I started this list a few years ago in response to a request for a recommendations of people to follow who specifically work in workplace learning (rather than in education). Here is my starter list. This is followed by a list of people who added their own names. You can add your name to the list at the bottom too.
My starter list
 Cammy BEAN eLearning Instructional Designer, VP of Learning Design for Kineo USCammy Bean’s Learning Visions | cammybean |
 Josh BERSIN Research, News, Best Practices in Talent Management, Training, and HR, USThe Business of Talent | Josh_Bersin |
 Mark BERTHELEMY Learning specialist, Capita, UKLearning Conversations | berthelemy |
 Ben BETTS Creative Director of Curatr, UKStoatly different | bbetts |
 Jane BOZARTH E-Learning Coordinator, Author of “Social Media for Trainers”, USbozarthzone | JaneBozarth | SoMe4Trainers |
 Bill BRANDON Editor, Learning Solutions Magazine, USbillbrandon |
 Mark BRITZ Social Learning advocate, eLearning Developer, USLearning Zealot | britz |
 Judy BROWN Mobile learning enthusiastmLearnopedia | judyb |
 Liz CABLE Elearning strategist, training designer, efacilitator, social media enthusiast, UKlizcable |
Dennis CALLAHAN | Training & Development Consultant, US |
 Dick CARLSON Content medic, Columbia, USTechherding | techherding |
 Sahana CHATTOPADHYAY Instructional designer and believer of collaborative learning, trying to blend the two, Mumbai, IndiaID reflections | sahana2802 |
Judith CHRISTIAN CARTER Director of small L&D company, UK |
 Janet CLAREY Researcher in the learning technology spaceSpinning the social web | jclarey |
 Donald CLARK Ex-Epic chairman, now independent thinker, Brighton, UKDonald Clark Plan B | donaldclark |
 Marcia CONNER Enterprise Social Messaging Strategist, Co-author The New Social Learning, USMarcia Conner on Fast Company | marciamarcia |
 Jay CROSS Business consultant, author, expert on informal learning, Principal of Internet Time Alliance USInternet Time | jaycross |
 Stephanie DAUL Learning Consultant, USStephanieDaul |
 Frederic DOMON Social Learning consultant, France socialLeaning.fr | fdomon |
 Brian DUSABLON Performance Consultant at Administaff, USBrian Dusablon | briandusablon |
 Dave FERGUSON Independent consultant working with companies and organizations to solve on-the-job performance problems, US Dave’s Whiteboard | dave_ferguson |
 Joe FOURNIER Founder Rapid e-Learning, LLC, US Spot Learning | dave_ferguson |
 Simon FOWLER Capability Associate at the Forum Corporation Simon Fowler’s Blog | sifowler |
 Robin GOOD Hand-picked news, tools and resources for professional web publishers, Italy MasterNewMedia | RobinGood |
 Phil GREEN Human performance consultant and educator, UK Onlignment | philipgreen |
 David GURTEEN Knowledge Management advisor, speaker and facilitator, UK Gurteen Knowledge Log | DavidGurteen |
 Michael HANLEY A training & development consultant working and living in Dublin, Ireland. E-Learning Curve | michael_hanley |
 Naomi HARM National Intel Senior Trainer, National and International Educational Technology Consultant, US Innovative Educator 2.0 | nharm |
 Jane HART Founder, C4LPT, Learning & Performance Specialist, Principal of Internet Time Alliance, UK Learning in the Social Workplace | c4lpt |
 Rob HUBBARD eLearning Architect, Learning Age Solutions, UK Rob’s Learning and Technology Blog | RobHubbard |
 Jon HUSBAND A systems thinker, researcher / analyst and facilitator, Vancouver, Canada jonhusband |
 Lars HYLAND Learning specialist, Brightwave, Brighton, UK Lars is Learning | larshyland |
 Jon INGHAM Strategic human capital management / HCM and human resource / HR 2.0 consultant Jon Ingham’s Strategic HCM Blog | joningham |
 Harold JARCHE Consultant, Principal of Internet Time Alliance, Canada Life in Perpetual Beta | hjarche |
