Jay Cross

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Conferences can be better, a whole lot better

Jay Cross

Provide a generic ROI proposal for attending to send to the boss, saving people the time of working out the value to be extracted from the event. Attendance at the events I examined (eLearning Guild, Masie, Training, ATD, Learning & Technology, Educa) is rising. Next Practices for L&D Conferences. Before the Event.

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mLearncon

Jay Cross

For people who can’t attend an event in person, the backchannel provides the next best thing to being there. I also recommended checking the free parts of the book Lance Dublin and I wrote ten years ago on implementing eLearning. For those who do attend, the backchannel keeps the content alive. Do you have a mobile solution? (If

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50 suggestions for implementing 70-20-10 (3)

Jay Cross

The politicians had gone back on their promise to provide every elementary student with a computer. Have two or three people go through eLearning together, before a single screen. Retention will skyrocket, and conversation will mitigate the boredom of most eLearning. All take pride in membership, as one would in a guild.

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The Coherent Organization

Jay Cross

the eLearning Guild). The transparency provides real value in developing trust among the constituencies. I rejiggered Harold’s model to suit my own purposes: Conversations are the stem cells of learning, and social networks are the carriers of conversations. These networks operate behind the firewall (e.g., Join the discussion.

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Informal Learning – the other 80%

Jay Cross

Workers reported that informal learning was three times more important in becoming proficient on the job than company-provided training. eLearning vendors look at another set of economics. First-generation eLearning had blending all wrong. The eLearning Forum conducts a monthly educational meeting. Networking.