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The differences between social professional networks and communities of practice

Matrix

There is special emphasis on developing communities of practice (both within the organization and outside it) to encourage the professional development of employees in a friendly, effective and non-invasive manner. Main difference between social and professional communities. Communities of practice focus on a subject.

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ASAE Annual: A Gathering of People Who Build Communities of Practice

Web Courseworks

What makes the Association market space so interesting to me and others involved in eLearning is that for individual professional development and for community building, Associations is where it all takes place; or at least, it should. According to Wikipedia here is the definition. “A

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2023 ITA Jay Cross Memorial Award: Keeley Sorokti

Clark Quinn

Currently serving as the Director of Knowledge and Collaboration at Sift, a Digital Trust & Safety late-stage technology startup, Keeley’s role involves co-designing solutions that place people at the center, fostering an open learning, knowledge sharing and collaboration culture across the organization.

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Role of L&D in the 21C Workplace

ID Reflections

And this mega-shift calls for some key role changes and skill acquisition for L&D. Facilitating self-driven learning – As course designers and course disseminators, L&D role has been more of that of the sage on the stage. These are some of the critical and macro-level shifts in the role of L&D that are becoming apparent.

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Beyond Face-to-Face: Solving the Digital Practice Problem

Speaker: Bryan Naas, Director of Sales Enablement, Lessonly

But in the world of sales, practice is often restricted to conference room role-playing and in-person scenarios. This practice is time-consuming, inefficient, and can be impossible if you’re working with a remote salesforce.

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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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Will we still need L&D?

Clark Quinn

Alternatively, could the role of L&D ramp down? The predisposition could and should again be developed in schools, but until then… And one final opportunity is facilitating communities of practice to become responsible for development paths, resource curation and creation, and documenting and developing ongoing domain expertise.