How was ASTD ICE 2010 structured?
From the welcome speech by ASTD President Tony Bingham (@tonybingham) to the selection and actual content by the keynote speakers (@danielpink and @charleneli); the inclusion of so many sessions on social media; the fact that there was WiFi (albeit pretty crappy WiFi service, thanks McCormick Center) — you couldn’t swing the rhetorical dead cat at ASTD ICE 2010 and not hit some one talking about “Social Media.” I remember reading the reflections and the few tweets from last year’s event, where there was barely a mention, let alone even a whisper. This year it was in surround sound, metaphorically. I use “Social Media” in quotes, because my takeaway from this experience was that it’s definitely being objectified; not internalized. I think that’s true for many in attendance at the conference as well as ASTD itself.
