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Mike Prokopeak

Mike Prokopeak is editorial director of MediaTec Publishing Inc. Mike directs content for the CLO Symposium live conference series, the CLO Breakfast Club programs and all MediaTec magazines, as well as the e-Seminar series, research initiatives and special projects. Mike brings a wide range of experience in journalism, publishing, and marketing along with a proven track record of editorial achievement to MediaTec. After joining Mountain Living Magazine in Flagstaff, Ariz., as a reporter, he worked his way up to editor in chief, eventually taking on general manager responsibilities for the magazine and its sister publication, Flagstaff Live, both owned by Pulitzer Newspapers Inc. He directed the editorial, design, advertising and events departments and successfully led a complete redesign of the publications. Mike has also worked with leading educational publishing companies, including Houghton Mifflin Harcourt and the Great Books Foundation. A former teacher and Peace Corps volunteer, Mike brings in-depth experience in continuing education and training to MediaTec. He can be reached at mikep@CLOMedia.com.

L&D and All That Jazz at ASTD

by Mike Prokopeak on May 14, 2012 · Comments · in From the Editors

All too often, we feel constrained by the limits on the page in front of us. Whether it’s a budget number or an instructional objective, that forced limitation is both necessity and liability. John Kao, dubbed “Mr. Creativity” by none other than the august business journal The Economist, attempted to give L&D professionals a new [...]

Fanatic Discipline and Productive Paranoia: Notes From ASTD Day One

by Mike Prokopeak on May 8, 2012 · Comments · in From the Editors

The last time I was in Denver I narrowly escaped a blizzard that dumped 20 inches of snow back home in Chicago only to arrive in the Mile High City for the coldest day in 20 years. Fortunately the welcome to Denver this week for the American Society for Training and Development’s (ASTD) International Conference [...]

Learning Therapy at the Fall CLO Breakfast Club

by Mike Prokopeak on September 9, 2011 · Comments · in From the Editors

I don’t know if it was because of the 10-year anniversary of the 9/11 attacks this weekend, a usually steady East Coast population rattled by a recent 5.8-magnitude earthquake and hurricanes, or simple exhaustion after three years of doing more with less, but the discussion just outside Washington, D.C., at yesterday’s first in our series [...]

Keep on Learning, Big Blue

by Mike Prokopeak on June 16, 2011 · Comments · in From the Editors

IBM turned 100 today. That’s a rare feat for a company, and not just in today’s rapid-fire business environment. In his best-seller “Built to Last,” Jim Collins noted that only 71 of the companies on the original Fortune 500 list still hold a place today. MIT professor Peter Senge says the average life of a [...]

Niche Is the New Black: ASTD Conference Day 2

by Mike Prokopeak on May 26, 2011 · Comments · in From the Editors

One of the good things about tradeshow season is the chance to catch up with friends and colleagues in the industry. It’s also a great chance to catch up with friends outside the industry in the conference city. While I was in Orlando for ASTD’s 2011 International Conference and Expo I had the chance to [...]