring back to your organization, how the workshop will
contribute to your career development, as well as the
background of the workshop director, Christine Hipple.
Following the session will be a question and answer period.
For questions pertaining to this information session,
the workshop, or other Avilar products and services, please
contact David Galvin by e-mail at Galvin@avilar.com or by
phone at 205-699-3055.
Register for this information
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