 >Charles JENNINGS Learning and Performance specialist, Duntroon Associates, Principal of Internet Time Alliance, UK Performance. Learning. Productivity | charlesjennings |
 Ray JIMENEZ Chief Learning Architect, Vignettes for Training, US RayJimenez |
 Kevin D JONES Social Learning & Media Evangelist, US VinJones.com | kevindjones |
 <Tony KARRER CEO of TechEmpower, US Socal CTO | tonykarrer |
 David KELLY|L&D Professional in Healthcare Industry, US Misadventures in Learning | LnDDave |
 Tom KUHLMANN Author of Articulate’s Rapid E-Learning blog, US Rapid E-Learning Blog | tomkuhlmann |
 Neil LASHER Learning specialist, trainer1, UK Lasher on Learning | NeilLasher |
 Michelle LENTZ Owner, Write Technology. US MichelleLentz |
 Connie MALAMED Consultant, writer and speaker in the fields of eLearning, visual communication, US The eLearning Coach | elearningcoach |
 Michele MARTIN Social media for career and professional development specialist, US The Bamboo Project | michelemmartin |
 James McLUCKIE L&D professional with particular interest in online learning. UK Eden Tree Blog | JamesMcLuckie |
 Jeanne MEISTER Consultant and author on innovations in human resources and learning, US 2020 Workplace | jcmeister |
 Gina MINKS Technical instructional designer trying to mash social media into corporate education, Dell Storage, US Storage according to a Dixie Chick | gminks |
 Sumeet MOGHE Learning generalist, India The Learning Generalist | sumeet_moghe |
 Cathy MOORE Instructional designer, US Making change | CatMoore |
 Bob MOSHER Learning Guide Solutions, US bmosh |
 Mark OEHLERT Federal (DOD) Learning Consultant, US e-Clippings (Learning as Art) | moehlert |
 Koreen OLBRISH CEO, Tandem Learning, US Learning in Tandem | KoreenOlbrish |
 Laura OVERTON Improving real results from e-Learning – researcher, writer, campaigner, UK Towards Maturity | lauraoverton | towardsmaturity |
 Nigel PAINE Learning, Innovation and Technology Consultant, Australia NigelPaine.com | ebase |
 Tracy PARISH Education technology specialist / Health care, Ontario Canada Discovery through elearning | Tracy_Parish |
 Dawn POULOS Vice President of Marketing at Xyleme, US Dawn of Learning | dawnpoulos |
 Dan PONTEFRACT Learning Manager, TELUS, Canada trainingwreck | dpontefract |
 Clark QUINN Exploring learning, technology, design, strategy, and wisdom (with a sense of the ridiculous), US Learnlets | Quinnovator |
 Elliot ROSENBERG President, Atlanta Chapter of ISPI Learning 4 tomorrow | elliotrosenberg |
 Marc ROSENBERG Organisational leadership consultant marcjrosenberg |
 Nancy RUBIN Product Education Team @ Learning Objects, Inc. US Objects of interest | nancyrubin |
 Barry SAMPSON Independent eLearning and web media consultant by profession, UK Web-based thinking | barrysampson |
 Patti SCHANK Learning geek, Prez of Learning Peaks Learning Peaks pattishank |
 Brent SCHLENKER New Media & Emerging Technology Analyst, US Corporate elearning strategies and development | bschlenker |
 B J SCHONE Senior Learning Technologist at Qualcomm, San Diego, US eLearning Weekly | bjschone |
 Nick SHACKLETON-JONES Manager, Online and Informal Learning, BBC, UK aconventional | shackletonjones |
 Clive SHEPHERD Consultant specialising in workplace e-learning, UK Clive on Learning | cliveshepherd |
 Aaron SILVERS Community Manager ADL, US Aaron Silvers | aaronesilvers |
 Paulo SIMŌES eLearning Evangelizer, Portuguese Air Force Re-Formar | pgsimoes |
 Kelly SMITH Training and performance consultant, US kelly_smith01 |
 Karen SPILLANE Training Executive at BSkyB, UK KaSpill |
 Colin STEED Chief Executive, Institute of IT Training, UK Colin Steed’s Virtual Trainer | ColinSteed |
 Thomas STONE Product Design Architect, Taleo US Talent Management Blog | ThomasStone |
 Luis SUAREZ Knowledge Manager, Community Builder & Social Computing Evangelist in the IBM Software Group division, Grand Canary, Spain Thinking outside the box | elsua |
