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MEETING INFO |
| AGENDA |
| 5:30 pm | New Member Orientation |
| 5:30 pm | Networking & Hors d'oeuvres |
| 6:15-8:00 pm
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Program |
| 8:00-8:15 pm
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Wrap-up and Adjourn |
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FEES |
| $35 |
Members |
| $45 |
Nonmembers |
| We're experiencing a great number of late registrants and walk-ups, and we're very pleased. But to help us accommodate you better, please register early if possible. Early registration allows us to be more prepared with less interruption. Thank you! | |
ASTD Golden Gate Monthly Meeting
When: Tuesday, February 12, 2008
Where: Oakland Professional Development and Conference Center
Where: 1000 Broadway (at 11th Street)
Where: Oakland, California
Where: Directions
BLOGS AND WIKIS IN TRAINING--How Blogs and Wikis can be a Valuable Tool for Training Professionals!
A blog is a user-generated website where entries are displayed in a reverse chronological order (most recent on top). Blogs often provide commentary or news on a particular subject and can be public, or protected and therefore only accessible within an organization or a team. Blogs have revolutionaized the process of publishing information on the Web as well as the sharing of information within companies.
A wiki is a collection of web-pages that anyone can edit. Wikis are used as a knowledge-base similar to wikipedia, and as a collaboration tool reducing reliance on group email. With wikis you can reduced email volume, cut down meeting times, and accelerate project cycles.
In this session, we will explain the benefits of blogs and wikis, demonstrate the steps involved in creating them and using them, and show how they can be useful for training professionals. At the end of this meeting, you will have the information you need to define the vision and purpose for your blog and/or wiki, as well as many insights into how to go about implementing them.
Presented by: Pierre Khawand
Pierre has more than fifteen years of experience in the software industry. He has led several technology ventures and completed successful mergers and acquisitions and founded People-OnTheGo in 2001 to enable business professionals to communicate and collaborate more effectively using leading edge technologies. His best selling "Accomplishing in less time, less effort, and less stress" workshop enables managers and executives to better cope with information overload and competing priorities. Pierre is the author of two popular blogs (less-is-more.typepad.com and 81dayexperiment.typepad.com). He has recently published the Smartphone Experiment bookhow to select your smartphone is 5 easy steps. Pierre holds a Master's degree in Engineering from the University of Michigan and has completed several Executive Education programs at the Stanford Graduate School of Management.
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