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I will remember Steve Jobs 2005 Commencement Address

Jane Hart

For me one of the most influential things he did was his commencement speech to Stanford University in 2005. Steve Jobs died yesterday, 5 October, and the blogosphere is full of tributes today to him. I’ve forwarded the link to many people over the years, and I know it has impacted many others too.

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How Social Networks Can Harness the Power of Weak Ties | Social.

Dashe & Thomson

Here’s how a typical LinkedIn network might look: Your weak ties are smaller circles, not at the center of a cluster I heard more support for the Weak Ties theory while attending a Knowledge Management conference in 2005. It’s not enough for people within functional areas (clusters) to connect. Properly d.

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Research Shows Companies Should Encourage Social Learning

TOPYX LMS

However, when it is enforced and informal learning is ignored or discouraged, companies pay the price of low levels of information retention and skill development and high levels of employee disengagement. Social learning is as powerful as it is undervalued and underestimated. What Do Companies Have to Gain from Social Learning?

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Insights in a Nutshell: Converting Instructor Led Training into Engaging Online Learning Experiences

Infopro Learning

The number of remote workers has increased by 140% since 2005 (1). The biggest advantages to virtual training are that it removes potential barriers caused by location and that this form of training still provides a social learning element. The global workforce is rapidly growing. In fact, recent surveys have found that 4.3

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Making Connections: Trends in Social Learning

Obsidian Learning

And, of course, we’ve heard about social learning. As mobile technology advances, learning has moved from the classroom and the desktop computer, to the world. And just as technology has advanced, learning theory has advanced. So, where are we going with learning theory in the 21st century? The “Web 2.0″

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Unleash the Impact of Body Language on Business Outcome: PART 1

Origin Learning

What the use of social media technology reflected was the leader’s willingness to allow his dissection in every conceivable way. what he said, and his mannerism were captured in a way that it was possible to dictate the course of a social learning revolution, perhaps? How he talked, how he walked (swagger?),

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Book instead of blogposts

Joitske Hulsebosch eLearning

I think that learning professionals in the future will have a much higher involvement with social technology in the organization. I also understand that the technology has helped to put social learning into focus. When I started in 2005 with communities of practice, few organizations were interested.