I'm delighted to say that Grandmaster of Memory Nishant Kasibhatla, Immediate Past President of the APSS (Asia Professional Speakers Singapore), will be making a special keynote address. This is a fabulous opportunity for you to hear one of Singapore's most motivational and inspiring speakers discussing how you can make learning matter in your organisation. As an added bonus, you won't want to miss a presentation from Andrew Gurnett on how you can achieve good ROI and make training effective. Alison Lester will also be presenting a special session on building great teams.

I do hope to see you at what I believe will be a fabulous morning of learning and sharing.

Keynote presentation by Nishant Kasibhatla

Nishant Kasibhatla will share his insights on peak mental performance and how it can affect the learning capacity of the employees in any organisation. With over 13 years experience in conducting training across the globe, Nishant will help you identify the 'leaks' in your training budget, and will pack this session with powerful strategies to make learning matter in your organisation.

• Bring about a paradigm shift in employees' attitude towards learning
• Reduce employee stress caused by information overload
• Save a significant amount of money spent on re-training
• Promote a learning organisation environment
• Boost training efficiency by employing accelerated learning techniques

Three key take-home strategies:

• cultivate the 'right mindset' for learning throughout the organisation
• help employees with long-term retention of training input
• use accelerated learning techniques to cope with information overload

Special presentation by Andrew Gurnett

Andrew Gurnett will discuss return on investment in training and share his views on ways to maximise outcomes. Andrew will explore strategies to boost ROI from the beginning to the end of the training cycle, including planning, selecting a training provider, and involving management.

The key concepts are:

• effectiveness vs. cost-effectiveness
• training provider vs. learning partner
• training course vs. training plan

About Nishant Kasibhatla
Nishant Kasibhatla is a World Record Holder and the only Grandmaster of Memory in Singapore. He has over 13 years experience in conducting peak mental performance training (with a special focus on memory) for organisations, schools, students and individuals around the globe. Nishant is passionate about helping people unleash the full potential of their brain power so they can learn more, achieve more and be more successful. He is the author of Instant Memory Improvement and Maximise your Memory Power.

About Andrew Gurnett
Andrew Gurnett has been involved in Learning and Development in Singapore for over 16 years, both as a trainer and consultant and also as a manager. He was Director of the British Council Professional Development Centre, and Deputy Director at the Singapore Workforce Development Agency's Institute for Adult Learning. Andrew is passionate about the quality of learning delivery and helping organisations get value for their training dollar.