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

Dashe & Thomson

The power of tools like Facebook, LinkedIn, and Yammer, are pretty astounding. Here’s how a typical LinkedIn network might look: Your weak ties are smaller circles, not at the center of a cluster I heard more support for the Weak Ties theory while attending a Knowledge Management conference in 2005.

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15 Must-Have Knowledge Sharing Tools

The Training by Nelle Blog | Corporate Training and Consulting

SLACK Features: Private conversation channels (hashtags), direct messages, drag-an-drop file uploading, and video chat/calls Why You'll Love it: You can start a video chat in an actual channel, and the integrated search feature allows you to search the entire archive Cost: Free trial for teams for unlimited time; Standard plan starts at $6.67

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Training and Social Media Taught Me to Tie a Tie

E-learning Uncovered

A lot of the information I find is posted by ordinary folks — folks with a passion for a topic and willing to share their knowledge with others. Of the companies I’ve worked for or currently consult with, very few have a robust Knowledge Management System (KMS) where those with the knowledge can easily share that knowledge with others.

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Training and Social Media Taught Me to Tie a Tie

E-learning Uncovered

A lot of the information I find is posted by ordinary folks — folks with a passion for a topic and willing to share their knowledge with others. Of the companies I’ve worked for or currently consult with, very few have a robust Knowledge Management System (KMS) where those with the knowledge can easily share that knowledge with others.

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Working Smarter eFieldbook $12

Jay Cross

Information repository, archives, search engine. Personal Knowledge Management 294. Pitney Bowes & Yammer 347. An online workscape is a network tuned for learning and collaboration. A typical workscape features these components: Participant profiles, expertise locators. Information flows, feeds, subscriptions.