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Friday, March 13, 2009

February mtg follow-up

Our first chapter webinar experience was great, thanks to both Brian Butcher and Michael West for leading the LinkedIn and Facebook segments of the meeting. 
Our March 19 dinner program will be an official launch of our Special Interest Groups.  The three SIGs we will be kicking off are:   Coaching, facilitated by Matt Becker  /  Leadership Development, facilitated by Jackie Smith  /  eLearning, facilitated by Verne Morland.
Our April 16 luncheon will consist of a Generation Y panel discussing learning and performance initiatives.  We are discussing future programs this year geared toward how to develop a webinar and create a podcast.  
The WOC-ASTD website also serves as our newsletter and is updated on a regular basis.  Please use our blog to post your thoughts and suggestions as well as to continue conversations surrounding our monthly program topics. (posted by Brenda Kraner)

If you were not able to join our meeting on February 19, here's a summary on the LinkedIn network. (posted by Brian Butcher) 
Roughly 15 million members are in this social network. Now there are almost 8,700 members in the ASTD Group. ASTD is one example of a large number of interest groups in LinkedIn. This one is quite active. 
During just the last seven days, over 100 new members signed up in the ASTD Group. During the past three months, roughly 500 discussions have been posted by members of the ASTD Group. As an example of content, a search on the discussion keyword "webcast" found 20 hits. Currently the news article most read is entitled "Get Out of the Training Business" from the CLO magazine, February 2009 edition. 
Coincidentally Verne Morland posted a link to this article on our WOC blog a short time ago. Various search options are available on the home 
page of LinkedIn  -- Search for People, Jobs, Companies, Answers, Inbox and Groups. 
Like other social networks, LinkedIn can be a valuable job searching resource. A related presentation is available on Slideshare under this link... 

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