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 ... off with a fun video (Rip, Remix, Reload rules in effect here) where the idea was to present SL as a frivolous place that ... Industry Applications at IBM that dealth with HR (Recruiting, Call Centers, Intern Training, Onboarding, Alumni etc, etc ... 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 ...

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... questions at the beginning of the presentation (he is focusing on virtual classroom training) and uses bulleted ppt (not ... primary challenge of any virtual event is successfully engaging the audience. Even skilled presenters often encounter challenges when bringing their presentations to a virtual environment. From getting the audience's attention at the start ... presenter. Anyone who has presented virtually understands the pressures and challenges inherent to this type of content delivery ... training them like monkeys... euh ... carried away, I do understand that you sometimes got to let learners ...

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 ... 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 ... , Gamechambers, Inc. He showed how the Army game Project office is implementing a live-fire virtual training program that ... soldier misses.) Christopher Chambers talking about improving live fire combat training with virtual targetry.

... created a site called MyBestDay.net. Four student teams are presenting this semester and are focused on Web 2.0 tools. His ... student teams created and presented proposals to 40 representatives from various organizations including Merck, Bristol ... €� category for their sales presentation. Their solution included a variety of tools such as a member questionnaire, tips ... presented a comparison of different hosting options and demonstrated their site design. The proposal also included a ... giveaways. They also recommend affiliations with other popular websites and organizations. The next presentation was ...

My colleagues and I recently submitted a paper/presentation for the International Association of Bomb Technicians and Investigators (IABTI) Conference. This was their annual training and technology conference. We presented on some of the training programs we are working on, and we also gave a primer on trends in the learning field. One of the more remarkable things was a simple question asked by my colleague. Presenting to a room of about 100 people, she asked who ... this presentation to :-) My biggest realization is that sometimes it is imperative that we get out and brief ...

... your training programs. In this session, you will learn: * Basic QR code technology * Examples of QR codes being used today * Who might benefit from QR codes * Ideas on how to incorporate QR codes into your training programs Live from room Palm 4 at Hilton, Orlando, Florida Brent looks a bit tired after a energy filled conference that has ...

... join Ruth as she guides you through research and practice on creative skills training, drawing from the 2008 edition of e ... advocate of what she is talking about. well designed creativity training programs typically induce gains inperformance ... - collecting job scenarios - defining cognitive and metagcognitive processes - training design trade offs (dollars and ...

Yesterday, graduate student Matt Monahan and I presented at the Training 2008 conference. Our topic was "Learning in ... have enough information, they present their findings to the group back in the virtual conference room. This is the ... from how to navigate in Second Life to simple scripting with building, teleporting and designing Second Life training ... presentation and helping to guide the presentation. Matt did a great job presenting. He was poised and well spoken and he ... a failure at a power plant due to a malfunction of a generator. Each person then must enter into a conference room ...

So today is an incredible day of travel, 6 hours from France to Philly and then 5 more hours to Salt Lake City. Still, worth the trip for the training conference. Already have many dinner plans for a few evenings, good time to see old friends and I got a lot done for my three presentations on the plane. In honor of the conference, look for me to be blogging at the conference blog Training Tech Solution . And if you are thinking about adding games, simulations or Massively Multiplayer Online Role-Play Games better known as MMORPGs, to your training agenda...check out the editor's ...

Just got done with a presentation titled "Games and the Gamer Generation: Realities, Myths, Traits and Training. Are ... feedback on the presention as well lest you think it was all negative. (recommending I come back next conference ... presentation went well. I used the Turning Point audience response system. It worked pretty well and gave me a great tool for determing the make up of my audience during my presentation. It allowed me to be interactive with the audience, gain information from them and allow them to participate in the presentation. I really enjoyed using the technology.

... create a prototype of the proposed solution and give a 20 minute sales presentation to a group of representatives from ... we had two teams (seven students total) presenting their solutions to the Corporate Advisory Council during the student portion of the event. We had two great presentations with everyone doing a professional and top-notch presentation. This year the Request for Proposal was a fictious request to create training for Traffic Enforcement Officers for the city of ... students are then required to provide a 20 minute sales presentation highlighting portions of the 40 page proposal ...

