Category: news

  • And as the Wind Changes Directions

    Workplace Learning Today, where I’ve been focussing my blogging efforts for the last 15 months, was discontinued in June 2011. Since it’s inauguration in 2007, the team of bloggers contributed over 3,000. In June 2010, a few months after I joined the team of bloggers at Workplace Learning Today, it was named one of the Top 50…

  • CSTD Quebec Chapter Book Debate: Training Professionals who Blog

    (Republished from The CSTD Website) CSTD Québec is proud to announce the launching of its book club: a new series of events where we invite a distinguished author to deliver a brief presentation of their book that discusses hot topics that have a tremendous impact on the T&D industry. We then open the floor to…

  • Joining the Brandon Hall Workplace Learning Today Blogger Team

    Brandon Hall Research has invited me to join their group of bloggers. Workplace Learning Today is a group effort by senior Brandon Hall Research analysts Janet Clarey, Richard Nantel, Tom Werner, Gary Woodill, and now yours truly, to provide readers with a daily summary of news, events, commentary, and research on all aspects of workplace…

  • What does it mean to be a blogger in the field of training and development?

    My first book entitled Edublogging: A Qualitative Study of Training and Development Bloggers will be available as of March 1, 2010. The official Website is located at edublogging.com. A book? Really? Absolutely! This is somewhat of a career dream come true for me. Though the book contains the full list of acknowledgements, two key individuals…

  • The Doctoral Studies Have Begun

    I have recently begun my Doctoral Studies in Business Administration at the Université de Sherbrooke, focusing on knowledge transfer in organizations and professional communities of practice. I am currently mandated as the project manager heading the implementation of the online community of practice of the Global ACI ICAO Airport Management Professional Accreditation Programme (AMPAP) for…

  • New position – Director of Operations at Aviation Strategies International

    As of November 3rd 2008, I will be the new Director of Operations at Aviation Strategies International. Aviation Strategies International‘s mission is to assist clients involved in the world aviation industry through the provision of value-added senior-level strategic advice, analysis and guidance aimed at solving the aviation-related management and operational problems faced by those clients.…

  • Diversity 08 Conference

    As part of my work with the “Leverage Immigrant Talent to Strengthen Canadian Business” project for the University of Ottawa, I will be co-presenting along with Dr. Linda Manning and Dr. John Paul Hatala at the Diversity 08 Conference in Montreal Canada on June 20th 2008. Our two conferences are entitled: Cracking the Cement Ceiling…

  • “Le eLearning, je l’adopte 3!” Conference

    Hold the date! On June 6th 2008, the third edition of the “Le eLearning, je l’adopte” conference will be held in Montreal. The focus of this conference is the sharing of effective, performance drivent case studies of eLearning implemented in organizations. Follow the Alliance eLearning bulletin (in French only) for updates on this major event.