Visit Us @ ASTD TechKnowledge in Vegas
January 20, 2010
We are exhibiting at ASTD TechKnowledge in Las Vegas (Jan 27-29, 2010).
We’d love to meet you…stop by and visit! (Come enter to win some free templates.)
Here’s our booth location.
Information about ASTD TechKnowledge:
“ASTD TechKnowledge is the training industry’s leading event dedicated to the latest in learning technologies. The conference features close to 100 informative sessions and countless opportunities to network with like-minded colleagues.”
A Look Inside eLearning Brothers
January 14, 2010
We often get asked about our company name, “eLearning Brothers”. Usually it’s, “Are you really brothers?”.
Well…the answer is Yes! We are brothers and have both working for years in the eLearning industry.
We have had the desire to work together for many years and have both done various “side projects” along the way. However just over a year ago we found ourselves in a moment of time where it was actually possible to start a company together and to give it the love and attention it would need.
Advantages of working with your brother:
- Makes parents proud that we’ve stopped beating each other up (at least that’s what they think)
- Keep friends close, keep enemies closer
- Nothing ever gets embarrassing. We already know everything about each other
- Can get away with teasing and mean words without worries of a law suit
- Enjoy long discussions about who’s smarter and/or more handsome
- Debates about if being older or taller is more important
Latest company off-site meeting:
Mountain biking and Jeeping in Moab Utah. (Taking the eLearning Sisters to Cancun soon.)
Company motto:
“Brothers don’t shake hands…Brothers gotta hug!” (Tommy Boy)
eLearning Brother Clan:
- 10 loud kids
- 2 wonderful, sweet, thoughtful, considerate, selfless, dedicated, loving wives. (just in case one of them is reading this we would have included more but text on a screen just wouldn’t do it justice.)
Official Company Goal:
Build awesome eLearning courses and templates for the world.
Personal Company Goal:
Build a company that allows us to “be there” for our families.
Partnership with Coggno
January 11, 2010
Big thanks goes out to Coggno for featuring our eLearning Templates on the Coggno Application Exchange.
What is Coggno?
The Coggno Marketplace is an open resource that connects organizations that need E-learning and assessment content with the authors of that content. When you become a Coggno Author, you can use our free tools to create relevant content, and organizations can acquire it directly from you. If you have an expertise in a particular industry or skill set, this is an opportunity to share that expertise in a relevant manner, and make money doing it.
Free online Flash Tutorials for eLearning Templates
November 20, 2009
We are pleased to announce our new Flash eLearning Template Tutorials website. This website is dedicated to providing you with useful screencast video tutorials. We will continue adding to it weekly, and as always…feel welcome to request a screencast if you need additional help.
Hope you enjoy…
New Article: Online vs Classroom Training Benefits
November 9, 2009
Just published a new article on EzineArticles.com comparing the benefits of online vs. classroom training
Fastest Marathon Ever!
October 30, 2009
The first team eLB marathon is complete! Sister Kim and I ran our fastest marathons ever! (ok…it was also our first marathon ever) The St George Marathon was 10/3 in St George Utah and the race went through the beautiful Snow Canyon area.
I (Brother Andrew) was only 5 1/2 weeks out from my collarbone surgery and was out of training for about 3 weeks. So needless to say my body was not in the best shape. I don’t think that the medicine, trauma, lack of sleep, and plate/screws helped either. My goal was to come in under 4 hours and to not walk. I was able to do it! (3:53 and no walking). I would love to do it again but I’m not sure when yet. The biggest thing that I learned it that I LOVE icy-hot. They had icy-hot stations every few miles. It feels really nice on aching legs 
Sister Kim did a great job as well. This is her first shot at running. She started to really feel it at about mile 20 and had to “gut it out” the rest of the way. Her husband (Brother Shawn) went out to see/encourage her during the last stretch. Sister Kim was surrounded by her 4 daughters as she crossed the finish line.
This was a great experience and we’ll remember it forever!
New Articles: eLearning Templates and Design
October 21, 2009
Just published 2 more articles on ezinearticles.com.
eLearning Development Using Templates
Article focuses on how templates help you build eLearning more rapidly.
10 Online Training Do’s and Don’ts
Article discusses 10 things to think about when starting an eLearning team and course.
If you’d like to see some sample Flash eLearning templates here are a few (from e-LearningTemplates.com):
Interaction Pack – Grudge
Interaction Pack – City Rays
Interaction Pack – Clean Corporate
Interaction Pack – Pulsing Dots
EzineArticles Expert Author
October 14, 2009
After a few weeks of waiting….we’re proud to announce that Brother Andrew has finally achieved “Expert Author” status on EzineArticles.com.
Ok, it’s not that big of a deal but it’s always fun to see your articles published somewhere online besides your own blog. The process takes about 2 weeks and their editors go through your article to make sure it has meaningful content. They ensure that it’s not just “self-serving” marketing. Once the editors are done they send you an email saying that your article has been accepted and published. (they may request a few edits) I’m guessing that once you publish an article you achieve the rank of “expert author”.
Presenting at BYOL eLearning 09
October 8, 2009
The brothers are presenting Oct 20 at the BYOL eLearning conference (Bring Your Own Laptop) in Salt Lake City, UT.
Brother Shawn is doing a session on creating interfaces and the essential elements of course layouts.
Brother Andrew is showing how to use Articulate to bring Power Point to life.
If you’re at the conference…come say hi!
Collar Bone Broken, Marathon in Doubt
September 4, 2009
As some of you know Team eLB is sponsoring 2 runners in the St George Marathon this year (Brother Andrew and Sister Kim…Shawn’s wife). After many months of training I (Brother Andrew) may not be able to attempt my first marathon.
About 2 weeks ago I went mountain biking up Big Cottonwood canyon on the Wasatch Crest trail. After 2 flat tires and climbing Puke Hill (earning my “downhill time”) I ended up crashing and bringing my summer to a grinding halt. I was going a little fast down a long single track when I hit a slight jump and came down on the side wall of the trail. I came flying off the bike and sliding head first for what seemed forever. When I got up everything seemed fine except that my shoulder burned. When I touched my shoulder I immediately felt my broken collar bone. I was in shock. I’ve crashed many times and never broken anything.
So for the next 2 hours I walked 4 miles down the mountain back to the car. My neighbor Jake had the great honor of trying to drag our bikes down the single track trail. He even got a bug out of my eye around mile 2 and got to drive me down the canyon to the hospital.
Finally after making it to the hospital I got some numbing shots and got to see the first x-rays. The bone was snapped in 2 places and the doc said that it would be about 5-6 weeks to heal. The marathon was 6 weeks from that date.
I few days later I went in for surgery and got a nice 3″-4″ titanium plate and 7 screws to hold it all together. Good thing we had already hit our medical deductible with the baby earlier this year. (so the surgery was free)
So, I’ve been out of the office for 2 weeks now and am hoping to be back on Tues. Things are starting to heal slowing but I haven’t been able to train for awhile now. There’s about a 50/50 chance that I’ll be ready by Oct 3rd. Even if my shoulder starts feeling fine I don’t know if it’ll make 26.2 miles. I guess I’ll soon find out. Stay tuned…
PS…in case you were wondering about my bike…it’s fine, nothing broken. I guess in the end that’s what’s really important
