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AGENDA

STEP: March 30-31, 2009 Meeting - Hosted by Booz Allen Hamilton

DRESS: Business Semi-formal (For men, a tie is normal; jacket optional. Women always seem to know how to dress.)

BREAKS/TIMING: Breaks will be scheduled ad hoc. Timing and sequence of agenda items is approximate and subject to change!

BREAKFAST AND LUNCH: Breakfast will be provided at our meeting room each day. Lunch will also be provided. Beverages will be available in our meeting room throughout the day.

REMOTE PARTICIPATION: We plan to offer most of the meeting "live" via Webex and Teleconference. Instructions are here.

SUNDAY, MARCH 29

7:00 Informal Dinner in or near our hotel. Gather in the lobby. If you arrive later, ask at the front desk where we've gone to eat.

MONDAY, March 30

8:00

Gather at our meeting room, grab breakfast, coffee and get started.
8:15 Stan Malcolm: Welcome new members and general introductions. Capture additional Roundtable topics.
8:30 Vince Gonzalez and Pat Golden: Welcome to Booz Allen Hamilton.
9:00

Emily McCarthy: Booz Allen Hamilton's Learning Navigator Story. (Emily's slides in PDF format for note-taking.)
9:45 Jacqueline Prescott: Social Media Overview - What they are, their use in organizations (versus by teenagers), and how to measure their effectiveness. (JP's Slides in PDF format for note-taking.) JP also offers frank's Keys to Successful Social Media as a PDF handout.
10:30 Roundtable Discussions: Topics from the list below or generated at the start of the meeting. (Cover Mike Dickinson's TSS Internal Leadership Survey here.)
11:15 Jacqueline Prescott: frank's Social Media Methodology and Tools - Review and request for feedback. (JP's Slides in PDF format for note-taking.)
12:00 LUNCH will be provided in our meeting room.
1:00

Christy Confetti-Higgins and the Wonderland Team: Welcome to Wonderland! Sun's initiative in VirtualWorlds.
For participants at a distance, please launch Wonderland in advance to make sure you can access the site: http://wonderland.sunlabs.com:58080/Wonderland/ (User name is your name; no password required.) This is a public Wonderland space used for demos so you may see others there when you log-in.
User Guide: https://lg3d-wonderland.dev.java.net/user-guide-toc.html (Christy's presentation in PDF format - for note-taking or in case you can't access Wonderland.)
2:15 Roundtable Discussions: Topics from the list below or generated at the start of the meeting.
3:15 Joe Campbell: Sun's Learning eXchange - Progress report on his YouTube-like approach to employee development and performance support. (Joe's slides in PDF format for note-taking.)
4:00

Alan Malinchak: Zero to Corporate University - ManTech's model and accomplishments. (Alan's Slides in PDF format for note-taking.)
4:45 Roundtable Discussions: Topics from the list below or generated at the start of the meeting.
5:00 Meeting adjourns for the day.
5:45 Dinner: Wildfire at the Galleria. http://www.wildfirerestaurant.com/mclean

TUESDAY, March 31st

8:00 Gather at our meeting room, grab breakfast, coffee and get started.
8:30 Charles Audet: Wonderland at Booz Allen Hamilton
9:30

Joe Campbell: Rethinking Corporate Sales Training - Sun's Sales University

10:45

Roundtable Discussions: Topics from the list below or generated at the start of the meeting. (Cover Russ Sharp's BMO items here.)
---- Joe Campbell: Sun's New Hire Experience. Joe's slides in PDF format. (Postponed for a future webinar slot.)
11:45 Drew Rabin: Drew's "Jog-The-Web" collection of innovative Social Media sites including Skittles, Hunch, etc.
Follow this link: http://www.jogtheweb.com/play/pGYvmuPyStwv
12:15

Meeting adjourns.
12:15 OPTIONAL ACTIVITY: Tour Booz Allen Hamilton's Systems Resource Center (SRC). The tour will highlight the SRC's Technology Injection Program as well as the Technology Petting Zoo. Technology Injection at Booz Allen is an umbrella program consisting of resources to raise consultant and client awareness of emerging, relevant technologies. Of special note is the Technology Petting Zoo (TPZ), providing a venue for learning about new and emerging technologies in a hands-on, demonstrable way. The TPZ is a vendor-neutral setting housing a wide variety of technology solutions, from next generation wireless and biometrics, to alternative fuel sources and sensor technology.

