Encrypt a storage device such as USB flash drive

Do you store company or personal data on USB flash drives?  If so, consider using encryption software to keep your data safe.  TrueCrypt is a software system for establishing and maintaining an on-the-fly-encrypted volume (data storage device). On-the-fly encryption means that data is automatically encrypted or decrypted right before it is loaded or saved, without any user intervention. No data stored on an encrypted volume can be read (decrypted) without using the correct password/keyfile(s) or correct encryption keys.

Check it out:  http://www.truecrypt.org/

The 2010 ASTD State of the Industry Report is now available!

ASTD estimates that U.S. organizations spent $125.88 billion on employee learning and development in 2009. This amount reflects direct learning expenditures such as the learning function's staff salaries, administrative learning costs, and non-salary delivery costs (including outsourced activities). Nearly two-thirds of the U.S. total ($78.6 billion) was spent on the internal learning function, such as staff salaries and internal development costs. The remainder ($47.3 billion) was allocated to external services such as workshops, vendors and external events.


These types of informative statistics appear in ASTD's annual State of the Industry Report.

Check it out:  http://www.astd.org/content/research/stateOfIndustry.htm

Becoming a People-Driven Enterprise: How to Turn the Dials in Your Organization and Power Up Your People

Free CLO Webinar: Thursday, Dec. 16, 2010 - 11 a.m. PT/2 p.m. ET

Organizations today must deal with a new business and economic climate that continues to change with unprecedented speed. Concurrently, effectively managing today’s organization is more demanding than ever due to a multigeneration workforce and increasing adoption of social media tools and mobile technologies. In this fast-moving presentation,Amar Dhaliwal, Saba, Senior Vice President, Product Operations Group will discuss the trends influencing the engagement and impact of your people, the key aspects of today’s business environment, and the central roles of creativity and innovation in meeting the challenges faced by institutions of all types and sizes.

Learn where menu and toolbar commands are in Office 2010 and related products

Wondering where your favorite menu and toolbar commands are located in Office 2010?

 Topics include:

• Use an interactive guide to find commands
• Get a printable list of Office 2010 commands and buttons:  Office 2010 menu to ribbon reference workbooks
• Install guides to multiple computers

 Check it out:  http://office.microsoft.com/en-us/outlook-help/learn-where-menu-and-toolbar-commands-are-in-office-2010-and-related-products-HA101794130.aspx

A roadmap to SharePoint Server 2007 training

Need training materials for Microsoft Sharepoint 2007?  The Microsoft Office website has a number of online courses as well as shorter PowerPoint versions of courses.  Topics include:

• Work with document libraries
• Work with calendars
• Work with slide libraries
• Work with workflows
• Work with Excel Services

 Check it out:  http://office.microsoft.com/en-us/training/sharepoint-server-2007-training-courses-HA010235858.aspx