Programme 2017
DUBLIN Conference
Sunday 1st October 2017
Welcome and registration
7.00pm Peruke and Periwig, 31 Dawson Street, DUBLIN 2.
Welcome cocktail and light supper
Monday 2nd October 2017
Conference commencement
Royal College of Physicians, 6 Kildare Street, DUBLIN 2.
9:00 h Welcome and Introduction, Michaela Girtler-Voh, Chair of SCEPSTA
Master class with Dr. Richard Boyle
9:15 h Training Impact Evaluation – the Holy Grail of training
professionals
Dr. Richard Boyle, Institute of Public Administration, IRELAND as
an introduction to the proceedings will speak of the vital role
evaluation in its widest sense has to play in the improvement of
public service interventions.
10:30 h Break
10:45 h TIE take-aways
Moderated round table discussion and Q&A, Dr. Richard Boyle
11:30 h Visit Leinster House, Irish Parliament
Short walking tour culminates at Leinster House, DUBLIN
13:00 h Buffet lunch Royal College of Physicians
14:00 h Case in Point – case study in soft skill evaluation with
Dorothy McKee
Evaluating leadership programmes in Ireland and New Zealand
Dorothy McKee, Senior Lecturer, Ulster University
Advances in evaluation methods of soft skill leadership training and
development
15:30 h Break
15:45 h Informal seminar – Training Impact Knowledge Transfer and
Exchange
Knowledge Transfer exercise preparation for day 2.
16:30 h Session review and end
19:00 h Coach transfer to Johnny Fox’s
Experience fine dining and dancing Irish style in a typical Irish pub
Tuesday 3rd October 2017
Seminar continued- Knowledge Transfer and Exchange
9:00 h The SCEPSTA Exchange
Aleksander Zivanov brings to SCEPSTA a wealth of international training
experience and knowledge to transfer and exchange. Since 2015 he has
implemented studies of impact assessment and return of investment from
learning and training and here will share with us his experiences of what
works.
10:15 h Delegates in small groups dissect and discuss TIE in their respective
organizations identify strengths and weaknesses and exchange best
practice.
Each group summarises key take-aways and presents in plenary session.
Coffee on tap
12:30 h Lunch
13:30 h Summary and Review
14:00 h SCEPSTA business etc