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Don't Miss... Our next Meeting on June 9

Robert Vincent will share media strategies and training tools to meet audience expectations

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Welcome

Space Coast Chapter of ASTD is a nonprofit organization operating within the local business, government, educational, and community sectors to enhance the capabilities of workplace learning professionals by providing networking, professional development, and resources.

Our Vision:

As the leading training and development association in Brevard County, Space Coast ASTD cultivates an enjoyable environment to network, learn and offers professionals in business, education, government, and not-for-profits a single resource for:

•  Fostering professional relationships and partnerships in a positive, supportive environment
•  Connecting individuals with creative human performance solutions
•  Obtaining & providing education and skill development opportunities in the areas of human  performance improvement and workplace learning
•  Identifying the latest and most effective training and development practices and applications
  

Next Meeting:

Tuesday, June 9, 2009

Technology and Social Media, The Future of Training

Presented By:

Robert Vincent

Program Description: View new Social Media strategies and free or inexpensive tech tools to expand your training department’s content distribution.

Social Media seems to be the new buzzword on everyone's mind with services like Facebook, Twitter, YouTube, LinkedIn, MySpace and more. Robert will discuss the power of these tools and how they can help any organization increase "buy-in", effectively distribute training, engage learners, promote courses and improve the learning experience for everyone.

So get ready to get social and harness the power of the Internet to train your way into the future. Oh, and if you have ever attended one of Robert's training sessions, you know that there are always surprises.

Trust us you won't want to miss what he has in store this time!

Targeted Audience:

•  Meeting facilitators
•  Trainers
•   Mangers of the learning function
•  Project managers (including instructional designers)

Presenter's Name: Robert Vincent, Director of Training, AST-Application Software Training Inc.

Credentials: Robert Vincent is the Director of Training at AST Application Software Training, Inc. He is A+ Certified and a Microsoft Office Master Specialist.

Robert has been training adult learners for more than 15 years and is an accomplished lecturer, facilitator, presenter and trainer. Robert has also been the host of “The Techknowman” weekly radio show and podcast with an audience from around the world. The Techknowman Show discussed technology in an easy to understand relaxed and humorous way that enabled non-techies and techies alike to gain valuable knowledge and information that they could use every day.

Robert is also a professional Musician with dozens of recording credits as a guitarist, recording engineer and digital audio editor. Robert advocates for educating parents and children about the pitfalls and dangers of surfing the web and how to stay safe in the age of technology.