editorial

Donald H Taylor
Donald H Taylor is chairman of the Learning Technologies Conference and the Learning and Skills Group. Donald has 20 years' experience in the fields of IT and training, and over that time has developed a keen sense for differentiating between the hype and reality of technology in workplace learning and development. He sits on various UK and EU non-profit councils and boards to promote technology-supported learning and development, and is a non-executive director of the UK's Institute of IT Training.

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Alan Bellinger
Alan Bellinger is Consultant Editor - IT TRAINING, and a former Director of the IT SKILLS Research Programme. He is renowned for his forthright views on training and technology issues. He is a former Director of Professional Services at the Institute of IT Training (3 years) and before that was International Vice President of NETg. A graduate of the London School of Economics, he's over 35 years IT experience - in Sales, Marketing, and Product Management positions.

Donald Clark
A veteran of the e-learning industry for over 20 years, Donald designed some of the first computer-based learning programmes in the early 1980s. Now sitting on the Board at Ufi, Donald is a regular speaker on e-learning and has produced over 40 papers, dozens of book reviews and many articles on the subject. He remains committed to e-learning and its potential to revolutionise the access to, and delivery of, education for both individuals and businesses.

Jay Cross
Jay Cross is a strategist, speaker, consultant, and designer of corporate learning and performance systems. Jay is a champion of informal learning, web 2.0, and systems thinking. He puts breakthrough business results ahead of business as usual. His calling is to change the world by helping people improve their performance on the job and satisfaction in life.

Phil Green
Phil is an analyst, Learning and Performance Tactician, and Director of four companies whose projects add value to blue-chip organisations at home and abroad. Author of acclaimed "Train The Trainer" series, and frequent contributor to conferences and publications, Phil is a member of the Institute of Directors, and Forum for Technology in Training and past Chairman of the E-Learning Network.

Jane Hart
Jane Hart is a Learning & Performance Technology Specialist and is Head of the Centre for Learning & Performance Technologies. Jane has been working in the education and training world for nearly 25 years and has both broad and deep experience in all aspects of technology-enabled learning - from its use as a strategic tool to designing, developing and delivering tactical learning and performance solutions throughout an organisation.

Laura Overton
Laura Overton has over 17 years experience in the corporate e-learning and distance learning industry, helping early adopters of workplace e-learning develop sustainable e-learning strategies aligned to business objectives. She is the author of ‘Linking Learning To Business’ an extensive research study to identify best practice. In the past, Laura has taken a leading role with e-Learning initiatives associated with the European Commission and LSC and worked with the Skills for Business Network to increase awareness of employer’s requirements of e-learning. Laura is currently leading the Towards Maturity research project.

Nigel Paine
Appointed in April 2002 to head up the BBC's Training and Development operation where he built one of the most successful learning and development operations in the UK This included an award winning Leadership programme, state of the art informal learning and knowledge sharing and one of the most successful and well used intranets in the Corporate sector. All this while managing the largest broadcast training operation in the world. He left the BBC in September 2006 to start his own company that is focussing on creativity, innovation and learning. He is working with companies in Europe, Australia and the USA in this capacity. At Elliott Masie's Learning 2006 Conference in Florida he was awarded the title of 2006 Learning Thought Leader. Nigel has also worked with companies such as CISCO and ICL as well as the Government advising on global learning initiatives.

Karen Romeis
Karyn is a 20 year veteran of the world of L&D in one guise or another, currently working as a learning consultant and solutions designer for a blue chip organization. Her trademark is to focus on the learner experience and to drive towards learner empowerment. Her background is mainly corporate, but includes a short stint in the formal education sector. She is married with two teenage sons.

Clive Shepherd
Clive Shepherd specialises in the application of technology to education, training and employee communications. With more than twenty years of experience in this field, Clive is acknowledged as a thought leader in the UK in all aspects of e-Iearning and blended learning. Clive developed his interest in interactive media at American Express in the early eighties, where he was Director, Training and Creative Services, and went on to co-found Epic Group plc. As well as his independent consulting work, Clive is e-Learning Director for the Training Foundation and a partner in the publisher Above and Beyond and current Chairman of the eLearning Network.

Vaughan Waller
Vaughan Waller is an e-learning specialist with a broad based knowledge of and experience gained over 20 years’ working with organisations from numerous industry sectors with many learning needs. His work has included learning needs analysis, instructional design, the development of learning strategies, project management and the implementation and internal marketing of learning programmes. Elected Chairman of the eLearning Network for seven years, he is now a Senior Instructional Designer at Moore Stephens LLP.