I’m not lying — it is coming soon. We’ve got our top interns working on it as I type. Look — here’s one proofreading Scott’s work.

On the other hand, the guy we hired to work with all our faculty has been slacking off lately. Here he is supposedly following-up with everyone involved in our CME Pecha Kucha.

I mean, Miller Chill? Gross. He could have at least gone with a microbrew.

Anyway, we hope to have the agenda up on the website within the next week or two. We’re just finalizing a few things and then we should be good to make it all public. In the meantime, don’t forget about our first CMEpalooza Company Spotlight coming up next week on Wednesday, June 24 from noon-12:30 p.m. ET with Educational Measures in the spotlight. Scott will be leading the proceedings, but I’ve seen the agenda and it should be an interesting conversation, especially for those of you interested in the use of technology in education. Join us!

 

As I am sure everyone remembers — or at least the 12 of you who tuned in — a few weeks ago we had a suspense-laden drawing to coincide with the launch of the latest addition to our online family, the CMEpalooza Company Spotlight. At the headquarters of Educational Measures — our winner — we’re told there were champagne corks a-popping, fireworks a-bursting, and high fives a-slapping (or was it just a muted “Oh goody”? I can’t keep these things straight).

Anyway, we’re excited to announce that we’ve agreed upon the date and time for the first of hopefully many Company Spotlights… Wednesday, June 24 from noon-12:30 p.m. ET.

I am sure a lot of you are scratching your heads wondering why exactly you’ll want to tune in and what exactly we’ll be talking about. And while I won’t give away too many secrets, as with all of the Company Spotlights we’ll hopefully be broadcasting (your organization can get one of your own by going here), the focus will be on the cool kinds of things our featured company is involved in. So for Educational Measures, you’ll probably hear about how audience response technology is evolving, the right way (and the wrong way) to take advantage of the technology they provide, and how they are changing to meet the shifting needs and wants of today’s learners.

Rest assured this is not a capabilities presentation. While there surely is a promotional element to it, our goal is to highlight the cool and interesting things Educational Measures is involved in and not to bore anyone with slides and numbers and company-speak. I’ll be moderating (Derek will probably be there in the background looking like a schlub, as usual) to make sure we touch upon topics that our community will be interested in hearing about. There will be opportunities for our audience to ask questions as well, just like in our other CMEpalooza events.

While we hope you can join us live, each Company Spotlight will also endure on our website, as well as YouTube for anyone who wants to check it out once the camera lights blinks red (ie, I hit the “End broadcast” button).

Wednesday, June 24. Noon ET. Tell your friends.

Yay, data!!!

[does “Happy Data” dance]

[looks around]

[realizes he’s the only one doing a “Happy Data” dance in the coffee shop]

[sheepishly sits back down]

Now that we have that out of the way…hey, check out our new CMEpalooza Spring Infographic! Am I thrilled beyond words that 7 of 8 sessions have received over 150 views in the first month? Yes — yes I am. Am I a little disappointed that we only got 71 responses to our viewer survey? Meh — I’m not surprised. As always, I’m just thrilled that people take the time from their busy schedules to watch our sessions. Anything beyond that is a bonus.

A huge thank you to infograph-ed for once again putting this together for us. If you have a moment, please stop by their website to check out all their fantastic work.

And now, on to the infographic.