Marcia Conner

SEPTEMBER 30, 2013

Some 65 percent of organizations either saw their training budget remain the same or decrease in 2012. The training budget figure was calculated by projecting the average training budget to a weighted universe of companies, using a Dun & Bradstreet database available through Hoovers of U.S. billion to $36.4 billion to $7.4

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ID Reflections

JUNE 2, 2009

We have built communities of practices to facilitate and construct our own understanding. Decreased training budget 3. Need to be innovative, to be cost and time effective 9. And has probably been one of the most effective means of learning as Bandura and Vygotsky had said long back. Recession 2.

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CLO Magazine

JANUARY 22, 2013

In addition, high-impact organizations are becoming effective at creating employee networks, connecting novices to experts through expertise directories, and sharing knowledge through communities of practice.

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Clive on Learning

SEPTEMBER 28, 2011

He discovered that when all the hidden costs were taken into account, actual costs were much higher than was previously thought. A lack of accountability – the supply and demand of learning services were separated organisationally and in budget terms. No ability to gather global management information, including costs.

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CLO Magazine

AUGUST 11, 2017

McNevin’s long-term goal is to sell the training program to other health care facilities, which will create a revenue source for the company while raising the level of expertise in the CNA community. “We The communities of practice give them access to a network of peers who can help solve problems and share best practices.

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eLearning 24-7

MARCH 9, 2020

For anyone who is in L&D, HR and Marketing, the typical three that get cut when there is a financial recession, budgets will get tooled back as well. Especially on the vendor side, whereas pricing for systems, dropped in cost. If budgets are scaled back, then pricing will reflect that. . Microsoft Teams and Online Learning.

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CLO Magazine

NOVEMBER 14, 2016

Few industries can keep theory and practice as proximate and immediate as learning, and treating everyday needs as an opportunity to experiment can lead to better results and innovation. The biggest challenges may not be cost, time or talent, but corporate preference for transactional rather than consultative support.

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Rapid eLearning

MAY 10, 2011

Many people don’t have the skills to develop the screen elements, and they also don’t have the budget to acquire the assets they need. Now that the elearning community is complete, I’ve been moving old demos and templates over to the site. June 8: Philadelphia, PA (ASTD)— How to Cultivate Communities of Practice.

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IT Training Department Blog

NOVEMBER 16, 2023

Exorbitant costs associated with formal training methods often pose a significant barrier for some companies, especially those operating on tight budgets. While formal training can’t be entirely eliminated, affordable corporate technical training can help reduce costs a lot. Sound too good to be true? It’s not.

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Acorn Labs

FEBRUARY 27, 2023

I love not only having great communities of practice with people that are in the industry, but also obviously, helping that next generation of learning designer with the right mindset and skills to succeed. Sometimes we do it for speed, sometimes we do it for cost. But I love it. I love doing it.

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Acorn Labs

FEBRUARY 27, 2023

I love not only having great communities of practice with people that are in the industry, but also obviously, helping that next generation of learning designer with the right mindset and skills to succeed. Sometimes we do it for speed, sometimes we do it for cost. But I love it. I love doing it.

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Digital Metrics Performance Support Performance 52

EI Design

AUGUST 19, 2020

Depending on the budget and time frame for conversion, you can pick from Rapid development to Semi-custom or high-end fully custom designs. This can be used to support Formal training and keep the costs down. Over time, it can also facilitate user contribution (User Generated Content) to keep the knowledge base current and relevant.

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EI Design

JANUARY 28, 2020

With reducing costs and lower development time, Mobile Apps for learning are worth investing on in 2020. . With increasing pressure on training budgets or driven by the need to maximize the dollar spend, more and more organizations are undertaking a Digital transformation of learning. This is a must adopt trend in 2020!

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CLO Magazine

JULY 8, 2013

While many learning leaders choose their offerings based on cost and convenience, others are staying true to costlier traditional methods. CLOs adjust their use of various modalities primarily because of the modalities’ effectiveness in a particular environment, but cost and convenience also play a major role.

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Acorn Labs

MARCH 5, 2023

You continue to say we and mean a certain community, even way beyond the time of where you have been acquired, maybe, by a company and you mean a certain group of people coming from a certain part of the organisation. And finally, I think it's good to ask also like, okay, do we have an idea about, you know, budget and spend?

