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JANUARY 4, 2012

ET Presenter: David Kelly Twitter is an excellent tool to leverage for both personal and professional learning and growth, and more and more organizations are harnessing its power as part of learning programs. Thursday, January 12 • 2:00 p.m.

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MAY 19, 2010

How can organizations make smart purchasing decisions about learning management systems? Although every implementation is different, there are some common factors to address when evaluating the right LMS for your organization. My topic is LMS 101- What you need to know. Hope to see you there!

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JULY 19, 2011

Attend this Online Forum to discover the trends that will impact what and how you develop and deliver eLearning in your organization in the future. What business, economic, and cultural trends will impact how, when, and where we deliver learning? Check it out: [link] sept-15--16/

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JULY 25, 2012

The purpose of the course is to provide the participants with best practices including tools, techniques and a basic roadmap to build capabilities in the use of social media technologies in their own emergency management organizations (State, local, Tribal) in order to further their emergency response missions.

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MAY 25, 2012

Jane Hart will share her experiences in, ideas about, and predictions for using social media to support workplace learning. Check it out: [link]

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SEPTEMBER 2, 2009

Using Play-Doh and the Apple iPod as examples, Robert Sutton, Co-Director of the Center for Work, Technology, and Organization at Stanford University, explains that often creativity is simply making new things out of old ones. Check it out: [link]

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FEBRUARY 2, 2011

Thursday, February 17, 2011 Speakers: Donald Kirkpatrick, Ph.D., Author, Speaker, Thought Leader, Kirkpatrick Partners James Kirkpatrick, Ph.D.,

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APRIL 23, 2012

Now View : Stay informed about hot issues, program changes, upcoming sessions, Twitter feeds and organizer messages. Features include: Native universal app : Great for iPAD and no wifi connection required to access the conference program, visual schedule or animated maps.

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JANUARY 3, 2011

Will You and Your Organization Be Ready? Houston ASTD Jan Event: In 2014 Generation Y will Grow from 25% of the current Workforce Worldwide to 47%. 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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OCTOBER 27, 2009

Yammer is an enterprise collaboration tool that lets you easily connect and share with the people in your company or organization (like an internal Twitter). The question is "What are you working on?". You must have a company email address and confirm membership to participate.

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NOVEMBER 23, 2009

billion (a 7% decrease from last year) 41% of organizations plan on purchasing online learning tools and systems in the next year. 47% of organizations surveyed reported a decrease in training budgets this year. Training Expenditures (including payroll and spending on external products and services) was $52.2 Payroll was $32.9

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DECEMBER 13, 2010

organizations spent $125.88 ASTD estimates that U.S. billion on employee learning and development in 2009. This amount reflects direct learning expenditures such as the learning function's staff salaries, administrative learning costs, and non-salary delivery costs (including outsourced activities). Nearly two-thirds of the U.S. total ($78.6

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NOVEMBER 30, 2011

The agenda: Welcome Panel discussion highlighting strategic models, templates, and research Round table discussion: Personal observations Your organizations' activities towards transforming technical training What help/support would be useful? Please come prepared to share yourexperience, ask questions, and extend your learning.

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OCTOBER 19, 2010

The Impact of Cultural Differences on Learning and Teaching - What it Means for eLearning - 1-hour recorded webinar, done for Walden University by Dr. Edmundson, explaining how educational and corporate organizations need to accommodate the cultural differences of learners in other countries to be successful.

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DECEMBER 31, 2008

There is a version for organizations - users who are not in your organization will not be able to see your content. When a student finishes a quiz, it asks them to enter their name and gives the user the option to send results via text message to the creator. Check it out: [link].

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SEPTEMBER 23, 2009

Time: November 17, 2009 to November 19, 2009 Organized By: Jay Cross, Tony Karrer , George Siemens Check it out: [link] [link] Three days of online dialog on Convergence in Corporate Learning.

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SEPTEMBER 3, 2009

SmartDraw is used to create business graphics such as flowcharts, organization charts, Gantt charts,tinelines, mind maps, floorplans and other diagrams. SmartDraw is also available in two industry-specific solutions: the SmartDraw Legal Edition and the SmartDraw Healthcare Edition. Check it out: [link]

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SEPTEMBER 13, 2009

Explore over 200,000 educational audio and video files from top universities, museums and public media organizations from around the world. iTunes U is a part of the iTunes Store featuring free lectures, language lessons, audiobooks, and more, that you can enjoy on your iPod, iPhone, Mac or PC. Check it out: [link]

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FEBRUARY 1, 2009

Wikipedia and Freebase both appeal to people who love to use and organize information, but the difference lies in the type of information covered, and the way it's organized. Understanding what a person, place or event is - rather than depending on just keywords and then using that data to present information.

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JANUARY 29, 2009

eLearning Learning is a community that tries to collect and organize the best information on the web that will help you learn and stay current on eLearning. I am now featured on the eLearning Learning Blog! Check it out: [link]

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JUNE 12, 2009

Bing is a search engine that finds and organizes the answers you need so you can make faster, more informed decisions. Have you checked out "Bing", the new search engine from Microsoft? I liked the image search - typed in "Paris" and got back some pretty nice photos - including some of Ms.

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JUNE 16, 2009

He mentions the top three hidden costs which organizations leave out of their analysis when evaluating a hosted vs. licensed LMS / LCMS purchase. Check it out: SyberWorks e-Learning Podcast Series: Episode #32: “Hidden Costs Associated with Hosted vs.

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JANUARY 11, 2010

The DoD pays all expenses, including internships, until the student graduates and starts work with the target organization. "The program is excellent because it pays for everything," said JoAnn Wright "It's a great opportunity for students, and a motivator for educating the scientists, technicians and engineers our Army needs."

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MARCH 5, 2009

Articles are written by "experts" and organized by categories. There are LOTs of online magazines. I came across Suite101 this past weekend. I have to admit that I lost a couple of hours surfing through the site. It's all text-based but has enough to keep you busy for a while - and they are looking for free-lance writers!

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JULY 17, 2009

Festival organizers say Atwood will use the video-conference technology to speak with fans, answer questions and sign autographs long distance. Atwood is set to attend the Word on the Street festival in Toronto on Sept. 27, but will simultaneously appear at sister events in Vancouver and Halifax via interactive video conferencing.

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JUNE 7, 2011

Chapter 8 - Information Organization and the Web by Sherry Curry You might have the most valuable information on the planet on your website, but if it is hard to navigate then the chances of people giving up before they ever get to it are great.

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JANUARY 3, 2009

They are organized into progressive levels of difficulty and different categories of brain challenge – like “cognitive control” and “processing speed.” I got sucked into Brain Age on the Nintendo DS last year so I thought I'd give this site a try.

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