Getting Safety Training Online Quickly

Date: June 10, 2020

Time: 9 a.m. PDT / 12 p.m. EDT

Speaker: Richard Tobin, CEO & President of Bongarde/SafetyNow

About the Webinar

You could say that the COVID-19 lockdown was a massive social experiment in remote technologies and work-from-home processes. For some job functions and industries, the transition was easy, but for others, remote work is difficult, if not impossible. After all, how easy is it to manufacture widgets from your living room while also trying to be a substitute teacher for kids’ In a new work processes world where lean manufacturing and open office concepts are in a sharp contrast to social distancing rules, OHS professionals need to embrace new technologies for safety training. Join Richard Tobin, CEO of Bongarde/SafetyNow as he discusses how safety training needs to pivot in the post-COVID world, how and why to quickly embrace eLearning, and how to optimize blended learning to deliver dramatic results to your businesses bottom line.

About the Speaker

Richard Tobin originally joined Bongarde in 2013 in a marketing role, but quickly worked his way through Product to a take active ownership of the P&L of one of the core business units in Bongarde. Within a year, Rick grew the business profit line by over 400% and has carried that determination and Grit to achieve in other core business areas within the company.

In the fall of 2016, Rick took on the role of President and CEO for Bongarde and is focused on growing the people, services and business.

Prior to joining Bongarde, Rick was a partner in F5 Marketing Group, where he helped clients like Disney, Sterling Commerce, and divisions of Lockheed Martin with online market growth.

Rick has also previously served as Director of Research for Enquiro, now Yellow Pages; authoring landmark research on SERP engagement, usability and UX design for companies like Google, Microsoft, Disney and more.

Rick holds multiple degrees from the University of British Columbia and the University of Edinburgh.