The Corporate CAC presentations this fall began with a little snow fall at Monty's but quickly progressed into some great presentations and sharing of information. Here is a brief re-cap of the presentations. First Presentation ... presentations with a talk about Knowledge Management and NASA. He indicated that we should think about Knowledge Management to include traditional venues like Training, Education, Workshops and Courses. But also Debriefs and After Action Reviews ... . Second Presentation Peter Rizza discussing the features of ExpressTrain. Peter Rizza from the Princeton ...

... audiences with formal conference presentations and panels. And, dont tell me that youve not felt that you could have spent your ... and networking experience. 2. Unconference within a Conference Unconferences allow the participants to present ... been presented yet. I think some of that can happen as conferences are more open about what theyre doing -- but some of ... conferences and have done a good numer of presentations and while I do get energized by doing those parts, Id really ... in training less than 1 year), conferences have to cater to a different audience. Since there is no content for the ...

Today was the final day of DevLearn, and technically, it was only a half-day. I presented Session 702: Virtually Anywhere: A Case Study of Mobile Learning at Qualcomm , along with Barbara Ludwig . (The slides are below; I’ll try to get the handouts posted soon.) Unfortunately, I missed the keynote by John Medina , author of Brain Rules ... wasn’t able to learn much new info today (I was a bit preoccupied with my presentation and getting to the airport on ... great conference. Your hard work definitely paid off!        ...

... this week. I was at a conference, 2 of the other members (including the Director) were at a local training, and one was ... - learning solutions Any conference - do a presentation. Awards - LINGOs - Volunteer of the Year: Rose Jorgenson, Outstart. Donated training authoring tool. Help with implementation support. Now trainer guru. Maintain ...

I will be presenting Session 702: Virtually Anywhere: A Case Study of Mobile Learning at Qualcomm , at DevLearn 2008 next month along with a co-worker, Barbara Ludwig. Here’s a quick summary of what we’ll cover in this session: Mobile technologies are transforming the way we work. But are we harnessing their potential to transform the way employees learn? Discover how Qualcomm Incorporated, a digital wireless technology company, is extending the reach of training outside the classroom, using a variety of mobile devices including cell phones, iPods, and eReaders such ...

The 25 Tools Professional Development resource is becoming very popular and the supporting 25Tools Community now has over 60 members. One of the members of the community is looking for assistance in creating a technology and education conference that will take place completely online in the summer. The conference will focus on K-12 education (training, curriculum, technology and best practices). If you are interested in helping with the creation and organization of this event, please contact Richard at richardwbush@gmail.com .  Richard will also be looking for presenters ...

I'm currently sitting at the Orlando airport getting ready to head back home from a great I/ITSEC conference. Today was spent wrapping up on the expo floor. Although I always wish that I had more time to spend with some of the vendors, I did manage to cover the entire explo floor. I attended one paper session on experiential learning. Ironically, the presenter was a colleague I use to work with at the National Defense University while I was at CTC. It wasn't planned, and he was only filling in because the primary speaker couldn't make it. This year (more than all of the ...

... sketch something on your PC? PowerPoint’s presentation mode provides a great drawing tool that most people don ... back presenter, but he definitely knows his stuff. I liked his style; it was easy for me to tune in and absorb lots ...

Here are the handouts and the slides for the presentation that I did on Wikis, Blogs and Social Networks. It was a fun, hands on presentation where many of the attendees had a chance to create a blog and a wiki. This session esd conducted at the Training 2007 Conference in Salt Lake City, Utah. I enjoyed the audience and had a lot of really great questions and ideas from the audience members themselves. Thanks for contributing to a great session. Click on the ... presentation on Gadgets, Games and Gizmos: Tools for Tranferring Knowledge from the Boomers to the Gamers. __ ...