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Acorn Labs

MARCH 5, 2023

You continue to say we and mean a certain community, even way beyond the time of where you have been acquired, maybe, by a company and you mean a certain group of people coming from a certain part of the organisation. And finally, I think it's good to ask also like, okay, do we have an idea about, you know, budget and spend?

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Picture Business Association Learning Management System Metrics 52

eLearning 24-7

NOVEMBER 18, 2013

In this riveting issue we will be covering the international e-learning scene, my State of the Industry LMS Report – specifically the Top 50, LMS ROI, e-learning costs and web conferencing. It validates the cost savings and potential issues due to the courses. Let’s jump right in. A: Well, quite a bit actually.

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Talented Learning

FEBRUARY 27, 2019

But new communities of practice are emerging to offer knowledge sharing and support. Great idea to fill that gap with a community by and for customer education pros… A lot of us find ourselves kind of falling into this field. It’s a powerful yet more cost-effective alternative. In my case, I was an educator.

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Jay Cross

NOVEMBER 15, 2008

As in other tough economic times, training budgets will be cut. Formal learning tends to be expensive; informal cuts costs because it’s learner-driven. Empower communities of practice and project teams. The more communities you start, the better the odds some good ones will survive. That’s a given.

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Social Networks Metrics Social Network Director 36

eLearning Learning Posts

MAY 3, 2010

Key Social Learning Roles - Daretoshare , April 4, 2010 Premise : Learning communities or networks thrive because its members possess certain skills and capabilities. Community members should be able to perform one or more of the five roles described in the table that follows. tools into their practices.

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Google Buzz iPad Blended Learning Google 85

Performance Learning Productivity

JANUARY 3, 2013

Jarche recommends coaching, mentoring, linking cognitive surplus with time surplus to solve real problems in the workplace, addressing difficult challenges, and building networks and communities. Clark’s diagram here gives a clear view. None of the recommendations include formal training.

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Jay Cross's Informal Learning

FEBRUARY 17, 2009

Through their presentations at conferences, Allison Rossett, Elliott Masie, Gloria Gery, and scores of other awesome teachers have shaped the thinking of the greater learning and development community of practice. Conference attendance have played a vital role in our professional development. over the years is wearing thin. .

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Jay Cross

APRIL 29, 2015

In a minute I’ll give you the story of a company that saved over fifty million dollars with a low-budget curation program. And, as Clay Shirky has said: “Curation comes up when people realize that it isn’t just about information seeking, it’s also about synchronizing a community.”. It’s one of mine.

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Social Networks PKM Authoring Tools Content 36

Jay Cross

MARCH 14, 2010

If you are not fully fluent with terms like revenue, earnings, cost, cash flow, margin, and value, take a look at here and get a friend to explain the workings of the basic business model. Setting up a budget for informal learning (There’s no free lunch.). Supporting participation in professional communities of practice.

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Jay Cross

JUNE 28, 2009

It is supposedly the secret handshake that gets you to the inner circle of those who control budget dollars. It relaunched informally via word of mouth and within six months had 27,000 of 83,000 employees using it, involved in 900 communities exchanging information and pertinent knowledge on a daily basis. Ford Motor Co.

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ROI Social Networks Network Authoring Tools 66

Learning Visions

SEPTEMBER 22, 2009

New tools make this easier to implement from cost perspective, but still a big time cost to developing/designing learning campaigns. Production costs have dropped – we can start adding a lot more media/engagement to our programs. But there’s room to move. Different media involved in an ad campaign. 30-90 seconds.

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Blended Learning Sexual Harassment Training Market Games 100

Obsidian Learning

NOVEMBER 12, 2018

Building blended learning solutions on a budget is not a hard choice to understand, but it can be hard to do. Follow these tips to figure out where to start, how to identify big wins to build your support and momentum, and the practical how-tos of getting development and delivery done with agility, even on a shoestring. Biggest risks.

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Obsidian Learning

DECEMBER 30, 2019

their community of practice, the portal for a specific software tool or process). You can probably implement xAPI with your current LMS, and get more out of your current content and system with less cost and disruption than implementing a new system. Easy to access.

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Jay Cross

APRIL 16, 2013

In spite of this, corporations, non-profits, and government invest most of their budgets in formal learning, when it’s apparent that most learning is informal. By definition, this is a collaborative, community-based approach, for it’s others who help us define what is relevant. This stands common sense on its head.

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