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Learning2005
-- Masie and his Posse are Back
I
was only able to join the conference starting it's second
full day but I got filled it from those who were there
for the whole event and I had the most productive conference
24 hours of my life. And that's the first point. Masie's
conferences are first about social capital (ie, networking)
or in more acceptable terms, "connecting with old
friends." I couldn't walk 200 feet without running
into a client, prospect, partner, or personal friend.
Everyone who's anyone is clearly sticking with Masie.
This
was the first year Masie was back on his own with the
big annual conference. TechLearn in Vegas was a disaster
and will probably be scrapped in the near future. Masie's
Learning2005 had close to 2,000 people, and many stayed
away because it was held over Halloween. Next year's conference
will be held a week later so attendance will be even higher.
Elliott is usually called "the great connector"
or an "e-learning guru." He is definitely both
of those things but he is also our great e-learning entrepreneur.
He got $12 million for TechLearn, did purgatory for five
years, and now has his show back. Testament to Elliott,
but also true proof of the power of "brand you"
and social networking. When Elliott sold TechLearn he
shrewdly and consciously kept rights to his name, website,
and the Masie Consortium. Those were the things of real
lasting value.
Content-wise
at the show simulations continue to be hyped, along with
all things Web 2.0 related. Wikis, blogs, social network
maps were discussed and actually used at the conference.
Not many real-world examples thus far, and of course these
items shift the goals from traditional training to just-in-time
support and information. Interesting to me were the dogs
that didn't bark... SCORM, AICC, RLOs, etc are now acceptable,
known and maturing. ROI and business case building are
rightly viewed as, "duh." For day by day coverage
check out these blogs:
Jay
Cross Blog (click and scroll down).
Will Thalheimer
Blog.
Here’s
to living and learning,
Kevin
kkruse@e-learningguru.com
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