This guest post from Catherine Lombardozzi, founder of Learning 4 Learning Professionals, reminds us of the importance of needs analysis, of really listening, and of asking the right questions to extract the right information. “A prudent question is one-half of wisdom.” ~ Francis Bacon Many years ago, I provided job …
This guest post comes to us from Travis Waugh, an instructional technologist for The Georgia Institute of Technology. He’s also an upcoming speaker at DevLearn 2018 Conference & Expo, where he’ll be facilitating a hands-on workshop on creating chat bots powered by IBM Watson. If you could give your learners a one-on-one conversation …
Each Thursday between now and DevLearn, I will be sharing a small peek behind the scenes of this year’s conference. I have a fairly well-defined process I use when deciding if I want to attend a conference. It starts with a fairly simple question: What problems will attending this conference help …
“Who am I to get up in front of a room and tell people how to do their jobs?” “Nothing I’m doing is that special.” “Why would someone want to hear what I have to say when they could listen to industry experts instead?” I’ve heard so many variations of …
If you’re coming to Learning Solutions 2018, now is about the time where you may be starting to think about what sessions you’re going to attend. But if you aren’t able to come to the conference this year, don’t worry. You’re not completely left out either. This year we’ll be live …
Conferences are a fantastic way to build new skills, learn about new tools/techniques, and get inspiration. But they’re also a good place to meet new people and have a few laughs too. Last year we launched a fun evening activity called Presentation Roulette that was part presentation, and part improv …
Bringing in new voices to conferences is incredibly important. It ensures we’re getting a wide range of perspectives at the event, helps the conference to continue to feel fresh, and enables more of the community to participate and share. That said, when you’re someone who’s never spoken at a conference before, it’s not …
There is a lot to take in at DevLearn. From the sheer number of sessions and activities to check out at the event itself to the wide variety of entertainment options throughout Vegas, it’s not uncommon for people to feel both excited and a bit overwhelmed with choice, whether they’re new …
In our first look at the conference programming process Bianca shared our individual review process. In this next post I’ll provide you a closer look at how we go about collaboratively selecting sessions for the conference. After we have individually gone through each of the proposals and entered either a Yes, …
For this year’s FocusOn Learning we’re excited to once again be live streaming a curated selection of the sessions at the event. This is a great way to sample what’s happening in our three conference focuses – mobile, games, and video – right from the comfort of your own home or …