QR Codes in your Training: Improving Learning and Performance

Dr. Kella B. Price, SPHR, CPLP has 13 years of experience in training and development, and talent management functions. As CEO of Price Consulting Group, she is a trainer and facilitator.  Kella has published research previously on diversity; expatriates; and stress, job satisfaction, and employee turnover, and has been cited in many news articles, journals, and books, including Virtual Training Basics by Cindy Huggett.  In addition, she has designed numerous training and development tools, including activities featured in Elaine Beich’s recent book, Road-Tested Activities. She is currently finishing an Infoline on Twitter for Trainers that will be published early next year. 

Kella is adept at using Web 2.0 technologies, including blogging, twitter, bookmarking tools like delicious,  and social media networks like LinkedIn and Facebook.  She regularly conducts training on how to use these technologies as a business tool for collaboration and building relationships.  She regularly posts via twitter handle: kellaprice.

Larry Straining, CPLP, is the Founder and New Media Technology Coach at Larry’s Training, LLC. Larry’s focus is on helping people reach their goals using creative and innovative technologies. His degree in Business Management gives him the ability to communicate at all levels within an organization. Larry has earned the Certified Professional in Learning and Performance™ (CPLP) credential from the American Society for Training & Development (ASTD) Certification Institute. He is also a Microsoft Certified Application Specialist (MCAS) and a Certified Instructor, Facilitator and Coach using SolutionPeople’s KnowBrainer tool. Larry teaches technology classes as an adjunct professor at Tulsa Community College and Brown Mackie College.

Larry currently serves as VP of Marketing for the Chicagoland Chapter (CCASTD). He has served the Northeast Oklahoma (NEOK) chapter over four years in several board roles. He is currently the VP of Marketing and Communication for NEOK.  In addition to participating as a mentor in the chapter mentoring program, he maintains the chapter’s CPLP Study Group and the eLearning/Technology SIG. Active in the national ASTD chapter leader community, Larry is a member of the NAC Social Media Committee and also assisted in the development of the Chapter’s Social Media Toolkit. He can be regularly found participating in the ASTD Chapter Leader Twitter Chat, the CPLP Twitter Chat and the monthly Chapter Leader Webinars. Larry will also be a presenter at the 2011 ASTD Chapter Leader Conference (ALC).

When not working with technology, Larry lives in Collinsville, OK with his family including two black Labs and three horses.