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WBT Systems Sponsors PersoniFest 2017

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WBT Systems is proud to sponsor PersoniFest 2017, hosted by Personify, April 2-5, in San Diego, California. Mike will be flying over to San Diego to meet the Personify community and talk to you about all your Association eLearning questions. We are very excited to sponsor PersoniFest!

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FocusOn Learning 2017: How I Learned to Stop Worrying and Make Presentations Educational

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It’s a rainy, cool day in Madison, and I find myself wishing I were back in sunny San Diego. I was there last week for the eLearning Guild’s FocusOn Learning 2017 conference. Couldn’t attend FocusOn Learning 2017? In conferences, there’s definitely a sense of comradery: you’re an instructional designer?

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Conference Circuit: Going Vascular

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The Society for Vascular Surgery’s 2017 Vascular Annual Meeting begins in San Diego next week. Conference: 2017 Vascular Annual Meeting. Venue: San Diego Convention Center. City: San Diego. This feature has been so popular that it was expanded for 2017. Rundown Attendees: 2,700.

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Time for a Conference Chatbot?

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For instance, SXSW introduced a chatbot named Abby (shown above) to its mobile app and Facebook Messenger in 2017. On the association front, the American Society of Hematology used the Amazon Echo Alexa chatbot as an information resource at its annual ASH conference in San Diego last December.

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Associations Urge Awareness of Stroke Risk After Recent Celebrity Deaths

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A 2017 study found that the use of in-home HIV testing kits soared after actor Charlie Sheen announced that he had been diagnosed as HIV-positive. Celebrity health issues, from diagnoses of serious illnesses to deaths, often raise public awareness and response in a way that that typical messaging by public health advocates may not.

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10 Secrets of Online Course Design from Award-Winning MOOCs

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Coursera’s 2017 Innovation Award was given to the instructors of Learning to Teach Online , Dr. Simon McIntyre and Dr. Negin Mirriahi of the University of New South Wales (UNSW) in Australia. In both the Facebook group and the course’s online community, students discuss the assigned poets and poems and share links to other resources. #2

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Tapping Into Attendee Expertise For Community Service Projects

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For example, at ASAE’s 2017 Annual Meeting & Exposition in Toronto in August, attendees will have the opportunity to support two local organizations : the Toronto Humane Society and the Royal Canadian Legion. Around 10 ear, nose, and throat doctors conducted complimentary hearing screenings for underprivileged children in the area.

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