Some of our Clients that have used these services:

The Alberta Research Council

The Petroleum Human Resources Association of Canada

The Council of Presidents of the Public Universities, Colleges and Institutes of Alberta, Canada

Lethbridge College

Bow Valley College

Mount Royal University

The City of Calgary

Dr. Sharon Carry

President & CEO

Bow Valley College

“…Because of the process used and the thoroughness of the report submitted, the College has much confidence in acting upon the recommendations.

We would not hesitate to engage Standing Stones for projects in the future."

Rob Beamish

Director

Concept to Capital Program

Calgary Technologies Inc.

"Standing Stones provided us with a highly effective and efficient process for gathering valuable information from five different stakeholder groups.

Through Standing Stones' efforts, we were able to gain a much clearer view of what our clients really wanted which translated into immediate and substantial program improvements."

Lucelle Prindle

Administrator, Centre for Teaching and Learning, Lethbridge College

"Lethbridge Community College contracted Standing Stones to create a conceptual model of electronic student support and a plan for the development and requirements of the model.

The electronic student support model (SNACS - Student Needs And Community Support) they designed was a highly innovative, creative model that was within our college's capability to implement.

Since the catalyst provided by Standing Stones, we are entering an implementation phase... but we all remember that it was the vision that Standing Stones created that took LCC to this point."

Sample Projects

A Shared Vision & Model for  e-Learning in Alberta: Facilitating province-wide research and creation of a shared vision, model and commitment to eLearning by 15 Colleges & Technical Institutes – resulting in eCampus Alberta (with 16,000+ registrations in 2010/11).

The Council of Presidents of the Colleges, Technical Institutes and Universities of Alberta

A Vision & Business Case for Campus Learning Space & Time: Researching and facilitating a shared vision, concept model and business case for Bow Valley College’s learning space and time – helping lay the foundation for a $134-million-plus expansion and “Huge efficiencies relating to building use.”

Bow Valley College

UNDP & World Bank Innovative Multi-Stakeholder Organizational Learning & Performance Improvement: Co-facilitated organizational learning workshops (CSA) and trained staff with a partner company at the United Nations Development Program (UNDP, New York) and at The World Bank (Washington DC) – including co-facilitating a workshop with the President of the Bank, James Wolfenson, and his senior executives. Also taught employees of multi-national organizations how to implement these workshops and technology at training sessions in New York, Washington D.C, Palo Alto, Toronto and Banff.

The World Bank, The United Nations Development Program

Field Learning Strategy & Procedure System: Conducted in-depth literature and ethnographic study on field learning looking at the nature of expertise in relation to structured and ill-structured problems, performance, safety, instructional strategies, cognitive aids required, and assessment strategies - resulting in vision and concept model - for Construction Services in Water Resources, The City of Calgary.

The City of Calgary: Water Resources

University Staff Engagement and Change: With a University Taskforce, facilitating organizational learning workshops, analysis and strategy development for on-going engagement, change and process improvement for 730+ Support Staff and Exempt Employees at Mount Royal University

Mount Royal University

Concept Model for an On-line Student Support System: Conducted business & user research. Conducted multiple workshops and interviews with stakeholders ranging including students, student services, senior management, support staff and faculty. Designed a concept model and implementation plan for on-line student services that bridged on-campus and off-campus activities.

Lethbridge College

PeopleSoft: Competency Management: Conducted business & user research. Created a concept model and process map for implementation of the PeopleSoft Competency module. Documented process and data standards.

The City of Calgary-Water Services

Award-winning Value Chain for eLearning: The Southern Alberta Institute of Technology (SAIT Polytechnic) used a value-chain model we created to structure their on-line student services for which the Canadian Association of Distance Education awarded them the 2005 Award of Excellence and Innovation in Student Services.

Southern Alberta Institute of Technology (SAIT Polytechnic)