The 2006 Staff Development Conference provided a focus for those interested in staff and organisational development in higher education and was offered through a partnership between the Leadership Foundation for Higher Education and the Staff Development Forum.
Running from the 8 - 10 November, the conference took place in Liverpool during the city’s preparations for its role as City of Culture in 2008. The 2006 theme for Liverpool’08 was Liverpool Performs, intended to celebrate its “world-beating track record in performance, from the stage to the gallery, and from the football pitch to the boardroom”.
SDC2006 picked up on the themes of culture and performance coupled with innovation to focus on culture in organisations and the multiple meanings of performance in staff and organisational development. The conference venue and format offered exciting opportunities to explore and experience innovation in developmental approaches and the use of technology.
A selection on photographs from the first two days of the conference are now available via the following links
For details of teh parallel sessions from the SDC2006 read the programme
A selection of the Keynote presentations and workshops (usually but not necessarily in the form of PowerPoint slides) can be found below:
Keynote: Culture, leadership and complexity: A keynote in two halves:
Mike Brown, Vice-Chancellor, Liverpool John Moores University
Rob Cuthbert, PVC (Academic Development), University of the West of England
Keynote: Change at the BBC: A case study in becoming a more creative organisation
Caroline van den Brul, Former Creativity Leader, BBC
Keynote: Introducing the Staff Development Forum - how you can help us shape the future
Sandy Wilkie, Chair, Staff Development Forum
Workshop 1: Implementing an innovative organisational/customer focused "Flexible Working Toolkit" to support organisational development and major change, Lisa Lind, Queen Margaret University College
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Workshop 2: Using balint groups for professional development in HE, Paul Levy, University of East Anglia
Workshop 4: You're not going to like this but (a light-hearted look at NLP), Vincent Cornelius, De Montfort University
Workshop 5: New staff, new technology - using multi-media for staff inductions, Anne Baughan, De Montfort University
Workshop 7: Strategic Staff Development Project, Theme 3: defining and supporting the staff development practitioner role, Paddy Anstey, University of East Anglia
Keynote: Developing approaches to performance management and reward:
Phil Pavard, Director of HE, Greater Manchester Passenger Transport Executive (GMPTE)
Jocelyn Prudence, Chief Executive, Universities and Colleges Employers Association (UCEA)
Workshop 8: Two ways of thinking and speaking which can positively influence cultural change, Myrt Bradley, University of Birmingham
Workshop 9: Implementing behavioural attributes, Robert Baker, University of Glamorgan and Sarah Swales, Sheffield Hallam University
Workshop 10: The role of e-learning in staff development, Andrew Wilson, Loughborough University and Tony Churchill, University of Leicester
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Workshop 13: Using the multiple intelligences as a learning intervention: a model for coaching and mentoring, Colleen Harding, Bournemouth University
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Workshop 14: KITE (Knowledge and information transfer and exchange): a professional development project for experienced (academic) staff, Paul Levy, UEA
Workshop 15: A values-based approach to management development and leadership development in a traditional institution, Trudy Coe, University of Oxford
Workshop 17: Developing researchers: two models for academic researcher development, Lyn Browning, University of South Australia and Jonathan Wyatt, University of Oxford
Workshop 21: Innovative leadership and management development to achieve cultural change, Sarah Swales, Kim Campbell and Anne Coggins, Sheffield Hallam University
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Workshop 25: Moving on up - an innovative approach to career development, Susan Rex, University of Birmingham
For further information please contact Wendy Mason or Louise Taylor