Dashe & Thomson

MAY 4, 2011

Karen O’Leonard from Bersin & Associates wrote an article last week entitled Corporate Spending on Social Learning. In the article she gives some scary statistics: Our recent study showed that 30 percent of US companies spent money on informal learning tools or services in 2010. Properly d. All Rights Reserved.

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Social Networks Social Learning Social Blended Learning 182

Dashe & Thomson

FEBRUARY 10, 2011

He declares: “It is time for companies to grow up, and that rather than calling their customers ‘social’ and focusing on tools that are mostly meant for private conversations, they begin to build trusted relationships through their own channels and tools, and follow a business – not bozo – logic. Properly d. All Rights Reserved.

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Dashe & Thomson

APRIL 21, 2011

Trust me…trying to train folks on a software package that they will neither need nor use is an exercise in frustration for everyone involved, not to mention a waste of time and money. Suddenly, the manager must learn to trust his people on another level. Terrifying! Properly d. All Rights Reserved. Visit us at dashe.com

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Innovation Social Learning Blended Learning Social Networks 165

Jay Cross

DECEMBER 17, 2011

Working smarter draws upon ideas from design thinking, network optimization, brain science, user experience design, learning theory, organizational development, social business, technology, collaboration, web 2.0 patterns, social psychology, value network analysis, anthropology, complexity theory, and more.

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Social Networks Authoring Tools Doc Social Media 61

Performance Learning Productivity

AUGUST 8, 2010

I was recently involved in a discussion about 21st Century learning skills in one of the LinkedIn Groups. It got me thinking about a piece I’d written for TrainingZone a few months ago titled “What does your ideal L&D team look like in 2010?”. Learning really spreads through social networks.

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Social Networks Skills Authoring Tools Social Network 226