 Craig TAYLOR Learning technologist in the UK Tayloring it | craigtaylor74 |
 Donald H TAYLOR Specialist in skills, organisational L&D. Learning and Skills Group Conference Chairman, UK Donald H Taylor | DonaldHTaylor |
 Mike TAYLOR Learning development consultant, US All things upside down | tmiket |
 Will THALHEIMER Work-Learning Research-Based Consulting, US Will at Work Learning | WillWorkLearn |
 Joan VINALL COX Consultant on Web use for teachers & small business, Canada joanvinallcox.ca | JoanVinallCox |
 Ellen WAGNER Partner and Principal Analyst for Sage Road Solutions, US eLearning Roadtrip | edwsonoma |
 Guy W WALLACE Performance-based Instruction & Information Analyst, US EPPICguywwallace |
 Julie WEDGWOOD Specialist in technology supported learning, UK Shared reflections | JulieWedgwood |
 Nancy WHITE Online facilitator, visual thinker, Co-author Digital Habitats, US Full Circle Associates | NancyWhite |
 Stephen WHITE elearning interactive media integrated marketing audio geek audioswhite |
 David WILSON Corporate learning analyst from elearnity in the UK Learning reflections | dwil23 |
| Hans DE ZWART Innovation Manager for Global Learning Technologies at Shell International Technology, innovation, education | hansdezwart |
| And the list continues here.The following people have shared their contact details as follows: |
| Debra GALLO L&D professional working in financial services (Insurance and Banking) blog here http://ebites.wordpress.com |
| Alice BEDARD/VORHEES Creating and Evaluating Designs for 21st Century Learning. Blog: Creating and Evaluating Designs for 21st Century Learning. Constantlearn |
| Shelly (BERG) GABLE A collaborative blog with other instructional designers and eLearning developers: http://blog.integratedlearningservices.com/ |
| Mary WILLIAMS Blogging on instructional design & workforce training at http://williamsinstructionaldesign.blogspot.com |
| Joitske HULSEBOSCH Blogging about (informal) learning, social media, communities of practice and change management at http://joitskehulsebosch.blogspot.com |
| Lisa CHAMBERLIN Learning Experience Designer and Owner, FLExDesign [Blog: http://talesfromlandofid.wordpress.com] [Twitter: chambo_online] |
| John M FAILLA 12+ HR Business Partner specializing in innovative learning and development programs for a high tech company in NYC. http://johnsboxofsoap.com |
| Bernadette ALLEN Expert in competency analysis and competency-based learning. Focus on practical workplace learning strategies for results. Canada blog: http://www.thecompetencygroup.com/knowledge-centre/blog.aspx Twitter: @allenbernadette |
| Mike JUNKLE 20+ year training leader (delivery/development) with a focus on sales training, sales effectiveness and frontline performance improvement. Mike_Kunkle |
| Duncan BAKER Soft skills training – specialism is negotiation skills in cross-cultural environment. @lydbury |
| Alison WOODAGE Instructional Designer/eLearning/Social Learning Professional [Blog: http://ilearnatwork.wordpress.com/] [Twitter: ilearnatwork] |
| Amit GARG Co-founder & Director Upside Learning Solutions www.upsidelearning.com/blog | gargamit100 |
| Franceso PUCCI Senior Business and eLearning Consultant [Blog: http://twitter.com/parrotscience] [Linkedin: http://learning-bytes.blogspot.com/ |
| Mike PETERSELL Director, Learning Shared Services at Pitney Bowes Blog: Many Ways to Learn http://mwtl.blogspot.com Twitter: http://twitter.com/mpetersell LinkedIn: http://www.linkedin.com/in/mpetersell |
| Shannon TIPTON Learning and Development Manager Ambius. http://twitter.com/#!/stipton |
| Benjamin McCall Thanks for the list, Please feel free to add my blog http://ReThinkHR.org Leadership, Learning, People and Life : =http://twitter.com/BenjaminMcCall |
| Taruna GOEL Independent Learning/Training Consultant, New Delhi, India http://twitter.com/#!/write2tg |
