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Your company’s clients would like a workshop on mentorship skills. One of the Performance Development

Division’s senior managers wants to use a book he read and asks you to design the workshop using this

publication as the core resource (up to and including a scanned image of the model from the text). You have a

great deal of material design and development experience, and this will be a high profile project. You have only

a six-week window to finalize the material. You should begin by (click your selection):

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Interview business owners on mentoring and coaching best

practices

Explore online resources such as wikis, blogs, and videos on the

subject

Interview the director who read the book

Your company’s clients would like a workshop on mentorship skills. One of the Performance Development

Division’s senior managers wants to use a book he read and asks you to design the workshop using this

publication as the core resource (up to and including a scanned image of the model from the text). You have a

great deal of material design and development experience, and this will be a high profile project. You have only

a six-week window to finalize the material. You should begin by (click your selection):

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y o u r n e x t

a c t i o n

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Gather information and data from available publications and online

resources

Find statistics supporting the benefits of effective mentoring

programs

Find slides that provide relevant visual reinforcement

Your company’s clients would like a workshop on mentorship skills. One of the Performance Development

Division’s senior managers wants to use a book he read and asks you to design the workshop using this

publication as the core resource (up to and including a scanned image of the model from the text). You have a

great deal of material design and development experience, and this will be a high profile project. You have only

a six-week window to finalize the material. You should begin by (click your selection):

S e l e c t

y o u r n e x t

a c t i o n

Click your selection

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Conduct a survey to identify trends and existing knowledge/skill gaps

Interview the director to obtain his/her desired learning outcomes

Identify the key learning points within the book to establish

learning objectives

Your company’s clients would like a workshop on mentorship skills. One of the Performance Development

Division’s senior managers wants to use a book he read and asks you to design the workshop using this

publication as the core resource (up to and including a scanned image of the model from the text). You have a

great deal of material design and development experience, and this will be a high profile project. You have only

a six-week window to finalize the material. You should begin by (click your selection):

S e l e c t

y o u r n e x t

a c t i o n

Click your selection

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Request a copy of the authorization to use the book and intellectual

property from the legal department

The director says the organization has authorization

The director says authorization is not required because this will be a

free client service

Your company’s clients would like a workshop on mentorship skills. One of the Performance Development

Division’s senior managers wants to use a book he read and asks you to design the workshop using this

publication as the core resource (up to and including a scanned image of the model from the text). You have a

great deal of material design and development experience, and this will be a high profile project. You have only

a six-week window to finalize the material. You should begin by (click your selection):

S e l e c t

y o u r n e x t

a c t i o n

Click your selection

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Four weeks later, your material is ready for the pilot phase. You should (select an option)…

• Run the pilot program, evaluate results, and revise your material for the scheduled client event.

• Request authorization for the material.

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Frustration and delaysThe assumption that your company was authorized to use the book was not accurate. The week before

the workshop the legal team cancels the event to avoid the risk of a lawsuit… Clients have been inconvenienced and senior management is upset.

However, you acted ethically and avoided a possible lawsuit by asking the legal department to review any legal and ethical concerns before launching your program, and you learned a valuable lesson.

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DO OVER

Can I have a do over?The assumption that your company was authorized to use the book was not accurate. Your legal department

was apprised of the situation late in the game; now there is a concern the company could face legal ramifications. The organization’s ethical credibility is being questioned...

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DO OVER

The corporate legal department provides you with a scanned copy of the

authorization from the author/publishing company, and also supplies you

with an approved release narrative and reference statement to be included

in the body of the material.

Well done! Before investing time, money, and resources to create a learning program, you remembered to verify that your organization was authorized to use the

copyrighted information.

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Reference

Nettles, D. E. (2012). Business model canvas workshop. Houston, TX: Insperity, LLC

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Unknown (2013). Image: Gavel. Retrieved from: www.outsidethebeltway.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/05/Law-Books-Gavel.jpg

Unknown (2013). Image: Champion cup. Retrieved from: http://freedesignfile.com/18639-champion-cup-and-medals-design-vector-set-04/

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