LearnNow Agenda

Boston (Cambridge), MA
July 25-26, 2012

Day 1

Networking with Coffee & Pastries
Use this opportunity to get to know some of your fellow participants.

Welcome to LearnNow
Here you will learn a little about what the next two days have in store for you as well set your personal objectives for the event.

The Changing Nature of Business and its impact on Learning (with Bob Mosher and Conrad Gottfredson)
Organizations, today, face the challenge of accelerating change.  Budgets are tightened – everyone is expected to do more with less. Welcome to the “new normal.” Here we’ll explore just how business has changed and how that is impacting the current state of learning and development. We’ll explore the strategic benefits that LearnNow practices and technologies can deliver to your organization.

The Five Moments of Learning (with Bob Mosher and Conrad Gottfredson)
Many organizations have a limited view of what blended learning can and should be. In practice they limit their blending solutions to formal learning modalities.  How can your organization move forward to embrace a “new blend” of formal learning practices with intentional informal learning opportunities? In this segment you will discuss the process for developing a strategy that that blends learning across all Five Moments of Learning Need.

Break

Gaining Buy-in (with Bob Mosher, Conrad Gottfredson, Cammy Bean, and Chad Udell)
Does your organization cringe when they hear the word “social media?” Are they seeing the value in learning that takes place away from the classroom? Here you will learn how to make a practical business case for informal, social, and mobile learning.

Networking Lunch
Use this opportunity to exchange ideas and experiences with your fellow participants.

Implementing Social Learning (with Cammy Bean)
Social learning provides the opportunity for your learners to learn with and from one another. That’s a great concept, but how do you get started with social media and learning? This session will show you how to implement opportunities for social learning and help people start sharing.

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Getting Started with Mobile Learning (with Chad Udell)
Mobile learning holds a lot of promise, but it’s commonly misunderstood and easily misused. You’ll get an in-depth look at the current mobile learning landscape and get direction on how to start a mobile initiative that makes sense for your organization.

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Break

Speaker Roundtable Q&A (Bob Mosher, Conrad Gottfredson, Cammy Bean, and Chad Udell)
There’s been a lot of ground covered, and by the end of the first day, you'll probably have a lot of questions. Here our speakers will be on hand to provide their candid thoughts to help give clarity and context for these emerging opportunities.

Making LearnNow Happen

Networking with Coffee & Pastries
Use this opportunity to get to know some of your fellow participants.

Welcome & Preparation for Day 2

Tools and Vehicles (with Bob Mosher, Cammy Bean, and Chad Udell)
On Day 1, we took a strategic view on what takes to get started with informal, social, and mobile learning. Here we will examine some specific tools you might want to consider integrating into your plan.

Break

New Analytics and How to Measure Success (with Bob Mosher, Conrad Gottfredson, Cammy Bean, and Chad Udell)
Along with new ways of learning come new ways of gauging success. With these new informal methods of learning, measurement is not as easy as tracking learner satisfaction or time spent in the classroom. (Not that those are good metrics to begin with.) Here you’ll learn some methods for tracking the value of your Learn Now initiatives.

Putting It All Together

**Agenda is subject to change**