Good morning. 

We the first day of the conference was very interesting.  Lots of discussion about the LMS.  Not too much on other learning technologies but i think that is just where the market sits today.  Yet when we engage the participants at the conference in one on one conversations the importance of content becomes clear.

As the day progressed the group began discussing lots of social networking opportunities.  i think this is one of Elliott's pet projects.  Get everyone into social networking will be an interesting experiement.  In fact there is a new site you might want to check out www.learningtown.com  A very interesting learning social networking experiement.

Lot's of conversation about the RFP process.  Prospective customers wanted more information, vendors wanted more focus.  It go a little tense at times but I believe what we saw was the need for the development of relationships between customer and vendor.  Relationships that elicit information and ideas.  Relationships that can help solve busienss problems.  As an industry we need to move beyond the technology and into the solution of real business problems.  We keep talking about it and it is time for a change.

So here is my little pitch for Bluewater.  I believe the real value we bring to organizations is focus on the value of the business.  We maintain relationships with vendors and bridge the gap between what the system can do and what it should do.

So back to the program...bottom line here at the conference.  There are still quite a few of the lost, confused and scared when it comes to understanding learning systems.  Great conversation, more awareness and people looking for solutions.  Great to see and experience.  Wish you could all be here.

Day One was excellent.  Let's see what Day Two brings.