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Friday Finds — Cognitive Load Research, Crafting Content, AIDC Conference

Mike Taylor

sponsored by iSpring Sign up here to get Friday Finds in your inbox every Friday “Never doubt that a small group of thoughtful, committed citizens can change the world; indeed, it’s the only thing that ever has.” ― Margaret Mead I’m looking forward to speaking at the Central Ohio ATD Annual Conference on September 12th !

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Are You Ready? Your ATD ICE Conference Bag!

Learning Rebels

After Mark Sheppard’s guest blog from last week discussing the use of the back channel as a way to attend the ICE conference virtually – it got me thinking about those who will be there. Last year, David Kelly interviewed me for the (then) upcoming Dev Learn Conference sponsored by the Elearning Guild.

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Friday Finds — Persuasive Storytelling, Power of Words, Objectives

Mike Taylor

Take away : Use persuasive storytelling to transform information sharing into a powerful tool for motivating action. Learn more → How Verb Tense Shapes Persuasion A study conducted by Jonah Berger and his team, published in the Journal of Consumer Research, focuses on the impact of our choice of words on our ability to persuade others.

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Guest post: Training Culture vs. Learning Culture

Torrance Learning

In a training culture, the assumption is that the most important learning happens in events, such as workshops, courses, elearning programs, and conferences. In a training culture, the training and development function is centralized.

Culture 100
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Let’s focus on the learning (with a little help from Cynefin)

From the Coleface

I enjoyed a day out at the Learning Technologies Summer Forum yesterday. Like many conferences, there was no shortage of vendors trying to broadcast how their offering is the panacea to organisations’ performance problems. Formal: Job aids, self-paced e-learning, business process re-design. Informal: social learning.

Help 100
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Year in Review - 2016

The Performance Improvement Blog

I wish it were otherwise, but learning is not just a classroom activity anymore, it must be a total system activity that takes into account strategic goals of the organization, the culture of the organization (values, beliefs, artifacts, structure, etc.), Learning that makes a difference occurs when all of these factors are aligned. .

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OpenSesame Announces Strategic Partnership With TED to Premiere TED@Work

OpenSesame

With a signature blend of innovation, insight, and storytelling, TED@Work enhances Learning & Development programs by coupling curated TED Talks with a new, lightweight course experience providing actionable learning steps and additional resources.