Since there are far more smart people outside any one organization than inside, gaining access to the most useful knowledge flows requires reaching beyond the four walls of any enterprise. Given the magnitude, depth and far-reaching impact of the Big Shift, succinctness is a challenge.  But perhaps this is too high level.  MORE >>

Trends in What L&D Organizations are Doing As a result of these trends, some L&D organizations are looking to social and informal learning. In Long Live , I discuss how we are not talking about eliminating instructor-led, but that organizations are looking at alternatives. This will be a slow evolution. vs. Learning 2.0, MORE >>

December 2009 December 1-4, 2009 New Zealand Association for Research in Education , Distinction Hotel, Rotorua, New Zealand. link] December 2-4, 2009 Online Educa Berlin International Conference on Technology Supported Learning and Training, 15 th , Hotel InterContinental, Berlin, Germany. Louis, Missouri, USA. ichov, Špindler?v MORE >>

JANUARY 2009 January 3-4, 2009 New Presidents Program , sponsored by the Council of Independent Colleges, Hyatt Regency Coconut Point, Bonita Springs, Florida, USA. link] conferences_events/presidents/ 2009.asp January 4-7, 2009 Hawaii International Conference on Education , 7 th annual, Honolulu, Hawaii, USA. link] com.au./sb_clients/iog/bin/ MORE >>

Networks are connecting everyone and everything. Successor companies benefit the parent organization’s stakeholders. The coming of the network age is as big a change as any of us are likely to see. great year of improving efficiency in a mature business yields what? 20% improvement on the bottom line? Always. MORE >>