Challenge to Learn

MAY 30, 2011

I actively started using LinkedIn (my first social media site) in 2004. I started out very careful only connecting to people I knew really well, later I discovered that there is a value for looser a network as long as it is focused on a certain industry. This weekend I read an old but interesting post on LinkedIn strategies.

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Tony Karrer

NOVEMBER 21, 2008

As we are wrapping up the week for Learn Trends , one of the questions we faced was what to do with the Ning community that sprung up to support the conference. I would highly encourage everyone who I connected with during the conference to connect to me on LinkedIn. ASTD National - ASTD's LinkedIn group. Some discussion.

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Tony Karrer

MARCH 3, 2009

Twitter as Personal Work and Learning Tool My LinkedIn Open Connection Approach - Treating LinkedIn like a massive, virtual cocktail party. Other Ways to Tap into the Social Grid In the session, I discussed the use of LinkedIn, Twitter and Blogging as my primary tools for tapping into the social grid.

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Tony Karrer

JULY 21, 2010

In terms of finding people with experience on this, my first suggestion was using LinkedIn and particularly looking through LinkedIn Guide for Knowledge Workers , LinkedIn for Finding Expertise , and Searching for Expertise - LinkedIn Answers. This is in process. I’ll also reach out via twitter.

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Tony Karrer

MAY 6, 2009

At a more fundamental level, the massive swing from the industrial age to the network era is accompanied by pervasive uncertainty. We aren't sure what they will learn." and Jay Cross responds: In a business context, isn't learning enough to accomplish the objective sufficient? Today, it's a world of surprises.

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Tony Karrer

FEBRUARY 3, 2009

Can a highly regulated and slow to change Insurance Industry adapt these new methods of learning? Are there any companies have done a good job in implementing the tools you described? Can you discuss the cultural implications of these changes? Could you please discuss methods for encouraging users to use collaborative methods? eLearning 2.0

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eLearning 24-7

OCTOBER 15, 2010

I hate when people see it as only Twitter, Facebook and Linkedin. 383 social networking sites – (Facebook is one, Twitter is another, Linkedin, Ning. #6 Linkedin 39%. The e-learning industry still has a long way to go to show the value in the acquisition or building of a LMS or Learning Portal. 8th, 2010).

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