stc-jamesriver.org - Information Design and Management in 2005:

As a consultant, he advises managers on strategic issues in online learning and communication, evaluation metrics, and general management issues. He also designs learning programs and communication materials. He is probably best known for his popular seminars on the management of training and communication groups, e-learning, and instructional and information design. Clients include Berlitz, BellSouth, Georgia-Pacific, Guidant Corporation, IBM, Microsoft Corporation, ST Microelectronics, 3M, UPS, and several state and federal government agencies. He serves on the editorial board for the European-based Document Design + Information Design Journal.

Saul is an Assistant Professor of Educational Technology at Concordia University in Montreal, and serves on the executive of the Centre for the Study of Learning and Performance. His research focuses on emerging genres of online communication and the management of workplace learning and communication groups. He also has interests in museum exhibit design and the development for volunteer leaders of community organizations. Saul has served on faculties of the University of Minnesota—Twin Cities, and Bentley College in Waltham, Massachusetts, and as visiting faculty at the City University of Hong Kong and the Pan African Institute for Development in Buea, Cameroon.

An award-winning author, Saul’s books include Advanced Web-Based Training Strategies: Adapting Real World Strategies in Your Online Learning (written with Margaret Driscoll), An Overview of Online Learning (second edition) (HRD Press), Training Design Basics (ASTD Press), Designing E-Learning (ASTD Press), and (with Carol Barnum) Techniques for Technical Communicators (Macmillan). He is also the author of over 60 additional articles that have appeared in publications such as Training and Development, Learning Circuits, Technical Communication, Intercom, Performance Improvement Quarterly, Home Computing, Performance Improvement, IEEE Transactions on Professional Communication, Encyclopedia of Software Engineering, and the Training and Development Yearbook. He is also a popular speaker on technical communication and training. He has hosted the Training Director’s Forum and Online Learning Asia, and keynoted conferences such as TRAINING, Online Learning, Society for Technical Communication Annual Conference, American Society of Indexers, and E-Learn London. He has been quoted in the Wall Street Journal and The Gazette (Montreal), interviewed by CNET radio, CNBC, and Voice of America, and featured in articles on the Monster Board, Jerusalem Post, Ft. Lauderdale Sun-Sentinel, Online Learning Magazine, and Lisa Gundry and Laurie LaMantia’s Breakthrough Teams for Breakthrough Times (Dearborn).

Saul is a Certified Training and Development Professional (CTDP) through the Canadian Society for Training and Development, Research Fellow of the American Society for Training and Development, and Fellow and past president of the Society for Technical Communication and past president of the Atlanta chapter of the International Society for Performance Improvement. He received back-to-back Best of Show awards in 2000 and 2001 for his articles in Technical Communication. He also earned the Keith Wharton Award for dedication to teaching from RASTEC at the University of Minnesota. His books, user’s guides, and marketing communication materials have received recognition in various publication competitions.

Saul holds a Ph.D. in instructional technology from Georgia State University, a Master’s degree in technical communication from the University of Minnesota, and a Bachelor’s degree in economics, professional writing, and public policy from Carnegie Mellon University.