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e-Clippings (Learning As Art): Day 4 - Man.Im just getting warmed up! (and a shocker!)

Mark Oehlert

found via an article in the Wall Street Journal) turns out that a Harvard professor has found out that the arguments put forward by WIRED editor Chris Anderson in The Long Tail, might not be exactly spot on. " Elberse writes that "It is therefore highly disputable that much money can be made in the tail.

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Business of Learning

Tony Karrer

Take a look at the Masie – Learning Barometer. Journal Register Co., That may be happening right now when we (learning businesses) look at publishing. I don't think there's much doubt that we are in a very tough period for learning businesses. Learning budgets are decreasing. Spending on external services are decreasing even more.

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Listen: Discover Financial Services’ Jon Kaplan on tuition assistance programs and the importance of building trust among your learning team

CLO Magazine

Like me, you came into this job not from a learning and development background but more from a media and journalism background. There’s a long tail and figuring out what the business outcomes of a leader who went through a leadership development class, I mean, that’s really difficult. Can you explain that, for them?

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