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FEBRUARY 6, 2012

Join or Renew your Houston ASTD Membership Take $25 off your General Membership fee if you join or renew your membership at this event.Membership in the Houston ASTD chapter creates the professional opportunities you need to compete in today’s rapidly changing marketplace.

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DECEMBER 13, 2010

ASTD estimates that U.S. These types of informative statistics appear in ASTD's annual State of the Industry Report. organizations spent $125.88 billion on employee learning and development in 2009. Nearly two-thirds of the U.S. total ($78.6 Nearly two-thirds of the U.S. total ($78.6 The remainder ($47.3 Check it out: [link]

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OCTOBER 11, 2010

You do not have to be a member of ASTD to attend. This casual and informal event is open to anyone who wants to learn to create more engaging e-learning with Articulate. It is a free event but space is limited to the first 25 people who register.

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APRIL 26, 2012

Make sure to use your Chapter Code when ordering the book to support your local ASTD Chapter - the Houston ASTD Code is CH7032. Karl presented to the Houston ASTD chapter yesterday on this topic - his slides can be found at [link]. It’s available on the ASTDBook store and Amazon.

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MAY 5, 2010

Free for ASTD members: Article: [link] Not an ASTD member? May 2010 T+D This simple but often forgotten step in the development process can maximize the course shelf life of your e-learning programs. Buy the article: [link] Free Podcast: [link]

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JANUARY 24, 2012

Nancy has been a presenter for regional ASTD chapters, eLearningGuild's mLearning Conference and a repeat presenter for the Chicago eLearningShowcase. During her presentation, Nancy will seek out a volunteer who will demonstratesome of these interactive voice tools in real time.

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JANUARY 3, 2011

Houston ASTD Jan Event: In 2014 Generation Y will Grow from 25% of the current Workforce Worldwide to 47%. Will You and Your Organization Be Ready? As their numbers almost double in the next five years, what will Generation Y's effect on the WorkPlace be? Find out more in this fascinating 1/2 day Professional Development event!

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MARCH 24, 2011

ASTD - Best of T+D: BluePrints for Success: [link] The Bestof T+D: Blueprints for Success offers some of the most searchedfor articles from the highly popular Fundamentals and Learning Blueprintcolumns. Includes an article on Scenario-Based Learning.

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MAY 11, 2010

National ASTD members pay only $89! Spend a day with Tom Kuhlmann of Articulate in Baton Rouge, LA. For only $99, you get a practical 6 hour session on Becoming a Rapid E-Learning Pro. Sign up before August 23 and use this code RAPIDBLOG. Use discount code "NATIONAL" when registering online to receive the $40 savings!

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JANUARY 28, 2010

I visited the Bloomfire booth at the ASTD Technology conference - and can't wait to try out their product. Bloomfire is a collaborative learning portal for internal company use. It's not launched yet - but you can get a sneak preview by sending the team a request. to share with others.

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OCTOBER 14, 2009

Interesting article about online learning and budgets - for example, according to the ASTD's latest Learning Executives Confidence Index , released in July, nearly 60 percent of professionals within the learning industry expect an increased shift toward online learning and virtual delivery of lessons in the near future. Check it out: [link]

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JUNE 30, 2009

ASTD presentation - tips from the front lines Check it out: [link] Creating Scripts and Storyboards for e-Learning - article from Kevin Kruse Check it out: [link] Storyboards tailored to you Check it out: [link] Storyboards for eLearning Check it out: [link]

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MARCH 8, 2011

ASTD Houston will host a webinar on May 18th with Matt and Treion - [link]. My favorite chapters are "The Rule of Overcoming Bias" - how to address and overcome prejudice against virtual classrooms - with really life examples and what to say to leaders and "The Rule of Personal Practice" - especially the list of common technical watch-outs.

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APRIL 22, 2009

The current issue of ASTD's T+D publication contains an article on the importance of cultural analysis in the development of effective global e-learning efforts. Check it out: [link] Also. good white paper Using Linguistically, Culturally, and Situationally Appropriate Scenarios to Support Real-World Remembering Check it out: [link]

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JANUARY 29, 2010

Attended “Using Cloudbooks and the Semantic Web to Power Learning” at ASTD TechKnowledge yesterday. The speaker showed how the semantic web technology is being implemented at the Library of Congress for professional development activities.

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MARCH 3, 2009

However, this article in ASTD Trends does have some good points - and some great resources for futher review. I'm still not convinced that "twittering" is a viable e-learning format. One good point: "Think before you tweet. Each tweet is a webpage. It can be Googled. It’s forever." Check it out: [link] Southwest Airlines Twitters: [link]

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