Fri.Feb 08, 2013

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Tips for Taking Control of Your Email Addiction!

Web Courseworks

Managers need to demonstrate daily evidence of disciplined work habits and unflappable confidence in decision making. This effort can be diminished if, like me, you are an email junkie. Below are three signs that you may have an addiction and could benefit from tips on how to detox. You often glance at your phone to [.].

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Thank you, LPI, for the Colin Corder Award

Jane Hart

Last night I attended the Learning Awards 2013 hosted by the Learning & Performance Institute at the Dorchester Hotel. I was one of the many judges for the awards, so I was delighted to be invited to see the awards being presented to the worthy winners. And when it came to the final award, the Colin Corder Award for outstanding contribution to the learning industry, I was intrigued to hear who had won this year.

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The Importance of a Learning Climate in Corporate Training

Dashe & Thomson

Corporate training is a huge industry in this country, and in many ways corporations are embracing employee development like never before. According to the most recent numbers from the American Society for Training and Development (ASTD), American companies spent over $150 billion on training in 2011 alone. With a national [.] The post The Importance of a Learning Climate in Corporate Training appeared first on Social Learning Blog.

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Curation: Making Sense of Digital Information

The Performance Improvement Blog

So much information; so little time. This is a universal dilemma of the 21 st century. We are inundated with email, tweets, blog posts, Linkedin updates and comments, Facebook news feeds and messages, rss feeds, in addition to old-tech media like newspapers, magazines, TV, and radio. It’s more than the human brain can comprehend. But the solution is at our fingertips.

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Quickly Create Personalized Learning Experiences that Work

How can we actively engage learners 24/7, on their level and according to their interests, while respecting their learning styles? It’s not impossible. In this guide: Explore how to transform traditional, one-way videos into two-way interactive learning experiences Understand different types of artificial intelligence (AI), including - Generative vs.

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Mobile Learning is where the Puck is Going to Be [#mLearning]

mLearning Revolution

'My apologies for the delay in blogging since my last post. I have been busy launching my workshop on how to transition from e-Learning to m-Learning. Now that this workshop is up-and-running, I’m back with more thoughts on the mobile learning revolution. Last night I returned home from attending a conference in Houston, TX, called e-Learning Symposium 2013, which is put together by MicroAssist, Inc.

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Changing the world

Learning with e's

It's not often you get to talk with someone who has changed the world. That's exactly what I did this week in a glittering lounge in the Carlton Ritz Hotel, when I sat down with Steve Wozniak , co-founder (with Steve Jobs) of Apple. Wozniak designed the first Apple computer, and together with Jobs, set in motion a company that continues this day to mould our use of digital technology.

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Using Lessons from Video Games in E-Learning

Learning Developments

I'm a child of the 80's. Everyday I am reminded of that by the marketers who want dollars from the 30-something crowd. The fact that I grew up in the 80's puts me in perfect place to see the evolution of video games. Yes, I played Pong back in the day. The Atari 2600 stole hours of my elementary years. I remember text-based games like Zork and Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy.

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Even the Leadership Playing Field

CLO Magazine

Stark differences in professional competencies, motivators and experiences may underscore why more men make it to top levels within organizations. Legions of women ascended organizational ladders in recent decades, but few reached the C-suite. A 2012 research report from global leadership firm PDI Ninth House called “Can Women Executives Break the Glass Ceiling?

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Customer Satisfaction Determines Reimbursement in Health Care

OpenSesame

Customer satisfaction is essential in any industry. Whether you are providing a product or service, your reputation is determined by the people on the receiving end. With a shift in the healthcare industry, customer reports are now shaping and adjusting reimbursements. In 2012, Medicare implemented a revised scale for reimbursements based on customer satisfaction reports.

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Measuring the ROI of Enterprise Learning for Customers, Partners, and Professionals

Prove the ROI of Learning Struggling to measure the business impact of learning initiatives? Try our three-pillar approach to show the true value of learning, backed by stories from real businesses like yours. Make 2024 the year of ROI!

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How to Exercise More Influence

CLO Magazine

Even the best managers can fall into the trap of defining influence as something they do to someone else to get what they want. More than ever before, people in today’s organizations know when self-serving tactics and techniques are being used to influence them. Even the best managers can fall into the trap of defining influence as something they do to someone else to get what they want.

