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The Power of Your Network | Social Learning Blog

Dashe & Thomson

From the business perspective, however, networking isn’t only helpful, it is mandatory. Business networking not only brings new business and new talent, but it supports collaboration – whether it’s collaborating with internal team members or making connections outside of the organization. So big deal, you say.

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How Social Networks Can Harness the Power of Weak Ties | Social.

Dashe & Thomson

The power of tools like Facebook, LinkedIn, and Yammer, are pretty astounding. These tools give us a way to connect with people faster and more easily than ever before. A lot of the Social Media Mavens , however, are really ranting, not about the technology, but about the human dynamics related to social networking.

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Surfing the Net: Waste of Time or Personal Directed Learning.

Dashe & Thomson

IOL is facilitated through the use of tools like Yammer that connect coworkers across the globe. → Download Free Whitepaper The Top 10 Pitfalls of End User Training – and How to Avoid Them Given the current state of the economy, businesses large and small are looking for ways to improve productivity while maintaining quality.

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My 15 favourite Australian e-learning bloggers

E-Learning Provocateur

Since then, she has joined Dachis Group where she and James Dellow write about social business on the Headshift blog. Stephen Colman – To be perfectly honest, I only stumbled upon Steve’s musings after his employer and mine merged and he started banging on about stuff on Yammer.

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The rise of the MWL Intrapreneur

Jane Hart

the more I’m working and talking with other businesses, professions, and industries outside L&D, it’s becoming painfully obvious that we are falling behind”. This can mean creating a new division or launching a new initiative like an environmental or women’s leadership campaign. All of which has led her to the conclusion.

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A Review of 2011 and the Future of Workplace Learning

Mindflash

The four themes were business acumen and leadership, social learning, rapid instructional design, and experimenting with innovative ideas. Business acumen and leadership skills. I have written about this topic several times: Five essential business terms for learning leaders. Start facilitating social learning.

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A Playbook for Leading in the Facebook Age

CLO Magazine

Today’s top leaders know that every business is a social business. Leaders should learn from popular experiences from the consumer Web and draw on these for their own playbook for successful leadership. Modern business leaders must understand how to apply relevant social networking experiences to their own organizations.