Official channels are competing with an expanding number of informal communications. Training alone cannot address the wide variety of informal learning needs of workers. We know that informal learning happens all of the time but often the best answers or experts are not connected to the person with the problem. Complication. MORE >>

Today’s world is a kaleidoscope, information is a tsunami, and workers face novel, complex situations every day. They need to provide informal feedback and work debriefs. Chatter, Jive, Socialcast, Yammer, Podio, and other social networking systems simplify listening in and joining purposeful conversations. Informal Learning MORE >>

Informal, opportunity-drive (serendipitous) collaboration is more like the free-for-all of an event like #lrnchat. There is an opportunity for platforms like Yammer & Socialcast or Brainpark to bridge the structured with the informal. Communities Informal Learning NetworkedLearning SocialLearning MORE >>

why not both Home About Contact Friday, 14 January 2011 Enterprise microblogging: measuring true value "is relative" Yammer announced a new feature yesterday : Leaderboards Leaderboards gives users access to statistics about their network activity. It would certainly give great insight into the value Yammer adds to a network / community! MORE >>

companies spent money on informal learning tools or services last year. Most informal learning takes place despite training departments, not because of them. Informal learning is mushrooming as organizations implement social software. An analyst reports that her company’s research finds that only 30% of U.S. Just Jay MORE >>