As an eLearning entrepreneur, I want to address topics centered on managing projects and people. People are most definitely in the news this past week as we hit unemployment levels previously unseen by many in the workforce. I have had several conversations with individuals who have lost their jobs. My advice to them and all those currently employed is to always think like an entrepreneur. Here are my top ten quick tips: (click header to read more...)

Thank you to Louis Loeffler’s blog for this link to the writings about informal learning and professional development. His comment about Richard Elmore, professor of educational leadership at Harvard is worth reading.The article (link) on how instructors can get continuous professional development through Blogs is another endorsement of informal learning! Last night in class I asked my professor how many education professors maintain Blogs. You can probably guess the answer. There is no stopping the Internet “informal learning revolution” regardless of whether trainers or educators adopt.

Did the first eLearning Conference of 2009 suffer the same fate as the consumer electronics show in December? Were the numbers down?I asked the conference administrators several times what the attendance numbers were at the annual TechKnowledge conference held last week at the Las Vegas Rio Convention Center. The answer was repeatedly a suspicious “We don’t know yet.” My favorite part of the conference? Tony Karrer's keynote speech on day two.