I am in a quick turnaround from speaking at the ASTD TechKnowledge ‘09 workshop and flying today to Atlanta for Training Magazine’s Annual Training 2009 conference for two speaking sessions. I am adjusting my two lectures (Managing eCourse Development, It’s a Team Approach and Moodle Doodle: Building Online Courses Using the Open Source CMS, Moodle) to account for people’s preoccupation with the current economic downturn. (Click on header to read more.) Watch for my Wednesday Blog post for more details!

I am looking forward to being motivated by Tuesday’s Keynote addresses. The Carrot Principle author, Chester Elton, is speaking on motivating team members (employees), and the other address from Jeffery Zaslow, co-author of the Last Lecture, should contain some deep thinking on the meaning of life. I believe pre-conference workshop attendance is down based on some workshops being canceled. Note: Here is an addition to Thinking like an Entrepreneur (Posted below) I do believe attending conferences is a good strategy and a good investment in your professional development -- especially if you find yourself without employment or projects! These national conferences should give you new ideas and hopefully inspire and energize you.