VenueGen CEO to speak at Virtual Edge Summit

VenueGen CEO, David Gardner will be speaking virtually at the physical conference in San Diego at 1:15 ET January 10^th.  He will be joined by two other virtual industry CEO’s discussing the value of greater online engagement, what audiences/use cases are the best fit for  immersive modalities and where online immersion creates the greatest ROI.

David Gardner, CEO of VenueGen

Although the VEW conference have been an annual physical event for years, this is the first time one of the presenters has presented virtually at the event.   “There’s certainly some irony in flying each year to a physical conference about meeting virtually”, Gardner states.   This milestone is yet another indicator that immersive technologies have matured and are ready for the enterprise.    Gardner will be using the VenueGen platform for his virtual appearance, content and audience interaction.

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Free Virtual Event: Thinking and Learning in 3D

Thinking and Learning in 3D: How to Create Successful Virtual Learning Experiences

Wednesday, December 7 from 2 – 3 pm EST in VenueGen

In this age of far-flung workforces, reduced budgets and digital communication, we’re all seeking a way to replicate the engagement of face-to-face instructor-led training (ILT) online. To do this, a growing number of organizations−corporate and academic alike−are turning to immersive 3D environments: virtual classrooms that employ live avatars to let remote teams interact and engage with one another as naturally and effectively as they would in the physical classroom.

Randy Hinrichs, author of "Transforming Virtual World Learning" to present in VenueGen

But what does it take to successfully train and learn in 3D? Join Randy Hinrichs, online training expert and author of the new book Transforming Virtual World Learning as he presents the latest research on how to plan, design, develop and implement a successful 3D virtual learning program. In this interactive VenueGen seminar, you’ll experience first-hand the value of immersive 3D learning while discovering the answers to questions like:

• What does it mean to think in 3D? How does thinking in 3D transform the way we learn?
• How is training and learning in 3D different than in a physical classroom?
• How can instructors adapt the social rules of face-to-face interaction to create successful learning experiences online?
• How can you leverage your current instructional design assets and methods in a 3D virtual classroom?

Register to win a copy of Randy's new book.

Randy will also share real-life case studies about the successful use of 3D virtual environments for managing faculty development, conducting intercultural collaboration, integrating departments, and more.

A drawing for a free copy of Hinrich’s book, Transforming Virtual World Learning, is being sponsored by Emerald Group Publishing Limited. Everyone who <registers for the event> will be automatically entered to win, so the giveaway is not limited only to those who are able to attend.

Don’t have a VenueGen account yet? It’s fast, easy and free to sign up. Just click the Register button below to get started.

Virtual seats are limited to the first 40 people to arrive on the day of event, so register now to get a headstart!

Free Virtual Event: “3D Virtual Learning: Cheaper, Easier & More Robust”

A Second Glance at 3D Virtual Learning: Cheaper, Easier, and More Robust

Wednesday, September 28 from 2 – 3 pm Eastern in VenueGen.

Caroline Avey of ACS Learning Services, a Xerox company

Join training expert Caroline Avey, Director of Innovative Solutions at ACS Learning Services, a Xerox company, for this limited-seat, interactive virtual presentation. Learn from her first-hand experience helping clients evaluate, select and implement various immersive training environments.

• Discover what’s new in the next generation of immersive virtual training environments
• Compare the functionality and cost models of today’s platforms
• Learn the major factors that every organization should consider when evaluating virtual worldsvirtual

Only a few short years ago, the learning industry was enamored with the idea of immersive, or 3D, virtual worlds. They held promise of training more learners more efficiently than ever–without sacrificing the engagement and interactivity of the physical classroom. But for most of us, the love affair was quickly cut short by early problems with security, usability, bandwidth requirements, and cost.

3D worlds for business use may have faded from the spotlight in recent years, but behind the scenes, the latest virtual training environments have matured to fulfill their early promise: a viable online solution that’s as easy, natural, and effective as face-to-face instructor-led training.

Don’t have a VenueGen account yet? It’s fast, easy and free to sign up. Just click the Register button below to get started.

Virtual seats are limited to the first 40 people to arrive on the day of event, so register now to get a headstart!

On Our Calendar: Join us for Partnering for Performance 2011

May 3 – 5. Raleigh Convention Center. Between Ballrooms 305 & 306.

Come by our table!

