EVENT DETAILS

ANOTHER SOLD OUT EVENT!

Social Media for Trainers

September 21, 2010

11:30-1:30

LOCATION: Dos Perros - 200 N. Mangum Street - Durham, NC

Presenter:  Jane Bozarth

Member Survey Category:  Using Social Media, Learning Technologies

FREE for ASTD-RTA Members

Non-Members $25.00

Lunch Included.

Effective use of social media technologies can help to enhance and extend workplace training and learning efforts. With much of the current talk on social media and social learning occuring at the 50,000 foot level, training and learning professionals report that it offers few ideas for application to their work.

This session takes a 100-foot view of concrete, specific uses for using social media tools to enhance and extend existing training programs.  While it primarily addresses use of Facebook, LinkedIn, Twitter, Blogs, and Wikis (including some discussion of private, alternatives), the emphasis is on recognizing any new social media tool at their root purpose rather than at face value.

What will people gain from this program

• Choose appropriate tools to match desired outcomes
• Create and grow an online community
• Use social media tools to extend discussions, conduct formative evaluations, and bridge the spaces between formal learning events

Who Will Benefit?  Trainers and instructional designers looking to learn more about using and to incorporate social media tools into their programs.

Speaker

Jane Bozarth is an internationally known trainer, speaker, and author. A training practitioner since 1989, Jane holds an M.Ed. in Training and Development and a doctorate in Adult Education. She is the author of several books:  Pfeiffer’s E-Learning Solutions on A Shoestring;  Better Than Bullet Points; From Analysis to Evaluation; and, with Jim Kouzes & Barry Posner, The Challenge Continues workshop package.  Jane Bozarth’s new book, Social Media for Trainers, offers concrete ideas for using social media tools to enhance and extend workplace training efforts. Following a 10-year stint as a member of Training Magazine’s “In Print” book review team, She began writing Learning Solutions Magazine’s popular “Nuts and Bolts” column.  In addition to her work as Elearning Coordinator for the state of North Carolina,USA, Dr. Bozarth has a longstanding collaborative relationship with InSync Training, LLC and serves as their Social Media Strategist.

Jane Bozarth is the recipient of a Live and Online Award, a Training Magazine Editor’s Pick Award, and a North Carolina State University Distinguished Alumni Award for Outstanding Contributions to Practice.

Jane Bozarth and her husband live in Durham, NC, USA.  She can be contacted via her website http://www.bozarthzone.com, via Facebook at Jane Bozarth Bozarthzone, and via Twitter at @janebozarth .

• Contact for more information: 

Name: Jane Bozarth

Phone:            919 789 1611