Posted in Business, Education, Knowledge Management, Leadership, Management, Performance Management, Strategy, Tips on May 15, 2008 | 2 Comments »
In a previous post, I asked the question: How can training support the evolution of characteristics like attitudes and behaviors that are important to a given role? And its that question that I wanted to take up in this post. I’m sure there are many more perspectives on this but I wanted to offer at [...]
Posted in Business, Collaboration, Community, Leadership, Management, Strategy, Teams on May 14, 2008 | No Comments »
I’ve always enjoyed helping people. I think that’s why I started my career as an elementary teacher. While at times it was a challenging job, I feel that some of the most rewarding moments in my life thus far were experienced in the classroom or working one-on-one with my students. The feeling that comes with [...]
Posted in Business, Content, How To's, Human Resources, Instructional Design, Knowledge Management, Management, Performance Management, Strategy, Tips, eLearning on May 13, 2008 | 2 Comments »
Competency models are becoming increasingly important to the sustainment of a work force. Whether faced by challenges of replacing highly qualified team members who choose to retire or building skills to improve quality, competency models provide a framework of the knowledge, skills, abilities and characteristics (attitudes, behaviors) that are vital to a given role.
The competency [...]
Posted in Art, Business, Communication, Content, Creativity, Design, Education, Media, Strategy on April 21, 2008 | No Comments »
I never wanted to be a teacher. My mom taught elementary school, my dad taught biology to high school kids, and just about everybody else in my family—cousins, aunts, uncles—eventually found their way into the education field (even my little sister’s a teacher now). But not me. I was going to be an artist.
So I [...]
Posted in Business, Content, Search Engine Optimization, Strategy, Tips on April 18, 2008 | No Comments »
Everybody wants to be number one. No, I am not talking about sports teams, but Web site rankings on Search Engines. Search Engine Optimization, or SEO as it it known today, is a discipline (and lucrative job if you’re well versed) that has been around since the first Search engines hit the Web. Early on, [...]
Posted in Business, Education, Knowledge Management, Leadership, Strategy, Technology, Tips, eLearning on April 10, 2008 | No Comments »
There are several processes for developing a learning strategy and an e-Learning strategy, but how do you stay focused? To stay focused on the plan follow these three key, never fail, techniques:
First, use the learning and e-Learning strategy like a business plan and establish a board of directors from across the organization to help guide [...]
Posted in Business, Content, Education, Instructional Design, Internet, Knowledge Management, Leadership, Performance Management, Resources, Strategy, Technology, Tips, eLearning on April 9, 2008 | No Comments »
Will you be doomed to failure and fall into the e-Learning abyss if you don’t take the time to create a strategy for the organization? At some level, I would say, “Yes,absolutely!” Does it have to be a “formal” strategy as I suggest in this chapter? Probably not. However, if you are “feeling” your way [...]
Posted in Business, Content, Education, Instructional Design, Knowledge Management, Leadership, Performance Management, Strategy, Technology, Tips, eLearning on April 7, 2008 | No Comments »
The process for developing an e-Learning strategy is exactly the same as the process for developing a learning strategy. However, a focus on dissemination of content via technology usually emerges. Whereas the process for developing an e-Learning strategy can be comprehensive, it is far easier to digest if broken into component parts.
The areas of focus [...]
Posted in Business, Content, Education, Human Resources, Knowledge Management, Leadership, Performance Management, Strategy, Tips, eLearning on April 3, 2008 | No Comments »
Development of the learning strategy will enable the organization to determine the needs across the enterprise for capture and creation, intelligent storage and dissemination of information, and the role of technology. Many organizations simply cannot justify the need to put content online as it will serve little or no value in getting the work done. [...]
Posted in Business, Education, Human Resources, Knowledge Management, Leadership, Performance Management, Strategy, eLearning on April 3, 2008 | No Comments »
In developing a learning strategy, a critical aspect is how engaged the people are, and how they will play a role as the strategy builders and as the recipients of the strategy successes. People simply are the driving force behind every part of the strategy. Basically, as learning and performance professionals we state that the [...]
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