ASTD TechKnowledge™ 2010 Conference
The ASTD TechKnowledge™ 2010 Conference at the RIO All Suites Hotel & Casino in Las Vegas, Nevada, on January 27-29, 2010 was a smashing success! http://www.tk2010.astd.org We were hoping that, in this case, what happened in Vegas didn’t stay in Vegas but would spread with great impact into the world of training.
On Wednesday, 1/27 from 4-530 PM and Friday, 1/29 from 10-1130 AM, I presented “Managers Will Create Games in Minutes,” beginning with a brief discussion of the effectiveness of Serious Games and how to implement them for the maximum impact – but most of each session had the participants working hands-on with our Serious Games. I also distributed copies of my white paper, Serious Games – What’s In It for My Organization?
During these interactive sessions, people actually created mini games, using our new Interactivity Creator and took their games back to the office for deployment. Our Interactivity Creator is available for download here for $299 per developer perpetual license.
Our booth enjoyed enthusiastic visitors who were impressed with our Virtual Learning Environments (VLEs), especially the Alaris Identity Theft demo. Our drawing for a 32” Vizio TV was won by Mahar from India. (We don’t want to put his identity—or his new TV—at risk by giving his last name.)
Of course, a good time was had by all.
My suite at the RIO served as Sealund Command Central, and gave us a great view of Las Vegas.
We wanted to give a big “thank you” to Joey’s family who drove us around Vegas, so we took them to the Rio Buffet on our last evening there. Kristin, Joey, Barbara, Beverly, Sue, Joe, Steve, and Stacy all enjoyed unwinding after a very busy conference.
Did you attend the conference? What do you think? Please share your comments.