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The differences between social professional networks and communities of practice

Matrix

The meaning of ‘community’ has changed drastically with the spread of the internet and the rise of all the social networks. However, it’s a very thin line between a community focusing solely on the social aspect and one that is truly dedicated to enriching the skill and competency portfolio of its members.

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10 Best Online Course Social Media: Paid & Free

Think Orion

As social media continues to impact consumer shopping behavior, marketers vividly leverage these networks’ drawing power for promotion. percent of the world’s population, are social media users. For this reason, the demand for social media professionals is increasing. But what exactly is social media marketing?

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Why Build Learning Community For Remote Learners Using Social Sites

Online education using WordPress as LMS

In today’s hybrid world, social networking sites play a greater role in eLearning. In this article, I will outline how to build a learning community with the help of social learning. This seems to be the idea of facilitating social learning among the learners to acquire new skills and knowledge.

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Podcast: Build your Social Media Presence with Barb Smith

Learningtogo

If you’ve been thinking about expanding your digital footprint and not sure just how to begin, you will want to listen to my interview with Barb Smith, web designer and social media consultant, specializing in small businesses like yours. LinkedIn, Twitter, Facebook, YouTube Channel, etc.). Who is my audience?

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Friday Finds: The Best of Learning, Design & Technology | December 18, 2020

Mike Taylor

Can Social Networks Help Us Be More Creative? While I realize the presence of some of the ill-effects, social networks can have some benefits. is a look back on one of my favorite L&D podcasts, The Learning Hack podcast that summarizes the main themes that surfaced over the course of the past year.

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How the Fastest Growing Companies are Using Social Media

Upside Learning

A study conducted by the Center for Marketing Research at the University of Massachusetts Dartmouth on the Inc 500 (a list of fastest growing companies in US) reveals interesting trends on usage of Social Media. Soon, there will be very few companies NOT using any of the social media. 500 approximately one year and two years earlier.

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T+D Webcast - Social Networking and Learning

Tony Karrer

Tony's examples were brief, but interesting: Wikis Product updates/news Project management Podcasts Communications Sales / Field Force Collective Intelligence Predictive markets Social Networking New Hires Communities of Practice One of the questions we got was: How do you start as a Learning Professional?