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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. A lot of the Social Media Mavens , however, are really ranting, not about the technology, but about the human dynamics related to social networking.

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The Power of Your Network | Social Learning Blog

Dashe & Thomson

Networking comes naturally for some people, but not-so-much for others. Bookmark on Delicious Digg this post Recommend on Facebook Buzz it up Share on Linkedin share via Reddit Share with Stumblers Tweet about it Subscribe to the comments on this post Print for later Bookmark in Browser Tell a friend No comments yet. Properly d.

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Surfing the Net: Waste of Time or Personal Directed Learning.

Dashe & Thomson

IOL is facilitated through the use of tools like Yammer that connect coworkers across the globe. I learned that the Target Center in Minneapolis is the 28 th busiest building in the nation via Facebook today. That’s right, FACEBOOK! ASL, by definition, can happen anytime, anywhere. Download the whitepaper » Blog this!

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What Makes Yammer Different?

eLearning Cyclops

I have started test driving Yammer. It is a social network for only members of your organization. Only staff within your organization can sign into your network (i.e. the training and development department can have its own separate group within the organization's Yammer network). Groups can be set-up (e.g.

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Some Tools for Social Learning and How they Help Learning

Kapp Notes

Text-based messaging systems allow for quickly communicating with someone in a synchronous environment. Social Bookmarking. The ability of someone within an Intranet or Internet to mark or tag a blog entry, a link or an article within the network as important or interesting to them. Social Network.

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My professional use of social media and communication tools

Challenge to Learn

These streams can be fed by other tools like Twitter, Linkedin and Google reader and I love it. ELearninglearning is the one I use most intense, but there are more like ‘ Working smarter Daily ‘ Social media. Easygenerator also has a Linkedin group and I take part in a few other groups. Flexible, easy and accessible.

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What corporates can learn from the Top 10 Tools for Learning 2012

Jane Hart

If your organization doesn’t like the idea of using Twitter for company conversations, then the next best thing is to set up some sort of corporate company (Twitter-like) network. Yammer (on the 2010 list at #20) might be a possibility. In addition it makes sharing files with other people very easy. 7 – Skype. 10 - Wikipedia.