Share the Knowledge

• After the conference, teach others what you’ve learned through a trip report with a write-up of the sessions that you attended and the important takeaways.

• Keep your summaries clear and concise and provide URLs for more information.

• Bring back conference materials to share with others. HSI provides complete conference material to all attendees, so you’ll have plenty of material to discuss.

• Offer to do a brief presentation at a future department meeting. We’ll really focus on technology at this conference, so offer your team an Otis demo and get everyone up to speed.

It’s All About Who You Know

• At the conference, you’ll be networking with some of the biggest players and best instructors in the industry. The tips and ideas gleaned from these conversations can directly impact your training work at your organization.

• See how you can help departments outside your own. Vendors representing marketing agencies, promotional companies, and technology providers participate as exhibitors and speakers at our conferences. Get an idea from other departments on potential partners they would like you to meet and share any contact information when you return.

Getting the Most Value for Your Conference Dollars

• Almost all conference events and activities are at the Marriott Rivercenter. Transportation to the offsite dinner event will be provided. Save money when you stay at the Marriott by using the special conference room rate of $169 per night.

Curtis Bonk, PhD

Indiana University, Bloomington

We are completely stoked to have Dr. Curtis Bonk, online learning guru, join us as one of our keynote speakers. Emerging technologies for learning is Curt’s bag and he’s done more than 1,200 talks around the world for college faculty, corporate trainers, and K-12 teachers on how to teach on the Web.

Dr. Bonk is Professor of Instructional Systems Technology in the School of Education at Indiana University, is affiliated with the cognitive sciences program, and is adjunct in the School of Informatics at IU. He founded SurveyShare, Inc. in 2003, which he sold in 2010. In addition, he has been founder and president of CourseShare, LLC since 1999.

Curt firmly believes in distance learning since he is a product of it. Dr. Bonk has been filmed in Dallas for a STARLINK program on blended learning, the Web 2.0, and best practices for teaching online. He is a popular conference speaker with several books in the area of emerging technologies for learning and is currently conducting research in the field of Extreme Learning.

  ADDITIONAL ACTIVITIES

Moulage with Lifeline Training Center!

Get your ghoul on with moulage instruction from Tanya LeDonne of Lifeline Training Center. Moulage is the art of using stage makeup, wax and geleffects to apply realistic “injuries” to a subject for the purposes of emergency care and other training contexts.

Plus, the moulage artists will be in the exhibit hall on Halloween (Thursday) to apply small bruise and abrasion moulage at no cost, so you can look your ghastly best for our conference Halloween bash or your evening stroll on the spooky Riverwalk.

Two options are available for Friday, November 1:

• 2-hour workshop - 1:30pm to 3:30pm
  A basic how-to class covering scratches, abrasions, minor lacerations, shock (cyanosis, diaphoresis), contusions/bruising, aging of bruises, and first degree burns. The session wraps up with an intro to the use of advanced moulage gels. Cost: $55.00. Makeup for use in class will be provided. Maximum enrollment: 24 students

• 4-hour workshop - 1:30pm to 5:30pm
  A more advanced class that includes the first 2-hour class. Includes working with effects gelatin “gelefects” and skin-tone makeup. You’ll create a basic simulation piece with deep lacerations or soft-tissue wounds. Discussion of impaled objects, tearing, vomit, bleeding injuries using blood pumps, mouth and dental trauma, smoke inhalation, and more. Cost: $143.00, which includes a small starter kit. Maximum enrollment: 12 students.

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