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Not Receiving a Holiday Bonus This Year?

KnowledgeCity

The top charitable activity this year will be food/toy/closing/other drives at 51 percent. Company volunteer events came in at 18 percent. Our Emerging Workforce Study also showed that 63 percent of employees surveyed only want to work for companies that contribute to communities they care about and help better the world.

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Top Learning, Technology & Media Links: Weekly Digest – 8

Upside Learning

This article talks about Pew Center Research study reports, which states that the Internet is now the main national and international news source for people ages 18-29. Read this article to know why some educators say they are more than just a cool new toy. Lists 7 technologies that will continue to engage (and enthrall) us in 2011.

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How to Sell Online Courses On Your Shopify Store (Guide)

learnWorlds

Join the leading event for online course creators and entrepreneurs. Join the leading event for online course creators and entrepreneurs. If your business or online store is offering an experience e.g. trip or adventure, a spa therapy, a wine tasting, or hosting a networking event, you can sell tickets to that event through Shopify.

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Developing a real strategy for on-the-job learning

CLO Magazine

Learning people have too often become events people, and our stakeholders have grown accustomed to calling us to ask for programs and “edutainment”: We throw great parties, invite sparkling guests and speakers, ensure that participants have a blast … and we’re rewarded for it. We have to focus much more on context than content.

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Meet the CLO Board: Tamar Elkeles

CLO Magazine

With little kids, you’re using food, potentially, as a reinforcer, or a toy. And if you’ve been doing something for the last five years, a program that you’ve been doing, an event that you’ve been doing, stop doing it and start over, because if you’re doing it for the last five years, it’s already obsolete.

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Empathy: Helping Learners to Feel Others - Tip #113

Vignettes Learning

Turkle shares the story of a girl who became so sad because the toy could no longer talk back to her. It has to do with focusing on a given moment in time or focusing on events—“framing”. Similarly, this a known downside of video gaming. Empathy has to do with our perspectives—how we observe, interpret, and act.

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What You Need to Know About Pets in the Workplace

Everwise

It also appears to be backed by science, although the number of studies is small: a study from the Virginia Commonwealth University (VCU) showed that employees who brought pets to work reported lower stress levels during the day , higher levels of job satisfaction, and a better perception of their employer. Legal Risks.