ToolBook User's Conference / e-Learning Authoring Conference 2006 Resources

The big news this year at TBCON was the expanded scope. In addition to the both introductory and intermediate/advanced ToolBook tracks, we had well-attended tracks on Flash, Management, and Web Technologies/.NET. About 100 developers from as far away as Denmark, Australia, and England and as close as Denver traveled to Colorado Springs from June 17 - 21, 2006 to increase their productivity, learn about topics like SCORM, share tips with other developers, and have loads of fun. The first three evaluations we looked at said it all,

• It's a deal if not a steal!
• I loved the expanded scope.
• Paid for itself in one session!

Here are a few highlights:

• The 2006 Archives for Attendees application.
• TBCON 2006 Photos
• TBCON 2006 Group Photo

SumTotal Systems ToolBook Design Awards

Congratulations to Don Bair of University Health System in San Antonio for winning the Best ToolBook Online Training. Robert Dick and William Ryan of Humana carted away the best ToolBook Productivity Tool award. Ryan Tracey of AMP won the award for the Best International Training. And past winner Mauro Rech of Buckman Laboratories won the Best Native ToolBook Application All teams won Apple iPod Minis, courtesy of SumTotal Systems.

Thanks go to SumTotal Systems for sponsoring this contest. Katharine Opincarne and Michael Ormes did yeoman work judging all the excellent entries!

Hack Ack

The topic this year was World Cup, though Mauro's "Word Cup" interpretation was classic. In what may have been the strongest field ever, Brad Pennington rode the first Flash entry to a narrow victory over the always-outstanding team of Mauro Rech and Lee Karns. The Loomis Ladies (Marge Bauer, Mary Gutwein, Tina Rice, and Lucy McKain) showed that even relatively new ToolBook developers can accomplish. Adam Brown had the crowd ready to march into a soccer stadium and Erik Jaros taught them the chants from around the world. All these great applications followed by memorable karaoke performances made the Tuesday night reception quite a good time!

• Stayed in CC Inn. Very nice!  (2006)
• The value outweighed the price. You could have doubled the price and it still would not outweigh the value.  (2006)
• The preconference workshops were the best part. They actually gave you the time to get a more in-depth perspective on some of the applications.  (2006)
• The food was excellent! First reception dinner was awesome! Dining facility was terrific as well. And food offered during the break ?? I ate wayyy too much!!  (2006)
• Thank you for the great experience at TBCON. As a first time attendee, I was impressed with everyone's generous sharing of ideas, examples, and tips in such a friendly and casual atmosphere. As a moderate ToolBook user, I picked up several ideas applicable to my work. As a total Flash newbie, I feel like I got a grasp of the basics in a very short period of time, and I am inspired to try some Flash development.  (2006)