The Chicago Convergence—CANCELLED

A follow up to my May 20th 2009 post about the TCC 09…the Chicago Convergence is cancelled.

The scheduled 2009 Chicago Convergence has been cancelled. Last year’s event was great. My intention was to volunteer this year. There seemed to be an awesome line up of new media nerds and techie geeks from all professions. Here is a snippet of the email I received:

The Chicago Convergence conference, slated for Sept 21-23 at the Spertus Institute is officially canceled and will be honored with an anniversary party [details in next few days]. We are planning to host additional events and activities over the next 90 days.

TCC is undergoing a massive restructuring in order “to grow a more robust digital community and expand jobs and opportunities,” said Montgomery, who succeeded founder John Patterson of Pixel Brothers when he relocated to Los Angeles earlier this year.

In late July Montgomery convened a meeting of TCC’s Leadership Committee to “edit and repackage ideas” for the second annual Convergence Summit, and to find appropriate future programs to satisfy the membership’s needs, he said at the time. The final nail in the coffin was an unproductive effort to replace sponsors that bowed out when the recession hit earlier this year.

How unfortunate.

Chicago eLearning & Technology Showcase 2009

& Technology Showcase 2009

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What: Chicago eLearning & Technology Showcase

When: August 19, 2009 (Wednesday), 8:30 am — 6:00 pm

Where: Roosevelt University (Downtown Chicago), 430 S. Michigan Ave

Hosted by: CISPI, CTC Chicago, & CCASTD

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This event showcases the latest practices and technologies for eLearning design and development.  There are several interesting speakers/sessions.  One session covers mobile simulations! Awesome.

As eduTech gEEks, it is common for our formal training and acquired talents to overlap between instructional designer/developer/technical writer/new media developer…this showcase targets all interests.

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For more information: http://www.chicagoelearningshowcase.com/