I am often asked by business leaders to describe what we intend to measure in order to understand, manage, and improve the networked (or social) learning eco-system... “informal” content is reused in “formal” content (and perhaps reducing formal content development costs and effort).

What I love about this is that it is simple & direct. This got me thinking… Why don’t we have more of these? So I decided to create some more.

Managing staff who participate in social networks. This list also includes policies called; Staff blogging policies, enterprise social network guidelines, Employee Blogging Policies, Staff engagement in online communities, and so on. I’ve done a few press (radio, print) interviews this week re: Telstra so I thought I should have another look at how Enterprise, Government, Corporates, Not for Profits  are handling the fact that their staff are members of social networks too.

Thanks to the great College20 community started by Eduardo Peirano, I could read a post by Alejandra Pickett that really blew my mind. The way she build her course is a great example of combining several relevant Social media to enhance a course. If you are a member of the College20 community, feel free to immediately surf to her post . (btw the membership is free and the community runs on ning.com software).

Six-minute video of the beginning of the closing keynote at Learning Technologies 2009 in London last month. In this segment, I recall the genesis of eLearning a little over ten years ago, the changing nature of business, and the necessity of embracing social media in corporate learning. Here are the slides from the presentation: eLearning must be social View more presentations from jaycross .

Recently I was asked if I was OK with using SharePoint instead of social media software.  The short answer is a resounding NO. Why?  My main reason - which may not seem like much on the outset - is that SP is document focused and social media is people focused.... In the same way, both SharePoint and social media might be said to make similar journeys - they are both vehicles.  But for different landscapes and different purposes.

Kevin Jones and I did our “Overcoming Top 10 Objections to Social Learning” webinar earlier this week, and it was a total blast.  Great conversation with participants via chat; lots of great back and forth with Kevin. If you weren’t able to make it, the archive is below - slides and audio.  How do I love the Slideshare folks: ...Tags: Community Social Learning Social Media Social Network Analysis Talent Management Wisdom of Crowds.

I spent yesterday touring the Web 2.0 expo (part of the time with fellow miscreant Jay Cross ), and it led me to think a bit more about social media tools and approaches.  After touring the floor, having lunch, and touring the floor some more before the keynotes, my reflections have to do with hybrids and implementation. We were prompted to visit Blue Kiwi , which is probably the leading European social media platform.

Social Bookmarking; Delicious.

Here are slides from the presentation I did yesterday. The session was hosted by SumTotal Systems. SMBs & Social Media (Sum Total) View more presentations from Janet Clarey . Some notes: Polls: Most attending work in L&D with some HR, IT, and learning services providers Most attending work in organization with 2000+ ee’s but several were SMBs (under 2K ee’s for this presentation) Current learning delivery channels primarily ILT classroom and ILT online as well as a fair amount of self-paced e-learning.... Nearly everyone dispersed.