People often shake their heads at a common scene today; families in a restaurant, all tapping away at their phones, rarely looking up while loved ones sit a mere 2 feet away. Oh, the demise of the Family they cry! These of course are just snapshots in time and in no way reflect anti-social behavior, […]
I found myself inspired by the #wolweek (work out loud) movement that took place across the Web a few weeks ago. The concept is relatively simple; share what you’re doing, make the tools of your work visible and open so others can see, comment, and contribute. This means working in more public “spaces”. So if
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We learn better when we can be immersed in actual context. As you learn the tasks to be performed you also learn how the environment interacts with the content which is critical to success. This is why isolated, separated from the work context, event style training often falls short. Some learned skills though are more
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My work involves helping people to understand and use social technologies to learn and perform better. I feel it is critical to bring the outside in; Web2.0 to the E2.0 so I shared the #WOLWeek concept internally in our ESN along with a blog post from Jennifer Stevenson summarizing the concept. “This week is International
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That title would imply adoption of a social technology but really that is only part of our strategy. We’re “going social” as in placing people and connectedness at the heart of our performance ecosystem. It means we are focused on supporting and fostering relationships in a way that will better connect people for learning and
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