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• Social Networking for Improved Performance

  2009 Dec 08

  As we look ahead 2, 5, maybe 10 years from now, I believe businesses will embrace more and more of social networking’s best elements as means to enhance performance and communications within their organizations.

  Fellow blogger and colleague, Tac Anderson, posted some research findings at his blog on the future of human resources and social media. It shows where we’re headed in business, but also discusses the barriers to implementing social media. continue reading...

  

  

• Microsoft Pivot in E-Learning

  2009 Dec 07

  Microsoft Live Labs has cooked up Pivot, a new tool for the web that helps you look at information in an entirely different way. continue reading...

  

  

• Defining Training

  2009 Nov 23

  One of the things that makes us unique as human beings is that we each have our own perceptions of the world around us. The way one would run a business or manage finances would differ from person to person. If I were to say a word like liberty, you may have a different definition in mind than I have. But words are a funny thing. Some meanings behind those words can be misconstrued while others are literal – they either are or they are not. continue reading...

  

  

• Media Selection for Outstanding Training

  2009 Nov 12

  Media is the means of transferring knowledge to the learner, the whole objective of training. It is something that can’t be overlooked and it is probably the most pivotal part of the instructional design process, next to the formation of learning and performance objectives. It is the one point in the instructional design process where you have a lot of choices based on your objectives and what your resources will allow you to do. continue reading...

  

  

• Planning for Effective Traditional Training

  2009 Nov 02

  Much attention is given to e-learning, but from time to time traditional forms of training need to be created when, for example, your audience may not be technically savvy or if job conditions do not allow for learners to stop their work to be trained.

  Proper planning will help ensure the creation of effective, objective training.  The keys to effective training are the following elements: continue reading...