• Exclusive to conference attendees: Sign up for to try VenueGen free for 15 days.

• Discover how to train your remote workforce online without sacrificing the engagement of face-to-face instructor-led training.

• Demo how immersive e-classrooms for virtual ILT improve both learner engagement and trainer efficacy.

Partnering for Performance is hosted by TrainingIndustry, Inc. Visit the website to view the conference agenda and register.

Special Presentation – Virtual Training Environments: Solving the Engagement Problem

Presented by

April 25, 2011. 2 pm ET / 11am PT. Visit TrainingIndustry.com to watch the recording.

A special, limited-seat encore presentation will take place Wednesday, May 25 at 2pm Eastern in VenueGen. Contact us for an invitation.

In an effort to drive efficiency, many of us are exploring virtual environments for instructor-led training. But virtual ILT platforms, particularly those originally designed for web conferencing, can feel more like a barrier to learning than a solution. To improve learning outcomes online, the e-classroom must be just as engaging as the physical classroom.

Join us for this informative and challenging TrainingIndustry.com webinar, sponsored by VenueGen, as we tackle the problem of moving ILT online without sacrificing the engagement and outcomes of face-to-face learning.

In this free, one-hour webinar, we’ll draw from real-world solutions and learning psychology to:

• Quantify what engagement is and why it is so critical to learning outcomes;
• Identify the four subtle but crucial components that foster engagement in learning environments;
• Rank various modalities as to their engagement effectiveness

Join us Online for Virtual Worlds – Best Practices in Education (VWBPE)

VWBPE 2011 Presents:

The Four Factors that Create Engagement in Virtual Learning Environments

Join VenueGen CEO David Gardner for this special virtual presentation

Friday, March 18 2011 at 9am EDT in Second Life.

Abstract: Virtual educators know how difficult it is to maintain control over learners’ attention. Without the interpersonal cues and interactions we share when communicating face-to-face, the learning experience can feel unnatural and disengaging, extracting a heavy toll on knowledge transfer.

But why do virtual programs often seem less conducive to learning than ILT? The missing element is engagement. This session will examine:

1. The crucial nature of engagement to successful learning environments;
2. The four factors for creating engagement;
3. The ability of various online modalities to engage
4. How the immersive web can help simply and cost-effectively replicate the in-person experience.

Speaker Bio: David Gardner is a serial entrepreneur, technology investor and futurist with a proven track record of early identification of paradigm-shifting technologies. He is a trusted advisor concerning new technology trends who believes Web-3D is on the verge of dramatically transforming many web-based business models as we know them today.

Experienced in taking IT products and Internet-service model companies to market, Gardner has founded seven technology companies—including PeopleClick, the first hosted software-as-a-service enterprise application; and healthcare communications technology exchange ProviderLink, now owned by Compuware—without a single failure or loss of investor funds. He has served on several boards, spoken at multiple industry conferences, and published over twenty forward-thinking papers and articles on technical, business and managerial topics.

In 2007, Gardner founded VenueGen (www.VenueGen.com), a company dedicated to creating a new standard of in-browser web-conference platform for more engaging, productive and efficient online training, meetings and events. He currently serves as CEO.

For  more information about how to catch the presentation, visit the VWBPE Conference website or contact Kate Hendrick, director of marketing at VenueGen.

Press Release: Web3D Technology Boosts User Engagement for eTraining & Corporate Events

David Gardner will explore the potential of new in-browser meeting environments to improve the effectiveness and efficiency of dispersed business teams

(Morrisville, NC: January 10, 2011) For business to truly recoup value by moving training, meetings and events online, they need a more engaging, natural-feeling solution than the web conferencing and screen sharing platforms that dominate today’s market, says David Gardner, CEO and creator of VenueGen, a subscription-based web application that enables business customers to more effectively engage teams on-line in fully immersive Web3D virtual conferencing environments.

Gardner will explore these solutions, as well as the implications of new technology on the future of corporate training and events, in two sessions at Virtual Edge Summit 2011, the industry’s largest gathering for virtual events, meetings, communities, and learning, held this year at the MGM Convention Center in Las Vegas, Nevada, as well as virtually.

3D Immersive Worlds for Business Engagement will take place Wednesday, January 12, 11:00 – 11:45 PST. Gardner will join IT/IS expert and KohdSpace Chairman Terry Thorpe, along with John Jainschigg, virtual events expert and CEO of World2Worlds, Inc (www.world2worlds.com), to examine the proof and case experiences behind the capacity of fully immersive 3D online environments to drive engagement and improve results.

