Jay Cross's Informal Learning

MARCH 26, 2010

SkillSoft’s 2009 revenues were $328 million. Executive officers will be reimbursed for unexercised options as follows: Charles Moran | $13,580,884. Tom McDonald | $8,689,325. Jerald Nine | $5,615,914. Mark Townsend | $5,883,519. Colm Darcy | $1,086,771. Anthony Amato | $751,950. Net income was $51 million.

SkillSoft 39

SkillSoft Tagging Sales Market 39

Jay Cross's Informal Learning

JANUARY 27, 2009

Learning Technologies 2009. Smart Search, e.g. Informal Learning Flow. Track 1 Session 1. Learning technologies: the road ahead. Under the radar: great technologies that you could be using. URL for this page:[link]. TInyURL for this page: [link]. Collaborative Learning; Blip.fm Prospering in community with others. Becoming who you are.

Friendfeed 36

Friendfeed Google Docs Technology Jing 36

Jay Cross's Informal Learning

FEBRUARY 23, 2009

Six-minute video of the beginning of the closing keynote at Learning Technologies 2009 in London last month. In this segment, I recall the genesis of eLearning a little over ten years ago, the changing nature of business, and the necessity of embracing social media in corporate learning.

Social 36

Social Corporate eLearning eLearning Social Media 36

Jay Cross's Informal Learning

SEPTEMBER 3, 2009

July 24, 2009 by Marcia Conner. lrnchat is an online chat that happens every Thursday night 8:30-10pm EST / 5:30-7pm PST over the social messaging service Twitter. Participants are people interested in the topic of learning from one another and who want to discuss how to help other people learn. Sounds crazy, eh?

Jing 37

Jing Twitter YouTube Sound 37

Jay Cross's Informal Learning

MARCH 31, 2009

Chief Learning Officer magazine , Effectiveness, April 2009. When information abounds, peers take over. People who hoard information shoot themselves in the foot: Nobody will know who they are. by Jay Cross. The Internet is so pervasive that Internet values are blowing back into real life. Here are nine more to ponder.

Internet 47

Internet Culture Long Tail Instant Messaging 47

Jay Cross's Informal Learning

JANUARY 31, 2009

Jay’s column on Effectiveness, CLO magazine , February 2009. We’re setting up a corporate FAQ on a wiki to capture and distribute the information we once received from people who are no longer with us. The dawn of a new age. What we are experiencing today is fundamental.

Business 36

Business Social Networks Wiki Training 36

Jay Cross's Informal Learning

FEBRUARY 15, 2009

Another friend cancelled out of Training 2009 after only two people signed up for his pre-conference workshop. I was just uninvited from presenting at eLearning Guild’s Annual Gathering. At least I didn’t have to eat a plane ticket, as happened to a friend in Europe who was just uninvited to the same event.

PowerPoint 40

PowerPoint eLearning Guild Conference Conversation 40

Jay Cross's Informal Learning

DECEMBER 26, 2008

I think I’ll shoot for a dozen unworkshops in 2009. It lets my inner performer loose. However, what with the advance planning, travel, prep, and follow-up, a one-day event can consume a week. Given the economy, I expect some of these will be working sessions where we identify how to slash costs while boosting performance.

Slideshare 44

Slideshare Performance Support Slides Guide 44

Jay Cross's Informal Learning

FEBRUARY 10, 2009

At Learning Technologies 2009 in London, my friend Laura Overton announced the results of the third in a series of reports by Towards Maturity on the use of learning technologies in the workplace. Three hundred UK companies took part in a survey that focused on building the business case for eLearning.

Case Study 36

Case Study Metrics IM IMS 36

Jay Cross's Informal Learning

DECEMBER 26, 2008

I think I’ll shoot for a dozen unworkshops in 2009. It lets my inner performer loose. However, what with the advance planning, travel, prep, and follow-up, a one-day event can consume a week. Given the economy, I expect some of these will be working sessions where we identify how to slash costs while boosting performance.

Slideshare 40

Slideshare Performance Support Slides Guide 40

Jay Cross's Informal Learning

FEBRUARY 17, 2009

According to a survey released last month that was conducted by the industry trade group Meeting Professionals International and American Express, 7 percent of business meetings already scheduled for 2009 have been canceled. Interesting spaces - informal meeting and/or socializing space. Choices but not overwhelming number of events.

