It’s been a busy couple of days in Las Vegas. Tuesday was active, starting with the announcement about IEEE. Reconnecting with colleagues in the learning space throughout Tuesday, we celebrated with many of our Up to All of Us friends also at TechKnowledge on Tuesday night.
I worked with the ASTD TechKnowledge Program Committee early Wednesday morning orienting new attendees. Afterwards we enjoyed a panel discussions in the TK Chat area about community, and were particularly pleased to hear some resonant ideas:
Community is a group of people that come together for a shared purpose & find people who have already gathered – @moehlert #astdtk14
— Megan Bowe (@meganbowe) January 22, 2014
Don't start a community just because you think you should. Is there a need? Will it be valued by your org.? #ASTDTK14
— Justin Brusino (@ASTDLearnTech) January 22, 2014
Don't expect a community to last forever once it's stood up. Biggest drag on new communities are those past their expiration date #ASTDTK14
— Aaron E. Silvers (@aaronesilvers) January 22, 2014
#astdtk14 if your people don't talk to each other now, starting a LinkedIn group won't change that. @JaneBozarth
— Aisha (@aishadtaylor) January 22, 2014
There are a surprising number of babies in Las Vegas this week. There’s this one…
Happening right now #astdtk14 @aaronesilvers and baby Jonathan pic.twitter.com/4ux8JANdTu
— Cindy Huggett (@cindyhugg) January 22, 2014
…and then as we made our way through the Vendor Expo area to catch up with some vendors we hope will participate in both the OpenLRS effort with LearningLocker and/or the IEEE xAPI Study Group, Aaron found another, uh, baby…
.@aaronesilvers found a new baby, @tincandy, & @timpmartin is totally impressed (@cindyhugg tell Jon sorry) #astdtk14 pic.twitter.com/6l2gWKftdA
— Megan Bowe (@meganbowe) January 22, 2014
Later in the day I moderated a panel discussion on Games and Gamification with Robert Gadd of OnPoint Digital, Kris Rockwell of Impact Games and Aaron, who works with Funny Garbage.
Gamification vs. Games discussion at #astdtk14 pic.twitter.com/qr4rSlavXU
— Brandon Carson (@brandonwcarson) January 22, 2014
Afterwards we had a meet-up for Learning Locker with Ben Betts and a full evening of networking with colleagues at TechKnowledge.
Today we’re looking forward to several sessions and my own on the Future of Learning Content Strategy.
Hopefully, we’ll find more babies for Aaron 😉