Dashe & Thomson

FEBRUARY 25, 2011

Im a problem-solver and thoroughly enjoy helping clients succeed and look good. Ive been creating training and e-Learning programs for over 20 years, serving as an instructional designer, writer, developer, and project manager. I am currently the Director of Instructional Design and eLearning for Dashe & Thomson.In All Rights Reserved.

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Dashe & Thomson

DECEMBER 27, 2010

Social Learning Blog Training and Performance Improvement in the Real World Home About Bios Subscribe to RSS The Temporary Staffing Revolution by Paul on December 28, 2010 in Temporary staffing A few weeks ago, I grabbed coffee with a long-time family friend that happens to be a training developer. Depends on the client. Should I use it?

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Dashe & Thomson

JANUARY 30, 2011

Train Your Client On Training by Paul on January 31, 2011 in Instructional Design , Training Development In the enterprise learning industry, when you sit down with a client to discuss an opportunity, oftentimes the client has a good idea what they want. Rob Mueller: Great post on using games as a training device. All Rights Reserved.

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Dashe & Thomson

NOVEMBER 24, 2010

Companies are developing “town square” learning centers that house all of their training content for employees to access where, when and how they choose. Best Buy has tapped into a present-day societal truth: people prefer learning to being taught. Social Learning Blog - January 7, 2011 [.] Jim: Glad you enjoyed the post, Liam!

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Dashe & Thomson

NOVEMBER 24, 2010

Companies are developing “town square” learning centers that house all of their training content for employees to access where, when and how they choose. Best Buy has tapped into a present-day societal truth: people prefer learning to being taught. Social Learning Blog - January 7, 2011 [.] Jim: Glad you enjoyed the post, Liam!

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Dashe & Thomson

FEBRUARY 20, 2011

If the Pareto Principle holds, then these extraordinary few must be identified and leveraged to ensure a change in behavior occurs, enterprise-wide. I believe user adoption or training should be developed with the intent of creating a social epidemic, or should we say ‘workplace epidemic.’ And this shouldn’t be very hard.

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Learning Visions

JULY 24, 2007

Tuesday, July 24, 2007 Im Mrs. Dalloway Im just back from vacation and still trying to make the transition back into work mode. The company you surround yourself with may be shallow, but their effects upon your reality are tremendously deep. Im disturbed to report that Im The Poisonwood Bible. Not quite there yet.

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Learning Visions

AUGUST 1, 2007

Wednesday, August 01, 2007 Learning Visions Im Cammy Bean and this is my little corner of the world where I talk about instructional design and topics somewhat related to eLearning. Most of that time, Ive worked for eLearning vendors: companies that design and develop eLearning programs for a wide variety of corporate clients.

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Learning Visions

AUGUST 22, 2007

Wednesday, August 22, 2007 Half of Companies Blocking Facebook Christy Tucker has been musing on Social Networking as LMS: Problems and Opportunities. Im no Facebook super-user and I havent experienced a huge time suck from it, but I suppose its possible. Of course, no company can do so, but many of them still try.

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Tony Karrer

JANUARY 2, 2009

[link] ResearchatAUC/conferences/ elearning/Pages/default.aspx January 11-14, 2009 Association for Communications Technology Professionals in Higher Education (ACUTA) Winter Seminar – Unified IP Communications Applications Across the Enterprise and Preparing Communications Technologies for Emergencies and Disasters, Palm Springs, California, USA.

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Tony Karrer

AUGUST 25, 2010

A Formula for Storytelling in eLearning - Integrated Learnings , April 6, 2010 When a client asked our team to develop a sales skills enhancement course, we opted to base the training on the methods of the most successful sales person in the department. Specifically, the web. Most action plans last four to six weeks. Does this ring true?

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Kapp Notes

NOVEMBER 4, 2009

First, they are sponsoring a contest called The 2010 Linden Prize. This annual award is intended to align with Linden Lab’s company mission, which is to connect all people to an online world that advances the human condition. For example, Genkii's Sparkle iPhone app enables residents use their iPhones to IM with friends in-world.

