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224 - Compare the Web Over Six Years; Speaking from My Desk; Doing Much More With Less
December 10, 2001
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*** Elliott Masie's TechLearn TRENDS ***
Training, e-Learning and Collaboration Updates
Published by The MASIE Center www.masie.com
Host of: Skills for e-TRAINERS �" Jan 9-11, 2002
Happy First Day of Hanukah!
1. Compare the Web Over Six Years!
2. Speaking from My Desk
3. Doing Much More With Less!
4. e-Learning CONSORTIUM Open for Applications
1. Compare the Web Over Six Years!: It is amazing to look at how the
web, and even our own websites, have changed over the past six years.
There is a great, non-profit and free site, that will give you an
intriguing perspective. It has a stored archive of the entire internet
from 1996. You just go there and enter in the name of a website, such as
your organization’s or yahoo or others, and it will give you complete
copies over the past six years. Just go to The Way Back Machine at:
http://www.archive.org
2. Speaking from My Desk: As I am writing today’s TRENDS, I had to take a
break to give a keynote speech. Normally, that would be a flight and a
sports jacket. But, for the last 12 months, about 60% of my speeches have
just required a spin of my chair and a click of my mouse. For instance,
this morning I spoke to a group of several hundred participants in a
Conference in D.C. using a web conferencing tool. Tomorrow, I am
delivering a program for Sun Microsystems to a global audience, from a
headset at my desk. And, last week, I conducted about six sessions, from
consulting, to coaching to speaking from my office here in Saratoga
Springs. I am amazed at how rapidly we are seeing a growth of the
ACCEPTANCE of speakers and consultants working digitally. Even the
resistance to pricing that we saw six months ago has changed, as
organizations see the full value of accessing expertise from afar, without
travel restrictions. We have been experimenting with using a range of
synchronous and asynchronous tools to grow the flexibility of this form of
delivery. The next time you are planning your internal meetings, consider
bringing some of your organizational executives or outside experts in via
desktop to desktop or meeting room delivery. It grows your flexibility
and “walks the talk” of learning digitally. You will also be amazed at
how much easier it is to get the CEO for 20 minutes from their desktop!
3. Doing Much More With Less!: As part of our on-going monitoring of the
e-Learning industry, I’ve been making calls to Chief Learning Officers and
Training Managers to find out about their 2002 plans. The common themes
that are emerging are:
* Learning Departments need to do MUCH MORE with LESS! While training and
learning budgets are for the most part stable or slightly decreasing, the
demand side of expectations is growing rapidly. Businesses changing size
of workforce or shifting marketplaces are asking for quick and nimble
responses from the learning departments. The buyers in these groups are
still looking for new systems and content collections, but they want what
they are being asked for within their organizations, much more for less
(or slightly less).
• Integration is Key: Many organizations are now faced with huge
integration challenges. They need to integrate Learning and Content
Management Systems into enterprise wide systems. They need to integrate
the e-Learning projects and methodologies into the classroom offerings
that are still growing in demand. They need to integrate the demands of
lines of business into corporate strategy approaches. And, they need to
integrate diverse offerings from a host of changing vendors into a logical
and dynamic offering that makes sense to their workforce.
4. e-Learning CONSORTIUM Open for Applications: We have a limited number
of openings in The MASIE Center e-Learning CONSORTIUM. This is a group of
approximately 150 to 180 companies that are implementing e-Learning within
their enterprises or are supplying the industry with learning solutions.
The membership includes many of the Fortune 1000 companies and key
learning vendors. This is a vendor-neutral, no selling environment
focused on benchmarking and innovation amongst members. I work
extensively with the CONSORTUIM throughout the year and we have an
on-going set of meetings, working groups, reports and collaborations. We
have about 2 dozen openings due to changes in the industry and mergers, so
we are accepting a few new applications. Go to http://www.masie.com for
details. The cost is $5,000 per year and includes two admissions to
TechLearn 2002.
