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Kirkpatrick Revisited | Social Learning Blog

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I have included Kirkpatrick’s Four Levels of Evaluation in every proposal I have ever written, and I wanted to hear from Kirkpatrick himself regarding his take on the current state of evaluation and whether his four levels are still viable. Well, based on where Kirkpatrick and his son James are today, I was completely wrong.

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

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Social Learning Blog Training and Performance Improvement in the Real World Home About Bios Subscribe to RSS Virtual Boot-Camp: Games and Learning with the U.S. Where the military is at the forefront, and where it is seeing the most value, is in realms such as virtual training. The Department of Defense disagrees with you.

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

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The power of tools like Facebook, LinkedIn, and Yammer, are pretty astounding. They found that the employees near the edge of a cluster were more effective at problem-solving than those in the middle of a cluster. These tools give us a way to connect with people faster and more easily than ever before.

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Learning from The King's Speech | Social Learning Blog

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This movie should be required viewing for anyone in the learning industry – it demonstrates all the ingredients for effective learning. Plagued by his trademark stammer Bertie engaged the help of an innovative speech therapist who the world bypassed for his lack of traditional credentials. I’ll be seeing it again!

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Who's Building the Social Learning Roads? | Social Learning Blog

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Social Learning Blog Training and Performance Improvement in the Real World Home About Bios Subscribe to RSS Who’s Building the Social Learning Roads? The number one most asked question by social media marketers was, “How do I measure the effect of social media marketing on my business?” The webinar hosts didn’t have an answer.

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The Power of Your Network | Social Learning Blog

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These people hold the secret to effective networking – it’s not all about you ; it’s about all of you. In Malcom Gladwell’s book, The Tipping Point , Gladwell introduces several influential personality types, one of which is the Connector – an individual who knows large numbers of people and is in the habit of making introductions.

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Why Companies Should Spend More on Social Learning | Social.

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He broke to the world what is most likely going to be the biggest story of the year, while it was happening in complete secrecy. As I write this blog, the man now has 94,894 followers on Twitter and every major news outlet in the world is scrambling for an interview. Can you say future book deal? ILT vs. WBT vs. informal learning).