Category Archives: Events

How to create pre-event buzz using social media

Posted on February 21, 2012 by Martin

Over the next two days 22-23 February 2012, the Tru London recruiting unconference will be taking place in London. The event – and all those who are a part of it – is great at building buzz through social media. … Continue reading →

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Where are the ‘workplace ideas’ festivals?

Posted on February 20, 2012 by Martin

Really liked this list of ideas festivals. Wish I had been to some but haven’t managed to get to one – yet. I’m lucky that I get to go to smaller unconferences, which have something of a festival feel about … Continue reading →

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Inaugral webinar for CIPD members Linkedin group

Posted on February 15, 2012 by Martin

Virtual meetings and their etiquette View more PowerPoint from Mike Morrison Last week, Mike Morrison hosted the first webinar for the CIPD members Linkedin group – the group Mike created, which now has more than 11,000 members. It is good … Continue reading →

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Event coverage – why should you?

Posted on February 13, 2012 by Martin

Live event coverage helps amplify your event as it happens, potentially reaching thousands more people who are following the event online. Here are 10 reasons why you need to get your event covered: To generate demand: prior to the event … Continue reading →

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Moving learning content away from courses provides L&D with a measurement problem

Posted on February 6, 2012 by Martin

Heads in the Cloud – How are content strategies evolving in the workplace? (debate results) View more PowerPoint from Brightwave Ltd Learning technology provider Brightwave ran a session at last week’s Learning Technologies 2012 conference entitled Heads in the Cloud: … Continue reading →

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Elearning, mobile, informal: the technology agenda for L&D

Posted on February 2, 2012 by Martin

Last week I provided coverage from Learning Technologies 2012 for Personnel Today (day one and day two) and I also wrote a post on some of the big conference themes. I wanted to follow this up with a look at … Continue reading →

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Tweet analysis for Learning Technologies 2012

Posted on January 31, 2012 by Martin

Here is an analysis of Tweets from Learning Technologies 2012. The report looks at 1,500 tweets so does not fully cover the entire two days. That said it gives good insight into who was tweeting and what they were tweeting … Continue reading →

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Getting hands on with Lego at Learning without Frontiers #2

Posted on January 30, 2012 by Martin

At the end of day two of Learning Without Frontiers I raced back to the Lego Education dome to find . . . that they had started dismantling the fine work of the conference delegates. It was my fault, I … Continue reading →

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Getting hands on with Lego at Learning without Frontiers #1

Posted on January 25, 2012 by Martin

The Learning Without Frontiers conference is taking place at London’s Olympia today and tomorrow. This morning I looked around the exhibition area which consists of lots of inflatable pods which look like igloos. Lego Education has a pod in which … Continue reading →

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A great month for L&D conferences in the UK

Posted on January 11, 2012 by Martin

Seems like January is the big month for learning and development if events are anything to go by. Currently on at Olympia is BETT, the international educational technology event. There is a wide range of events on plus a hall … Continue reading →

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