Training Directors’ Special Interest Group - February 2011

Social Media in the Workplace – Connecting in a New Way

Come to the first of our Social Media theme series and learn about social media and its application in organizations. See what IBM is doing as well as ways we can get started incorporating Social Media tools into our practice as learning professionals. 

Explore:

· The underlying concepts found in social media

· Social media’s relation to the larger learning ecosystem

· A variety of social tools used in the workplace

· How IBM uses social media internally to boost employee productivity (interactive demo)

· The value social media tools have in our work and beyond our current practices

· How you can start using social media at work

· How organizations can begin the transition and baby steps to do this?

Speaker:  Nabeel Ahmad is a learning developer for the IBM Center for Advanced Learning. He is learning technology lead for IBM Learning’s Leadership Development program, which serves more than 30,000 leaders.  He also leads IBM's mobile learning strategy, focusing on how mobile devices can be used in the workplace for learning and performance improvement.  Nabeel holds a doctorate in educational technology to complement his business and technology background. He teaches Social Media & Learning and Mobile Phone Learning graduate level courses at Columbia University.

Contact: Sanford Gold, Training Director SIG Chair, sanford.gold@astdny.org

This SIG is open only to directors or managers of training and development functions, or to anyone who has held this role in the last 12 months. Registrants will be vetted.

Please register by 1 p.m., Friday, April, 9th. Bring picture ID