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Customer Satisfaction Determines Reimbursement in Health Care

OpenSesame

'Customer satisfaction is essential in any industry. Whether you are providing a product or service, your reputation is determined by the people on the receiving end. With a shift in the healthcare industry, customer reports are now shaping and adjusting reimbursements. In 2012, Medicare implemented a revised scale for reimbursements based on customer satisfaction reports.

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Exciting Keynote Speakers Announced for Chief Learning Officer Symposium

CLO Magazine

Chicago, Feb. 8, 2013 — Chief Learning Officer magazine has announced an outstanding lineup of speakers for its Spring 2013 CLO Symposium, slated for March 18-20 at Hyatt Lost Pines Resort and Spa in Austin, Texas. The diverse group of experts who will be sharing their insights at the international conference includes business executives, best-selling authors and human capital development thought leaders, all focusing their remarks on the conference theme, "Home on the Range: Learning for a Glob

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#EDCMOOC: utopias & dystopias – looking to the future (part 1)

Good To Great

The second week of the E-learning and Digital Cultures course still centres on utopian and dystopian accounts of technology. Where last week looked at past accounts of our existing relationship with technology, the films this week explore ideas of the future of digital culture. The first two films are video adverts setting out visions from Corning and Microsoft of how they see their products evolving and how daily life will change accordingly.

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20 Common Mistakes Made by Inexperienced Project Managers

You’ve read the PMBOK® Guide several times, taken the certification exam for project managers, passed, and you are now a PMP®. So why do you keep making rookie mistakes? This whitepaper shows 20 of the most common mistakes that young or inexperienced project managers make, issues that can cost significant time and money. It's a good starting point for understanding how and why many PMs get themsleves into trouble, and provides guidance on the types of issues that PMs need to understand.

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Innovation + Quality

Jay Cross

Learning Innovations and Quality Conference : “The Future of Digital Resources” LINQ is the only European conference to cover both Learning Innovations and Learning Quality. I will deliver the opening keynote on Friday, May 17th, at the Global Headquarters of United Nations’ Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO) in Rome.

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#EDCMOOC: utopias & dystopias – looking to the future (part 1)

Good To Great

The second week of the E-learning and Digital Cultures course still centres on utopian and dystopian accounts of technology. Where last week looked at past accounts of our existing relationship with technology, the films this week explore ideas of the future of digital culture. The first two films are video adverts setting out visions from Corning and Microsoft of how they see their products evolving and how daily life will change accordingly.

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Hangout on Personal Knowledge Management and other topics

Jay Cross

Hangout on Air, February 8, 10-11:00 am Pacific. YouTube. Our first weekday Hangout on Air. Attendance was down. Probably not the best weekday to try. In the future we’ll experiment with several different type of Hangout: (1) purely social, the “Hello, stranger Caffe,” Starbucks without the expensive drinks, (2) Hangout on a specific issue, perhaps with SME.

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How to Be the Best for Gen Y

CLO Magazine

Editor Ladan Nikravan interviews Fred Lee, chief technology officer of Enova International, to discuss how the company caters to Gen Y employees.

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11 Tips to Drive Learning Content Consumption

Elevate your member education initiatives This eBook will explore: Why measure content consumption rather than (or in addition to) completion rates and member satisfaction? What are some proven tactics to create quality learner content and raise your content consumption rates? You’ll discover why measuring content consumption is pivotal for program success and explore effective tactics to boost overall engagement.

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What’s on the bookshelf at Internet Time Lab

Jay Cross

Last month I loaded books I refer to in my work into the shelves at Internet Time Lab (below). Books on art, cooking, travel, history, and esoteric subjects remain on the shelves in the Marrakech Room on the floor above. It’s easier to see the titles with the shelves turned on their side. Click for a larger image. Books? Printed books? I know.

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The Challenge of Improv in Learning

CLO Magazine

Banner Health's Michael Abrams explains how to incorporate improv in a leadership development program.

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The Week That Was

CLO Magazine

The top five stories from CLOmedia.com for the week of Feb. 4. Also, the challenges of moving from an underling to a boss.

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