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3 Reasons Why Trainers Don’t Need Social Media

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Question of the week: Should L&D be active within social media? I understand having a social media presence isn’t for everyone. Ok, we know you don’t know everything there is to know and being on some form of social media can help you build a knowledge base that can take you places you’ve never imagined.

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Learning Rebels and the ASTD (ATD) Guest Blog: Learning through Sharing

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Sharing time with newby L&D people, helping contacts with building their networks and SoMe presence and as you all know, recently I was asked to conduct a webinar with Rick Blunt (@rblunt81 on twitter ) and the DC Chapter of ASTD on Social Media Tools for Learning.

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The Courageous Learning Rebel

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You can hide behind social media by signing in as anonymous and protest all day long. Sending out a covert survey about social media and technology could have gotten me into a bit of hot water, but the boss couldn’t argue with the results of data coming from his own people.

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My Experience with Imposter Syndrome

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And let’s call it out, social media platforms have not helped. However, I share these thoughts with you, not only to help banish them from my mind but to those out there who may be struggling with the same thing. Within the L&D industry, many seem to think they sit high above to lord over all that is workplace learning.

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Mark Sheppard: Entering the Backchannel of ATD ICE 2018

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Social Backchannel Lurking. These collective thoughts, observations, questions, and challenges are the social media equivalent of “passing notes in class”, most often representing individual perceptions of a session or workshop. The backchannel is where the conversations and shared insights happen.

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Can’t be at the ATD ICE 2016 Conference? Join Virtually

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Not that you couldn’t use Facebook for the same purpose, but the ease of use of Slack lets people manage their privacy and separation of personal/professional social media presence. More importantly, they can enable participants to sustain sharing and learning post-Conference.

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#ATD2015 It’s a Wrap, Part Four: Will Constantine

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When you “do” social media right, when you present your authentic self – well, you get lots of jazz hands and happy dances. Will was one of those people on my twitter network who I had had been talking to for a very long time but never met. we had a chance to talk. It’s All About Who You Know.