Posts Tagged ‘ Social Media ’

The key to social media for learning is participation

June 24, 2010
By David Milliken

The three components of Learning 2.0 are social, formal and informal. Social learning, through Social Media applications, has, seemingly overnight, become the “holy grail” for learning professionals as more and more organizations go in search of a way to capture knowledge from departing Traditionalists and Boomers. Why the urgency? Simple: In less than 10...
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Cautions to Learning Professionals Implementing Social Media from the Facebook Brouhaha (Part 2)

June 2, 2010
By Robert Coates

Since I wrote Part 1 on this topic, the dust up about Facebook’s change to its privacy settings got so loud that Mark Zukerberg, Facebook founder and CEO, published an editorial in the Washington Post saying “We missed the mark.” And, last Wednesday, Facebook rolled out a new “simpler” interface to control your privacy...
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Cautions to Learning Professionals Implementing Social Media from the Facebook Brouhaha (Part 1)

May 22, 2010
By Robert Coates

If you’re not a frequent user of Facebook or plugged into the stream of technology buzz, you may not even know there is a Facebook Brouhaha. Though recently, even mainstream media has picked up the story.  I think the situation bears watching because it can be instructive for building and deploying your own social...
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Will Companies Need a CSO (Chief Social Officer)?

April 15, 2010
By Robert Coates

As computer technologies became an integral part of running a modern business, executives created the Chief Technology Officer (CTO) role to develop strategy, oversee implementation and ensure the business was leveraging appropriate technologies to enhance results. Will the increasing recognition of the power and importance of social networks, in everything from learning to innovation,...
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Ready to BOOST your Knowledge Management?

March 11, 2010
By Robert Coates
Ready to BOOST your Knowledge Management?

“90 percent of the information employees take action on comes from people in their network.” Rob Cross, professor of management at the University of Virginia and Research Director of The Network Roundtable If Mr. Cross is correct then the question becomes how readily available is that information to your employees? In today’s fast-paced and rapidly changing business...
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What Can Facebook and Twitter Teach Us About Developing Knowledge Communities?

December 29, 2009
By Robert Coates

The social media tools of the tech-savvy have gone mainstream in the last year. CNN and many other news organizations now encourage us to follow them on Twitter for the most up to date and breaking news. And not just follow them, but share news stories as they are happening! Facebook has gone from a...
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