| Bert DE COUTERE Competent people in the network age : http://homocompeten |
| Kate GRAHAM Marketing and learning geek who’s learning as she goes. I blog at: http://kategraham23 |
| Aneesh BHAT Instructional Designer with Upside Learning, Pune, India http://twitter.com/#!/Aneesh_Bhat |
| Amit GAUTAM Learning Technologist, Mobile Learning Enthusiast, CoFounder – Upside Learning http://twitter.com/#!/amitgautam |
| Kevin BRUNY CLO energized by challenging the learning and performance paradigm of local government. http://twitter.com/#!/row4it |
| Allison MICHELLS Change Management & Training, Yammer http://twitter.com/#!/anicole87 |
| Ian FIFIELD Head of Training at LGFUtures Ltd. Specialist finance management trainer for the Uk public sector. www.lgfutures.co.uk http://twitter.com/#!/ianfifield |
| Shannon M DAVIES A woman passionate about many things including:SMedia, KM,eLearning,new tech, family, coffee, food & wine…http://twitter.com/#!/sdavis |
| Patrick KELLY Learning & Performance Consultant working for Ericsson in Japan. Searching for the holy grail of social technical competence readiness! http://twitter.com/#!/paddyspatter |
| Paulo CORREIA Head of Cmapping Research Group, São Paulo, BRAZIL Use of Concept Maps to foster [(e-)+(lifelong)+(meta)] Learning Twitter: correiaprm Facebook: Paulo Correia |
| Dan BOLEN PM, learning designer, Atlanta, GA http://twitter.com/#!/dbolen |
| Dirk TUSSING I am a learning and talent development leader living in Chicago, IL USA. http://twitter.com/#!/learningleader |
| Barbara JEMMOTT Manager, Technology Learning in a corporate environment. Facilitator, trainer and coach, CANADA http://twitter.com/#!/SoMe20009 |
| Mariana BUFFE Specialist in Learning development and organisational L&D at LabSSJ http://twitter.com/#!/marianabuffe |
| Con SOTIDIS Learning and Development professional in the Australian Public Service. http://twitter.com/#!/kotch62 |
| pannirbr Online Resource developer small ecobusiness network and clean bio energy technology for rural local development http://twitter.com/#!/pannirbr |
| Kasper SPIRO E-learning enthusiast, blogger (www.kasperspiro.com) CEO EasyGenerator: an e-Learning authoring platform. NL http://twitter.com/#!/KasperSpiro |
| Mark MYETTE 2011 President at American Society for Training and Development – Atlanta Georgia http://twitter.com/#!/markmyette |
| Mark SHEPPARD Sr. Corporate Education & e-learning professional & EdTech geek, Toronto, ON. Primary mentor for SH!FT rapid e-learning ecosystem. http://twitter.com/#!/shiftguru |
| Denise HUDSON LAWSON Head of ICT Training and Coaching @DHL66 |
| Marjolein LOTSY Organization development using technologie to improve, speed up and connect http://twitter.com/#!/Marjolein59 |
| Tiina PAJU-POMFRET Training manager, Bupa, UK http://twitter.com/#!/tiinapomfret |
| Marion HOEFFGEN Co-creator with learning development professionals. The Netherlands http://twitter.com/#!/MarionHoeffgen |
| M D KEMMLER eLearning Architect, Training Partners Plus, Inc. Chicago, IL http://twitter.com/#!/mdkemmler |
| Peter CLITHEROE Independent work-related e- and social-learning consultant with trainer training as a bit of a specialism. UK http://twitter.com/#!/clithers |
| Erik DE JONG Learning and gaming consultant, Netherlands http://twitter.com/#!/erikdejong |
| Wendy VALENTINI Performance and Learning Consultant, US http://twitter.com/#!/wvalentini1 |
| Chris MACLAREN Talent Development Manager with a focus on social learning and leveraging technology at Nike Europe. http://twitter.com/#!/chrismaclaren |
| Phil WYLIE Global Talent Manager at Gap Adventures. Learning and development is what I find fun! http://twitter.com/#!/philwylie |
| Travis SMITH Corporate instructional design guy who does some elearning and an informal/social learning evangelist. http://twitter.com/#!/dtssmithers |
