Learning Management Systems - LMS - Meridian

8:30am-9:30am
Registration & Continental Breakfast

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9:30am-10:15am
Meridian Welcome

• New-client welcome
• State of Meridian, Including Challenges Ahead
• State of Visionary Integration Professionals

Presented by: Roy Haythorn, Executive Vice President of Operations

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10:15am-11:00am
Meridian Community Re-Launch and Roll-Out

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11:00am-11:15am
Break

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11:15am-12:30pm
"Learning the Impossible" - Keynote Presentation

When was the last time you heard someone say, "That's impossible!"? At this year's Meridian users conference, keynote speaker James "Butch" Lumpkin will show us nothing is impossible when it comes to learning. Butch is incredibly excited to talk to you about his very special brand of creativity and improvisation as it relates to learning. Before becoming a motivational speaker, Butch was a tennis instructor. And he's currently a golfer with a single-digit handicap. While both those things are notable, consider that Butch was born with no arms. Butch not only does the impossible but also teaches it too. He'll be here to show us that great training is about making the impossible possible.

Watch Butch on the Golf Channel.

Presented by: James "Butch" Lumpkin, Motivational Speaker

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12:30pm-1:15pm
Networking Luncheon

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1:15pm-2:15pm
Breakout Session - The content authoring landscape. Which tool is right for you?

• Overview of authoring tools
• Review what customers have done with tools such as OutStart

Presented by: Rickard Robbins, Technical Director, Meridian

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2:15pm–2:30pm
Break

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2:30pm-3:30
Breakout Session - Case Study: Fighter Pilot Turned CLO Makes Training Fly

Take an exclusive seat for Rich Herbst's multi-media session showcasing TeleTech's strategies and tactics for linking social media, training technology and professional development. Rich has combined his experience as a U.S. Navy Fighter Pilot and trainer with his corporate learning know-how to build a world-class training and development organization. See what's behind TeleTech's training and development strategy.

Presented by: Rich Herbst, Vice President of Learning & Leadership Development for TeleTech

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3:30pm–3:45pm
Break

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3:45pm-4:45pm
Breakout Session - Case Study: The Commonwealth of Virginia "Leads the Way in Training!"

Presented by: Brooke Schepker, Virginia's Knowledge Center Systems Administrator

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4:45pm-5:00pm
Day's Wrap-up

• Review of day's events
• Trivia contest
• Marketing Your LMS, Publicizing Your Success

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5:00pm–6:00pm
Break

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6:00pm-7:45pm
Cocktail hour

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8:00pm
Monument Tour of Nation's Capital

Day 1 Concludes

7:30am-8:30am
Continental Breakfast

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8:30am–10:00am
Meridian Global LMS Product Update

• Introduction of Advisory Council
• Road map to future releases
• Then & Now: Mapping feedback from 2009, and the 2008 Users Conference

Highlighting Features Such As:

• Updating homepage content on-the-fly
• Creating hot-links directly to content in the LMS
• Advancements in course certificates

Presented by: Mike Brennan, Product Director, and Tracie Scott, Product Training Manager, Meridian

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10:00am–10:15am
Break

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10:15am-11:15am
Meet the Buzz-Breakers

Watch the Elearning Industry's Top Bloggers sift fact from fad when it comes to learning technology.

What you’ll learn:

Is Twitter or, even, the iPad a viable learning technology? What's real, what's buzz? Our blogger panel of elearning pros will give you their best thoughts and insights about what defines learning technology, and what it's really capable of. You won't want to miss this one-hour session packed with viewpoints and sage advice that'll make you a learning technology buzz-breaker, too.

Our exclusive panel features some of the e-learning industry’s most widely read bloggers:

Mark Bower and his blog titled "Workplace Proshop." Mark has over 20 years of experience both as a consultant and in learning management positions with IBM and other industry leaders. He regularly writes about learning and performance management solutions when he's not solving his clients' workforce challenges.

Karl Kapp. Karl is a professor of Instructional Technology at Bloomsburg Univ., the blogger behind the elearning blog "Kapp Notes", and co-author of the newly released book, "Learning in 3D" and author of the widely popular book "Gadgets, Games and Gizmos for Learning."

Susan Smith Nash blogs for the "E-learning Queen." Susan also blogs at elearners.com, and her most recent books include "Moodle 1.9 Teaching Techniques" and the "E-Learner Survival Guide."

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11:15am-12:15pm
Breakout Session - Meridian's Virtual Library: The Future of Content

Presented by: Mike Mills, Virtual Library Guru, Meridian

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12:15pm-1:30pm
Networking Luncheon

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1:30pm-2:30pm
Breakout Session - Increasing the Training Organizations Business Impact

What you will learn:

• Creating a strategy and setting the appropriate investment level
• Aligning the learning enterprise with the business objectives
• Improving individual and organizational performance
• Designing efficient and effective development and delivery strategies
• Managing the learning enterprise as a business
• Developing productive partnerships
• Managing organizational talent for business growth
• Demonstrating value of the learning enterprise

Presented by: Mark Bower, Edge Interactive

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2:30pm-3:30pm
Breakout Session - U.S. Army Enlists Meridian LMS for Professional Development

Presented by: Margaret Letizio and Kimberly Rodrigues, U.S. Army FMWR Academy

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3:30pm-4:00pm
Customer Awards, Wrap up and Evaluation

Conference Concludes

If you have any questions regarding the conference or the agenda, please contact Rhonda Penders at rpenders@meridianksi.com or at 585-214-2468.