In November 29, 2007, I wrote in my blog the new jobs and careers in Social Learning. I have been seeing growth in eLearning and training professionals wanting more training and skills in Social Learning. One of the most challenging…
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Ray’s Wacky Video – Blur Between Learning and Applying
Are you emphasizing learning or applying? There is a blur and the more you focus your investment in applying the better your returns will be. And learners learn better. Salient points of the video * Blur Between Learning and Applying…
Does your e-Learning Program carry junk?
How many times have you moved houses over the years? Have you wondered why it is so difficult to rid of old junk? As our homes shrink in space, we rent “storage space” – mostly for unnecessary, costly, emotional junk.…
Pluses and Minuses of Twittering
Micro-Learning and Sharing is the foundation of my researchon 3-Minute e-Learning. The ability to learn quickly, instantlyand conveniently. And Twitter pushes the learning to really beat the smallest level. Jakob Nielsen believes Twitters are good for updates on specificinformation, like…
FREE: Millionaire Game – How to create the iPhone touch, look and feel in your e-Learning? Use e-Learning Reusables.
Steve Jobs with the iPhone and Pixar made us aware on how high quality aesthetics, stories and friendliness in functions make our lives easier and more gratifying. Now, why is it so difficult to raise the standards of our e-Learning…
A story that comes from the heart – Manny Pacquiao
Manny “Pacman” Pacquiao knocked out Ricky Hatton in round 2 last May 2, 2009 at MGM Las Vegas. 12,000 Brits travelled to Las Vegas and got disappointed.http://www.latimes.com/sports/la-sp-dwyre3-2009may03,0,1983219.column A week before the fight, my family visited Manny at his residence in…
Recession-Proof e-Learning: How to reduce the costs and increase speed of development
The challenging times we are in is a good incentive to review the value of a recession-proof approach to designing e-Learning.Impacts: From 60 days to 3 weeks; from $75,000 to $25,000 Salient points of the case study. Impacts: From 60…
Why Storytelling Works – Summaries
The power of storytelling and narrative is very much felt in face-to-face communications. My concern, which I gladly reconciled, was that the transfer of narrative between telling and listening might be lost in Web 2.0, e-Learning and digital technologies. Stories…
The Triumphants – From the Conclave “Organizational Storytelling” Washington DC, April 16-18, 2008
The Triumphants In the Potomac, the land of the ancient and wise, there was a conclave – a spontaneous gathering of all sorts of peoples from the lands far away and nearby. Famine and pestilence is in the land, and…
Golden Fleece Copenhagen – Storytelling Event
Golden Fleece Copenhagen – Storytelling Event Watch the video and listen to the participants’ experiences in applying storytelling in their organizations. Ray Jimenez, PhD http://www.vignettestraining.com/ http://www.trainingpayback.com/ “Helping Learners Learn Their Way” “Helping Learners Apply Learning”
Strategic Storytelling – How stories drive strategies
Steve Denning shares his experience on how he realized that storytelling was an instrumental tool in helping the World Bank become an information sharing organization. How storytelling can change organizations Professor Jay Conger of University of California speaks about “The…
Storytelling, Communication through Pictures – Dialoogle
At the Organizational Storytelling Conference, Washington DC, April 16-18, 2009, I noticed how wonderful Dialoogle used photos to help people to communicate with each other. With the aid of high quality photos, persons can select the photos that help them…
Storytelling is two-way – about SBLs? Washington DC conference
Storytelling is two-way How does my hero, the blind swordsman, listens and catches a fly with chopsticks? I learned from the conference “Organizational Storytelling” (Smithsonian, Washington DC, April 16-18, 2009): Storytelling is two way skill – telling and listening. I…
30,000 and Wifi .. Southwest. Better than peanuts.
I am on 1 of 4 planes that is testing wifi. This is Southwest. New territory for me. I have mixed feelings. It used to be that coast to coast flights are private moments free from interruptions. But now this.…
Stories & Scenarios in e-Learning 2.0
Web 2.0 and e-Learning 2.0 succeed partly through conversations and exchanges of stories and scenarios. Obama’s inauguration had millions of people each one with a unique story to tell. Imagine the conversations in blogs, twitters, photo-sharing, etc. Mind-bugling. Tony O’Driscol…