Tony Karrer

DECEMBER 6, 2007

Mzinga is a merger of KnowledgePlanet (an LMS provider and also the maker of the eLearning simulation tool - Firefly) and Shared Insights - a community / business social networking software company. We are beginning to see dominance by a few bigger vendors and if you can't be one of them, then it's tough sledding.

Social Networks 100

Social Networks Social Network KnowledgePlanet Mzinga 100

CLO Magazine

NOVEMBER 30, 2012

Imagine a senior executive in your company returns from Thanksgiving weekend having read white papers from IBM that say social business is the next step in the overall evolution of business. Harvard Business Review, Forbes and Fast Company already told him brainpower has become the engine of innovation.

Social Networks 80

Social Networks Social SocialText Social Network 80

Mindflash

JANUARY 20, 2011

Chief Learning Officer magazine recently reported that its Business Intelligence Board (BIB) of learning leaders is more optimistic about the outlook for 2011 than they were in 2010. Tap into social software apps. Need informal learning software? There are vendors selling very good software.

Budget 63

Budget Develop Yammer Social Software 63

CLO Magazine

APRIL 10, 2014

One of the major effects of the recession was a lack of investment in developing business skills for younger, midlevel workers. Talent management software vendors can provide some tracking capability, but do not provide in-depth coaching and mentoring program workflows optimized to help guide these programs.

Mentoring 62

Mentoring Coaching Companies Jive 62

Jay Cross

NOVEMBER 15, 2012

Imagine that a Senior Executive in your company returns from Thanksgiving weekend having read white papers from IBM that say social business is the next step in the overall evolution of business. Harvard Business Review, Forbes, and Fast Company had already told him that brainpower has become the engine of innovation.

Social Networks 55

Social Networks Social Social Network SocialText 55

Tony Karrer

DECEMBER 3, 2008

And because it ties directly to metrics that matter to the business, this will get significant attention during the year. Kevin Oakes sounded the bell in Kevin Oakes on the Rise and Fall of the LMS as large LMS vendors began to move towards Talent Management. Expect that will continue in 2009.

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Authoring Tools Social Networks Long Tail eLearning 2.0 100

Xyleme

JULY 21, 2010

However, those vendors who rely solely on this argument are very likely to find themselves quickly marginalized. To stay relevant, George believes training vendors should do two things: Stop talking “learning” and start talking “capacity” and “execution” like the rest of the C-suite.

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Social Networks Social Learning Social Blended Learning 109