November is usually a very busy months in terms of the number of good conferences in the Learning and Development industry. Two big ones include Elliott Masie's Learning 2009 and the eLearning Guild's DevLearn 2009.
In addition, many regional ASTD chapters hold their full-day annual conferences during the fall. For instance, I participated in the ASTD Valley of the Sun chapter's event in October (see my report), and I'll be speaking at the ASTD Twin Cities Chapter next week as well. Consult your local ASTD chapter's website to see if they have major full-day events or other happenings coming up.
And finally, perhaps the most intriguing event this month is a virtual one: Corporate Learning Trends 2009, which is a free, online, non-profit conference on innovation in corporate learning. It’s a labor of love from industry leaders George Siemens, Tony Karrer, and Jay Cross, and will be held online from November 17-19. The theme for this year's event is Convergence in Corporate Learning, and the lineup of speakers not only includes the three already mentioned, but also Charles Jennings, Janet Clarey, Tony O'Driscoll, Jane Hart, Harold Jarche, and many others (see their pictures at Jay Cross' blog posting here.) And for more information, visit the LearnTrends social networking site.
— Thomas Stone (Tom_Stone@elementk.com)
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