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2012 Conference DVDs Now Available

Re-experience some of the most popular sessions from the 2012 SIOP conference—order a conference DVD!

DVD recordings are now available for purchase here. The 2012 SIOP Conference Recordings DVD-ROM includes:

• 20 select presentations available (see list below)
• Audio synchronized with the speaker’s slide presentations
• MP3 audio files for your MP3 player to listen on the go!
• Files that are Mac and PC compatible

The presentations available on the DVD are:

“Typical” Future Workers: Aged? Virtual? Global? Monitored? Transient? Robots?

By Carrie Zapka, SIOP Blogger

Think back to a typical workplace in 1992, twenty years ago. What were the hot I-O topics then? Now imagine 10, 20, or even 50 years from now. What will the new hot topics be? The Jan-Feb 2012 issue of The Futurist, a magazine from the World Future Society (WFS), and a YouTube video from odesk.com called The Future of Work pose some interesting possibilities.

Compared to workers today, workers of the future might be…

Studying Generation C in the Workplace

By Christopher Salute, SIOP Blogger

During my last post, we discussed the idea of students requesting Facebook interaction from their professors. I received a good amount of feedback regarding interacting with students outside of the classroom from readers and even friends and family who read the blog. I love the idea of using Yammer or LinkedIn for in-network social situations. And, I agree that it is a huge organizational challenge (work, school, or otherwise) when direct reports or students request social interaction you are not comfortable with. I’ve even spoken with colleagues who have asked students what their classroom expectations are. And, students are now expecting texts, Facebook messages, and other communications outside of the classroom.

Are We Ready To Innovate?

By Manisha Bajaj, SIOP Blogger

What’s going on?

What contributes to the success of smartphones such as iPhones and Droid? Is it their product design or is it the applications (Apps) that you can buy on them? Or is it both? Putting this another way…

• Would you still buy an iPhone or Droid if the weight loss or online music Apps were not available on these devices?
• Also, would any of these Apps be available if there were no devices like the iPhone or Droid?

Multi-tasking or Multi-ignoring?

By Steven T. Hunt

 

I’m not sure if it is true, but someone told me that the most dangerous group of drivers recently changed. It used to be teenage boys. Putting young men into overpowered cars is a good formula for creating accidents and high insurance premiums. But another group of drivers has become even more frightening behind the wheel than impulsive, testosterone-laden, inexperienced young males recreating Grand Theft Auto in the family sedan (when I was a teenager, we did the same thing, only we imitated James Garner driving his gold Camaro in the TV show “Rockford Files”).

 

So what is the new “most dangerous driver”?