Virtual Environment Platforms: From Social Gaming to Social Media will take place Wednesday, January 12, 2:15 – 3:00 PST. The session will focus on how the convergence of social gaming and virtual environments is changing expectations for online business experiences. Other thought leaders participating in the session are Ken Hayward, digital media expert and CEO of Vcopious; Rahul Rankavat, director of software development at Vcopious; and Manu Gambhir, social gaming expert and CEO of Ryzing.

For more information, or to schedule an interview with Gardner at the event, please contact Kate Hendrick by phone at 919-228-4995, by email at khendrick@venuegen.com, or via Twitter at @VenueGen.

About David Gardner

David Gardner is a serial entrepreneur, technology investor and futurist with a proven track record of early identification of paradigm-shifting technologies. He is a trusted advisor concerning new technology trends who believes Web-3D is on the verge of dramatically transforming many web-based business models as we know them today.

David Gardner, CEO of VenueGen

Experienced in taking IT products and Internet-service model companies to market, Gardner has founded seven technology companies—including PeopleClick, the first hosted software-as-a-service enterprise application; and healthcare communications technology exchange ProviderLink, now owned by Compuware—without a single failure or loss of investor funds. He has served on several boards, spoken at multiple industry conferences, and published over twenty forward-thinking papers and articles on technical, business and managerial topics.

In 2007, Gardner founded VenueGen, a company dedicated to creating a new standard of in-browser web-conference platform for more engaging, productive and efficient online training, meetings and events. He currently serves as CEO.

About VenueGen

VenueGen is a subscription based Web3D conference application enabling business customers to efficiently and affordably train, collaborate, meet and share content online without sacrificing the engagement and productivity of face-to-face communication.

Compared to the web conferencing and screen sharing platforms currently on the market, VenueGen’s immersive 3D environments facilitate lifelike, natural-feeling interaction for improved learning, motivation and overall performance. VenueGen features fast, easy installation; a minimal usability learning curve; private, secure environments; and one-of-a-kind content sharing capabilities that use negligible bandwidth, allow multiple content windows to be shared simultaneously, and empower each user to control his or her personal view of content.

VenueGen is included in Gartner’s Five Coolest and Most Promising New Technologies, and has received accolades from USA Today, Business Week, CNBC and others. To learn more, please visit the company’s website at www.VenueGen.com or follow VenueGen on Twitter at twitter.com/venuegen.
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Skip Miller Presents: How to Avoid the 3 Worst 4th Quarter Mistakes

Would you like to get rid of your audio and web conference calls? Get off the phone and in front of customers, and sell, sell, sell?

Keynote speaker Skip Miller is the author of Amazon’s #1 book on Sales Management - ProActive Sales Management and its follow-upMore ProActive Sales Management, along with three best selling books on sales ProActive Selling, Ultimate Sales Tool Kit, and Knock Your Socks Off Prospecting, is the founder of M3 Learning.  He’s taught thousands of sales managers and sales executives not only how to get in the game, but also how to stay ahead of it!

Live Event Details:
Duration: 60 minutes, including Q&A
Date: Thursday, September 2, 2010 at 10:30 AM PST / 1:30 PM EST
Where: VenueGen at www.venuegen.com
Registration: https://www.venuegen.com/?q=thunder/sthunder

At this special event, you will learn how to fire up your laptop or PC browser and be in a highly productive, collaborative online meeting with your colleagues in less than 60 seconds.

With no strings attached, our speakers will show you how you can drive sales momentum by throwing out unproductive, traditional online web and audio conferencing meetings and moving to VenueGen, a 3-D sales and marketing online meeting platform.

Register now for the free online training seminar here. If you are interested in learning more, but are unable to attend this event, please email us. We will gladly schedule a convenient time to show you how to run a more engaging sales or marketing meeting in 5 minutes. Overnight, your sales team will be more competitive and executing faster.

Important Please Read: If you plan to virtually attend this meeting it is very important that you register now to reserve your seat well in advance to allow enough time for the venue and meeting content to be downloaded to your computer. If this is not the computer you will be using to attend the meeting, please wait and register from the computer you will be using.

