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Sales eLearning – 21 Great Resources

Tony Karrer

The Business Case for Social Learning - Daretoshare , April 13, 2009 Job losses, combined with cutbacks in workforce development investments, mean that many companies are less able to serve customers, make sales or generate innovations than they were just a few months ago. The Business Case for Social Learning. ASTD is born.

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Tony Karrer

The fact that this is one of the general sessions at ASTD TechKnowledge is interesting way to start 2009. Tools to Make Reading & Research More Effective. Mzinga is going a different direction focusing on collaboration and social media capabilities. LinkedIn I had a major "aha moment" about my LinkedIn Connection Approach.

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Top 47 Posts and 10 Hot Topics for February

eLearning Learning Posts

How to effectively architect information for your elearning course - Free as in Freedom , February 6, 2010 As Instructional Designers, its always a challenge to balance meaningful instruction with information. It’s a good reminder of the level of effort that is required to make online learning effective and valuable for our students!

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SMBs and Social Learning Technologies

Janet Clarey

Distance learning—Social software’s killer ap? Creating Social Presence in Online Environments, New Directions for Adult and Continuing Education (San Francisco: Jossey Bass, 2003), p. ASTD Learning Circuits. Building Effective Blended Learning Programs. British Journal of Educational Technology, Vol.

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Why Corporate Training is Broken And How to Fix It

Jay Cross

Person-to-person instruction is no longer cost-effective. The American Society for Training and Development (ASTD) reports that companies spend $1,067 per employee (2.7% ASTD measures only formal training, the workshops, classes, and assignments meted out by training departments. Where Corporate Learning Came From.