The Thiagi Group Calendar

October 5, 2005 (9:00am - 5:00pm)
Preconference Workshop:
Faster, Cheaper, Better: Designing Training Games
Thiagi, Matthew Richter, Raja Thiagarajan, and Kat Koppett

Octobe 6, 2005 (10:30am - 12:00pm)
Concurrent Session:
Designing Interactive Lectures

Octobe 6, 2005 (1:30am - 3:00pm)
Concurrent Session:
Incorporating Motivation Theory in Games
Matthew Richter

Octobe 7, 2005 (10:30am - 12:00pm)
Concurrent Session:
Web Game Design for Non-Programmers
Raja Thiagarajan and Matthew Richter

Octobe 7, 2005 (10:30am - 12:00pm)
Concurrent Session:
Improv Designs for Inspired Training
Kat Koppett

Octobe 8, 2005 (10:30am - 12:00pm)
Concurrent Session:
Juggling and the Meaning of Life
Rob Peck and Thiagi

Octobe 8, 2005 (1:30am - 5:00pm)
Game Certificate Wrap-Up
Thiagi, Matthew Richter, Raja Thiagarajan, and Kat Koppett

April 11, 2005 (8:30am - 5:00pm)
Workshop WMC:
Faster, Cheaper, Better: Alternative Approaches to Instructional Design
(with Matthew Richter, Raja Thiagarajan, and Kat Koppett)

April 12, 2005 (8:30am - 5:00pm)
Workshop WTI:
The Four-Door Model: A Faster, Cheaper, and Better Approach to e-Learning Design
(with Matthew Richter and Raja Thiagarajan)

April 13, 2005 (2:00pm - 3:30pm)
Concurrent Session:
Motivation for Trainers
(with Matthew Richter and Raja Thiagarajan)

April 13, 2005 (6:00pm - 7:30pm)
Cracker Barrel Session:
Jolts!
Matthew Richter (with Raja Thiagarajan)

April 13, 2005 (6:00pm - 7:30pm)
Cracker Barrel Session:
Magic of HPT
Thiagi

April 14, 2005 (1:00pm - 2:30pm)
Encore Session:
Training to Imagine: Tools for Building Client Relationships
Kat Koppett

April 15, 2005 (3:30pm - 5:00pm)
Encore Session:
Creating a Motivating Environment
Matthew Richter

April 28, 2005
Course 3:
Building High-Performance Trans-Cultural Teams
(with Samuel van den Bergh)

April 29-30, 2005
Course 6:
Interactive Experiential Strategies for Cross-Cultural Training

March 14, 2005 (8:30 am - 4:30 pm)
P6: Faster, Cheaper, Better: An Alternative to the ISD Model for Designing and Developing e-Learning Courses

March 15, 2005 (1:15 pm - 2:15 pm)
206: A Passage to India: Outsourcing Questions and Issues
(with panel members)

March 16, 2005 (10:15 am - 11:30 am)
501 Featured Session:
Low-Budget e-Learning: Cheap but NOT Tacky Techniques for e-Learning

March 17, 2005 (8:30 am - 9:45 am)
805 Super Session:
The "Four Door Approach" for Designing Cost-Effective e-Learning

December 1-3, 2004 (8:30 am - 4:30 pm)
Designing Interactive Training Certificate

November 3, 2004 (9:30 am - 4:30 pm)
High Performance Teamwork (Featuring Mattel’s Break the Safe)
(with Matthew Richter, and Raja Thiagarajan)

November 5, 2004 (3:15 am - 4:45 pm)
Training Games for Two: A Play and Plagiarize Session
(with Matthew Richter, Raja Thiagarajan, Ellen Gehrke, Les Lauber, and Brian Remer)

November 6, 2004 (9:30 am - 10:30 am)
Training Games and Activities: 10 Secrets that I Learned in the Last 10 Years

November 18, 2004 (8:15 am - 5:00 pm)
Faster, Cheaper, Better: How To Design Interactive Experiential Strategies for Intercultural Training
(with Matthew Richter, and Raja Thiagarajan)

November 18, 2004 (6:00 am - 7:30 pm)
Newcomer Orientation

November 6, 2004 (8:30 am - 11:15 am)
Secrets of Cross-Cultural Facilitation Revealed
(with Jin Abe, Matthew Richter, and Raja Thiagarajan)

October 9-10 (9:00 AM to 4:00 PM)
Pre-Conference Workshop: Zero-Budget E-Learning Design and Delivery
with Raja Thiagarajan and Matthew Richter

October 11 (8:30AM to 9:30AM)
Requiring and Rewarding Higher-Order Thinking in Online Games and Simulations
with Matthew Richter and Raja Thiagarajan

October 11 (11:15AM to 12:15PM)
Faster, Cheaper, BETTER: An Alternative to the ISD Model

October 12 (1:00PM to 2:00 PM)
Faster Than a Speeding Bullet (Point): 99-Second Presentations
with Raja Thiagarajan and Matthew Richter

September 30, 2004. (3:00PM to 4:30PM)
Faster, Cheaper, BETTER: An Alternative to the ISD Model

Tuesday, September 7 (4:00-5:00 pm)
Textra Games: How To Transform Dull Text into Dynamic Games
Lecture Room 1211

Tuesday, September 7 (5:00-6:00 pm)
Interactive Storytelling
Lecture Room 1211

Thursday, September 9 (1:00-2:00 pm)
Keynote Plenary: How To Conduct Training Games with Large Groups
Main Hall

Thursday, September 9 (2:10-3:30 pm)
Classification Card Games: Flexible Strategies for Mastering Procedures and Concepts
Lecture Room 1209

Lunch & Learn:
Faster, Cheaper, Better: Alternatives to ISD

Afternoon Workshop:
Interactive Strategies for Improving Performance

April 19, 2004. (8:30AM to 5:00PM)
Partnering with Participants: Facilitating Human Performance
(Pre-Conference Workshop)
Thiagi, Raja Thiagarajan, Matthew Richter, and Kat Koppett

April 19, 2004. (8:30AM to 5:00PM)
Web-Based Role-Play and Simulations
(Pre-Conference Workshop)
Marie Jasinski

April 20, 2004. (8:30AM to 5:00PM)
Partnering for High Performance in Teams: A Playful Approach
(Pre-Conference Workshop)
Thiagi, Raja Thiagarajan, Matthew Richter, Kat Koppett, and David Strain

April 21, 2004 (11:00AM to 12:30PM)
Questions that Require and Reward Higher Order Thinking
(Encore session)
Thiagi, Raja Thiagarajan, and Matthew Richter

April 21, 2004 (2:00PM to 3:30PM)
Partnering with Practitioners: Sharing Best Practices
Raja Thiagarajan, Thiagi, Matthew Richter, Kat Koppett, Marie Jasinski, and Marty Cielens

April 21, 2004 (6:00PM to 7:30PM)
The Magic of HPT
(Cracker Barrel session)
Thiagi

April 22, 2004 (11:00AM to 12:30PM)
Training to Imagine: Improvisational Theater Techniques for Trainers and Managers
Kat Koppett

April 23, 2004 (3:30PM to 5:00PM)
Creating a Motivating Environment
Matthew Richter

April 23, 2004 (3:30PM to 5:00PM)
Product Strategy Session:
High-Performance Teamwork Featuring Mattel's Break the Safe
Thiagi

April 21-23 (continuous poster display at Performance Gallery)