Become a Sales Superstar: Cut Out 90% of Your Travel and Get 12-Hours out of an 8-Hour Day

Would you like to get rid of your audio and web conference calls? Get off the phone and in front of customers, and sell, sell, sell…

Bringing to the table over 25 years of experience in sales, marketing, and general management (leading successful startups and Fortune 500 organizations worth $10M-$6 Billion), VenueGen’s own Jeff Crown will show you how to take the pain out of your everyday sales life.

Live Event Details:
Duration: 60 minutes, including Q&A
Date: Thursday, September 2, 2010 at 10:30 AM PST / 1:30 PM EST
Where: VenueGen at www.venuegen.com
Registration

At this special event, you will learn how to fire up your laptop or PC browser and be in a highly productive, collaborative online meeting with your colleagues in less than 60 seconds.

With no strings attached, our speakers will show you how you can drive sales momentum by throwing out unproductive, traditional online web and audio conferencing meetings and moving to VenueGen, a 3-D sales and marketing online meeting platform.
The VenueGen online sales & marketing meeting platform will help you:

1. Instantly review multiple forecasts and sales results on screen with your sales team
2. Share best practices for closing deals using tools or Power Point Presentations
3. Put a web camera on a new product to train your team on new features and competitive advantages.
4. Bring in outside speakers from remote locations anywhere in the world to share new sales techniques, closing techniques and get everyone motivated.
5. Run weekly staff meetings, or full day training events.

Try a full functionality trial, sign up for our free 30-day trial here.

However, if you are interested in learning more, but are unable to attend this event, please email us. We will gladly schedule a convenient time to show you how to run a more engaging sales or marketing meeting in 5 minutes. Overnight, your sales team will be more competitive and executing faster.

Important Please Read: If you plan to virtually attend this meeting it is very important that you register now to reserve your seat well in advance to allow enough time for the venue and meeting content to be downloaded to your computer. If this is not the computer you will be using to attend the meeting, please wait and register from the computer you will be using.

For more information please go to http://www.venuegen.com or follow VenueGen at http://twitter.com/venuegen

Event: Cashing In on Virtual Worlds:Entrepreneurial Insights for the Healthcare Industry

Listen to David Gardner speak at Media X, Stanford University’s catalyst for industry and academic research partnerships on the impact of information and technology on society.

Event Description
Virtual environment platforms for the enterprise have gone through a peak of inflated expectations and appear to be in a trough of disillusionment. Numerous pilot programs have been technically successful and have shown efficacy in training, collaboration, and other applications, but they have not been generally adopted in mainstream business operations. However, virtual world technologies are commercially successful in social networking and entertainment, and new businesses using these technologies continue to spring up. What can entrepreneurs in the healthcare arena learn from these commercial successes and fresh ideas?

In this workshop, we will hear from successful virtual world companies, and brainstorm how their lessons learned apply to fledgling healthcare ventures.

In Part I, we will peer across “the chasm” to examine how virtual worlds technology can be harnessed to work as a business. Through both virtual and in-person presentations, we’ll talk with entrepreneurs who are banking on significant returns on their investment.

David Gardner, CEO of VenueGen, will demonstrate how his company is transforming virtual conferencing into a more engaging, productive experience at an affordable price. Brett Durrett, VP Engineering of IMVU, will illustrate how IMVU has leveraged virtual goods and become a profitable market leader in virtual worlds and social networking. Other speakers will also address how they have focused on key capabilities in virtual worlds to address critical needs in their target markets.

In Part II, we will brainstorm how the ideas presented in Part I can apply to applications in healthcare. Areas of interest include telemedicine, home care, treatment compliance, fitness, virtual hospitals, virtual patients, professional training, and education. We will invite developers and healthcare practitioners to talk about their pilot programs that show promise for business. We will also invite entrepreneurs in the audience to present their “elevator pitches,” and receive feedback from the group. In this way, this workshop will conclude the discussion that we began in the “Virtual Medical Environments Workshop” at Media-X on March 8, 2010.

Audience
Developers, healthcare practitioners, entrepreneurs, investors, and corporate leaders looking for applications of virtual worlds that provide a return on investment.

Date
Thursday, August 19, 2010, 1:00 – 5:00PM

Location
The workshop will be held at Wallenberg Hall, Stanford University’s state-of-the-art facility for experimentation in innovative learning methods.

Registration