Thursday, May 15, 2008

8:30- 9:00 Registration and Morning Coffee
9:00- 12:30 AM Workshop

AM Workshop
Social Capital: Glue for Sustainability

Victoria G. Axelrod, Management Consultant and Organization Strategist, Axelrod Becker Consulting

William F. Becker, Organization Consultant, Axelrod Becker Consulting

Jenny Ambrozek, Founder, SageNet LLC

Social capital refers to the connection within and more importantly between networks. It is the connections at the edge of networks where innovation and creativity is generated – where social capital is created. Ultimately it is social capital that makes organizations sustainable.

• Hands on experience drawing a map of your organizations “social capital” using the principles of Organizational Network Analysis
  
• Evaluate internal and external network maps to find what is missing, where are the powerful connections, where is the untapped potential
  
• Tools and guidelines for launching an online network (community) to support your business strategy

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12:30 - 1:30 Lunch

1:30 - 5:00 PM Workshop

PM Workshop

Ring! Ring! Your Learners Are On The Phone!

Dick Carlson, Chief Knowledge Farmer, The Virtual Content Company, LLC

The mobile platform is becoming a very large and effective method of providing just in time and "anywhere" learning. Allowing users in your community to create and contribute content (like “YouTube”, blogging, podcasts, etc.) creates a whole new way of developing and deploying content. In this one-day workshop, you’ll learn:

• How to design a user-built content system
  
• Key points to creating a delivery model and management system
  
• Hands-on experience with creating and porting learning
  
• Group experience in actually creating and managing a knowledge system