Olbrish and Oehlert to Co-Present on Topic of Social Media

Koreen Olbrish, CEO of Tandem, and Mark Oehlert from the Defense Acquisition University will be co-presenting the opening and closing sessions at an eLearning Guild Online Forum on May 13th and 14th. The topic for the 2 day forum will be Incorporating Social Media and Collaboration into Your e-Learning.

The Forum will show different approaches for using the newest technologies to deliver engaging and meaningful learning to learners of all ages, and for a wide variety of topics.

For more information or to register for this Forum, please visit http://www.elearningguild.com/online-forums/content/1567/may-13--14

Tandem to Present Virtual Worlds at ASTD Tech Knowledge

Kristen Cromer, Director of Product and Custom Design, will present two sessions on Virtual Worlds for Enterprise Learning at ASTD's Tech Knowledge in Las Vegas on 1/29/10. The sessions will expound upon the relevance of Virtual Worlds for learning and collaboration, and their value in an enterprise setting. Discussion is set to include specific ways in which virtual worlds can support learning and collaboration efforts in organizations, citing related research, adult learning theory, and case studies. Participants will have the opportunity for hands-on practice in three different virtual world platforms. You can see the slides to be presented here http://www.slideshare.net/TandemLearning/astd-tk-2010-virtual-worlds-for-enterprise-learning

Tandem @ DevLearn 2009

Tandem Learning will have a major presence at The eLearning Guild's annual DevLearn Conference at the Fairmont Hotel in San Jose held November 10th-13th.

On November 10th, Koreen Olbrish will be running an all day Certificate Program entitled Strategies for Enterprise Learning in Virtual Worlds. In this session, you will learn:

• The criteria for developing immersive learning environments
• About the various virtual world platforms available for enterprise use
• How to create an evaluation plan for reviewing emerging technologies

Additional details regarding this session can be found here: http://www.elearningguild.com/content.cfm?selection=doc.1316#P2

During the conference, Koreen will also be doing a presentation on Friday 11/13 at 11:15am which will be a discussion and debrief of the currently top secret Alternate Reality Game (ARG) that is being put together and will be run during DevLearn 2009. More details to come on the ARG...stay tuned.

Finally, Tandem will be exhibiting throughout the conference so be sure to stop by and see what we've been doing since last year.

Koreen Olbrish to Moderate Panel at 3D TLC

Koreen Olbrish, CEO of Tandem Learning, will be moderating a panel at 3D Training, Learning and Collaboration (3D TLC), taking place September 23-24th, 2009 in San Jose, CA. 3D TLC is the leading event for businesses seeking to understand and maximize business strategies using virtual worlds.

Koreen will be moderating the session titled Speed Sharing: Six Business Value Success Stories in 60 Minutes! This session will provide an overview of successful virtual world implementations and share the results of evaluations for those implementations.

Mike Malizola Joins Tandem Learning

Tandem Learning is pleased to announce that Mike Malizola has joined the team in the position of Director, Business Development. Mike has more than 12 years of business development experience primarily focused in the e-learning and software development industries.

At Tandem, Mike will be responsible for introducing Tandem's services to new industries as well as working closely with Tandem's strategic partners to create new business opportunities.

Mike can be reached at michael.malizola@tandem-learning.com

Tandem Invited to Present at LEEF Conference

Tandem is proud to announce that it has been asked to speak at The LEEF conference (Learning and Entertainment Evolution Forum) taking place June 18-19th at Harrisburg University in Harrisburg, PA.

"LEEF brings together learning leaders, entertainment developers, designers of leading-edge technologies, business decision makers, creative entrepreneurs and researchers who are focused on using emerging tools and solutions to improve performance and enhance learning."

Koreen Olbrish, CEO of Tandem, will be doing one of the two closing sessions on Friday the 19th.  Her topic, Learning Virtually: Select the Right Virtual World and Design the Right Experience will provide a vision for the future of learning in virtual worlds, a discussion of the opportunities and challenges of designing in this technology, and suggestions for what you can be doing now to prepare for the future. 

Tandem to Speak and Exhibit at SPBT 2009

SPBT, set to take place in Chicago, May 11-14th, is an annual gathering of the who's who in teh world of pharmaceutical and biotech trainers.  At this years, conference, Tandem will be exhibiting for the first time and Koreen will be speaking with Filipe Duarte from Merck & Co. on the use of virtual worlds for pharmaceutical sales training.  If you plan to be at SPBT this year, come see us in booth #454 and don't miss Koreen's presentation on Wednesday the 13th at 9:15am.