Learning Management Systems - LMS - Meridian
Meridian's "Learn & Know" Users Conference Agenda
Click Here To Register TodayTuesday, April 20, 2010
9:00am-10:00am
Registration & Continental Breakfast
10:00am-10:30am
Meridian Welcome
- New-client welcome
- State of Meridian
- State of Visionary Integration Professionals
Presented by: Roy Haythorn, Vice President of Operations
10:30am-11:45am
"Learning the Impossible"
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
11:45am–12:00pm
Break
12:00pm-1:15pm
Luncheon
1:15pm-2:15pm
Meridian Community Re-Launch and Roll-Out
2:15pm–2:30pm
Break
2:30pm-4:30
Breakout Sessions (Group A Rotation)
Session 1
Case Study: The Commonwealth of Virginia "Leads the Way in Training!"
Presenter: Brooke Schepker, Virginia's Knowledge Center systems administrator
Session 2
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.
Presenter: Rich Herbst, Vice President of Learning & Leadership Development for TeleTech
2:30pm-4:30
Breakout Sessions (Group B Rotation)
Session 1
An Introduction to Online Communities
Presenter: Mark Bower, Edge Interactive
Session 2
Case Study: The Commonwealth of Virginia "Leads the Way in Training!"
Presenter: Brooke Schepker, Virginia's Knowledge Center systems administrator
6:00pm-7:00pm
Cocktail hour
7:15pm
Monument Tour of Nation's Capital
Day 1 Concludes
Wednesday, April 21, 2010
8:00am-8:30am
Continental Breakfast
8:30am–10:00am
Meridian Global LMS Product Update
- Road map to future releases
- Then & Now: Mapping feedback from 2009, and the 2008 Users Conference
Presenter: Jen Beers, product manager and co-founder, Meridian
New Product Release: Meridian Global (2010.1) – The industry's best-built LMS
Highlighting Features Such As:
- Updating homepage content on-the-fly
- Creating hot-links directly to content in the LMS
- Advancements in course certificates
Presenter: Mike Brennan, product director, Meridian
10:00am–10:15am
Break
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."
11:15am-12:15pm
Breakout Sessions (Group A Rotation)
Session 1
Meridian's Virtual Library: The Future of Content
Presenter: Mike Mills, Virtual Library Guru, Meridian
11:15am-12:15pm
Breakout Sessions (Group B Rotation)
Session 1
The content authoring landscape. Which tool is right for you?
Presenter: Rickard Robbins, Technical Director, Meridian
12:15pm-1:30pm
Luncheon
1:30pm-2:30pm
Breakout Sessions (Group A Rotation)
Session 2
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
Presenter: Mark Bower, Edge Interactive
Session 3
A Dynamite Approach to Customizing the Meridian LMS IDP Function
Presenter: Janis Smith Chief, Design and Evaluation U.S. Army FMWR Academy
1:30pm-2:30pm
Breakout Sessions (Group B Rotation)
Session 2
Customer Case Study
Presenter: TBD
Session 3
Customer Case Study
Presenter: TBD
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.