The e-Learning
Authoring Conference
The e-Learning Authoring Conference is the best source for
"how to" tips on creating e-Learning content in ToolBook, Flash, Flex, Silverlight,
JavaScript, and other technologies. It is also has special sessions for
e-Learning managers. You can:
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Meet other developers
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Learn the latest techniques for creating e-Learning
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Trade training and development stories
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Get inside information about ToolBook, Flash, Silverlight, JavaScript, and
related technologies
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Improve your knowledge of SCORM, estimating, quality assurance, and project
management
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Have a great time
Mark your calendars for June 14 - 16, 2010 (preconference training June 12 and
13)
We hope that you will join us each summer for what we think is the world's best
conference for training and web developers.
Back to work from TBCON, I'm spending my time applying the
learnings to my ongoing projects. Success is in details, and after so many
years of experience with ToolBook is at TBCON that I learn the small details
that make the difference. I can't stop being amazed with the environment of
openness, collaboration, knowledge sharing that I always encounter at TBCONs
with no parallel in other events. Of course it is all about the generosity of
the tbookers that we meet, but something needs to be said about how Jeffrey and
his family prepares the stage and the collaboration atmosphere.
On the other hand, I'm pleased with the fact that are having the third ToolBook
release in 3 years, all the new ideas/ projects, new faces (and, of course,
with the receptivity to my presentations :). As a long time ToolBook developer,
it's good to see ToolBook more and more in context with other tools. Kudos for
SumTotal for supporting this open conference - I hope it continues and increase
its presence.
All of this and we had fun. Some of us perhaps too much fun, but what the hack,
I mean, heck, it's part of TBCON's informal environment that makes it so
successful. And we know that what happens in TBCON doesn't stay in TBCON, we
bring ideas back for our projects...
-- Mauro Rech, Learning & Development System Engineer, 2009
By the way, great experience at my first TBCON last week! Good
presentations, friendly people, and good take aways! Can't wait to get my hands
on the presenter's materials!
-- comment from a 2008 attendee
I can emphatically state that attending my very first TBCON has
been one of the most defining moments of my business. The business has not been
the same ever since I've learned how to integrate a database with a ToolBook
file. After making our entire CBT load from a database, we then used the
VBTrain.Net controls and what we learned at TBCON to do the same thing with our
ASP.NET content. The nice part is that we create a web version or a tbk version
literally at the click of a button. Unlike the past, we now spend most of our
time proofing rather than assembling, which is a really good thing.
-- Kim Halat, Avsoft, Inc., 2004
Personally, TBCON accelerates my knowledge and ability to
efficiently use ToolBook by at least six months each year I have attended. I
find it a very easy investment to cost-justify. And, on top of that, it is a
lot of FUN!
-- comment from a 2002 attendee
This is the only conference I have ever attended that is not
primarily a sales pitch. Great job!
-- comment from a 2005 attendee
Sign Up Now for the 2010 e-Learning Authoring Conference!
Sign up now for the exciting 2010 version of The e-Learning Authoring Conference, to be held June 14 - 16, 2010 (Preconference Workshops, June 12 and 13) at Colorado College in Colorado Springs, Colorado. Pricing for the CC Inn is lower than last year and the off-campus price only went up $5. Hope to see you there!
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Join the TBCON Faculty
Submit a proposal to be a presenter at the 2010 conference.
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Order Programming for e-Learning Developers
Order this new book by Jeff Rhodes that covers both basic programming concepts as well as more advanced tasks like dynamically adding hyperlinks, loading media, making SCORM calls, and more. Best of all, learn how to do these tasks in ToolBook, Flash, JavaScript, and Silverlight.
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Marketing Opportunities
Do you have a product for ToolBook, Flash, and/or e-Learning developers using other tools? Are you a consultant or development company that uses these or related authoring systems? Sponsor part of the conference or "show your stuff" at a product showcase.
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Why Attend TBCON?
Need to sell the value of TBCON to your boss (or yourself)? Peter Jackson and Robin McDermott demonstrate the return on investment in this great article. And that's not even counting all the fun!
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TBCON 2009 "Archives For Attendees" Available
Download the sample applications and presentations from the 40+ ToolBook User's Conference / e-Learning Conference sessions. At only $50, this is a real steal!
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TBCON 2009 Resources
While the 2009 edition of The ToolBook User's Conference / e-Learning Authoring Conference is over, you can still get a taste of it by viewing the group photo, ToolBook Design Award and Hack Ack winners, and more.
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ToolBook 10 Available for Purchase from Platte Canyon
ToolBook developers in the U.S. and Canada may now upgrade to the exciting new ToolBook Instructor 10 release. This version adds the Quiz Summary, the Image object, the ability to import speaker notes and audio from PowerPoint 2007, the storage of JPG and GIF file formats internally (in addition to PNG and BMP), Google Android browser support, the ability to control Voice Recordings, and much more to its already-great capabilities. Receive a $50 credit off any Platte Canyon product with each upgrade. Or receive $100 for each full version purchased!
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Attendee Comments:
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I want you to know that I really enjoyed the conference and am hoping that my company will send me every year!
(2008)
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I loved it all!! Excellent sessions, nice people, good food. Very well organized!!!
(2008)
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Great information that I can use!
(2008)
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That was a terrific conference. I learned a lot and met some interesting people.
(2007)
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It was information overload--a good thing. I just wish I could be in two or more places at once.
(2006)
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My favorite part was the evening receptions. Very fun.
(2006)
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Wish I had started a couple of years ago. From each of just two classes, I found out how I could save enough time and money in my product development to more than pay for the cost of the conference.
(2004)
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This conference was by far the best conference I've been to. I took home a tremendous amount of information.
(2000)
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Best value in a conference I have experienced. Excellent learning and networking experience.
(2000)
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It was incredibly valuable for me and I know that every attendee that I spoke with was impressed with the quality and professionalism of the conference. Pat yourselves on the back for a job very well done.
(1999)
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There is very little doubt that you guys have done a great job organizing this conference. The topics are on the money. You have done the ToolBook community a very real service.
(1999)
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