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Kapp Notes

FEBRUARY 12, 2010

SkillSoft (Nasdaq: SKIL) a provider of e-learning and performance support solutions for global enterprises, government, education and small to medium-sized businesses with a huge catalog of "off-the-shelf" courses in a variety of subjects from IT to business skills announced today that it will no longer be publicly held. million, or $0.21

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Learning Visions

FEBRUARY 13, 2009

Starting a new project for another company. Im a convert. Yes, Im an English major who writes mostly text bullets instead of novels. So Im curious: what drove you to revisit theory? Cammy, Im glad to hear you so revved up. Jane -- In theory, Im not against theory. Im still of that mindset. Thankfully.

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Learning Visions

MAY 6, 2009

Me: Im an instructional designer. Playground Mom: [weak smile] Me: I create training for companies thats delivered on the computer. Im sort of distracted by the naked boy who just ran by (not mine). I will use the term e-Learning Designer, but include that I provide interactive training accessed via my companys Intranet.

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JULY 30, 2007

Im looking for some input: good examples of software product training. Im working on a pitch to a software company -- technical audience (think database guys). Im not looking to work with another vendor, Im just looking to see good examples of software training to make sure Im not behind the times!

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Learning Visions

MARCH 29, 2007

To work out my thoughts and ideas (hey, Im an extrovert -- I need to talk about whats going on in my head in order to process it and take it to the next level). Im a new blogger -- not fully evolved). But I also represent the company for which I work. By association, I should create more credibility for my company.

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Learning Visions

MARCH 23, 2009

Monday, March 23, 2009 Market Differences in eLearning Im a fan of the number 42. I know of companies who only hire instructional designers and buy Rapid elearning tools and expect the ID to do it all themselves to reduce the cost and over head of hiring graphic designers as well. But I know of few variable cases too: 1.

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Learning Visions

APRIL 3, 2007

Tuesday, April 03, 2007 eLearning Guild Event -- My Sessions As Ive mentioned here before, Im extremely excited about attending the upcoming eLearning Guild event here in Boston. Im excited to go to as many sessions as I can. Im excited to pick peoples brains. And Im wondering if Im missing something really cool.

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Learning Visions

MAY 31, 2007

Thursday, May 31, 2007 My Job Description I work at a small e-Learning company, which means I play lots of different roles. So, what do I do if Im not doing that? Im not such an anal person, so this isnt my favorite thing in the world. And Im really excited about the project Im working on. The website copy.

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Learning Visions

FEBRUARY 12, 2009

It likes company. Ok, but just since your blog likes company :). Okay, Im stunned there are so many INTJs here since as a general rule, INTJs are only about 5% of population (Im guessing here). Im an INTJ and it says my blog is an ESTP. Moodle in 2010 Kineo Insights Webinar: Challenges and Best Practi.

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Learning Visions

OCTOBER 22, 2007

If youve read my current job description , you know that I do a lot of other things for this small company. Im excited. Im nervous. Reflecting on #ASTD10 Recommended: "In Defense of the LMS" Chicago Bound: Kineo at ASTD ICE #astd10 One Year on at Kineo #yam Now that’s an Enterprise Moodle! -- Kineo Moodle f.

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Learning Visions

AUGUST 2, 2007

Im not blogging for the money or the fame, but I am in it for the community, networking and learning opportunities. Im already behind. I did send my blog link to my cousin Alex who works for a new media company. We were IMing each other and he disappeared for about 15 minutes. Shes an inspirational task master, really.

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eFront

NOVEMBER 28, 2010

News from the e-learning frontier Pages Home About Community Free e-Learning Resources Contribute to the e-Learning Community 11/28/2010 The most updated and informative e-Learning community on Twitter On Twitter exists a resourceful community of e-Learning professionals. minutebio (Update 11/30/2010: suggested by ME a.k.a.

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Learning Visions

FEBRUARY 6, 2009

Guest speaker today is Roy Pollock, CLO of Fort Hill Company. Hit Us Hard 31% Hurt A Little 33% Not Much Effect 33% Helped Us 3% (Is "it hasnt hurt us yet, but Im nervous" an answer?) Roy : "If Im a business leader, I really need to know if training is working in order to invest $$." Fewer doing Level 3 and 4.

