... yesterday a new scope seminar started on personal learning environments . and an online conference on the future of education started at the University of Manitoba. all this accessable knowledge... viva Web.

... the main differences between in person and online conferences? I have a bunch of random thoughts on this and I'm hoping ... rapidly increase and will slow down in-person conferences Prediction 2 - Smaller, targeted, short-burst, rapidly planned conferences will emerge. Now, don't get me wrong, I still very much like to do in-person conferences. I believe ... in-person conferences. Threaded discussions are more effective and normally you don't have these in-person. You do get ... cost in terms of time and expense. It's hard to get all the way to an in-person conference. I've had to lower the ...

Earlier this week I had the opportunity to particpate with colleagues from IBM and Duke CE in a plenary session at the HRPS Conference Our session was entitled “ Second Life: What's the Business Case for HR in the Virtual World?” My buddy Steve Mahaley (Ace Carson in SL) did an awesome job of producing this plenary. And boy was it ... Makers and we got a lot of positive feedback after the session. All in all it was a great conference and I think we got these senior folks thinking about the opportunities that the first-person interface can provide to their ...

The last two days EMC held its 2nd annual Innovation Conference, right in the Education Services building. I was lucky enough to be given a last-minute invite to the conference. I attended last year’s conference (as a judge, not ... idea. Next year I’ll try to geek it up more and hide my education side. After the conference, we had a meet ... . Here’s a quick concept map: I’ll try to break it down: 4 of us had Innovation Conferences ... Services 2 people in Sales 1 person in HR, and 1 person in the CTO office 4 of us do work supporting the ...

... conferences. As you know creating Better Conferences is something that very much interests me. Check out that post, the poll results and the discussion for lots of ideas on how to make conferences better. But Clive's major point is that at today's conferences the mix is: His definitions are: ideas - presentations from gurus, experts and thought ... me having just returned from the ASTD Conference. That conference was certainly the old model - mostly ideas and ... attendees are relatively new to the industry and are first time attendees. I personally tried (a little) to create my ...

Since I'll be liveblogging, I figured I'd share my goals for this particular conference: - I'm seeing a series of sessions on XML and one session on ActionScript in eLearning. Silke Fleicher is also doing a session on Captivate 3 ... materials. This is where I hunt down Mark Oehlert , finally meet the guy in person, and ask him a series of moronic questions ... eLearning Guild conference and have not seen him speak yet - You GOTTA go to this one!!!!! - Liveblog as much as possible ... eLearning Guild Pageflakes to see all of the other takes on this conference.

This is WAY off topic, but so cool that I had to share.  These little mini business cards are full color and so personalized.  I'm hoping to have a bunch ready for the DevLearn2006 conference.  Enjoy! MOO We Love to ...

Image via Wikipedia A little explanation: I ran a customer conference last week in Las Vegas .  That was it.  No regular work, no blogging, nothing.  Now that I am recovered (which is relative) I am back to real life.  Because of the conference I had an abnormally small number of emails.  (I have never texted so much in my life, though ... the hampster in my head had to kick it up a notch: How do I communicate with this person if I can’t do it through ... never come close to that place again.  And it wasn’t just me - it was almost every single one of the conference ...

The eLearning Guild's Annual Gathering has started. Yesterday there were a couple of master classes and pre-conference sessions, but I limited myself to taking a swim (enthusiastic: there is a heated, big, outdoor swimming pool, hooray!) and going up to the VIP-reception in the evening. The nicest encounter of the evening was with Alan Levine (of whom I am going to follow two sessions) he looked very open hearted and filled with warm energy. This was the person who ... Disciplines of breakthrough learning and Will from the Thalheimer association, they gave a pre-conference ...

Some thoughts: Brain drain is affecting research in Africa . (There are more African researchers in the USA then in Africa itself). Passing information: For Maxime: the central website of EuroAfrica will post more information on the open corporation meeting between Europe and South African companies on ICT. Speakers roughly (with the ones I liked on top) (this is a very new media focussed person, really into it - contact him for collaboration) Beza Belayneh - Botswana (director of ICT4Dev in Botswana ) Key foundations for eCommerce are not ...

