Good morning from St. Petersburg.  Day one at the Bersin conference started out with the welcome reception last night.  It was great to meet some new people, see some old friends and realize that the vendor to participant ratio is about 4 to 1.  The is 4 vendors to each participant.  Should make for a very interesting conference.  Since this is not setup as a trade show the interaction should be great.

Some of the real buzz from happy hour last night was not about Talent Management but about content and the consultative efforts necessary to help organizations understand how important content is to a successful learning program.  I like to here that because that is where I live.  Content is still king to making learning work.  And if you do not have learning working then it is tough to develop talent.

I will be blogging over the next two days to give everyone my opinions of the conference.  Have a great day and I will chat with you soon.