As head of learning and collaboration at TELUS, Dan Pontefract is responsible for the overarching leadership, learning and collaboration strategy for the company. Pontefract and his team were recognized with two ASTD BEST Awards in 2009 and 2011. In 2010, Pontefract was acknowledged by CLO Magazine as a „Vanguard Award‟ winner and is a two-time winner by the Corporate University Best in Class Awards of the „Leader of the Year‟ in both 2010 and 2011. In 2012, SkillSoft awarded Dan the „Learning Leader of the Year‟ for his ground breaking work at TELUS. You can reach Dan on Twitter or via his personal site.
For the past two and half years at my real job as the head of learning and collaboration, we’ve been early adopters of a virtual world product called AvayaLive Engage, developed by a company named Avaya. It was formerly known as Web.Alive, and although I’m not a fan of theRead More →