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The Lonely eLearner: Creating Social Learning Anchors | Social.

Dashe & Thomson

You are an extremely busy person, as are most of your colleagues, and you rush through the eLearning, making notes of important points you know will be on the assessment. I’ve often wondered why businesses bring in consultants and then refuse to take their advice. But that is a topic for another day. I’d love to hear yours.

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Creating Mastermind Retreats and Building WordPress Tools for Developers with Brad Touesnard the Founder and CEO at Delicious Brains

LifterLMS

We discuss creating mastermind retreats and building WordPress tools for developers with Brad Touesnard the founder and CEO at Delicious Brains in this LMScast hosted by Chris Badgett of LifterLMS. At Delicious Brains , Brad has developed four plugins that can help WordPress website developers with various aspects of website building.

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Why Companies Should Spend More on Social Learning | Social.

Dashe & Thomson

technologies into our training programs, but rarely do we find a client that wants to create a robust learning environment comprised of both formal and informal components. The figure was highest among large businesses, 42% of which spent money on informal learning during the year. In dollar figures, spending is minimal.

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Best 50 Business Ideas for Women in 2024

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In today’s dynamic and inclusive business landscape, women make significant strides in entrepreneurship , contributing to economic growth and innovation. According to American Express, women-owned businesses make up 30 percent of all businesses in the US and are already generating about $1.5 trillion in revenue.

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Learning from The King's Speech | Social Learning Blog

Dashe & Thomson

Ive been creating training and e-Learning programs for over 20 years, serving as an instructional designer, writer, developer, and project manager. Now, quick go see the movie before the Academy Awards this Sunday. I’ll be seeing it again! Discovered via Brent Schlenker’s Corporate eLearning and Development blog.

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Using Wikis to Stop Brain Drain | Social Learning Blog

Dashe & Thomson

World: The Evolution of Distance Learning , Norm Willox, CEO of Critical Information Network, described the “brain drain&# that today’s companies are experiencing as: “Waves of craftsmen retiring, creating a void of skilled personnel and increasing operational risk for plants and facility operators.

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Virtual Boot-Camp: Games and Learning with the U.S. Military.

Dashe & Thomson

The Washington Post recently ran an article on Project MMOWGLI (Massively Multiplayer Online Wargame Leveraging the Internet), a new MMORPG being rolled out by the Office of Naval Research (ONR) that will allow thousands of players to participate in solving geopolitical crises created by hypothetical pirate attacks off the coast of Somalia.