The language of innovation: Leading across borders AN EF SEMINAR JUNE 4, 2015 u SAN FRANCISCO, CA u INTERCONTINENTAL MARK HOPKINS
The language of innovation: Leading across borders JUNE 4, 2015
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SAN FRANCISCO, CA
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INTERCONTINENTAL MARK HOPKINS
Welcome to San Francisco We are pleased that you are participating in our seminar The language of innovation: Leading across borders. During this seminar we will discuss the importance of developing a language strategy, how that will help foster innovation within your company and what challenges companies face when embarking on such a project. In the morning you will hear about how to make learning sustainable from Terrence Donahue, Corporate Director of Learning for Emerson Electric, Inc, as well as how communication impacts innovation from EF’s Chief Technology and Experience Officer Dr. Enio Ohmaye. The afternoon will be dedicated to workshops so that you leave with concrete ideas and actions that you can take back to your organization. On Thursday, June 4th please meet us in the California meeting room of the InterContinental Mark Hopkins hotel at 8.45am; the seminar will begin promptly at 9.00am. After the seminar we will see San Francisco from one of the city’s famous Duck Tours and enjoy dinner and drinks at RN74. Attached you will find an updated agenda and some information about EF. We look forward to meeting you in San Francisco! Best regards,
Katrina Milligan EF Corporate Solutions
The language of innovation: Leading across borders JUNE 4, 2015
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SAN FRANCISCO, CA
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INTERCONTINENTAL MARK HOPKINS
About EF Education First Founded by entrepreneur Bertil Hult, EF is a privately-held company with 16 divisions that offer a range of educational programs from language training, educational travel and academic degrees to cultural exchanges. With a mission to open the world through education, EF has helped people of all ages and nationalities become citizens of the world. From Berlin to Beijing, Moscow to Mexico City, Dubai to Denver, EF operates 500 schools and offices in over 52 countries. To date, EF has helped over 15 million people to learn a new language, discover the world, or earn an academic degree. “Education First” is more than our company name. It is our corporate passion. Our history Bertil Hult started EF in Sweden in 1965. Because Bertil suffered from dyslexia (difficulty with reading and writing), he understood that traditional classroom-based teaching was not always the most effective way to learn. He came up with the idea to take a group of Swedish high school students to England to learn English. It was a simple business idea - traveling abroad to learn a language - but one with an enormous future. EF quickly realized that many people were interested in traveling and studying abroad. In the 1970s, EF expanded rapidly, opening offices in most of Europe, as well as in Japan and Mexico. In the 1980s, EF opened in the United States, starting our high school exchange and educational tours programs. In
the last decade, we have continued our expansion by, among other things, opening English schools across China, the world’s largest market for education, and developing the largest and most sophisticated online English school available. EF Corporate Solutions EF Corporate Solutions, an EF Education First company, is the world leader in corporate language training for multinational businesses and public sector organizations. Over 2,500 organizations and 15 million students worldwide have put their trust in us for a reason - we have proven time and again that our training solutions generate real results. With a worldwide network of offices in over 52 countries, Executive Language Schools in Cambridge, UK and Boston, USA and EF Efekta™, the world’s most advanced online, on-demand language school, EF provides the highest returns on language training investments. For more information on EF Corporate Solutions please visit: www.ef.com/corporate
The language of innovation: Leading across borders JUNE 4, 2015
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SAN FRANCISCO, CA
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INTERCONTINENTAL MARK HOPKINS
Agenda 09.00–09.30
Welcome and introduction
09.30–09.45
Opening remarks Therese Kelleher, VP North America, EF
09.45–10.45
Communication and innovation Dr. Enio Ohmaye, Chief Technology and Experience Officer, EF
10.45–11.15
Break
11.15–12.15
Making learning sustainable Terrence Donahue, Corporate Director of Learning, Emerson Electric, Inc.
12.15–13.30
Lunch
13.30–14.00
Flipped learning in the cloud
14.00–15.15
Workshop: Understanding the knowledge gap Peggy Wegler, Vice President of Academics, EF
15.15–15.45
Break
15.45–17.00
orkshop: Creating business impact W Ben Hope, Vice President of Customer Success, EF
17.00–17.30
Closing remarks
18.00–19.30
Duck tour of San Francisco
19.30
Dinner at RN74
The language of innovation: Leading across borders JUNE 4, 2015
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SAN FRANCISCO, CA
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INTERCONTINENTAL MARK HOPKINS
Locations
InterContinental Mark Hopkins 999 California Street San Francisco, California 94108
RN74 301 Mission Street San Francisco, CA 94105
Tel: +1 (415) 392-3434
Tel: +1 (415) 543-7474