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TRAINING DIRECTORS SEMINAR Stanley Malis, Hartford LEARNING FROM ANOTHER How to deliver quality training was the theme of the Haskins & Sells Training Directors Seminar held at the Marriott Motor Hotel in Chicago, November 5-6,1971. The people attending were training directors and personnel specialists from H&S practice offices, plus visitors from six offices in other countries, two consultants from university faculties and members of the Professional Education & Development Department in the EO. The time of the two-day meeting was almost equally divided between lecture sessions and group discussions in units of six or seven people. In the course of the seminar, as always at similar H&S gatherings, the majority of the participants took the opportunity to meet colleagues from other practice offices and to share experiences and matters of concern with them. The emphasis was on discussions and on learning from one another. This was the fourth Firm-wide meeting of this type held by the PE&D department since 1965. Each has been tailor-made for the needs of the time, and special emphasis was given this time to a new course, the Effective Teaching Skills Workshops, which had been pretested in the Philadelphia office. Under the direction of Colin Park, the partner who heads PE&D, the department prepares and updates a five-year program of required core courses for H&S staff members. Additionally, a number of other courses to meet special needs have been produced. The near future will see greater emphasis placed on industry training and on advanced training for management. Development of more effective teaching methods also will be stressed. The pages that follow provide glimpses into the proceedings of an intensive two days spent by a hundred people, all dedicated to keeping Haskins & Sells in the front rank among organizations of trained professionals. A MEETING TO SWAP KNOW-HOW In his opening remarks to the seminar participants, Colin Park explained the dual character of the meeting. The conference brought PE&D department Eugene Jennings, Michigan State University 18 Copyrighted -- License from Black Star Copyrighted -- License from Black Star