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Is Your Organization Losing Its Brain? Collecting Stories to Transfer Knowledge

Vignettes Learning

And though not everyone who turns 62 or 65 retires right away, enough do that some companies are trying to head off the problem.Losing veteran workers is a challenge, even for big companies like General Mills.But the older-worker brain drain is a big concern for industries like mining and health care."

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Selling Learning Communities – Not Everyone Will or Wants a Group Hug

Tony Karrer

Jack Merklein from Xerox Global Services did a really great presentation at LearnTrends 2009 entitled - Common tools for Diverse Communities at Xerox Global Services. Jack is responsible for the development, care and tools for learning communities and knowledge sharing initiatives. eLearning Technology. A few follow-up thoughts.

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Is Multimedia the Most Underrated Tool for Internal Communication?

eLearningMind

Instant messages with embedded links, videos, and photos. Being creative with the way that you share your message might mean the difference between real change and just another workplace memo. We know that images are processed 60,000 times faster than text by the brain and that brains are ultimately lazy organs.

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Millennials And Digital Learning: How They’re Going To Help You Improve

eLearningMind

Here are just a few ways to update eLearning to millennial standards. The brain processes images 65,000 times faster than text, so you’re able to absorb more information—even if that info is just a new way to make an ice cream float. Compare Tasty’s formula to your own eLearning. Make it Multimedia.

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How to Design Addiction from “FOMO” into eLearning

eLearningMind

It’s bad news for your data plan, but if you can harness the strategy for eLearning, it’s good news for your training strategy. Notifications can become a powerful tool in mobile learning. Now, contrast that to eLearning. Giving Instant Feedback. The Power of Notifications. Notification. Someone tagged you? Notification.

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Collaboration Tools

Tony Karrer

As I mentioned in Real-Time Collaborative Editing , I had a fantastic experience participating in group editing of a Mind Map of collaborative tools during a session at Learn Trends. You can see the result below. But it was interesting to see the results exported which I've embedded below.

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10 Remote Training Ideas

Ed App

Technical problems, like unstable internet connection or unresponsive training tool. Even if you’ve invested in the most expensive training tools and learning materials, your remote training will still fail if your learners aren’t fully involved, engaged, and motivated to learn. Absence of close supervision.

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