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18.11.08

Mind Mapping creator Tony Buzan to open Learning Technologies 2009

The Learning Technologies 2009 Conference will open with a keynote address by Tony Buzan, the creator of Mind Mapping, on why in difficult economic times businesses should be increasing not decreasing L&D budgets, explaining how investments in intellectual capital are amongst the most important businesses will ever make.
“In a marketplace where competition is fierce and it is increasingly difficult to maintain corporate flair and individuality, it is more important than ever to acquire learning skills that can affect turnover in a positive way, yet past experience has shown that it is often the L&D budget which is the first to be cut in times of adversity,” said Tony Buzan, who will argue that the current economic crises were caused, to a large extent, by inadequate learning and bankruptcy of thought.

In his opening address ‘Learning & development: intellectual capital you can bank on!’, Tony Buzan, creator of Mind Mapping, founder of The Brain Trust, author of 84 books on the brain and learning and advisor to numerous Fortune 500 businesses, will present a convincing argument to the L&D profession on why business should and must continue investments in learning in order to survive and emerge stronger from the current economic downturn.

“Tony Buzan is one of the world’s leading thinkers and communicators on creativity, the power of the mind, change and learning and this will be a session not to be missed,” added Donald H Taylor, the Learning Technologies 2009 Conference Chair.

The Learning Technologies exhibition and conference, returning in its tenth year, is on Wednesday 28 and Thursday 29 January 2009 at Olympia 2 in London and will contain forty sessions covering the most important subjects in organisational learning and development today.

Registration for both the 2009 exhibition and conference is now open and full details can be found at www.learningtechnologies.co.uk