In Part 1 I introduced the catalyst for this series. Though it's primarily intended for a project I'm doing for my local ASTD chapter (Orange County), the series would certainly have benefit for you, or a friend who might be new to Twitter. Feel free to forward this series along. (Click the "Email This" link at the bottom of the article.) If you're ... creativity on your part to be personable and "un-creepy" in 140 characters or less. No spamming. Earn respect ... their Twitter profile. (It's okay, it's part of the culture. Typically, they'll follow back.) Thing #8: Learn the ...

I've been approached quite a bit recently to do presentations at local ASTD chapters or to help find a speaker. The reality is that I can't afford to do free presentations at local events. In some cases, I am finding myself doing workshops locally that can then help fund it. I'm looking forward to doing more of these this next year. But in the cases where that's not going to work out, I would really like to help the person find a speaker who is local and who can speak to ... speaker in the Birmingham, Alabama area for a local ASTD on eLearning 2.0 or Work Literacy. What would you do if you ...

Presentation: Deeper Instructional Design: Cognitive Science and How People Really Learn Presenter: Clark Quinn (yup ... - Example - Practice - Summary Action! How do people really learn - use that to design system. - And what technology ... research Advanced ID - Learning Grounded - Skills-focused - Emotionally engaging Brain characteristics - Pattern ... pattern matching - Learns - compiles knowledge, inaccessible + We start with explicit - then compile. Gets into ... . It's about learning? Not really - It's really intellectual self-gratification - It's about DOING. - Stuff you do for ...

... cool twitter feed , real time.) ------------------------------ Brent's intro - Learning in a 2.0 World (Group participation, What I (they) learned in Breakfast Bytes) - user assistance, link audio and video to online help. Google Case ... more legitimate) - Help people learn from the people on the edge - Examples - Linux and Pearl (1991), First book on ... intimacy after meeting someone in person and talking to them vs. remove). Another "big parade" forming - brain-family(?) learning. Lots of things happening in neuroscience that can help learning. Watch the Alpha Geeks. - Those who are ...

... three-person lunch meetup to the 100-person local user group can give you the most positive effect of being at an event ... This post was spurred by Tony Karrer’s comparison of Online Conferences and In-Person Conferences ... final week of Work Literacy Web 2.0 for Learning Professionals , hosted at Ning by Michele Martin , Harold Jarche ... most part it has been an asynchronous, social, learning workshop.  I can join in at 2 PM or 2 AM, depending on my schedule ... home and work. Personally, I’m more inspired by my familiar surroundings and the less hectic schedule of ...

First Things First: Local ASTD Groups On LinkedIn - Do It! If you're a manager or marketing/sales professional in the learning industry, it's worth doing a quick search in the groups directory on LinkedIn to see if there's an online group for your local ASTD chapter . Of course, if you're a trainer or instructional designer, this goes without saying. If you're a learning professional and aren't connected to your local ASTD chapter, it begs the ... opening up another poll to compare results. On a personal level, I hope to reinforce existing skills and learn new ...

Silence is Bliss? I'm a moderator of a small but growing online community of learning professionals. (Some ... . Early this month I was asked if I would consider becoming a moderator for our local ASTD chapter's new online ... opportunity to grow a community with a strong collective mindshare in the learning industry while helping connect folks to ... knowledge and experiences.) Observe and listen to who the key personalities are. If you have questions ... ;s a fact, not everyone receives a reply to their posts, no matter how well connected that person is. If ...