ROUNDTABLE DISCUSSION TOPICS

We use roundtable discussions to cover general company news updates and topics that haven't made it onto the formal agenda. Often, roundtable time provides some of the greatest value of our meetings. Among the informal topics during this meeting's roundtables, we'll discuss:

  • Russ Sharp, Bank of Montreal: What we have created in Second Life for under $10K, and what next.
  • Russ Sharp, Bank of Montreal: How we are leveraging webcasts to enhance our ability to generalize knowledge/information across the organization.
  • Russ Sharp, Bank of Montreal: Why we have a renewed focus on video production capability within the learning function.
  • Russ Sharp, Bank of Montreal: Our top 6 learning priorities in 2009, and why we chose them.
  • Russ Sharp, Bank of Montreal: How we are restructuring programs to leverage virtual classrooms more. We just completed a pilot with new retail bankers and we could share their feedback, and how we will amend our design based on that feedback. (BMO's Virtual Classroom Facilitator Certification Program in MS Word format)
  • Stan Malcolm, Jacqueline Prescott: STEP Communication needs and tools (e.g., alternatives to YahooGroups)
  • Jacqueline Prescott: Corporate Twitter - To tweet or not to tweet.
  • Mike Dickinson, The SCOOTER Store: The SCOOTER Store’s (internally developed and delivered) 2008 Leadership Survey: process, results, and tips.
    Mike's slides in PDF format. TSS' Action Plan template.
  • Larry McCauley, Lockheed Martin Aero: How are other STEP members handling virtual classroom activity utilizing their existing infrastructure (i.e. not buying anything new)?
  • Larry McCauley, Lockheed Martin Aero: Has anyone successfully implemented a learning object strategy with content that is highly conceptual and/or technical in nature?
    If yes, what efficiencies were gained?
    If yes, did the move include a transition towards performance based vs. knowledge based instruction? And if so, how did that transition take place?
  • (Additional topics will be identified at the start of the meeting, and throughout.)

QUESTIONS?

If you have questions about the agenda, contact Stan Malcolm at: Stan@Performance-Vision.com or 860-295-9711.
Logistics problems, call Gloria Pinger at 703-902-4846 or pinger_gloria@ne.bah.com.

THINGS TO BRING:

Please bring:

  • your driver's license or passport for ID at the security desk.
  • a copy of your presentation on a flash drive to upload to the presentation computer in our meeting room.
  • materials describing whatever you plan to discuss. Fifteen copies should be enough. Bulky items may be mailed in advance to Gloria Pinger:
 

Booz Allen Hamilton
8283 Greensboro Drive
McLean, VA 22102
Att: Gloria Pinger, Allen 1036

703-902-4846
pinger_gloria@ne.bah.com

REMOTE PARTICIPATION INSTRUCTIONS:

This is a multi-session invite. The Webex session number and password will remain the same for all sessions. You may come and go at will, however, note that agenda timing is approximate and subject to adjustment on the fly.

  • Session One, March 30, 2009 Time: 8:15 am, EDT - 12:00 pm, EDT
  • Session Two, March 30, 2009 Time: 2:15 pm, EDT - 5:00 pm, EDT
    (NOTE that the Teleconference line will be open from 1:00 to 2:15, but Webex will be off while we explore Sun's Wonderland virtual world. Instructions for participating directly in Wonderland are embedded in the agenda, above.)
  • Session Three, March 31, 2009 Time: 8:30 am, EDT - 12:00 pm, EDT

Session number: 682 100 841
Session password: step
Teleconference dial-in number: 866-657-9756
Teleconference access code: 1850858

To join a Webex session:

  1. Go to https://bahtraining.webex.com/bahtraining/k2/j.php?ED=112665872&UID=1040037042
  2. Enter your name and email address.
  3. Enter the session password: step
  4. Click "Join Now".
  5. Follow the instructions that appear on your screen.

To join the teleconference:

  1. Dial 866-657-9756
  2. Follow the prompt to enter the access code: 1850858

For assistance, contact Drew Rabin at: rabin_drew@bah.com

To add this meeting to your calendar program (for example Microsoft Outlook), click this link: https://bahtraining.webex.com/bahtraining/k2/j.php?AT=down&ED=112665872&EF=MA&UUID=1040037042&SHA2=YENenmvnJX1kDMQ0C/kDUDsEwTOEDjjOdtkFMGi86lE=

IMPORTANT NOTICE: This WebEx service includes a feature that allows audio and any documents and other materials exchanged or viewed during the session to be recorded. By joining this session, you automatically consent to such recordings. If you do not consent to the recording, do not join the session.

 


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