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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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eLearning Conferences 2011

Tony Karrer

This list is focused mostly on the first half of the year: January to June 2011. link] December 4-8, 2010 National Staff Development Council , Atlanta, Georgia, USA. link] or [link] December 14, 2010 International Workshop on Knowledge Discovery Using Cloud and Distributed Computing Platforms , Sydney, Australia.

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Top 10 eLearning Predictions 2011 #LCBQ

Tony Karrer

This month's LCBQ is What are your Predictions and Plans for 2011? Tony Bates - eLearning Outlook for 2011 1. Of course, you can’t look at learning in 2011 without mentioning mobile learning. We would welcome lots of discussion. Grows - But Creating "eLearning 2.0 The Future is Mobile 3. More Multimedia 5.

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Social Technology, Community Management & Organizational Development

Learnnovators

I am not going to tread into management theory or organizational structures in this post. I wanted to set the premise for what is to come in the months and years ahead…and where do we come in as learning and organizational development specialists. x—–x—–x—–x—–x.

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Tips to Create an Internal Knowledge Base for Employees

EduPivot Knowledge Center

In the learning & development space, we often pride ourselves in the ability to craft engaging learning programs. Traditional platforms are often used by organizations to share and store information, such as Google Drive or Dropbox, however a proper internal knowledge base offers so much more. And we should be proud!

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Is it time for a BYOL (Bring Your Own Learning) strategy in your organization? #BYOL

Jane Hart

In April 2011 Forrester Research estimated that 47% of users were self-provisioning technology and expected the number to rise to 60% by end 2011, and Jensen & Kline (around the same time) estimated that between 1/3 and 2/3 of employees were meeting their needs by working around L&D). Reflect and review.

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L&D’s Role In A Purpose Driven Workplace

Learnnovators

And the trigger for this post was the question: How will learning & development shift in a PDW? I have been writing about the shifts required by L&D to meet the connected and collaborative knowledge economy for some time now. They do not need stringent monitoring and managing. Build community management skills in others.

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