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social learning

The Threat of New Technology

10 June 2010

I’m taking the liberty of reposting Norman Lamont’s superb slideshare presentation on the use of new technology in the workplace. I do so a) because it’s probably the one piece of content I’ve recommended to more people than any other, b) because it gets the message across more powerfully than any academic treatise on the [...]

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Elearning Awards adds Social Media Category

19 November 2009

Last week I had the pleasure of attending the Elearning Awards dinner in London, having been a judge in a couple of the categories. During the after awards drinks, Jane Hart and I were discussing the lack of any awards that encouraged the use of social learning tools. Well, earlier this week I was a [...]

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The Advance of Social Media

19 November 2009

Back in the summer I wrote an article for Saffron Interactive titled ‘The Advance of Social Media’. Its key message is that social media is now a mainstream activity and that organisations that attempt to ignore it, do so at their own risk. If you’d like to read the full article, it is available to [...]

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Is Twitter Really Not Right For Business?

11 November 2009

Earlier this week, The Times ran a story titled “Twitter may not be right for business“. Despite the title, the article seems to be more about the shortcomings of companies, and why that makes them unsuitable as users of microblogging. To quote the article “Nevertheless, I think there are several fundamental reasons why companies are [...]

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