Social networking as a business tool is evolving, and questions still remain about how to use it effectively and securely. 10 Steps to Successful Social Networking answers those questions, covering technology, sales and brand value, how to connect social networking to key business drivers, launch plan development, success-building, how to connect your business to the world and grow market share, and how to adapt the system to business needs.
Darin Hartley has been working in the training industry for the past 20 years and has undergraduate and graduate degrees in Corporate Training and Training Management. He currently is the Director of Client Development at Intrepid.
He was the Director of the E-Learning Courseware Certification (ECC) Program for the American Society for Training & Development (ASTD). He managed various teams at Dell Learning during his five years at Dell Computer Corporation. Darin has presented previously at ISPI International, ASTD International, the ASTD Technical Skills Training Conference, and many others on a variety of topics. He has keynoted for national and international learning and training conferences for a variety of organizations.
He has authored articles for T+D, Technical & Skills Training, and WorkForce Magazines. Darin wrote Job Analysis at the Speed of Reality, for HRD Press in 1999 and, On-Demand Learning: Training in the New Millennium in 2000. Darin wrote, Selling E-Learning, in 2001. In 2003, he had a chapter published in The AMA E-Learning Handbook. Darin was on the Editorial Board of T+D Magazine from 2001 - 2006. His fourth book, 10 Steps to Successful Social Networking for Business, was published in April 2010 (ASTD Press).
Darin is on the Board of Directors for the ASTD Certification Institute (2010 - 2012 term).
Prior to Dell, Darin worked for Lockheed Martin, EG&G, General Physics Corporation, and the US Navy as a nuclear power plant operator (eight years).
Specialties
e-Learning; learning strategy; learning consulting; training design; business impact as it relates to learning
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