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Why Companies Should Spend More on Social Learning | Social.

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Like many enterprise learning companies, we are actively brainstorming ways to incorporate collaborative Web 2.0 technologies into our training programs, but rarely do we find a client that wants to create a robust learning environment comprised of both formal and informal components. Can you say future book deal?

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My Learning Resolution For The Year (Hint: It's not “to be.

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This happens far more frequently with “tell-me” eLearning than it ever should. What other good eLearning resolutions are out there? Collaborative learning? When Im not busy helping to change the face of corporate learning, I like to train with the Dashe & Thomson company bike team, travel and read.

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The Power of Your Network | Social Learning Blog

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In Malcom Gladwell’s book, The Tipping Point , Gladwell introduces several influential personality types, one of which is the Connector – an individual who knows large numbers of people and is in the habit of making introductions. Outlook, address book, contact list). Your business networks can be your most valuable resources!

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Leveraging the Law of the Few to Manage Change in the Workplace.

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Just as the corporate world thought they had caught up to adult learning norms with the adoption of eLearning, and some with blended learning, along comes social learning. In the decade since this book was published, it seems Gladwell has become quite the divisive figure. Properly d.

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Work as Improv Theater: Teaching the Right-Brained Learner.

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To start answering these questions, we have to acknowledge that formal learning, as we know it today, will not be effective in the future. Instead, we will need to put the workers themselves in charge of their own learning. This position is well-articulated in this post by Jay Cross at his Informal Learning Blog.

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Make Learning An Experience. Blend It! | Social Learning Blog

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When it comes to learning and training, devise an approach to your learning model that blends what your learners need to “know” with what they need to “do”. You will still need to create good content, but simple eLearning development tools will help make the transition from ILT to blended learning a smoother one.

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Jeffrey Gitomer's Reciprocation: The Old Give and Take…and Take.

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Social Learning Blog Training and Performance Improvement in the Real World Home About Bios Subscribe to RSS Jeffrey Gitomer’s Reciprocation: The Old Give and Take…and Take by Paul on December 10, 2010 in sales Pay every debt as if God wrote the bill. Attitude. Well, it’s fair to say that he blew them out of the water. Properly d.