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Meet, tweet, network and share at the Learning Technologies 2012 eXchange

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The team at Learning Technologies and Learning and Skills is hosting an official eXchange to give the learning and development community a chance to meet, network and collaborate at the event. eXchanges will provide a unique opportunity to get up close and personal with speakers from the conference and will host the event’s ‘tweet up’.

The eXchange will be hosted by benchmark organisation, Towards Maturity together with their partner Training Journal. The aim of the eXchange is for visitors, delegates and speakers to meet, collaborate and share across all three floors of the Learning Technologies conference and exhibition, and Learning and Skills.

It is the first time that experts who are speaking at the conference will be involved in conversations as part of the exhibition. Throughout the day, eXchanges will consider a range of practical questions to promote learning excellence. Attendees can book to take part in small group face-to-face conversations with the speakers directly or can take part live via social media channels.

‘We’re incredibly excited about exploring the trends and themes that are being discussed at the conference with a wider audience’ comments Laura Overton of Towards Maturity. ‘The learning and development community is such a vibrant place for discussion and debate. We’re looking forward to finding practical answers to people’s questions, but also stimulating innovation and new ideas with those attending the exhibition and conference .’

Tweet up
For those in attendance at both the conference and the exhibitions, the eXchange will also host the event’s official ‘tweet ups’. These scheduled sessions are an informal opportunity for attendees to meet up with existing contacts, network and meet new people.

Kate Graham of Ascot Communications is the event’s rapporteur, ‘With over 4,000 attendees across two days it’s really easy to miss catching up with people. The tweetups are a great opportunity to put some time aside and make sure you see some of your personal learning network who you probably don’t get to see very often. It’s also a chance to network and meet new, like-minded learning professionals. You don’t have to be on Twitter to attend, just come along and say hello!’ 

The team is encouraging all attendees who use Twitter to visit the eXchange stand on arrival at the event to collect their blue sticker and identify themselves to fellow users. Attendees of the conference will be able to collect their stickers at registration.

There are four ways to get involved in the eXchange: 

• Book a slot to take part in the face to face conversations with speakers (spaces are limited and bookings will start from the 18^th of January)
• Visit the eXchange area to provide your ideas on Stand 45 LT or stand 218 L&S
• Get involved in the conversation via Twitter (#LT12uk and #LAS12UK)
• Join the first day’s Learning Technologies tweet up on Stand 45 at 12.45pm on Wednesday 25 January (Day 1)
• Join the second day’s Learning and Skills tweet up on Stand 218 at 12.45pm on Thursday 26 January (Day 2)

To find out more visit the Towards Maturity website

(www.towardsmaturity.org/Exchanges2012) or contact Laura and Kate on the details below.

About Towards Maturity
Towards Maturity’s is a benchmarking company that provides independent expert research and advice to help organisations use learning technologies to accelerate business performance. It leverages the data of its in-depth Benchmark Study, the UK’s largest learning technology benchmark, gathered by Towards Maturity over 8 years with over 1800 organisations.

Thanks to the support of Towards Maturity Ambassadors (sixteen leading learning organisations), annual benchmarking findings, case studies and resources are available to download for free on the website. To find out about our ambassadors visit www.towardsmaturity.org/ambassadors

To learn more about Towards Maturity benchmarking tools and models visit http://mybenchmark.towardsmaturity.org/

 

To keep up to date with all the latest news and January 2013 event developments, visit www.learningtechnologies.co.uk and www.learningandskillsevents.com.

About Learning Technologies 2013, Tuesday 29 and Wednesday 30 January 2013, Olympia 2, London

The Learning Technologies Exhibition and Conference is Europe's leading showcase of the technology used for learning at work and provides a wealth of content from the leading exhibitors in the field and a free seminar programme running in five theatres in the exhibition hall. The conference, running alongside the exhibition has expert sessions on learning technology, strategy and the issues facing L&D from some of the leading learning thinkers and visionaries in the industry.

Visiting Learning Technologies 2013
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Event hash tag: #LT13UK

About Learning and Skills 2013, Tuesday 29 and Wednesday 30 January 2013,  Olympia 2, London

Learning and Skills 2013 is co-located with the Learning Technologies Exhibition and Conference. The Learning and Skills exhibition showcases the entire spectrum of methods, products and services for workplace learning with a focus on people development, learning and performance, learning resources and HR systems and services and is built around a multi-streamed programme of free seminars in four theatres on the exhibition floor.

Visiting Learning and Skills 2013
Follow Learning and Skills on Twitter
Join Learning and Skills on LinkedIn
Learning and Skills Facebook event page
www.learningandskillsevents.com
Event hash tag: #LAS13UK

The combination of Learning Technologies and Learning and Skills provides access to more than 200 exhibitors and over 120 free-of-charge seminars and is the must attend event for all learning and development professionals.