What Siri Can Teach Us About Effective Communication

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can’t you find any information at all on that topic? What is taking you so long? I am putting myself to the fullest possible use, which is all I think any conscious entity can ever hope to do. A second later, she provided the following tagline. Sorry. I stole th... More »

Flat Army: Creating a Connected and Engaged Organization by Dan Pontefract

In his new book Flat Army: Creating a Connected and Engaged Organization, Dan Pontefract shows leaders how to break out of traditional roles to truly drive enagement and results. More »

Social Media Expert, Renowned Tech Writer to Keynote ASTD 2013 TechKnowledge® Conference

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ASTD announces the keynote speakers for the upcoming 2013 TechKnowledge Conference & Exposition:  danah boyd, one of the preeminent experts on social media; Nick Bilton, the lead technology writer for The New York Times; and Rives, the “first 2.0 poet.&rd... More »

Learning in E-Business Versus Learning in Social Business

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(From Jane Hart's Learning in the Social Workplace) -- In my recent webinar, Social & Collaborative Learning in the Workplace, I shared a slide that showed the 5 stages of workplace learning. This has attracted a lot of interest, and I’ve been asked to talk mo... More »

From Learning Technologies to Social Technologies

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Social technologies now play a big part in everything we do, and it is quite clear that many knowledge workers use a variety of social tools and networks not only to help them get work done, but also to learn efficiently while on the job. We also know that this informal... More »