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Wednesday, March 17, 2010
I'm suggesting that, since organisational transformation is about every person in the organisation changing the way they do things, we should be looking at social media tools & techniques to communicate throughout the process. Social media starts with, and is centred on, the individual. Networks of individuals are built up #yam "Transformation", Transformation", when you talk about organisations, is much more than making individual tweaks or changes to specific systems or parts of the organisation.
 
Tuesday, March 16, 2010
Two that I’ve personally used are Upstream Networks and Internap. Fortunately, the tools in the Flash platform make it relatively easy to set up videos and compress them for online use. Dave Boggs SyberWorks, Inc. SyberWorks e-Learning Podcast Series SyberWorks LMS e-Learning Implementation Podcast Series e-Learning Lingo Podcast Series SyberWorks Training Center Learning Management System Join the SyberWorks Learning Management Technology Group on Linkedin Here is the press release on the article: SyberWorks Media Center Presents a New Article: “Deploying Online Courses with Video”
 
Tuesday, March 16, 2010
recently came across this website called Amplify that works just like Twitter and other social networking sites. However Amplify seems to be a much more effective tool for collaborative learning than any other freely available learning tools today. Envisioning the Post-LMS Era: The Open Learning Network , March 4, 2010 Best of eLearning Learning March 1, 2010 to March 14, 2010
 

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I've run across a couple of interesting posts recently that seem to have spawned from a Business Week article - Scaling the Social Web . The article tells us that various players are adding social networking features to their sites: A broad array of online players, from major media companies like Viacom to e-commerce providers such as eBay, are adding networking features to their online destinations, letting users create detailed Web identities, connect with people over common interests, share content, and, above all, socialize. Hmmm ... how is this new?
This week we looked at Social Networks. Here are some thoughts on this topic, especially thoughts around social networks for learning. Starting with Social Networking was a blessing and a curse. Social networks have a tendency to be a bit messy. The first week of our Free - Web 2.0 for Learning Professionals is wrapping up.
Social networking sites such as Facebook provide a way to meet both of these goals, however according to a survey  54% of U.S. employers employers ban sites like Facebook, Twitter, and LinkedIn at work.  Organizations cite many reasons for banning Facebook and other social networking platforms including company privacy, productivity, and network security.  Here’s There are two main goals for every corporate trainer, 1) provide training that is engaging and meets the business need, and 2) limit the amount of time an employee is away from their work. 
Our office has been receiving numerous requests to help incorporate social media tools into a variety of communication and education projects. Our clients want help creating blogs, wikis, collaborative workspaces, and social networks. But we also have to be frank and point out that if you create a social networking space, there is no guarantee that it will be used. We’ve responded with cautious optimism. We’re always happy when our clients want to try out something new with technology.
Jakob Nielsen sAlertbox, August 3, 2009: Social Networking on Intranets Summary: Community features are spreading from "Web 2.0" Research across 14 companies found that many are making productive use of social intranet features. Through several rounds of research on intranet portals , weve repeatedly reached the same conclusions: When Intranet information architectures are structured according to the org chart, employees have a hard time finding their way around. to "Enterprise 2.0." Its better to structure information according to how people use it, rather than
Whether you are a teacher at a grade school or  work at a Fortune 500 company we have all heard the stories of educators being removed or suspended for inappropriate posts  on their Facebook profile.  So, the question stands, can you take advantage of the educational opportunity provided by a social network like Facebook without running the risk of loosing your job?  Well, today I’m not going to make you wait for the answer. The answer simply is “yes.”
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. 
White Label Social Networking Solutions, Part II It covers downloadable and custom social networking solutions. For do-it-yourself, hosted solutions, please see our previous chart and our post "9 Ways to Build Your Own Social Network" . Show All | Hide All Affinity Circles AlstraSoft Awareness A Comparison Chart by TechCrunch The information in the chart below was compiled from information provided directly from companies in early August 2007.
Chart shows percentage of teens and tweens and what social networking/Web 2.0 You might have seen this, but in July 2007, the National Schools Board Association published a report stating: Online social networking is now so deeply embedded in the lifestyles of tweens and teens that it rivals television for their attention...Nine- Nine- to 17-year-olds report spending almost as much time using social networking services and Web sites as they spend watching television. activities they do weekly online. Among teens, that amounts to about 9 hours a week
I have been giving a “Social Media/Networking 101″ class here at NASA as an educational and evangelical toolSocial Media and Social NetworkingSocial Media and Social Networking, I point out, is the focus:  the first focuses on content, the second the people and the third, networking. Duh.  You would think that after all that I have read, all that I have practiced, all the classes and conference sessions and keynotes I have given, that I would have understood this point.