Donna Walker

By Donna Walker on 1 February 2018

Donna Walker looking forward to 2018

Watch a brief video about IBM Training & Skills in 2018 (and a brief look back at 2017), presented by Donna Walker. Donna discusses the impact of education, Blockchain, the IBM THINK 2018 conference, digital credentials and our active involvement with standards organizations, among other topics. This video is part of our “quarterly kickoff” series.   […]

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By Donna Walker on 16 October 2017

IBM Training, Skills & Support Offerings: Donna Walker – Looking forward to 4Q 2017

As we start fourth quarter, let me ask for a few minutes of your time to view this quarter’s kickoff video from IBM Training, Skills, and Support Offerings. In this installment, I talk about the enhancements to our Skills Gateway, updates in personalization to the Learning Dashboard, and present the benefits of MESH – Modeled […]

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By Donna Walker on 17 July 2017

IBM Training, Skills & Support Offerings: Donna Walker – Looking forward to 3Q 2017

Here is the next in our series of quarterly update videos where you can hear the latest news from the teams. In this update, you can hear about the latest Skills Gateway enhancements and our recent alignment with IBM Support. In addition, we have news from our Global Training Providers, information on the recent award […]

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By Donna Walker on 8 June 2017

IBM receives another award for Digital Credentials – a joint post by Donna Walker and Tanya E. Moore

IBM’s Open Badge Program, in collaboration with our supplier Acclaim, was awarded the prestigious 2017 Platinum Learning Impact Award at the IMS Global Learning Impact Leadership Institute Conference on May 19 in Denver. The Learning Impact Awards recognize the most powerful and influential uses of technology in support of learning worldwide. The submission process was […]

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By Donna Walker on 5 April 2017

IBM Training & Skills: Donna Walker looks ahead to 2Q 2017

Here is the next video in the IBM Training and Skills chats, where I cover what is coming up in 2Q 2017 and recap 1Q. Hear about the success of IBM’s Open Badge program (winning the ITCC 2017 Innovation Award), our presence at Partner World Leadership Conference and IBM Interconnect and other key conferences, where […]

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By Donna Walker on 21 March 2017

ITCC honors IBM Open Badge program with their Innovation Award

We’re proud to announce that IBM has just been awarded the IT Certification Council (ITCC)’s 2017 Innovation Award for our Open Badging program. Open Badges provide digital recognition for skills, offer a method of sharing credentials in social media, and are used inside IBM as well as by our customers around the world. Last year, […]

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By Donna Walker on 5 January 2017

Training & Skills Chat: Donna Walker looks ahead to 2017

As part of the IBM Training & Skills Chats series of video interviews, I sat down with Rob Shook, Business Development Manager in my organization, to discuss 2017. We talked for a few minutes about the three key topics I see coming up around Training & Skills in 2017 – including the skills gap (which […]

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