Conference 36

Conference Authoring Tools Diversity Training Compliance Training 36

Jay Cross's Informal Learning

JANUARY 10, 2009

The Information Era has arrived. In the information age, innovation is the competitive advantage. That bears repeating: In the Information Age, learning is the business. Consider what businesses must do to win a seat at the riches of the Information Era. Abundant information obsoletes the concept of rank.

Authoring Tools 57

Authoring Tools Network Corporate eLearning Compliance Training 57

Jay Cross's Informal Learning

MARCH 19, 2009

My intuition tells me that 2009 is the year that the planets align for Virtual World Enterprise applications to head up the proverbial hockey stick. For years now I have been hearing Virtual World vendors complain that they do not have a legitimate home. It forces us to examine how Web 2.0

IBM 36

IBM Virtual World KM Enterprise 36

Jay Cross's Informal Learning

AUGUST 28, 2009

Informal Learning takes place in the context of work and life. Hence, the articles and posts from Informal Learning Flow aren’t confined to what you’ll find in training magazines and learning conferences. August 1, 2009 to August 30, 2009. How I use social media - Full Circle , August 4, 2009.

Social Networks 49

Social Networks Informal Learning Informal Social Network 49

Jay Cross's Informal Learning

JULY 12, 2010

Cross is a champion of informal learning, Web 2.0, They are currently refining informal/web 2.0 His published works include Informal Learning : Rediscovering the Natural Pathways that Inspire Innovation and Performance as well as other books and countless articles. I’m the Johnny Appleseed of informal learning.

Informal Learning 73

Informal Learning Performance Support Informal Support 73

Jay Cross's Informal Learning

DECEMBER 17, 2008

Unprecedented changes in the role of the worker, the nature of business, the pace of innovation, the importance of intangibles, the explosion of information, and the shift from a manufacturing to a service economy have rendered traditional corporate learning obsolete. Most of the learning going on is informal.

Knowledge Worker 57

Knowledge Worker Learning Performance Support Cognitive 57

Jay Cross's Informal Learning

JULY 1, 2009

Last month I opened the IADIS eLearning 2009 Conference in Portugal with an address on Redefining Instructional Design. We addressed this question at the April 2009 Learntrends event. Expert moderators may vet the accuracy and clarity of information in their domains. This month’s big question asks, “In a Learning 2.0

Skills 40

Skills Wiki LearnTrends Attitudes 40

Jay Cross's Informal Learning

DECEMBER 10, 2008

The group expects to pick up the discussion at Learning Technologies 2009 in London next month, perhaps continuing our talks in a public fishbowl context. We are reflecting on the discussion, and David Price is loading the issues into DebateGraph , an interactive mindmap and dialog tool. I am busily writing articles about what we discussed.

Social Networks 36

Social Networks Social Network Organizational Learning Discussion 36

Jay Cross's Informal Learning

APRIL 30, 2009

Informal Learning 2.0 When I look at Informal Learning Flow , an aggregator that works over the sites I visit to keep informed, it’s a totally hedgehogian experience. The Latest from Informal Learning Flow. Thursday, April 30, 2009. Thursday, April 30, 2009. Thursday, April 30, 2009.

Brain 36

Brain News Tagging Microsoft 36

Jay Cross's Informal Learning

DECEMBER 29, 2008

I plan to devote more energy in 2009 to exploring social learning. A small team cannot only plant the seeds of innovation but also nurture them, so the optimal unit for an innovation-building session is a trio, not a single person. I’m going to substitute organization for one in Bloomberg’s definition of competence.

CLO 36

CLO Innovation Voice Tagging 36

Jay Cross's Informal Learning

DECEMBER 29, 2008

I plan to devote more energy in 2009 to exploring social learning. A small team cannot only plant the seeds of innovation but also nurture them, so the optimal unit for an innovation-building session is a trio, not a single person. I’m going to substitute organization for one in Bloomberg’s definition of competence.

CLO 36

CLO Innovation Voice Tagging 36