Director, The Masie Center
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 founder of the Learning CONSORTIUM. 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 recently authored Learning Rants, Raves & Reflections and the free digital book, My Most Memorable Teacher (or Trainer). He is the convener of Learning 2007 and LMS 2007.
Elliott heads The MASIE Center, a Saratoga Springs, NY ThinkTank 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, Allstate, 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 on several colleges' Boards of Trustees, as a Board member of national corporations and organizations (including the Manufacturing Institute, CTN) and is a "Thought Leader" for the Center for Association Leadership. 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 2,100,000 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
