According to CARA’s 2010 Survey on social media impact, nearly 70% of what is learned in life and at work happens through informal and social learning. For business owners, this can be a great opportunity to get in touch with employees and make work meaningful. Employees are able to focus on practicing things they like and are more eager to adopt details that could add value to the overall organizational mission. MORE

There’s an interesting book that talks about the future of work by Jacob Morgan titled The Future of Work: Attract New Talent, Build Better Leaders, and Create a Competitive Organization. In his book, he urges organizations to "rethink and challenge everything they know about work.” Morgan mentions that the demographics of employees are changing and so, too, are their work styles, beliefs, and attitudes. Here’s how it works: 5. MORE

More flexible learning strategies needed for young workers. Organizations that stay in place with their old-fashioned learning strategies may end up with lower retention as the base of employees they speak to will not remain constant and fixed. There may be some concern that getting younger in learning style might serve to alienate the rest of the workforce. As employees from the millennial generation enter the workforce, methods of training may change. MORE

Dan is author of “ Flat Army: Creating a Connected and Engaged Organization ” and is currently at work on the follow-up book. He is Chief Envisioner of TELUS Transformation Office; a future-of-work consulting group that helps organizations enhance corporate culture, leadership, learning, work styles & collaboration practices. He is also the recipient of the 2012 Brandon-Hall ‘Gold Award in Strategy & Governance’. MORE

My primary interest here are the methods and tools that allow us to work better as part of remote work teams. In other words - How do we collaborate together in remote work teams to be as effective or even more effective than a team that works down the hall? I cannot claim to be an expert, and I feel like this topic demands a lot of soft skills such as communication skills, team skills, handling cultural and work style issues, etc. MORE

Web Courseworks is proud to present our Managing eLearning Fall Thought Leaders Series. The guests that we bring in to speak are leaders in the eLearning industry and come from a variety of backgrounds. Why it’s important: eLearning Industry gives four reasons why you should move to Cloud Authoring: Trending – Cloud authoring has become one of the top IT strategies for businesses and associations alike. Who’s talking: Connie Malamed, eLearning Coach. MORE

Why Does It Make Sense To Adopt Mobile Learning To Increase Employee Engagement? Working styles and preferences in organizations are undergoing a sea change. Taking the mobile route to working is catching up big time. With exposure to modern day communication methods and having been accustomed to communicating with people anytime and from anywhere, flexibility at work is something that employees expect companies to provide them with, Kingl says. MORE

Dan is author of “ Flat Army: Creating a Connected and Engaged Organization ” and is currently at work on the follow-up book. He is Chief Envisioner of TELUS Transformation Office; a future-of-work consulting group that helps organizations enhance corporate culture, leadership, learning, work styles & collaboration practices. He is also the recipient of the 2012 Brandon-Hall ‘Gold Award in Strategy & Governance’. MORE

There are changes underway in the consumption of eLearning. Powerful devices are everywhere in the market today, and learners are becoming more attuned to a digital work style. One of the more notable tech-based changes to eLearning solutions may come from the increasing presence of sensors in technology products of all kinds. Lake stated that pieces of hardware not traditionally associated with eLearning will soon be able to make important contributions. MORE

Today’s tech-savvy, social and mobile learners are no longer interested in traditional classroom training and demand learning techniques that blends best with their current working style and outlook. One can evaluate the reasons behind a highly effective training course and vice versa and use such findings to create future training strategies and content. Business E-learning elearning eLL Mlearning MORE