Jay Cross

SEPTEMBER 26, 2009

Two years back, the most popular tools were Firefox, Delicious, Google Search, Skype, and PowerPoint. The list compiles the Top 10 lists of 195 learning professionals. It’s a fantastic resource. Currently, the top tools are Twitter, Delicious, Google Reader, Google Docs, and SlideShare.

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Authoring Tools Tools Delicious Google Docs 41

Jay Cross

NOVEMBER 10, 2014

Every day featured a PowerPoint presentation in the lounge on a topic such as the EU, how canal locks work, and the life of Mozart. By and large, the passengers were cordial, outgoing, nice people. A few were loud, look-at-me boors. Particularly memorable was the a **e who wore his black Stetson even when visiting a cathedral.

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Off-shore Guide Attitudes Photo 45

Jay Cross

APRIL 17, 2012

Training departments put PowerPoint presentations on their intranets and acted as if people could learn from them. The eLearning dream didn’t last long. Companies proved more interested in reducing instructor head-count and facilities costs than in improving learning outcomes.

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Corporate Learning Corporate eLearning Lecture Learning 81

Jay Cross

NOVEMBER 19, 2009

We had the requisite PowerPoints at the ready but we ended up showing them in random order as questions arose. We started Internet Time Alliance in order to learn from one another. Audience questions guided what we talked about today. Next we brought our customers into the loop.

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Internet LearnTrends Web KM 38

Jay Cross

OCTOBER 16, 2011

I explained that we had no Powerpoint slides or agenda and that we hadn’t practiced. .” Mike Prokopeak introduced Jane, Clark, and myself, saying that we were going to lead a panel session. No, Mike, we’re going to engage in a conversation. An empty chair awaited anyone who wanted to join us on stage.

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Jay Cross

MARCH 1, 2015

Sherry Turkle, advocate of face-to-face communications, ironically the only person to use PowerPoint, had this unscientific view of artificial reality. You can get better at it. 47% go through life without thinking about what they’re doing.They report as unhappy. Which kinds of people need which type of practice?

Business 36

Business Brain Google Conference 36

Jay Cross

JULY 31, 2012

In my recent webinar presentation for the LSG online conference, Using a collaboration platform for brilliant learning , rather than giving a PowerPoint presentation, I took the participants on a web tour of the Social Learning Centre. The role of the Enterprise Learning Community Manager #elcm .

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Google Docs Doc Social Networks PKM 51

Jay Cross

JULY 6, 2009

Poll Everywhere : Use Twitter in PowerPoint , May 27, 2009. Places to Intervene in a System (Restated for Bernanke and Geithner) , March 17, 2009. Fooled by Randomness, Risk and Opportunity , February 18, 2009. eLearning Roadtrip , June 28, 2009. The Community Manager , March 9, 2009. YouTube videos inside Slideshare , January 23, 2009.

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Social Networks Google Wave Social Network Analysis Twitter 43

Jay Cross

JULY 4, 2009

Presentation at AACE , PowerPoint is Tyranny. Interviews with Curt Bonk, Dave Gray, Kevin Wheeler, Zann Gill. Revamped Internet Time Research Page , one of the best-kept secrets in learning land. Continued to get my social network act together: Flickr /jaycross. Facebook /Jay Cross. Linkedin /jaycross. Twitter /jaycross. YouTube /jakeross1.

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Social Networks Friendfeed Social Network Wiki 36

Jay Cross

SEPTEMBER 4, 2012

I gave PowerPoint a rest. As my research shifts focus from informal learning to well-being, I’m gaining new readers. Let explain where my blog is coming from. When I began studying informal learning eight years ago, I decided to exemplify what I was talking about. I became transparent in my work. I began thinking out loud.

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