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A Brief Introduction – Communities of Practice Manager

The Learning Circuits

As Ryann mentioned in a previous post, I’m the Community of Practice Manager for Learning Technologies at ASTD. In this role, I engage with the community and help build ASTD’s portfolio of content—from T+D articles to books to educational programs to conferences and beyond.

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John Seeley Brown Keynote at #ASTD2013

Learning Visions

These are my live blogged notes from the opening session at the ASTD International Conference and Expo (ICE) -- happening this week in Dallas, TX. 10,000 or so training and development people here to extend their practice. Using simple social software to create a network of practice or a community of practice.

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Stats on Workplace Learning

Marcia Conner

From the ASTD 2012 State of the Industry (full report available to ASTD members, non-members for a fee): More than $156 billion was spent by U.S. ASTD estimates that U.S. Organizations described by ASTD as BEST excel at weaving learning into the corporate culture. organizations on [formal] employee learning in 2012. .

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New to E-Learning? Here are Some Simple Steps to Help You Get Started

Rapid eLearning

Resources : additional content and resources that augment the course and support ongoing learning. Tidbits: I’m at the ASTD International Conference & Expo this week. Here’s a list of some of my other upcoming speaking events and conferences: June 8: Philadelphia, PA (ASTD)— How to Cultivate Communities of Practice.

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Informal Learning - Harold Tells Us Where To Put It - Now What

Tony Karrer

What is curious though is that much of the discussion around Informal Learning seems to center on Communities of Practice. Where's our great examples of informal learning support? Please don't tell me it's TrDev and ASTD. . * Performance Interventions ** Learning Interventions Instructional Interventions (e.g.,

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Five Must-Have Skills for Learning Professionals: An Update

Mindflash

collaboration, and performance support. But if you believe that communities of practice are an effective tool, then you also understand that learning and practice go hand in hand. Performance Support. Although performance support isn’t just about job aids, they’re a good place to start.

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5 Ways to Prepare & Be an E-Learning Winner

Rapid eLearning

Instead, find out where the business is going and then find ways to support them getting there. I started reading an article in about Etienne Wenger and his book on Communities of Practice. April 21 : Nashville, TN ASTD: Rapid E-Learning 101 and Building Shared Practice Communities. How can you help them?