Geoff Pearson

Director

Registered Training Organisation

NC4780

Agenda Communication has a track record of undertaking research

projects at both the State and National level in:

• communication skills training
• workplace language and literacy skills development
• workplace communication systems needs
• returns on investment in workplace communication skills training
• using language and literacy assessment and reporting scales in workplace and other contexts

Geoff Pearson, Director of Agenda Communication, has collaborated with a number of other organisations and individuals in conducting these research projects.  These are listed below.

Research

Research Projects

Literacy and the VET Practitioner  (2006) State-funded research project to develop a professional development kit to help non-literacy specialist trainers deal with their students’ literacy issues. © WA Department of Education and Training, Perth, Western Australia

New TAFEWA Admissions Evidence Guides (2005) State-funded research to develop new evidence tables for all TAFEWA applicants. These were based on the National Reporting System.  © WA Department of Education and Training, Perth, Western Australia

Doing WELL in the West  (2003)  Federally funded State-level research project to produce a how-to manual for WA training providers starting out in the field of workplace communication skills training delivery (in collaboration with Rebecca Saunders, DET) © Commonwealth Department of Education, Science and Technology, Canberra, Australia

Reviewing the Use of the National Reporting System as a Reporting Tool in Workplace Training Programs (2000) National research project to review the relevance and validity of reporting on workplace training programs using the NRS as a reporting tool (in association with Linda Wyse and Associates and CommET, Victoria) © Commonwealth Department of Employment, Education, Training, and Youth Affairs, Canberra, Australia

Language, Literacy and Workplace Change (1997) National research report on the relationship between workplace communication skills training and the implementation of workplace change. (in collaboration with Linda Wyse and Associates, Victoria) © Commonwealth Department of Employment, Education, Training, and Youth Affairs, Canberra, Australia

More than money can say: The Impact of ESL and Literacy Training in the Australian Workplace (1996) National research report quantifying the positive effects of workplace communication training on workplaces © Commonwealth Department of Employment, Education, Training, and Youth Affairs, Canberra, Australia

Case Studies of Good Practice in Workplace Literacy (1993) National research project to produce a report and case studies defining good practice in the setting up, running and evaluation of workplace communication skills development programs. (Co-researched with Barry Strickland) © Commonwealth Department of Employment, Education and Training, Canberra, Australia