Themes can arise unexpectedly some days. Today the theme was "trust." I happened to come across three articles today on the subject in the course of my normal blog and Twitter perusing. The first was from Harvard Business Review - "The One Thing That Makes Collaboration Work." In the article, Larry Prusak writes "If I …
Evaluating Training – Will We Ever Do It Well?
I read an excellent article today by Paul Kearns called "All you need to know about training evaluation in about 700 words." I'll respond with about 800 words. The article resonated with me because I have spent most of my adult life in some role related to training or education. I've been in a million …
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It’s Tough Changing One’s Direction
After nearly six years, many thousands of hours of effort and tens of thousands of dollars, I have made the difficult decision to stop pursuit of my PhD degree. Since July of 2005 I have been in Capella University's PhD in Education program specializing in Instructional Design for Online Learning. I completed the courses and …
Worth Retweeting (week ending 5/7/2011)
I continue to be amazed at how much I learn each and every week from following key people related to the subjects of social learning, collaboration and community management. By taking the time to read the articles linked in their many posts, I am getting a better and more relevant education now on these subjects …
Book Review: “Social Media for Trainers” by Jane Bozarth
Those in need of information need it--and need to know how to find it--in the moment, not when the training department happens to offer it. And they have learned to find that information from one another, rather than depend on traditional, slow, inefficient, and often inaccurate top-down means. It is critical, if workplace trainers intend …
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