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A Few More Alternatives to Second Life

Kapp Notes

Founded in 2007, the Company offers a practical application of web 3D technology that can be integrated into customers’ web offerings integrating their 2D content and delivered as an on-demand service. The Electric Sheep Company, who has built extensive islands in Second Life, has created its own 3D virtual platform.

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New Directions in Sales Performance

PDG

SALES trAINING. New Directions in Sales Performance. Why do only 25% of sales reps hit quota if every organization thinks they’re training their sales forces well? In this article, we explore why your sales enablement program may not be as effective as you think, and what you can do about it.

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Second Life and Learning - Tony O'Driscoll

Tony Karrer

I'm sure that once you add presence-based audio (meaning you can hear people who are close to you) that WebEx style systems will begin to look more like second life so you can have easier break-out sessions. But, it's not really sales, customer service, etc. Or are they this season's over-hyped fad?

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A message to CxOs 2: about org learning myths

Clark Quinn

I was regaled with a tale about how sales folks and execs were insisting that customers wanted training. This holds doubly true for technology objects. Powerpoint presentations in Second Life, but ideally is avoided. Lots of things done in the name of learning (see above) are a waste of time and money.

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3 Platforms You Can Use to Sell ELearning

LearnDash

Truth be told, now is the best time to get into the direct sales of elearning programs. Sleeker technology and the growing use of mobile devices has given second life to elearning. In some cases you can get started rather quickly, but you don’t get to keep all the revenue from your sales.

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Gadgets, Games and Gizmos: Virtual Real Estate for Sale

Kapp Notes

You can read the article 'Project Entropia' real estate sale fetches $179,000 What does this mean for trainers and instructional designers? It means we really need to understand these 3D online worlds because it is not just Second Life, many online worlds exist and if we let this technology pass us, then we will be playing catchup.

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Welcome

Kapp Notes

Two people who have recently joined will make it especially interesting First a welcome to Tony O'Driscoll who leads Performance Architecture Analysis and Design for IBM Sales Learning. He already has a great post about Second Life and I am anxious to read more about IBM's committment to the platform.

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