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 networking 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. Tues Nov 17 I’m planning to go to the Greater Boston ASTD meeting to hear Dave Wilkins speak about Social Learning and Social Networking. MORE >>

I've been participating for nearly 2 years in the local Arizona chapter for ISPI. We've had some great monthly meeting topics in that time period, as we're looking forward to more this November and December. wanted to make a special mention of our chapter's new website - or blog, rather - which can be found at www.azispi.org (if the redirect is working properly), or azispi.blogspot.com. MORE >>

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 the live experience. particularly like it when the audience challenges me, and in this case, that happened about 60 seconds into the presentation.  My final question was whether anyone was “live tweeting&# my session.  MORE >>

[Editor's note: To read how Rose used social networking to supercharge her virtual ISPI chapter, check out Part One.]. Outside of her work at CACI, Rose is also the President of the ISPI virtual chapter for Capella University. The ISPI Certification (Certified Performance Technologist) is not an easy certification to obtain. Rose Noxon is a Senior Business Process Expert at CACI International, a public IT company that was recently recognized as the government contractor of the year. And how did you use these tools? HPT is applied in every industry. Those are the highlights! MORE >>

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. brought my laptop to do emails while I listened. sat in the back of the cavernous ballroom. Notes and Annotations Entrepreneurial experimentation. MORE >>