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Learning Visions

JANUARY 8, 2008

Im guessing youre designing online distance learning courses. Im in the weird place of for-profit education, which really has characteristics of both market sectors. Having just a bachelors degree seems to be fine as long as you arent working directly for the universities (Im not sure about K-12 online). What do you do?

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Learning Visions

AUGUST 16, 2007

Im losing my steam, but trying to stay somewhat on target. So go ahead and "Email or IM another blogger in your niche to introduce yourself and your blog". I want to share as much as I can about projects Im working on. Im not sure Ill bother with that. Im not sure if it does much for a site with minimal traffic.

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Learning Visions

MAY 10, 2009

A company or organization that youve admired from afar? Its admiration for a companys style and approach. June 14, 2006) In the past three years, Kineo has grown from a seed in a few guys heads to an award-winning company with over 45 employees. Dreams do come true, and Im very happy for you, Cammy.

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Learning Visions

AUGUST 20, 2007

Nevertheless, Im trying to keep up. Then again, Im not trying to stay on top of hundreds of comments a day. Im not going to bother with a full-blown survey. Most bloggers have much more interesting things to say than I do, and Im always happy to point that out. Day 17: Run a Stumble Upon Advertising Campaign Not my thing.

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Learning Visions

AUGUST 13, 2007

And Im not implying that Im a Second Life naysayer. Ive been exploring the use of Second Life for a client for whom Im developing an e-Learning strategy. Theirs is an audience comprised only of women and Im not convinced Second Life will feel appropriate to them. As you may know, Ive only been there once.

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Learning Visions

AUGUST 9, 2007

Im a touchy-feely-people-kind-of-person. Making the time to engage in conversations online does seem to move towards greater abundancy thinking and Im really enjoying the opportunities it is presenting. Moodle in 2010 Kineo Insights Webinar: Challenges and Best Practi. Its awesome.

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Learning Visions

AUGUST 3, 2007

Sorry you had that experience, but Im glad to know Im not the only one. They were coming at me in the chat, then IM, and when they started coming into my email I quit the program. Ive been into SL several times but Im very daunted about attempting to talk to anyone, so usually wander around by myself.

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Learning Visions

JUNE 8, 2007

I think Im somewhat of an anomaly in the field. Maybe Im not an instructional designer at all. My company creates customized course development templates for organizations. Moodle in 2010 Kineo Insights Webinar: Challenges and Best Practi. I dont do any programming. I dont build courses. I dont do any graphic design.

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Learning Visions

AUGUST 2, 2007

I like that Virtual Ubiquity is a Massachusetts company. Im on the press page, so I think I should get at invite, dont you? I did send an email and got a response that Id be included in the "next round of invitations", which Im told will be in the next day or so. Moodle in 2010 Kineo Insights Webinar: Challenges and Best Practi.

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eFront

NOVEMBER 7, 2010

News from the e-learning frontier Pages Home About Community Free e-Learning Resources Contribute to the e-Learning Community 11/07/2010 Facebook for e-Learning Facebook objective is " to help you connect and share with the people in your life ". November 7, 2010 9:34 AM JasonOutThere said. November 8, 2010 12:22 PM Richard said.

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Learning Visions

APRIL 11, 2008

However, I do work for a for-profit company, which means Im sort of in-between. Reflecting on #ASTD10 Recommended: "In Defense of the LMS" Chicago Bound: Kineo at ASTD ICE #astd10 One Year on at Kineo #yam Now that’s an Enterprise Moodle! -- Kineo Moodle f. 1:21 PM Dave Ferguson said.

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Learning Visions

MAY 6, 2008

Cammy: Although I like to think Im good-humored, I am leery of "humor" or "fun" (scare quotes are deliberate) injected into training like salt water into a frozen turkey. If they were an info services company, Id focus on how we land and manage the Acme Rubber Duck outsourcing business. Im glad youre on board with my ducks!

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