Conferences
Across Ages and Stages, Learners Evolve
Monday, August 31st, 2009Helping other people learn in the workplace and elsewhere entails understanding not only the subject matter but the needs and perspectives of the learner. That’s a key element at The Evolution of Learning, the ASTD-Cascadia 2009 Regional Conference at the Salem Conference Center, Sept. 23-24. Let’s check out some of the workshops on that track!
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Not-So-Anonymous Four
Monday, August 17th, 2009So, I had this on my to-do list: Ask some registrants for the ASTD-Cascadia 2009 Regional Conference in Salem, Oregon, September 23-24 (pre-conference workshop, Sept. 22) why they’re coming. Other tasks intervened before I could pop the question and there wasn’t time for everyone to respond. Suddenly I was on deadline with no males in [...]
Tooling Up for the Future
Monday, August 10th, 2009That cinema classic “2001: A Space Odyssey” opens with music by Richard Strauss accompanying weird early-humanoid figures as they wield clubs against an even stranger obelisk, and later introduces an onboard computer with an attitude. Here in 2009, we may not have made first contact with alien races, but we’re certainly in a brave new [...]
Good Talk at the Table
Monday, August 3rd, 2009It’s potluck picnic season, when everybody brings their favorite dish. Somehow the Thai noodles, smoked salmon, vegan potato salad, barbequed ribs and Aunt Sophie’s wicked-good brownies co-exist in surprising harmony. We munch, offer compliments, and say, “Please pass the dolmades.”
A professional networking session encourages a similar rich sampling of many minds and traditions. At The [...]