People want the opportunity to share and connect – this is why it’s taken off, not because Facebook created this amazing product… Newsfeed – sharing the story of what your friends are doing. My live notes from the general session at ASTD TK12 on Thursday. Humans have been collaborating since the dawn of time. Facebook didn’t invent that, just created a great tool. What does it mean to be social? It’s not new. Cave drawings from 32,000 BC – telling a story, sharing with those around them). We’ve been doing social networking for millions of years. Mass distribution of thoughts and ideas. MORE >>

Four things he’ll talk about today in regards to leadership: build from foundations, craft the team, sense actively, fail productively. Fail Productively: Leaders are often challenged to listen when the listening is hard. Think Apple products!) Opening keynote session with John Maeda, President of Rhode Island School of Design. m at Learning Solutions in Orlando today – hosted by the eLearning Guild. Forgive typos and poor grammar! The Art of Leadership Maeda was tenured faculty at MIT – professor by day, student by night as he got an MBA. So he bought books. MORE >>

We then proceeded to have a conversation about a lot of really boring things people are working on: compliance training, policy training, product knowledge training, systems training. What’s the most boring eLearning project you’ve had to work on lately? This is the question I posed to the group at my presentation here at ASTD’s TechKnowledge in San Jose. Boring, boring stuff. And then we took a look at some simple ways you can incorporate a more human voice (my mantra: it’s all about the people, man!) The truth is you can do a lot with text/graphics or text/graphics/audio. astd tk11 MORE >>

People use financial products -- credit cards -- without really understanding them). Cammy Beans Learning Visions Musings on eLearning, instructional design and other training stuff. Thursday, April 09, 2009 Building Better Learning Games Interested in building casual games for your learners? Read on for notes from a webinar today, April 9, 2009: Building Better Learning Games: Leveraging Game Design and User Testing for Results Our hosts today: Enspire Learning (Ben Katz) Doorways to Dreams D2D -- financial entertainment. Work with and for consumers how to better manage their money. MORE >>

People use financial products -- credit cards -- without really understanding them). Interested in building casual games for your learners? Read on for notes from a webinar today, April 9, 2009: Building Better Learning Games: Leveraging Game Design and User Testing for Results Our hosts today: Enspire Learning (Ben Katz) Doorways to Dreams D2D -- financial entertainment. Work with and for consumers how to better manage their money. Focus on casual video games. Nick Maynard) Skillpoint Alliance (Kristy Bowden) Partnership of profit and non-profit organizations. Income is collected. MORE >>