Chief Learning Officer Announces Learning In Practice Award Finalists

Chicago, Ill., Sept. 1 —Chief Learning Officer magazine has announced the finalists of the 2011 Learning In Practice Awards. Now in their eighth year, the Learning In Practice awards recognize industry leaders who have demonstrated excellence in the design and delivery of employee development programs.

"The Learning In Practice awards were established to recognize transformational and visionary leaders in enterprise education," said Norm Kamikow, president and editor in chief of MediaTec Publishing Inc., which publishes Chief Learning Officer magazine. "More than 150 top learning executives and solution providers were nominated by their peers. The winners are the industry leaders who truly champion innovation and transform it into learning and value for their organizations."

Awards are given to learning practitioners in seven categories, with two divisions in six of the categories (Division 1 for enterprises with more than 10,000 employees, and Division 2 for enterprises with less than 10,000 employees). Provider awards recognize qualified service providers, vendors and consultants for their work on behalf of a client organization in eight categories

These finalists will receive either the gold, silver or bronze award in their respective categories. The award finalists are as follows:

Names are listed in alphabetical order by company, not in rank order.

Practitioner Categories:

Business Impact

Teresa Roche, Agilent Technologies

Roger Cary, Cancer Treatment Centers of America

Deb Trockstad, Focus Corp.

Therese Sullivan, National Grid

Valerie Brantley, Procter & Gamble

Matthew Stierwalt, Shape Corp.

Global Learning

Brian Heath, Amway

Guy DiLella, CA

Michael Cannon, IBM