The Silver Lining of 2009

Paula Ketter

While most of us would like to see 2009 and the economic recession leave and never return, there is no denying that this year was a monumental year in workplace learning for technology, informal learning, and employee performance. More »

Twitter 101: Are You Tweeting

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Marcia Conner

Stephen Hart, a corporate trainer specializing in recruitment and management training, read about Twitter in a computer magazine. He questioned the value of the "microblogging" tool and its 140-character messages. Yet he was curious and signed on. After a month of dippi... More »

Learning Gets Social

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Tony Bingham

The learning profession has a history of dancing around the subject of informal learning. You might think, "We've been talking about it forever and have even dabbled in it. Our worlds aren't crumbling. I am really busy and don't have the time or the energy to get involv... More »

Dude, How’d I Do?

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Pat Galagan

How did I do? It's a common question from Gen Y and younger employees to their bosses and peers. These pragmatic people want feedback on their performance in real time and know how to get it using social networking tools such as Twitter and Facebook. Instead of waiting ... More »

Learning 2.0 and Workplace Communities

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ASTD Staff

To one expert, the future of learning is a kind of workplace community. For another, it's a new application of social media to an existing business process. Others call it simply "learning 2.0" or "social learning." Despite this apparent name game, nearly every learning... More »