Blog Posts Across Social Learning

There is not much that I would say, “You NEED to check this out.” But, really, you need to. One of the most oft asked questions I receive is, “How do you get adoption? There are so many hurdles - political, technologically, financially, culturally…”

If you haven’t seen Wikipatterns, go check it out. Actually, Wikipatterns has been around for a while. I have used it in efforts for gaining adopti…

So we've been struggling a bit to get our new HR system to work just the way we'd like. And since we need to have that piece in place before the LMS (for transfer of user data and, hey, learning is great but money makes mouths happy) we've pushed implementation out a little further.

Instead of an April-ish implementation scenario, it's likely to be closer to June-July-August. The bright side, though, is that this should make the LMS a lively topic of discussion at our all-staff confere…

We had our first webinar today and BOY did I learn a lot!

Thankfully I happened to read Michele Martin’s post on her first webinar. (Make sure you listen to the ASTD Cascadia podcast coming out shortly featuring Michele.) There are some useful tips in there that h…

If you've been considering purchasing an LMS but wished you could watch the process before taking the plunge...well, today is your lucky day.

My organization is heading into the new year with a commitment to implementing a dedicated learning management system and I'm going to allow you, dear reader, to learn from my lumps, note the nuances, tally the triumphs, etc. My plan is to blog the entire implementation process and beyond, from network integration through course creation and reso…

Okay, when I first entered the training field, desktop PCs were a rarity. Those of us who did have them had DOS. I was tickled pink when I learned how to print labels for my training case-study files. (I trained mortgage loan processors.) I thought I was pretty slick...didn't even have to use my Selectric typewriter to have uniform labels. <grin>

I never could have dreamed we would have the tools available to us that we now sometimes take for granted. Sharing best practices so th…

Announcing our first webinar!

We will be having periodic webinars from guest speakers throughout next year. To end the year right, we will have the first one in three weeks. It will be essentially the same presentation as the one I delivered at the eLearning SIG last August - a primer on SL:

• What is Social Learning?
• Why does it exist now?
• What learning problem does it solve?
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