ASTD TechKnowledge® 2008

David Pogue
Technology Columnist,
New York Times
Emmy Award Winning Tech Correspondent, CBS News

David Pogue, Yale '85, is the weekly personal-technology columnist for the New York Times and an Emmy award-winning tech correspondent for CBS News. With 3 million books in print, he is also one of the world's bestselling how-to authors. He wrote or co-wrote seven books in the "for Dummies" series (including Macs, Magic, Opera, and Classical Music); in 1999, he launched his own series of complete, funny computer books called the Missing Manual series, which now includes 30 titles.

David and his wife Jennifer Pogue, MD, live in Connecticut with their three young children. His web site is www.davidpogue.com.

Joe Miller
Vice President,
Platform & Technology Development
Linden Lab

Joe Miller has a 30 year history of creating engaging consumer experiences based on a wide range of interactive technologies. He is currently the vice president of platform and technology development at Linden Research, Inc. the creators of the popular virtual world called Second Life. Prior to joining Linden Lab, Miller founded Perilux Group, a product design company that was engaged to develop several award-winning products now offered by LeapFrog, Bright Things, and Apple. Past experience includes senior executive positions at Atari, Koala Technologies, Epyx, Convergent, and SEGA of America. He was a founder and CEO of the Knowledge Universe Interactive Studio, and CEO of MindQ Publishing, two companies focused on lifelong learning services and applications. His diverse career started at Battelle Memorial Institute, where he created a portion of the developer training curriculum for the PLATO educational network.

Jim Smith, Jr.
President & CEO
JIMPACT Enterprises

You came to the conference, you saw many sessions, now how will you conquer your e-learning projects back on the job? Use what you learned this week to make a significant impact on your organization’s e-learning initiatives. Come to this closing session to integrate your learning from the conference in a fun, experiential way. You will be guided through an interactive exercise based on several questions designed to help you, as the learner, focus on what you learned, how you will implement that learning, and how to overcome any challenges to implementation. The final wrap-up will include a challenge to find a concrete way to be accountable for the actions you have identified you want to take. Jim Smith Jr. is well known as an energetic, inspirational facilitator and will encourage, inspire, and challenge you to apply your learning in a real way back on the job.