Whether you're just getting into e-learning, or have been at it for a while, you know that the field is rapidly changing. While online training has great promise, it can't, on its own, provide all the learning and performance support that's needed in the workplace, nor can it keep up with the increasing pace of knowledge change. Enter new Web 2.0 technologies and the need to facilitate knowledge management, communities of practice, and informal learning. How important are they? What do they mean for the way training is managed now and in the future? How can the formal, instructional side of learning coexist with the informal, informational side, and what benefits does this integration bring? What must we do to get our organizations ready for these changes? To move beyond e-learning as we know it, we must redefine it and focus more on creating a strategy that is less about training and more about business needs. The speaker will reveal how to regard e-learning from a strategic perspective. Learn to go beyond a focus on technology and courseware to come up with new ways to think about what e-learning really is, and what it can--and can't--do. Challenge yourself to think differently about e-learning and you will significantly increase the likelihood of success. This session is for senior practitioners as well as for managers of learning and performance functions in organizations, and anyone else who is seeking new ways to bring advanced learning and performance solutions directly to the workplace.