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The Cult of the Amateur

Clive on Learning

But with the web now firmly established in its second evolutionary phase – in which users create the content on blogs, podcasts and streamed video – the infinite monkey theory doesn't seem so funny any more. is killing our culture, assaulting our economy and destroying time-honoured codes of conduct. True web 2.0 True web 2.0

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How a Workshop Can Improve Employee Expertise & Business Performance 

Acorn Labs

Not quite a class and different to a conference, the workshop is a hands-on training event. It allows participants to flex new skills as their learning them, meaning mistakes can be made in a low-risk environment and corrected in real time. There are a few differences between these two popular forms of training. . Leadership.