ASTD Technology Showcase Coleman Williams VP Finance & President Elect

ASTD Technology Showcase

Coleman Williams VP Finance & President Elect

My Credentials

• Born March 26, 1986– Computer in my house since I was 3– Generation Y

• Napster 1999 – I was 13• First cell phone in 2000• Had laptop all 4 years in high school• iPod came out in 2001 – I was 15

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Mobile Technology

Mobile Technology

Mobile Technology

What is your company doing right now with mobile technology?

Are you making plans to use Mobile Technology in the future?

What is one way you may be able to use Mobile Technology to enhance your training or company development?

WHAT CAN YOU DO?

Mobile Technology

HOW ARE WE USING IT?

- Remote Tech- Pentacle- Provide access to all training documentation

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• Are you using the resources that are available?

• Are you attempting to bring a modern technique into your training?

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Students have videos, practice exercises, and assessments!

Parents and teachers can track the progress a student is making!

Instant data to see what classes need to work harder on!

Student get rewarded!

Endless Resources

Academic Earth provides everyone on Earth the access to a world-

class education!

Endless Resources Internal

Forums

By creating forums, your organization can constantly have

creative traffic flowing through the development stages!

- Make sure they are organized- Make sure they are searchable- Make sure they are informative

- Be patient

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E-Learning Using technology and the internet to teach, train, guide, and build a strong foundation of knowledge!

E-Learning Choose What’s Best For You

• Don’t let someone else make the decision for you

• What method of teaching will bring the highest retention?– Video– Hands-On– Tests– Documentation– Powerpoints– Virtual Classrooms

A MIXTURE!

E-Learning The Perfect Mix

By choosing more than one method, keep it:

INTERESTING

ENCOURAGING

ADAPTABLE

E-Learning Be Careful

Very easy to over do it!• Not everyone adapts so well to

technology• Sometimes you can move to fast• Have a backup plan• PowerPoints may be dry or

cluttered

E-Learning A Bad Slide

This is a great example of what not to do for a presentation slide. The longer I type and read aloud, the harder it becomes for you to follow along. This should be the point in the slide where I give you an astonishing fact that blows you away, but instead you have drifted off; probably thinking about what you need to do later this afternoon or what you may want to eat for dinner. When you create a presentation, make it SIMPLE! Don’t cram as much as you can into one slide or read directly from it. Throw in pictures, videos, diagrams, or even questions that you can ask your participants.

E-LearningBenefits of E-

Learning

1. COST2. TIME3. ADAPTABLE4. GREEN

E-Learning What Can You Do?

1. Documentation Database

E-Learning What Can You Do?

2. Virtual Classroom

E-Learning What Can You Do?

3. Webinars

E-Learning What Can You Do?

4. Online Video Instruction

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GIVE IN!

Social Media has taken over pornography as the #1 web activityIn 2009, 1 of every 8 married couples met through social mediaIf Facebook were a country, it would be the 3rd largest in the world80% of corporations now use LinkedIN as a recruitment toolYou would need to live for 1000 years to watch every video on YouTubeWikipedia is now in 260 different languages

Social Media

How can I use it?

MARKETING

• You will never find a tool more useful and wide spread as a social media advertisement

• Alert followers of upcoming events• FREE

Social Media

How can I use it?

HIRING

• Craigslist, Facebook, and LinkedIN now have affordable job posting sections on their sites

• More people use the internet for job hunting than they use the newspaper

Social Media

Why? Simplifies the overall hiring

process!

How can I use it?

Corporate Culture

• Start a company Facebook page …. MAINTAIN IT!

• Provide news and event details through Twitter

Social Media

FACT = 40% of companies draw more traffic to their Facebook page than their own website!

Traffic to company sites is down 23% in the past 12 months

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Basic Training Tactics

Computer BasedInstructor LedWeb BasedExperiential Soft / Hard

Skills

Training Tactics

Proficiency Based

On-The-JobShadowing

Have any of these changed in the last 10 years?

Personal Training Tactics

Write down at least one way your organization can implement a piece of technology to improve a crucial part of the company?

• What technology is it?• What sector of the company does it tie into?

• Why does it need to happen soon?

Training Tactics

Personal Training Tactics

Tell me one time your organization has made an effort to improve the technology used.

• Did it make it better or worse?• Could you make it better?

Training Tactics

Personal Training Tactics

WHAT QUESTIONS DO YOU NEED ANSWERED?

Training Tactics

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THANK YOU!

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