On Tuesday, June 26th at 1 pm (ET), I will be presenting on "Gadgets, Games and Gizmos for Learning" in a lively online discussion sponsored by the great folks at InSync Training . You can go here to register and find out more about the ... ! In July (which is not that far away either) the eLearning Guild is having an online conference called Strategies ... /conference. Great speakers lined up and good information will be available to anyone thinking about how to create, design or develop Immersive Learning Simulations. Ron Burns , CEO of ProtonMedia and myself will be presenting on ...

... is painted in the training magazines, or presented at training conferences. It is hard work producing quality learning ... , etc.) to be read by people just like them. It's much the same phenomenon at training conferences - training folks talking ... only improve the quality of our magazines and conferences, it will improve the quality of training itself. " title="Atom ... I really enjoy Donald Clark's Plan B Blog . Clark is an Englishman with loads of experience in the training field. He has an acerbic wit and writes about training in general, and eLearning in particular, with a refreshing candor.

... eLearning Africa is the most comprehensive conference on ICT for development, education and training on the ... Conference CD-ROM Speeches Surveys eLearning Africa 2008 Post Conference Report [PDF / 1.2 MB] Post Conference Report [PDF / 0.8 MB] Conference Programme Pre-Conference Events Themes Picture ...

I'm helping George Siemens to organize a free, online conference - Corporate Learning: Trends and Innovations , Nov. 15 - 20, 2007. The conference will be held fully online (with live presentations and asynchronous discussions). There's ... :) Conference details are still coming together. Stay tuned to the Wiki for details and go to the registration page to register and sign up for the newsletter to get updates. In fact, part of the fun of the conference is that it will be a blend of a traditional conference with notable speakers, an unconference with discussion sessions based purely on ...

Some readers of an interview with me that appeared in today’s issue of Training Zone has generated a dozen ... the way we learn. Cross believes the era of traditional course-led training is coming to an end and that informal ... to fry our brains,” he says. Cross is angry about the way business is trapped by traditional forms of training ... who control the training purse strings. Cross finds that many businesses are nervous about the power of informal ... concerned about the present to do anything about the future’. Three quarters of respondents said that ‘if ...

... culture, 3 parts fun (including what the suits call execution). Distance Learning Conference ... , Leadership , Learning Styles , Multimedia , Presentations , Social Networks , Stuff I love , Teamwork , Technology , Training , Training Simulations , Web , Web 2.0 , Wikis , e-Learning — nkilkenny @ 7:09 pm I’m currently attending the Distance Learning Conference in Madison, WI (when I have time I will post the conference ... , but now it seems that the novelty of this realization is becoming dated. This presentation highlighted the ...

Association of Continuing Education and Training (IACET) Annual Conference, he shared his seven core principles in designing ... the Year 2001 Links to Cross-Border Online Training and Education Programs   Ideas for Teaching ... TRAINING, vol. 44, no. 5, May 2007 http://www.trainingmag.com/msg/content_display/publications/e3if330208bec8f4014fac339db9fd0678e Training [ISSN 0095-5892] is published monthly by Nielsen Business Media, Inc., 770 ... , improved bandwidth, audio access, knowledge portals, ubiquitous computing, etc.) will take education and training ...

Deciding if I should be speaking more or less at conferences? I love going to conferences when there's energy and I meet interesting people with interesting problems. I hate hearing the same presentations over and over. The last couple conferences have been interesting again, but I'm not sure if that trend will continue. In the meantime, I'm spending more time blogging and in virtual sessions. Those seem to have been a good replacement for my conference time. I'm still unsure ... Training 2007 will still have a blind spot around eLearning 2.0, but one keynote by IBM will open some eyes It ...

So I was giving a presentation yesterday at the e-Gov conference on KM . The presentation was on Web 2.0 and at one point my co-presenter, Tip Clifton of Eastpoint Analytics , asked the audience if any of their organizations ... creating curriculum that is focused on training and education for 'intact cohorts' - that is training and education for ... yet those are the people we need to have that connective tissue between. So we thought - train them together - as a ... have all heard at any number of conferences right? And yet, we all continue to go to conferences that are focused ...