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The Houston Chapter of the American Society for Training and Development (ASTD) is hosting our 2008 Annual Conference and Exposition on September 23 at the Hilton Americas in downtown Houston. The conference features interactive sessions...

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I hope you had an enjoyable spring – it certainly was a good one at the CT-SIG. In April, Mattison Grey previewed for us a new concept she is working on – Servant Entrepreneurship. We all should help others, but in the right way and for the right reasons. Service first; Leverage second. But the leverage (what’s in it for me?) is very important. Without it you won’t be effective. In May...

When you feel crunch time upon you, do others? When is the time to get panicked and focused?

What happens when you are faced with the biggest ID project of your life? Are you armed properly? Would it help if you had a save point?

I started Oilfield Math 1 back in October 2006 - a project that was supposed to end in a few months and then quickly move along to Oilfield Math 2 and 3. My background is in math

Like most people who develop and manage training for a living, especially at small to medium sized companies and non profits, I have learned to do a lot of work using free and open source software tools. I will explain how I use these tools in a series of posts but for now I just want to list some of them in case you want to check them out for yourself.

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Welcome to the ASTD Houston Career Transition newsletter of upcoming events, articles, jobs and more.

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After an absence of over six months while we adapted to changes in the ASTD Houston web site upgrade, the Career Transition Newsletter is back ! A great six months it has been too, with CT-SIG speaker topics including: Managing Your Changing Future, Career Security, Resumes for Career Changes, and A Champion's Mind. We heard from such august speakers as Dr Bob Stecker, Donna Fisher, Joan Bolmer and Rob Longenecker - a veritable who's who of Houston thought leaders.

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As you may know, Brandon Hall Research has been investigating the usefulness of virtual words as platforms for learning. To this end, our team recently had a meeting in Second Life. It was an interesting experience. Here are some thoughts.