Below are the slides from my second presentation at DevLearn 2009. I also co-presented this session along with my colleague, John Polaschek. The presentation covers the basics of blogging and describes the advantages we’ve found with using WordPress. We’ve used it internally at Qualcomm and we’re very pleased with the results. Check out the slides [...]

Below are the slides from my presentation at DevLearn 2009. I co-presented this session along with my colleague, John Polaschek. The presentation had two main areas of focus: How micro-blogging can be used to help facilitate discussions and knowledge-sharing between employees How Qualcomm is using Yammer to help employees connect across divisions and geographic regions [...]

Ah, the final day of DevLearn 2009. It’s been so much fun! But all good things must come to an end… If you haven’t caught up yet, be sure to read recaps of Day 1 and Day 2. And don’t forget: You can view photos from DevLearn, too! Keynote: Why New Media Matters – Leo [...]

Day 2 of DevLearn kicked off with a keynote from Eric Zimmerman on Serious Game Design. Cammy Bean did a fantastic job of taking notes during the keynote, so I’ll defer to her on this. You can see her notes here. (Thank you, Cammy!) Session 401: Overview of Latest Learning Trends: What’s Hot, What’s Not, [...]

DevLearn 2009 is off to a great start! Yesterday was the official opening day of the conference, and it was jam-packed with a fantastic keynote by Andrew McAfee, several great presentations, and plenty of breakout sessions/bootcamps (ex. the Social Learning Camp). So much good stuff! Social Learning Camp Mark Oehlert has dedicated 99% of his [...]

DevLearn 2009 begins this coming week in San Jose, CA, and I thought I’d write a quick post containing tips and suggestions for both attendees and people who wish to participate remotely. One of the most important things: The hashtag for DevLearn 2009 is dl09. To track all things related to DevLearn, you’ll want to: [...]

Ok, I’ll admit it: I only wrote this blog post to show off my snazzy new DevLearn 2009 badge: But, since we’re here, I’ll go ahead and let you know that I’ll be presenting two sessions next month at DevLearn: A Case Study of Micro-Blogging for Learning at Qualcomm Exploring the Benefits of Using WordPress [...]