I just received a question that I'm sure often is on the minds of people in eLearning - which conference they should attend (eLearning Guild DevLearn or ASTD TechKnowledge). I'm hoping that everyone can weigh in on their thoughts. Here's was the specific question (and all the information I have to go on) to help advise this person - I have been trying to decide whether to attend DevLearn 2008 or ASTD TechKnowledge in 2009. I have never attended either. I have been designing and developing elearning for about a year. Any suggestions? This person works in health care in ...

... being used in the session. Now, Im personally not ready to throw in the towel on conferences. I still feel that Face ... ) expert camp. I GET to attend one, maybe two conferences a year and that is probably above average for the corporate person and below average for the expert. As a person who has attended maybe 12 conferences in my career I can say that the value ... point about location/price is interesting. I personally like when conferences get scheduled somewhere I want to travel ... reason that 150 person conferences dont work...money. Conferences are big business and programs mean print ads...so ...

... really, Chris made me realize that I had left out a few things from some previous posts around Better Conferences and Conference Breakout Sessions . 1. Entertaining Keynote vs. Content Rich Keynote Chris tells us - The opening ... personally would rather hear from a visionary in our field. Actually, I think I could pull together something better ... classic final-day conference letdown. Why do half of the participants always disappear before the final day of a conference ... , it's only half a day. And conference organizers know that this happens. Not sure what you can do about this?

... keywords being used in the session. Now, I'm personally not ready to throw in the towel on conferences. I still feel that ... I'm pretty sure it's not just me... I believe we can build better conferences. And, I need you to help by doing one or ... for what you'd like to see in future conferences (add comment). If you don't vote, then we'll assume you either will never go to a conference or think that every conference is just great as it is. I am talking to conference organizers ... conferences I regularly attend - and no offense to the eLearningGuild, ASTD, etc. - because most conferences have these ...

... conferences are great, I got to meet, in person, Natalie with whom I've only ever worked virtually. And I got to know a little ... This past week, I had the good fortune to be able to present at the SALT conference. SALT is the Society for Applied Learning Technology. I presented on Gadgets, Games and Gizmos for Learning (of course). My session was well attended and had I had some great interactions with the group and some really good questions. The moderator was even kind enough ... solutions not just one or two method but multiple methods. Great conference, if you get a chance attend the SALT conference ...

... person; and he does it through blogging. In May 2008 his book "ProBlogger: Secrets for Blogging Your Way to a Six-Figure ... !). Darren recently got interviewed by Dan Shawbell who is an expert in personal branding. As the world becomes smaller recognition on the basis of a clear identity (or personal brand if you like, I know it is not exactly the same, maybe ... really good in personal marketing and we get our names posted everywhere. Others - with equal knowledge in our own field of ... to the expertise I would like to be known for). Now I know I am not good in personal marketing, but I want ...

... slamming the use of small group breakouts during conference sessions. It's a tired old fossil of a format. The ... a random selection of thoughts, rants and personal beefs. Feedback to the group consists of a series of ...

Having just come back from DevLearn (which rocked; my hearty thanks to all participants and organizers), and now engaged in the Corporate Learning Trends conference (free, online), I’m seeing some repeated themes, and interests.  It’s a busy time, since we ‘re deeply engaged in the latter, but some messages are coming through so powerfully that I’ve got to reflect on them. In this time of economic uncertainty or outright fear, one of the ... , and came up with some interesting points.  At the personal level was to be nimble, strategic, and develop yourself.  ...

... and try to do some conference planning. To help me prepare, I went back to a few previous posts on related topics... In ... lens onto the conference: Be an Insanely Great Professional Conference Attendee Conference Preparation Better ... Learners? I need to figure out what questions I really have for this conference. I'm going to have to think a bit about that and come back to it. I also found a few posts around practical attendee ideas: David Warlick - Conference 2.0 - Ten Tips for Extending your Education Conference Session Hopping - A Practical Guide Conference ...

