ASTD President and CEO Tony Bingham, and long-time workplace educator and business writer Marcia Conner, are collaborating on a new book to be released in Spring 2010 that examines the use of social media for learning. The book will present stories and case studies of companies using social media effectively. Bingham is inviting members to collaborate on this project by sending their stories and ideas for case studies.

YOU CAN HELP! Is your organization using social software for learning? Are they thinking about it? What questions would you like answered in this book? Email your ideas or background about your organization’s use of social media in learning to press@astd.org and help Tony and Marcia make this a book as powerful as possible. Be sure to include your contact information so the writers can get in touch with you for more details.

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I recently returned from a trip to Europe, so I’d like to share with you a brief update. In September I participated in the launch event for our new international partner in the UK, The Learning Sanctuary. I also visited our international partners and members in Ireland and the Netherlands.  I appreciated the exchange of ideas with local practitioners and gained valuable insight into local learning communities and current challenges.

The next trip is scheduled for Denmark, so I hope to share more information with you upon my return.

For upcoming events, please visit the international events calendar.

http://www.astd.org/membership/international/internationalEvents.htm

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Below is a video blog while I'm traveling in Ireland. I will also be traveling to England and the Netherlands, so please feel free to contact me if you wish to schedule a meeting. The video blog discusses an interesting article about Facebook usage. We welcome you to visit ASTD's group and International page on Facebook and I look forward to hearing your insight and comments about social networking use in your country.

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Click on the video below for an overview of the newly-developed ASTD Knowledge Center, which you can access at this direct link: http://www.astd.org/content/research/doYourOwn/

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Have you seen the special event posted on the ASTD website? Marcus Buckingham will be delivering a webcast on “The Performance Multiplier: How to Use the Four Principles of Social Networking to Reinvent Performance Management”. During this webcast, you'll learn how to harness the power of an organization's strengths by creating an intense focus on performance and matching people with the right opportunities to play to their strengths. Whether you are responsible for performance management in your organization, management of a team, or contributing on a team, this webcast is for you.

The Performance Multiplier: How to Use the Four Principles of Social Networking to Reinvent Performance Management
Wednesday, September 9 at 2 p.m. ET

Capacity is limited, so be sure to act quickly. For a full description of the webcast and for instructions on how to sign up, please follow this link:
http://www.astd.org/content/education/Webcasts/buckingham.htm

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I am pleased to share with you some additional details on the partnership launch and member event in the UK. The event will be held at the Ministry of Defence on Monday, September 21, from 10:00 am – 1:00 pm. We will be in the Henry VIII room - an underground room deep in the MOD building with lots of history. Our International Partner, The Learning Sanctuary, has lined up speakers and a sponsor, to provide you with opportunities for networking and professional development. Members and their guests are invited to attend. Space is limited, so please contact us soon if you wish to participate.

The agenda is as follows:

§  10:00 am    Welcome  - Neville Pritchard, Director, the Learning Sanctuary

§  ASTD – The Full Package - Lauren Forgacs, Director, International  Relations, ASTD

§  Challenges for the MOD L&D - Major Andrew Frost

§  ASTD – A Personal View – Lea Toppino, Head of Client Training and Business Development  MetLife

§  ASTD in the UK - Neil Lasher, President of ASTD Global Network UK

§  Synchronous Learning - David Smith, InSync Training eu Ltd

§  The Learning Sanctuary / ASTD International Partner  - Neville Pritchard

§  1:00 pm  Lunch – Sponsored by InSync Training eu Ltd

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Click on the video below for information on a new partner in the UK and the official partnership launch event and member workshop.

Information on events around the world can be found on astd.org/international or at the link below:

http://www.astd.org/membership/international/internationalEvents.htm

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Click on the video below for a preview of key data from the ASTD research report, “Learning in Tough Economic Times”, which includes best practices organizations are using to cope with financial uncertainty.

Information on ASTD research can be found on astd.org or at the links below.

Learning in Tough Economic Times: How Corporate Learning is Meeting the Challenges, full report:
http://www.astd.org/content/research/

Download the free Executive Summary:
http://www.astd.org/content/research/researchReports/

Keep Learning Mission Critical in Tough Economic Times, virtual presentation:
http://www.astd.org/membership/international/LearningPerformanceVirtualConference.htm

Keep Learning Mission Critical in Tough Economic Times, white paper:
http://store.astd.org/Default.aspx?tabid=143&action=ECDProductDetails&args=20156

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Watch the video blog below for an update on two upcoming conferences.

Full conference information can be found at the links below.

The Sales Training Drivers Virtual Conference:
http://www.salestrainingdrivers.org/conference/

The Telling Ain’t Training Conference:
http://www.astd.org/content/conferences/tellingAintTraining/

For information about other upcoming conferences around the world, please visit www.astd.org/international.

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Welcome to our new video blogs! These short videos will be your virtual source for news and information from ASTD International.

If you like the video blogs, or if you’d like to send me feedback, please feel free to send a comment through this blog post, or send me a comment through You Tube.

Be sure to bookmark this blog page, for regular updates.

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