"The people at FutureU are creative thinkers and revolutionary educators, combining technological sophistication with highly developed people skills. A pleasure to work with, reliable, thorough and innovative."

- Lisa Faithorn, Ph.D. Cultural Anthropologist NASA Ames

We are Gail Terry Grimes and Claude Whitmyer—writers, speakers and consultants to teachers, trainers, and decision makers in business, non-profit, government, healthcare and education. We are pioneers in the use of technology for meeting, teaming, and learning. Our web publications on Web-based meeting, teaming, teaching and learning are in use around the world and we have taught our unique approach to building and using online courses and online work spaces to hundreds of executives, managers teachers, trainers, and students at many of the country's biggest and smallest organizations from Apple and Hitachi to NASA and the American Hospital Association to Universidad Interamericana de Puerto Rico, Recinto de Arecibo and King Abdul-Aziz University in Jedda, Saudi Arabia.

We launched The University of the Future, LLC (aka FutureU™) in 1997 to meet the growing need for wise counsel and practical advice about the use of technology for learning and communications.

We have each written millions of words and delivered hundreds of hours of training on behalf of our clients. We co-edited the anthology In the Company of Others: Making Community in the Modern World (Tarcher/Putnam). Claude edited and contributed to Mindfulness and Meaningful Work: Explorations in Right Livelihood (Parallax Press) and co-authored (with Salli Rasberry) Running a One-Person Business (10 Speed Press).

• Majority woman-owned small business (LLC)
• Incorporated in the spring of 1998

Among our areas of expertise are included

• Managing hybrid teams
• HOlding meetings in cyberspace
• Using the Internet for virtual teaming
• Teaching and training on the Internet
• Preparing learners for online learning
• Creating online learning communities
• Planning and strategic thinking for technology initiatives

In addition to our consulting we:

• Publish e-books and subscription-based Web books
• Provide online and face-to-face learning experiences
• Study those aspects of the Internet and Internet culture that impact the fields of business, education and communications.

Among our self-published web-based books are included:

• The Bargain Hunter's Guide to Building Your Course Web Site
• The Student Web Book: Make the Most of Learning Online
• The Faculty Web Book: Make the Most of Teaching Online
• Creating Online Library Access for Your Organization
• Choosing Course Management Software
• Comparison of Leading Course Management Software
• Comparison of Leading Collaboration Software

Visit our e-store to learn more about them or to make a purchase.

We are currently working on Your Course Online in 30 Days and Virtual Team Success: Best Practices for Online Meeting and Collaboration.

Click on our names in the opening paragraph to visit our personal websites where you can learn more about us or contact us directly. Visit the FutureU Web site for more than you'll ever want to know about the services we offer:

• For Business: planning, managing, and training of managers and employees in learning and collaboration online and working in virtual teams
• For Education: online program administration; teaching online; faculty development, student preparedness and staff training in support of online learning and teaching
• For Everyone: access to books, tapes and other resources on teaching and learning online, virtual teams, the internet and internet culture, including:

• Web Course Teaching and Design
• Learning and Learning Online
• Collaboration and Collaboration Online
• Teaming, Virtual Teams, Teaming Online
• Knowledge Management, Learning Organizations, Organizational Learning, Communities of Practice
• Web Style, Usability, Support, Help Desks
• Internet Culture, Net Theory, Society, Literacy

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