| Christopher PAPPAS http://twitter.com/cpappas e-Learning and e-Marketing Consultant |
| Nancy SLAWSKI Learning and Development consultant specializing in digital learning strategies. Toronto, Canada http://twitter.com/#!/NancySlawski |
| Kavita MENON L&D professional who is passionate about eLearning, instructional design, any kind of content and social media http://twitter.com/#!/kavimenon_in Tony PLANT Introducing effective use of social media for professional learning and development for the UK government Ministry of Justice http://twitter.com/#!/tonyplant |
Vaishali SINGH Lead Learning Designer and Lead on Standards, The National Strategies, Reading (UK) http://twitter.com/#!/Talkamaniak |
Thomas JENEWEIN Learning Professional, SAP, Germany (Product Management & Business Development) and social Learning Enthusiast http://twitter.com/#!/ThomasJenewein |
Phillip McCREIGHT Learning and performance student and teacher. Passionate about the environment, art, design, creativity, and building community through the sharing of knowledge http://twitter.com/#!/PhilMcCreight |
Sanjith MENON eLearning Consultant, India http://twitter.com/#!/sanjith_menon |
Greg FELLOWS Executive Director – Institute of Performance Improvement Specialists http://www.IPISinte |
Sibrenne WAGENAAR Facilitator of online learning in communities (of practice). http://twitter.com/#!/sibrenne |
Tonya V. THOMAS Instructional Designer/Training Specialist , Revenue Cycle Education, Development & Quality Management (EDQM) , University of Michigan Health System http://twitter.com/#!/tvthomas_umich |
Steve NGUYEN Learning and Development Technology Lead at Cargill, Inc. http://twitter.com/#!/espnguyen |
Jona TITUS Instructional Designer and Social Learning Evangelist, US @jltitus |
Louise JAKOBSEN Learning and Development Manager, eLearning developer, Social Media and Online Trainer, UK http://twitter.com/#!/loujak78 |
Jade KELSALL Learning technologist and e-learning developer in Leeds, UK http://twitter.com/#!/jadekelsall |
| Angela MAIERS Specialist in learning development with emphasis in new literacies and social media. http://twitter.com/#!/AngelaMaiersjak82 Instructional Design Leader @ Harper adams (ex senior interactive assessment developer @ Derby) http://twitter.com/#!/jak82 Mattias KARELD
eLearning Process Leader with focus on eLearning and learning 2.0 at IKEA of Sweden. Located in Älmhult, Sweden.
http://twitter.com/#!/mattiaskareld |
| Amanda FENTON Avid learner, idea cross-pollinator & experimenter working in leadership and learning strategies http://twitter.com/#!/AmandaFenton |
| Gerard VELEZ Manager in Social Learning at “la Caixa”, interested in E2.0 http://twitter.com/#!/gerard_velez |
| LearnChamp eLearning and Talent Management expert in Vienna, Austria @learnchamp |
| Michelle PITOT Director of Organizational Development in national decentralized corporation. Trying to bring the world of Human Services into the 21st century of communcation! http://twitter.com/#!/Codifan |
| Graham COWAN Quality Manager at EEF Limited with responsibility for managing and developing eLearning, part time blogger, full time gadget lover. http://twitter.com/#!/Graham_Cowan |
| Jean MARRAPODI Learning Architect working at the intersection of high tech and low literacy in Providence, RI @jmarrapodi |
Iván OROZCO Managed Services Consultant in CompuRedes SA, Colombia. Also, leader/facilitator of Comunities of Practice inside the organization. “Serving to the others!” http://twitter.com/#!/orozcoi |
An update for Taruna Goel
I have now moved to Vancouver, Canada and have also moved back from being an independent consultant to a full-time employee! I continue to tweet at http://twitter.com/#!/write2tg and blog at http://tarunagoel.blogspot.com/. The learning journey continues…
How can I change my pic, Jane?
Thanks
Paulo
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