Thursday, March 15, 2007

The teachings of a curious communicator

The Dullard Llama, with the help of the values team (and you), is launching a new training initiative. Although it's less of a formal programme and more of a knowledge sharing, inspiration type thing that is created and managed by us all. At least that's the plan.

What are the aims? There are five things we want this initiative to achieve;

Inspire people in the agency
Provoke thought and discussion about communications and interesting stuff
To help the agency do things better
To make the concept of training less boring and more accessible for everyone
To create a programme that is manageable and co-owned

Who is responsible? The Dullard Llama is approaching his disciples as we speak (it could be you). We want to make it very open and anyone is welcome to take a session, although some will be expected to!

When and where will the talks take place? People will be doing the talks in the bar during lunch breaks for one hour. There is no schedule in place and the aim is for it to be quite fluid. We will try and give as much notice as we can.

What will the talks be about? There's going to be a mix of the thought provoking and the practical, but ultimately it is up to you. You can sit back, relax and listen to your colleagues or get involved. A bit of both would be nice.

What's next?
Chris Buckley will be doing the first talk. The current title of it is, 'Enquiring Minds and the importance of questioning'. The date is yet to be confirmed. We'll let you know as soon as possible.

In the meantime please drop us an email @ thedullardllama@lawtoncommsgroup.com if you would like to share something with everyone and we'll do all the organising. This will only work if people get involved. Go on, you know you want to!

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