Session D1
Tracks
Track D: Next Generation - Rethinking Training, Outreach and Inclusivity
| Wednesday, August 27, 2025 |
| 12:15 PM - 1:15 PM |
Overview
Workshop
Chair: TBC
Adapting skills in a changing workplace
Ms Noeleen Schenk, Director and Ms Siobhan King, Senior Consultant, Metaxis
Chair: TBC
Adapting skills in a changing workplace
Ms Noeleen Schenk, Director and Ms Siobhan King, Senior Consultant, Metaxis
Speaker
Ms Noeleen Schenk
Director
Metataxis
Adapting skills in a changing workplace
12:15 PM - 1:15 PMAbstract
We are living through a time of unprecedented change. The technological advancements in areas such as Artificial Intelligence are deeply impacting the world of work.
While some might see this as a threat, We believe that it presents many more opportunities to our sector. Our skills are not only valuable in this changing world, but more importantly transferable. The purpose of this interactive workshop is to encourage delegates to explore their information, records and archival management skills, understand how transferable they really are, and identify what actions (if any) they need to take to adapt their skills for the changing world of work.
During the workshop we will discuss the following:
• Understand what we mean by transferable skills and why they matter?
• Explore the skills we think are likely to be needed now and in the future?
• Explore what actions we can take to maintain and promote our skills to employers and prospective employers
• Develop a personal action plan
The workshop format will consist of a mix of small group working and facilitated group discussions, designed to encourage a wide-ranging exploration of our skills and the proactive steps we can all take to engage with our organisations to recognise them.
The tone and aim of this interactive workshop is to enthuse delegates and make them realise how valuable and transferable many of our skills really are and encourage them to look forward to the future, confident that they have a place in it.
While some might see this as a threat, We believe that it presents many more opportunities to our sector. Our skills are not only valuable in this changing world, but more importantly transferable. The purpose of this interactive workshop is to encourage delegates to explore their information, records and archival management skills, understand how transferable they really are, and identify what actions (if any) they need to take to adapt their skills for the changing world of work.
During the workshop we will discuss the following:
• Understand what we mean by transferable skills and why they matter?
• Explore the skills we think are likely to be needed now and in the future?
• Explore what actions we can take to maintain and promote our skills to employers and prospective employers
• Develop a personal action plan
The workshop format will consist of a mix of small group working and facilitated group discussions, designed to encourage a wide-ranging exploration of our skills and the proactive steps we can all take to engage with our organisations to recognise them.
The tone and aim of this interactive workshop is to enthuse delegates and make them realise how valuable and transferable many of our skills really are and encourage them to look forward to the future, confident that they have a place in it.
Biography
Noeleen Schenk is one of the Directors at Metataxis.
Noeleen has more than twenty-five years’ experience of working in the information sector as a practitioner, researcher and consultant. She is a talented leader and strategist, able to develop strategies based on each client’s unique context, and also, importantly, ensure that they are realistic, pragmatic and can be implemented easily.
All her work is focused on supporting clients to maximise the value of their information assets, while managing and minimising their information risk. Her projects ensure that the solutions developed and implemented fit the specific business context and deliver real business benefit. She is committed to ensuring that solutions implemented support the usability and applicability of good information management practice, embedding changes into existing business practice.
Noeleen is always looking to build on her knowledge and develop new ways of managing information and knowledge. She stays at the forefront of our sector through a process of innovation, thought leadership through speaking and writing, active engagement with professional bodies, colleagues and communities of practice and ongoing learning.
Noeleen is currently a member of the ARA Records Management Group committee.
Mrs Siobhan King
Senior Consultant
Metataxis
Adapting skills in a changing workplace
12:15 PM - 1:15 PMBiography
