Announcing the International Ideas Week 2012 official sponsor

Posted on April 25, 2012 by ideasuk

We are very proud to say that Improlity Ltd have kindly agreed to sponsor International Ideas Week 2012.

Improlity Ltd is the leading software supplier of ideas management, project portfolio management and quality management software worldwide.

We have been working with Improlity Ltd to provide organisations with even more ways to improve their staff suggestion schemes.

So join us and Improlity at International Ideas Week 14 – 18 May 2012

Cardiff 10^th May – Engagement and how important it is to business? – Hosted by the Wales Audit Office.

Cardiff – http://ideasweekcardiff.eventbrite.co.uk/

London 15^th May – Ideas and Innovation – Unleashing the creativity of employees! – Hosted by the Ministry of Defence.

London – http://ideasweeklondon.eventbrite.co.uk/

Both these events are FREE, but places are limited, to book your place at either of these events please register at the links above:

The Twitter account is @ideasweek2012 and the hashtag for the event will be #iiw2012

So what one idea would make your week better?

ideasUK Conference 2011 – Workshop Speaker – Chris Bolton – Calculating the Benefits from Innovation Programmes

Posted on October 12, 2011 by ideasuk

A double post this week introducing workshop speakers for the ideasUK annual conference. Our second speaker this week is Chris Bolton, who works at the Welsh Audit Office, who will hold a workshop on: Calculating the Tangible and Intangible Benefits from Innovation Programmes.

Chris has worked for a number of organisations that include water companies, the Environment Agency and District Audit. Continue reading →

ideasUK Conference 2011 – Workshop Speaker – Sarah Dittrich – Success Factors and Best Practices

Posted on October 10, 2011 by ideasuk

This week we would like to introduce Sarah Dittrich from Idea Management, who will be leading one of our many workshops at our conference.

Sarah Dittrich studied Business and Economics at the Ruhr University in Bochum, Germany and at the York University Toronto, Canada majoring in International Relations, Marketing and Social Psychology. Continue reading →

ideasUK Conference 2011 – Workshop Speaker – Matthew Hall, Welsh Government

Posted on October 5, 2011 by ideasuk

Now we have introduced all the Keynote Speakers for the Conference, we are moving on to the Workshop presenters. This week meet Matthew Hall who works for the Welsh Government:

Re:New – Investing in Innovation

Matthew leads a suite of projects within the Welsh Government to develop greater innovation amongst its 5,000 civil service staff. This work is at the heart of the organisation’s response to shrinking budgets and the need to look for new ways to deliver.

Working with the Permanent Secretary, the Director-Generals and staff at all levels, Matthew’s portfolio has included both bottom-up and top-down approaches to innovation, with the intention to deliver a more congenial culture for creative action in a work environment not normally associated with such an approach.

An introduction to “Re-New”, the Welsh Government’s staff suggestion scheme.

The presentation will detail the development journey to date and will cover the approach to date and will cover the approach taken to generating ideas, how the best are selected and supported as well as an outline of the approach taken to measure the impact of innovative ideas received through the scheme.

ideasUK conference brochures can be found at the links below.

ideasUK Conference 2011 Brochure

Conference Masterclass Information and Booking Form

Conference 2011 Booking Form

Conference 2011 Booking Information

So what are you waiting for? Get your booking form back to us today, we look forward to seeing you in Cardiff in November.

ideasUK Conference 2011 – Workshop Speaker – Jorn Lövström – SWOT & PEST analysis

Posted on September 26, 2011 by ideasuk

Now we have introduced all the Keynote Speakers for the Conference, we are moving on to the Workshop presenters. This week meet Jorn Lövström:

Carrying out a SWOT and PEST analysis of your scheme

As a CIPD training professional with almost 20 years’ experience, Jorn began by delivering finance courses. During a departure into the world of ideas schemes, Jorn developed and managed the Ministry of Defence staff suggestion scheme (GEMS) before returning to his current training position, delivering senior management development training. Continue reading →

ideasUK Conference 2011 – Keynote Spotlight – Bruce Sayers – Bruce Sayers Associates Ltd

Posted on September 19, 2011 by ideasuk

This week we would like to introduce Bruce Sayers from Bruce Sayers Associates Ltd, who will be another great keynote speakers at our anuual ideasUK Conference in November.

Owner of Bruce Sayers Associates Limited, a consultancy providing expertise to organisations that wish to implement technology in support of new reward policies and procedures. He has gained expertise designing and implementing business enhancing policies covering pay, benefits and recognition programmes whilst working within national and multi-national businesses within the financial services, property retail, telecommunications and logistics sectors. Continue reading →

ideasUK Conference 2011 – Keynote Spotlight – Colin Hodgson – Edenred Ltd

Posted on September 12, 2011 by ideasuk

Continuing our series of posts featuring speakers who will be at the ideasUK conference, this week we introduce Colin Hodgson from Edenred Ltd.

Developing and delivering an engaging employee programme in the age of social media

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Conference 2011 – Keynote Spotlight – John Conoley, CEO, Psion

Posted on September 7, 2011 by ideasuk

Last week we featured Mark Toner, in the first of our series of blog posts featuring speakers for the ideasUK conference in November. This week we introduce John Conoley who is the CEO at Psion.

John joined Psion in 2008 and has 25 years’ experience in the technology industry.

John has been closely involved in sales and market development throughout his career. He has significant experience of working with both direct channels to market and also channel partners such as Value Added Resellers (VARs), Distributors, Systems Integrators and Developers.

The first half of John’s career was spent at IBM, where he held a range of technical roles, direct and channel sales roles, and marketing positions. His first experience of working with channel partners was in the late ‘80s through AS400 and PC Resellers. His later experience included running an EMEA VAR and OEM business unit. Continue reading →

ideasUK Conference 2011 – Keynote Spotlight – Mark Toner – BT Openreach.

Posted on August 31, 2011 by ideasuk

In the count down to our conference we thought it would be a good idea to give you some background on our keynote speakers.

We start this series by look at Mark Toner:

Mark was appointed General Manager of BT Openreach Innovation and Future Options in 2007 and has responsibility for the management of all new idea and innovation initiatives, including innovation research.

Previously he held general management positions in roles covering strategic options, advanced product development and broadband deployment. Continue reading →

IdeasUK Conference 2011 – early bird rate ends soon

Posted on August 29, 2011 by ideasuk

Well, the bookings for the conference are coming in thick and fast, at this rate it could well be a full house this year!

Take advantage of £100 discount per delegate, don’t hesitate and book today

We just wanted to remind people that the early bird discounted rate expires on the 31^st August, so to take advantage of £100 discount per delegate, don’t hesitate and book today. Continue reading →