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Your social wishlist

Jay Cross

McKinsey, MIT and others report that companies that embrace social business models: reduce time to market. reduce operating costs. The social business juggernaut has arrived and the time to get on board is now. increase the level of innovation. speed up access to knowledge. make in-house expertise easier to tap.

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SMBs and Social Learning Technologies

Janet Clarey

Goals pretty evenly spread among rapid e-learning (consumption and development), reduce costs, support informal learning, improve productivity. Other notes: Definition of social media vary among attendees (~160). Document and share: learners should be actively creating rather than consuming knowledge. Nearly everyone dispersed.

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Why Corporate Training is Broken And How to Fix It

Jay Cross

Person-to-person instruction is no longer cost-effective. They counted on big savings in salaries, travel costs, and facilities as computers replaced instructors. Training departments purchased libraries of this garbage and touted cost savings. Social & Collaborative Activities. Internal Documents and Training.