
"Think globally. Act locally."
The April meetings of Emergent Learning Forum are an experiment in decentralization. Instead of having just one major interaction each month, we're meeting around the Bay in informal gatherings. Please drop by our Berkeley session:
Berkeley, April 1, 5:30-7:30 pm, LaVal's Pizza Northside
1834 Euclid Avenue, 510-843-5617
San Francisco, April 7, 5:30-7:30 pm, Gordon Biersch Brewery
2 Harrison Street, 415-243-8246
The main items on the agenda are (1) networking and (2) beer and (3) learning technology. After that, you might want to discuss how else you'd like to interact with Emergent Learning Forum.
I am pushing for informal meetings of kindred spirits around the globe, sort of Howard Dean flashmobs on steroids. Other events may be 100% online, bringing together experts from all corners in conversations made available for replay. We're working with Spoke to develop an Emergent Learning Forum member network and collaborative environment.
Join me for a brew this week or next. Some learning just might emerge.
Afraid of joining the wrong crowd? Come to the table with the green tennis ball on it!
Jay
Also, please bring a colleague or a customer. Remember the "strength of weak ties" concept that Alex Gault described at our February meeting on Social Software? Introduce someone who wouldn't show up at one of our meetings to join you.

Not flashmobs on steriods, just on beer!
If you ever expand this in the future and would like a session hosted in the Seattle area, I'd be happy to buy the first pitcher. We even have Gordon Biersch up here too!
Posted by: Ken Steinman at April 1, 2004 02:50 PM