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Ridiculous research findings on informal learning

Jay Cross

Informal learning is mushrooming as organizations implement social software. It’s hard to imagine informal learning not going along for the ride when a company embraces Jive or Chatter or Yammer or Socialcast or similar networking environments.

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The current top 5 highest-rated social learning solutions on CollectMyThoughts

InsiderHub

Here are the current top 5 highest-rated social learning systems on CollectMyThoughts , as rated by users: 5. That is the main idea behind Yammer. Kenexa Learning Suite allows your people to use their mobile devices for a number of things, such as: Social software for business. Social learning management.

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Bright Corporate Outlook for Employee Development Doesn’t Mean You Need a Bigger Budget

Mindflash

Tap into social software apps. Need informal learning software? There are vendors selling very good software. Rather than spend the money upfront, start off by using using free social software services like Yammer or Social Text or Wikispaces. Reduce instructional design costs.

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Mentoring or Coaching: What’s Best for Your Company?

CLO Magazine

Talent management software vendors can provide some tracking capability, but do not provide in-depth coaching and mentoring program workflows optimized to help guide these programs. Today there are emerging software options coming to market specifically to support a variety of mentoring and coaching programs.

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What's on Your Social Wish List?

CLO Magazine

Social business is the flavor of the day in the C-suites of the Fortune 500. Front-running companies are installing social networks such as Chatter, Jive, Connections, Socialcast, Yammer, Socialtext, SharePoint, Ideo and HootSuite like there’s no tomorrow. ” What features would you need and why?

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The Other 90% of Learning

Jay Cross

Social software facilitates conversation. Chatter, Jive, Socialcast, Yammer, Podio, and other social networking systems simplify listening in and joining purposeful conversations. We learn more from our co-workers, our bosses, our customers, our partners, and our friends than from our teachers and books.

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Want People to Learn? Get Them to Collaborate

Mindflash

collaboration, by definition, implies a technology solution, However, there are many ways in which learning professionals can increase collaboration in organizations, from implementing enterprise social software or things as simple as wheeling a white board into the break room. Enterprise 2.0 So, although the term enterprise 2.0