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What’s your Personal Social Media Strategy?

By on February 18, 2011 in Social Media

Last week I participated in a webcast featuring Jay Cross (@jaycross).  During the chat, Jay told the story of two Army Generals who got together for drinks daily and discussed the stories of their day.  At one point, they realized that others would benefit from hearing their stories as well, and a blog was born.  […]

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Do We Need to Change the Language of Employee Learning?

By on February 15, 2011 in Uncategorized

Language is a fascinating thing.  It is the means through which we use words to communicate our thoughts and ideas and subsequently, develop relationships.  Of course, used ineffectively, language can also damage the very relationships we are trying to build. It’s with that background in mind that I’ve been pondering the language we use within […]

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Reflections on #lrnchat: If We Could Wipe the Slate Clean…

By on February 14, 2011 in Uncategorized

Each week that I am able to participate in #lrnchat discussion I post a summary of the discussion to my blog. I do this both for my personal development as well as sharing with the Learning and Development Profession at large. This summary is based on my own interpretations of the chat; others who participated […]

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Reflections on #lrnchat: Information vs. Instruction

By on February 10, 2011 in Uncategorized

(Sorry for the delay on this post – the flu bug got the best of me this week) Each week that I am able to participate in #lrnchat discussion I post a summary of the discussion to my blog. I do this both for my personal development as well as sharing with the Learning and […]

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What can the 1982 Video Game E.T. teach us about Employee Learning?

By on February 1, 2011 in Uncategorized

One of the ways I enjoy learning is by trying to find connections between two seemingly unconnected and unrelated things.  I find that the process of building these connections very often opens my mind to possibilities I had not considered before.   I often do this with learning, asking myself the same question: What can ‘XYZ’ teach me […]

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