TODAY”S BLOG STOP: April 30: Enid Crystal New York ASTD Chapter Blog. The blog book tour has been a lot of fun, with interesting comments and exciting dialogues and some in-person stops. Here are the stops for week three (with a few changes) and a recap of week two. May 1: Jeanette Brooks Word of Mouth blog. May 2: Cammy Bean Learning Visions. May 3: Koreen Olbrich Learning in Tandem. May 4: I am appearing “live” at the Eduneering Knowledge Summit in Baltimore, MD. Complete with book signing. Recap of Week Two. He provided a balanced and well described critique of the book. MORE >>

In 2009 I listened to Peter Senge’s keynote address at the CSTD national conference. His research findings showed that the average life expectancy of large companies is about 30 years, but some are over 200 years old, and the key driver for their longevity is organizational learning. Individual learning in organizations is irrelevant, as work is almost never done by one person alone. Knowledge, Senge said, is the capacity for effective action (know how) and it is the only aspect of knowledge that really matters in business and life. Value Learning really spreads through social networks. MORE >>

Matt Lisle , Instructional Designer at Enspire Learning, and Dawn Adams Miller, from Cisco’s Learning & Development Solutions Group, teamed up in this Brandon Hall webinar to explore storytelling as a technique for presenting learning content. Matt and Dawn explain how the graphic novel approach was used to engage learners in a corporate-wide initiative at Cisco. You’ll learn how the project progressed from selling the concept to the stakeholders, through design, development, implementation and deployment. Click here to watch the recorded webinar! MORE >>

We usually think of doodling on your legal pad during a long presentation as a way to stay sane. But it may be even more beneficial than that. An April 24 Wall Street Journal article pointed out that several high-tech companies like Facebook are responding to a growing body of evidence that suggests that doodling — sketching ideas out graphically, even if crudely — can simplify communication, fuel collaboration, and help generate new ideas. Some companies have even gone so far as to hire “graphic recorders” to boil entire presentations down into cartoon form for employees. MORE >>

When I heard that Deloitte had purchased more than one hundred acres to construct a leader development facility in Dallas, I was stunned. What were they thinking? Then I heard that, in the midst of the great recession, they intended to spend as much as three hundred million dollars in constructing their center. What were they thinking? harkened back to stays at other facilities devoted to the development of leaders. GTE came to mind. worked there three or four times, soon after they built a wondrous center in Connecticut. few years later I enjoyed a day in AT&T’s newly dedicated center. MORE >>