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How Social Networks Can Harness the Power of Weak Ties | Social.

Dashe & Thomson

Learning and development professionals should remember the Weak Ties theory when designing social learning systems. Because the people on the edge were more likely to be connected to other network clusters, and therefore had access to information that was not available to people who were “buried” at the middle of a cluster.

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If You Keep Practicing, You Will Get the Hang of It (or Thumbs Up for Rock and Roll!)

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. For the last couple of summers I’ve played in an “over 40” adult soccer league. Last summer, I scored my first and only goal. It’s not that I’m skilled by any means; I just happened to be in the right spot at the right time and had the presence of mind to aim and kick toward the goal.