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A Brief Introduction – Communities of Practice Manager

The Learning Circuits

As Ryann mentioned in a previous post, I’m the Community of Practice Manager for Learning Technologies at ASTD. In this role, I engage with the community and help build ASTD’s portfolio of content—from T+D articles to books to educational programs to conferences and beyond.

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Big News Out of ASTD International Conference & Expo 2014

OpenSesame

This past week I had the privilege of attending my first ASTD (American Society for Training & Development) conference in Washington D.C. Globalization and technology have fundamentally changed the profession from simply training to helping employees achieve their potential.

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Big News Out of ASTD International Conference & Expo 2014

OpenSesame

This past week I had the privilege of attending my first ASTD (American Society for Training & Development) conference in Washington D.C. Globalization and technology has fundamentally changed the profession from simply training to helping employees achieve their potential.

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New to E-Learning? Here are Some Simple Steps to Help You Get Started

Rapid eLearning

He said that this would help me focus less on the glossiness of the commercials and more on their construction. It slowed things down and helped me shift my focus away from the slickness of the commercials (which made my lack of skill more apparent) and move it towards the production process. Common Course Chunks.

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Staying Relevant in E-Learning in 2014

E-learning Uncovered

We thought it would be helpful to have a list of them here, in one place. Conferences: * ASTD TechKnowledge : January 22-24, 2014, Las Vegas, NV. ASTD ICE (International Conference and Exposition) : May 4-7, 2014, Washington, D.C. The e-learning industry has so many outlets for information and growth opportunity.

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John Seeley Brown Keynote at #ASTD2013

Learning Visions

These are my live blogged notes from the opening session at the ASTD International Conference and Expo (ICE) -- happening this week in Dallas, TX. 10,000 or so training and development people here to extend their practice. Building a community of peer-mentors. This has helped to create a deep learning community within Facebook.

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Stuart Crabb of Facebook #ASTDTK12

Learning Visions

My live notes from the general session at ASTD TK12 on Thursday. Communities of practice – built on authenticity, social by design. Humans have been collaborating since the dawn of time. Facebook didn’t invent that, just created a great tool. What does it mean to be social? It’s not new. It’s a jungle gym out there.