Tagged: learning, social learning, social media, social networking ...Tags: Tags: Ideas My Podcasts learning learning20 social learning social media social networkin I created this 16 minute social learning primer (podcast) to address some of the frequently asked questions and concerns about social learning, and to share some of my insights and suggestions gained from my experience helping client organizations with their social learning agendas. I

Will social media improve productivity?   Is it vital to the company’s success?   Will “employees” use the media?   A recent study provides some interesting insights and evidence. Workers using social networking sites instead of doing their jobs has long been the bane of human resources departments across every industry.   However, a recent survey questioning oil and gas professionals has revealed that 40% of them believe that companies who encourage the use of social media tools, including social networking sites such as Facebook, to share knowledge and

Organizations are either actively considering or have recently started deploying enterprise social media to enable social learning.  Such Such companies have come to realize that key to their success are productive and vibrant learning communities. How healthy are your learning communities……really?  Old ways of measuring

and Social Media technologies and approaches into a “learning journey” that is historically “delivered” in a formal way.  There would appreciate hearing your comments and feedback – and hearing about your experiences using social media to enable learning in your organization. ...Tags: I made this podcast in Dec 2008 in order to describe a “vision” for the future of learning in a business setting.  The The podcast is 7 minutes long and arguably not delivered in a “phenomenal” way.  

Venkatesh Rao wrote a thought provoking piece that made we think about  the kind of characteristics an individual might need to be a successful “social media” user - and the expectations we might need to set with people or teams that have expressed an interest in using “social media” to improve the way in which they collaborate and work. My expectation is that people will use “social media” in addition to all of the other ways they interact, collaborate, and share with people in their network or community. I see technology as an extension to human capabilities and as “things”

It's amazing to think we are already talking about the "history" of social media, but I've been collecting a few articles that demonstrate how in fact today's tools which might seem revolutionary are just evolutionary: Back in June 2009, Social Media Rockster ran a posting: A brief history of social media , which began "Social quot;Social media isn’t really “new.” While it has only recently become part of

The way she build her course is a great example of combining several relevant Social media to enhance a course. Thanks to the great College20 community started by Eduardo Peirano, I could read a post by Alejandra Pickett that really blew my mind. If you are a member of the College20 community, feel free to immediately surf to her post . (btw

I followed the link and found myself entranced by Mike VanDervort’s Confronting Social Media at Work .  It’s a great blog post that warns HR professionals about the need to get ready for the social media invasion.  Those Those who left comments about the post asked “how do you communicate the importance of social media to a leadership group that has no concept of its relevance in their personal or professional lives?”  Yesterday I received a tweet about a great blog post.  8221;  I get this type of question all the time. 

Not surprising - it goes a long way to protect the company from fallout if/when staff do ignore the social media guidelines in place.  Sun Guidelines on Public Discourse  http://www.sun.com/communities/guidelines.jsp (original from 2005 elsewhere) Also  http://www.sun.com/aboutsun/media/blogs/BloggingGuidelines.pdf   Media companies: For Journalists entering into public debate  http://rhetorica.net/policy.htm Managing staff who participate in social networks. This list also includes policies called; Staff blogging policies, enterprise social network guidelines,

Our office has been receiving numerous requests to help incorporate social media tools into a variety of communication and education projects. several recent cases we suggested our clients survey their intended audience before launching into social media. What social media tools (if any) are your target audiences currently using? • Do Our clients want help creating blogs, wikis, collaborative workspaces, and social networks. We’ve responded with cautious optimism.