As part II of my week at conferences, I am now at the Innovations in E-Learning Conference held at George Mason University in Virginia. This is a small venue with about 250 people which makes it a great conference, small intimate and ... turns out she is blogging the conference and doing a fantastic job. I don' know how she types so fast. Check out ... Mark Oehlert, Dr. David Metcalf and Judy Brown. This conference has some really interesting presenters all together in a ... of other presentations we have both done in the past. It worked great considering we have never met in person ...

This post was spurred by Tony Karrer’s comparison of Online Conferences and In-Person Conferences ... :  “The most underrated benefit of the face-to-face effect of conferences is INSPIRATION. “  This is probably ... home and work. Personally, I’m more inspired by my familiar surroundings and the less hectic schedule of an ... three-person lunch meetup to the 100-person local user group can give you the most positive effect of being at an event like SXSW.” Similarly, Tony predicts that “Smaller, targeted, short-burst, rapidly planned conferences ...

... fledged conferences (with paid attendance); has created a business and development arm, and is currently the largest Second ... virtual world space Live from room Palm 4 at Hilton, Orlando, Florida Alan is a fun person with critical thinking ... SL, as long as you did not investigate SL in (virtual) person. One of the reoccuring questions is 'where do people get ... conferences nmc started the educational landscape and developed all kinds of educational related spaces (harvard, mit... ) SL is Visceral Question from the audience: where do you find out about conferences etcetera to get to know SL? if ...

... way smarter than me) expert camp. I GET to attend one, maybe two conferences a year and that is probably above average for the corporate person and below average for the expert. As a person who has attended maybe 12 conferences in my career I can say that the value of going to another conference as they are mostly structured is diminishing EXCEPT when I can ... Better Conferences - Response Needed : eLearning Technology Tony Karrer, Mark Oehlert, Clark Quinn and others have a lot to say about about getting the most from and conference and how many conferences can be improved. From ...

From a personal point of view mechanical spamfilters work against a good communications flow. Read John Patrick's ...

... that person. Frank did use the strategies that he mentioned (open floor, q&a ...) so virtual (as long as it ...

Just yesterday, I posted about Conference Preparation and I'm preparing for a couple of conferences so I definitely looked back at: Be an Insanely Great Professional Conference Attendee . One of the questions I often ask attendees ... to this conference? Couldn't we all do this from home? Well today, Kathy Sierra, posts: Face-to-Face Trumps Twitter ... virtual conversations, it still isn't quite the same thing as being there. As an aside, I personally question that view. In the long run - 25 years - we will all be walking around with devices that attempt to make in-person as good ...

Great question posed by Mark Oehlert - I will say that it is interesting that in addition to the slides you can also rate each session and leave comments about each. Total transparency. As we look for ways to improve conferences ... people - instant, visible ratings...boon or bane? I personally would love to see this happen. I often find myself in the speaker room at conferences trying to get a look at my session evaluations. I'm trying to find out what went right or wrong. It's often the case that conference organizers don't get evaluations back to you for 3-4 months. So, ...

... scatter plot: There are other applications aimed at helping you to network at conferences: CMC Central - Tradeshow ... recently gone through an evaluation process for a customer who does a large trade show. Based on my personal results ... finding people with common interests - see Conference Preparation and Be an Insanely Great Professional Conference ...

What makes for a conference event with impact? I'm building a list of what works best. What's your most memorable conference event? What delivered the most learning impact? I'll tell you mine; tell us yours in the Comment section. About ten years ago I attended a presentation by the late Gordon MacKenzie, the "creative enigma" of Hallmark Cards and author of the wonderful book Orbiting the Giant Hairball . He hung a clothesline across the stage at the annual meeting of the ... a sheet, and Gordon would tell its story. Gordon's stories were heartfelt, emotional, and often very personal. At ...

Tomorrow, more than a thousand learning professionals will join the free, online party at Corporate Learning Trends and Innovation 08 . Tony Karrer, George Siemens, and I set out to provide a platform for voices you haven’t heard at other conferences. We approached people we personally wanted to hear. We’re looking forward not only to live events but also the ongoing discussions that follow. (Click for agenda) What a group! George Siemens will be ... Tweets #learntrends See you there! Person Harold Jarche Right click for SmartMenu ...