Essentials of Web 2.0: Developing Learning Communities
- B. Lynn Ware, Ph.D., President, Integral Talent Systems, Inc.- program moderator
- Allan Steinmetz, CEO, Inward Strategic Consulting - featured facilitator for session 1
- Jillian Dorman, Principal Consultant, Performance and Talent Strategies (formerly Sun Microsystems, Inc.) – featured facilitator for session 2
- Sean Colfer, Learning Strategist, ACS – featured facilitator for session 3
More than ever, talented employees expect at-their-fingertip access to information, learning, and skill development to be an ongoing part of their work experience. Today's exploding participation in interactive web networks like Facebook, MySpace, LinkedIn, and Yelp are conditioning employees to use virtual communities on a daily basis. This interactive and practical online workshop will provide expert insight into which Web 2.0 tools are best to use for corporate applications and initiatives such as change and knowledge management and around-the-clock learning. Hear and see comprehensive success stories at companies such as AT&T, IBM, Sun Microsystems, McKesson Corporation, and more.
Participants will receive a “How To” Tip Sheet with links and instructions for using Web 2.0 tools and a Decision Tree job aid to help them identify their needs and map it to the appropriate Web 2.0 tools they can use to solve a particular organizational problem.
Topics covered:
- How to create, market and foster a learning community.
- How to differentiate between Blogs and Wikis.
- How Blogs and Wikis are they being used by leading organizations as tools for learning, change and knowledge management initiatives.
- How Web 2.0 community sites are being used for project management, personal development plans, new employee onboarding, professional learning tracks, and managing change.
- How to create a strategy for need-driven professional development (pull vs. push).
- How to cost justify the financial contribution of rapid learning communities.
- How iPhones, ultra mini computers, and other mobile tools are being used for mobile learning.
By the end of this workshop and panelist presentation, participants will be able to:
- Identify how to apply blogs, Wikis, mobile technology, and social networks for learning applications
- Use an assessment tool to identify places within your organization where a virtual learning can speed up organization change and productivity
- Make the business case for creating a virtual learning community
- Eliminate labor costs of learning by moving to a self service model
- Identify the resources you will need to start a learning community
- Determine which technology applications you might consider for different kinds of company initiatives
- Use mobile learning strategies to reach virtual employees
- Create a step-by-step project plan for getting a virtual learning community in place
- Set up a measurement strategy for the contribution of your learning community.
About the Facilitators:
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B. Lynn Ware, Ph.D., President, Integral Talent Systems, Inc.
Dr. B. Lynn Ware, program moderator, is an Industrial/Organizational Psychologist and the founder and President of Integral Talent Systems, Inc. (ITS), an internationally known talent management consulting firm. ITS offers research based state of the art tools, products and services for organizations who desire innovative systems for attracting, developing and retaining top talent. She has been a key consultant, speaker and facilitator in the corporate training and human resources community for over 25 years. She has personally done consulting work for 140 of the Fortune 1000 corporations. Some of her clients have included Chevron, Frito-Lay, Hewlett Packard, LSI Logic, McKesson Corporation, Microsoft, Oracle Corporation, Shulton, Sun Microsystems and Verizon. Dr. Ware is frequently quoted on trends in talent management strategies in numerous publications such as the Associated Press, Computer World magazine, Network World, and the San Francisco Chronicle, and has been featured several times on CNN as a national talent management expert. |
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Allan Steinmetz, CEO, Inward Strategic Consulting
Allan Steinmetz, featured facilitator for Session 1, has over 32 years' experience in marketing and advertising strategy, change management, advertising, employee engagement and employee communications. His background includes work for Ford Motor Company, US Postal Service, Ericsson, Pitney Bowes, Fidelity Investments, Zurich Financial Insurance, Campbell’s Soup, several high-tech companies, start-ups, and professional services firms. Prior to establishing the firm, he held executive positions with Accenture, Arthur D. Little, and Young and Rubicam. |
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Jillian Dorman, Principal Consultant, Performance and Talent Strategies (formerly Sun Microsystems, Inc)
Jillian Dorman, featured facilitator for Session 2, has 25 years of practice in key areas of corporate training and human performance. After years working within corporate training, leadership development and HR at Sun Microsystems, Inc., the company that coined the phrase “the network is the computer,” she now is an independent business consultant in instructional design and e-learning strategies. Jillian offers expertise in new employee on-boarding, innovative corporate learning initiative deployment, performance management, and executive/leadership education, and strategic organizational change. She uses her high-tech experience to assist others in using technology to drive strategic organizational improvements. |
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Sean Colfer, Learning Strategist, ACS
Sean Colfer, featured facilitator for Session3, has over 15 years of workforce development experience with Fortune 50 corporations and public agencies. He has proven experience aligning company goals with learning strategies to create and sustain learning services and products. Prior to joining ACS, he held positions involving alternative learning strategies for both McKesson Corporation and Microsoft. His recent experience covers building tools and strategies for rapid worldwide learning as companies need to bring workers up to speed quickly across the globe. |
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