I had a great time this Saturday presenting to ISPI Los Angeles on eLearning 2.0. This presentation was somewhat similar to past presentations, but I've added a couple of new slides and concepts. I'm including my slides (via Slideshare below, but it misses a lot of what the discussions were really about). Oh, and if you are interested in this topic, I will be presenting a slightly different

On Wednesday, May 20th, I’m going to be presenting at an ASTD / ISPI event at Babson College.  It’s shaping up to be something pretty special, basically a half-day workshop on social learning and the use of social media / networking within overall learning strategy. Bill Cava of Ektron is covering the basic history of social media and networking. 

Last week, I had the opportunity to present at a combined ASTD / ISPI Social Learning workshop.  A lot of it was a rehash of some of the other presentations I have done via webinars, but live and with an active audience.  I really like having a live audience.  Don’t get me wrong, webinars are great, but there is something more spontaneous and vibrant about

Tonight at the ISPI conference in Orlando, I attended a tribute to Geary Rummler, who recently died after a long and distinguished career in the “Performance-Improvement Field.” Thanks to ISPI for providing this, for all the speakers (who I apologize for failing to capture their names), and for all the people who came to Orlando especially for the tribute. I didn’t know Geary, so I didn’t know how I would react or how long I would stay. I

That is why ISPI has a lower membership than either ASTD or the e Learning Guild (35K) (from what I understand).  We should all be ISPI members and THEN ASTD or eLearning Guild members. Tags: Selling Social Learning Social Learning SIG astd design elearning guild ispi LinkedI As Dave and I talk about in the latest podcast “Be a Designer, not just a Trainer” ( iTunes link ) “Performance Improvement” or HPT (Human Performance Technology) should be at the top of the food chain.  The following should be understood by us all:

I'm speaking at the next Mass Chapter ISPI Meeting, thanks to the always energetic Jean Marrapodi . (@jmarrapodi) If you're in the area, come along and help me out! ************ e-Learning Tools Crash Course: Deciding What Authoring Tools to Use and When So you've heard about PowerPoint, Articulate, Captivate and Flash. We'll review examples of courses built in a variety of tools, look at pricing options, discuss appropriate uses, and review benefits and downsides. To learn more, go to Mass ISPI

International Society for Performance Improvement (ISPI) Building upon a previous blog post , I’ve listed a bunch more great resources to help you find a job in the field of learning and technology (a.k.a. eLearning). Happy hunting!

There's a fair amount of literature coming out regarding what it actually means for learning, how effective it is and will be, security considerations and many other interesting arguments for and against. I've just chosen 5 recent social learning resources /articles to share that I've found really interesting of late (in no particular order): Jane Hart of C4LPT on Social Learning SLQOTD - Social Learning Question of the Day (read how it works here on the Engaged Learning blog ) ASDT ISPI Social Learning Workshop - Dave Wilkins Overcoming the Top10 Objections to Social Learning

Tues Nov 3 I’ll be at the Mass chapter of ISPI to hear Cammy Bean talk about eLearning authoring tools. Tags: events ASTD elearning tools ispi social learning social networkin Besides working on my two performance classes, I’ll also be attending a couple of Boston-based events. Several other #lrnchat folks will be there too.

Among these are: ASTD (American Society for Training & Development) eLearning Guild ISPI (International Society for Performance Improvement) SALT ( Society for Applied Learning Technology ) STC (Society for Technical Communication) Please click the desired link above for more informatio There are a number of groups and societies available for those people who are interested in eLearning.