ToolBook User's Conference / e-Learning Authoring Conference 2007 Resources

The ninth year of The ToolBook User's Conference and the second year of The e-Learning Authoring Conference was another big success. With Dan Carr and Dane Williams joining Adam Brown on our Flash track faculty, we had the Flash developers as jazzed as the ToolBook developers. Almost 100 developers from around the country as well Australia, Canada, Denmark, and the UK converged on Colorado Springs from July 28 - August 1 to share knowledge on ToolBook 9, increase their skills in Flash, learn about management topics like SCORM, share tips, meet new friends, and reconnect with old ones. We haven't had time to dig through the evaluations yet, but here are some early emails we received:

• TBCON was a terrific experience – the location, the sessions, the fun, the ambiance – loved just everything about it!
• I just cannot thank you, your family, and other associates for hosting and managing one of the best conferences I have ever been to. I am so happy I attended.
• This year's TBCON was excellent. It was very productive for the our team. You do a great job with this conference. A good balance between learning new things, connecting with peers, interfacing with SumTotal personnel, and discovering potential partners and future customers.

Here are a few highlights:

• The 2007 Archives for Attendees application.
• TBCON 2007 Group Photo
• Tim and Tomas "Boy Band" Performance

SumTotal Systems ToolBook Design Awards

Congratulations to these design award winners:

• Best ToolBook Online Training - Dan Richards, Interactive Advantage Corporation
• Best ToolBook Native Application – Mauro Rech, Buckman Laboratories
• Best International Training - Virginia Westwood, Protea Textware Pty Ltd
• Best ToolBook Productivity Tool – Lee Jay Karns, Vertical View Software Associates and Tom Hall, TCC Publishing, Inc.

Thanks go to SumTotal Systems for sponsoring this contest. Sheri Miller and Michael Ormes did great work judging all the excellent entries!

Hack Ack

The topic this year was Car Talk. Iris Peceny and Tina Lechner won a close vote over Mauro Rech and Lee Jay Karns. Mike Cline and Bob Culver put in a strong effort as well. Combining these with Tim Barham and Tomas Lund's "Aging Rock Star" performance and some excellent karaoke made Tuesday night's reception memorable indeed!

• Potential of time saved by new ways learned is big.  (2007)
• The community of developers attracted to this conference is among the most talented and helpful groups I've ever encountered.  (2007)
• My favorite part was the preconference workshops - 4 hour sessions were great!  (2007)
• TBCON was a terrific experience – the location, the sessions, the fun, the ambiance – loved just everything about it!  (2007)
• This year's TBCON was excellent. It was very productive for our team. You do a great job with this conference. A good balance between learning new things, connecting with peers, interfacing with SumTotal personnel, and discovering potential partners and future customers.  (2007)