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Friday, August 27, 2010
hardly consider myself to be an expert on Africa. We need to open up the learning system as a whole to the benefits of participation, socialization, networks, and peer interaction. Education in Africa, like many other systems in the world, would benefit enormously from a shift to social participative networked learning.
 
Wednesday, August 25, 2010
Current management wisdom – based on Robin Dunbar’s research ; the size of military units through history; and the work of management experts such as Tom Peters – considers the ideal size of an organization to be around 150 people. Value Networks. Social. Without sharing, there is no social learning.
 
Monday, August 23, 2010
Access to information that assists the employee “just in time,&# for example: contact lists, templates and sample pieces of work, subject matter experts willing to share information, online knowledge/data-bases that are easy to navigate, etc. The potential is very high to capitalize on social networking.
 

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Introduction to Social Networking. Online social networks facilitate connections between people based on shared interests, values, membership in particular groups (i.e., They make it easier for people to find and communicate with individuals who are in their networks using the Web as the interface.
Why is it so difficult to quickly find someone in my organization to answer a pressing question, provide advice about a procedure, explain how to use some software, or tell me where to find an expert, course, or document? But sometimes I just don’t know what I don’t know and I need input from an expert. I am not completely helpless. 
One of the interesting points raised via the discussion: If you can get an expert level answer by asking for help through social networks how does that compare to being an expert? will have conversations with people who are experts in their area and get their answers and even ask them about other answers I'm getting.
Once people have found out I’ve been using Twitter for all of about 4 months now they think I’m an expert (I’m not, and do not profess to be) and keep asking me; what is it all about, then? Twitter Academia Blogging eLearning Social Network University 2.0 Web 2.0
Social networking sites such as Facebook provide a way to meet both of these goals, however according to a survey  54% of U.S. employers Organizations cite many reasons for banning Facebook and other social networking platforms including company privacy, productivity, and network security.  Here’s Best, P.S.
Most people don’t get benefit of social networking because they don’t have a large enough network. And then they don’t build their network because they don’t get the benefit. Tags: Social Networking Social Media What came first – chicken or egg? Have patience.
Collaborative and Social Networking Systems. Gaps consultant - a snapshot analyst for gaps in information, data or process that are missing in networks (project leads, instructional designers, writers, editors, researchers - example is tracking micro -learning impacts by using Web 2.0 Wiki, Blog, Second-Life, social media, etc.
I'm hoping you can help a reader with thoughts and likely help others of us … A medium size nonprofit and lobbying organization is working on a designing and creating a social / work network for experts, students, volunteers who are willing to help through campaigning, lobby, sharing knowledge, working on solutions (writing documents).
Do, Do, Do , in which he muses on "acceptable use" policies of social media in schools and how restrictive and anti-learning they can be. Having spent the past several months working with clients on integrating social media into their organizations, this post really resonated with me. What do you think? Flickr photo via Luc Legay.
Twitter --the 140 character social networking site--is becoming increasingly useful for job seekers. It doesn't work for everyone, of course, but it can certainly turbo-charge your networking, a key strategy for successful job hunting. 30 Personal Branding Experts on Twitter. Newbie's Guide to Twitter. How to Retweet.