Elliott Masie, Host and Producer of Learning 2007! 

Elliott Masie is an internationally recognized futurist, analyst, researcher and organizer on the critical topics of learning, technology, business, and workplace productivity. He is the editor of Learning TRENDS by Elliott Masie, an Internet newsletter read by over 50,000 business executives worldwide, and a regular columnist in professional publications. He is the author of a dozen books, including the Learning Rants, Raves & Reflections and the free digital book called 701 E-Learning Tips.

Elliott heads The MASIE Center, a Saratoga Springs, NY think tank focused on how organizations can support learning and knowledge within the workforce. He leads the Learning Consortium, a coalition of over 230 Fortune 500 companies cooperating on the evolution of learning strategies, including Target, American Express, Home Depot, Wal-Mart, UPS, National Security Agency, CIA University, Sears, Bank of America and the U.S. Departments of Defense and Labor.

Elliott's professional focus has been in the fields of corporate learning, organizational performance and emerging technology. He has developed models for accelerating the spread of knowledge, learning and collaboration throughout organizations. Elliott is acknowledged as the first analyst to use the term e-Learning and has advocated for a sane deployment of learning and collaboration technology as a means of supporting the effectiveness and profitability of enterprises.

Elliott serves as an advisor to a wide range of government, education and non-profit groups. He serves as a Trustee of Skidmore College and, as a Board member of national corporations and organizations, including the Manufacturing Institute, CTN, Center for Association Leadership and the CIA University Board of Visitors.. Elliott serves on the Executive Committee of Operation Respect, an anti-bullying education project, and as a pro-bono advisor to the Department of Defense  he was appointed by the President to the White House Advisory Council on Expanding Learning Opportunities.

 Known as a highly approachable speaker and trainer, Elliott blends humor, applicable stories of best practice and high levels of audience involvement. Over the past twenty five years, he has presented programs, courses and speeches to over 1,800,000 professionals around the world. He lives in Saratoga Springs, owns thoroughbred horses, and travels extensively each year.

Elliott is the winner of these lifetime achievement awards:

• American Society for Training and Development (ASTD): Distinguished Contribution to Workplace Learning and Performance Award
• Instructional Systems Association (ISA): Improved Performance through Learning Thought Leadership Award
• Department of Defense: Civilian Advanced Distributed Learning Readiness Award
• Information Technology Training Industry (ITTA): Eddy Achievement Award
• InfoComm Asia Leadership Award

“Elliott Masie has the uncanny and even brazen ability to attract learning's brightest, most innovative and articulate constituents. Any conference he spearheads guarantees intelligent dialogue with industry's leading thinkers. The networking alone is worth the price of admission.”

- Marilyn Pratt, SAP Developer Network, SAP