Programs From The MASIE Center:
* Skills for e-TRAINERS: January 9 �" 11, 2002 �" Saratoga Springs, New
York, USA. Taught by Elliott Masie. http://www.masie.com for info and registration!
* The Business of Learning: April 8 & 9, 2002 - Washington D.C.
Save the dates, details to be posted January 7th!
*** Elliott Masie's TechLearn TRENDS ***
Training, e-Learning and Collaboration Updates
Published by The MASIE Center www.masie.com
Host of: Skills for e-TRAINERS �" Jan 9-11, 2002
Happy First Day of Hanukah!
1. Compare the Web Over Six Years!
2. Speaking from My Desk
3. Doing Much More With Less!
4. e-Learning CONSORTIUM Open for Applications
1. Compare the Web Over Six Years!: It is amazing to look at how the
web, and even our own websites, have changed over the past six years.
There is a great, non-profit and free site, that will give you an
intriguing perspective. It has a stored archive of the entire internet
from 1996. You just go there and enter in the name of a website, such as
your organization’s or yahoo or others, and it will give you complete
copies over the past six years. Just go to The Way Back Machine at:
http://www.archive.org
2. Speaking from My Desk: As I am writing today’s TRENDS, I had to take a
break to give a keynote speech. Normally, that would be a flight and a
sports jacket. But, for the last 12 months, about 60% of my speeches have
just required a spin of my chair and a click of my mouse. For instance,
this morning I spoke to a group of several hundred participants in a
Conference in D.C. using a web conferencing tool. Tomorrow, I am
delivering a program for Sun Microsystems to a global audience, from a
headset at my desk. And, last week, I conducted about six sessions, from
consulting, to coaching to speaking from my office here in Saratoga
Springs. I am amazed at how rapidly we are seeing a growth of the
ACCEPTANCE of speakers and consultants working digitally. Even the
resistance to pricing that we saw six months ago has changed, as
organizations see the full value of accessing expertise from afar, without
travel restrictions. We have been experimenting with using a range of
synchronous and asynchronous tools to grow the flexibility of this form of
delivery. The next time you are planning your internal meetings, consider
bringing some of your organizational executives or outside experts in via
desktop to desktop or meeting room delivery. It grows your flexibility
and “walks the talk” of learning digitally. You will also be amazed at
how much easier it is to get the CEO for 20 minutes from their desktop!
3. Doing Much More With Less!: As part of our on-going monitoring of the
e-Learning industry, I’ve been making calls to Chief Learning Officers and
Training Managers to find out about their 2002 plans. The common themes
that are emerging are:
* Learning Departments need to do MUCH MORE with LESS! While training and
learning budgets are for the most part stable or slightly decreasing, the
demand side of expectations is growing rapidly. Businesses changing size
of workforce or shifting marketplaces are asking for quick and nimble
responses from the learning departments. The buyers in these groups are
still looking for new systems and content collections, but they want what
they are being asked for within their organizations, much more for less
(or slightly less).
• Integration is Key: Many organizations are now faced with huge
integration challenges. They need to integrate Learning and Content
Management Systems into enterprise wide systems. They need to integrate
the e-Learning projects and methodologies into the classroom offerings
that are still growing in demand. They need to integrate the demands of
lines of business into corporate strategy approaches. And, they need to
integrate diverse offerings from a host of changing vendors into a logical
and dynamic offering that makes sense to their workforce.
4. e-Learning CONSORTIUM Open for Applications: We have a limited number
of openings in The MASIE Center e-Learning CONSORTIUM. This is a group of
approximately 150 to 180 companies that are implementing e-Learning within
their enterprises or are supplying the industry with learning solutions.
The membership includes many of the Fortune 1000 companies and key
learning vendors. This is a vendor-neutral, no selling environment
focused on benchmarking and innovation amongst members. I work
extensively with the CONSORTUIM throughout the year and we have an
on-going set of meetings, working groups, reports and collaborations. We
have about 2 dozen openings due to changes in the industry and mergers, so
we are accepting a few new applications. Go to http://www.masie.com for
details. The cost is $5,000 per year and includes two admissions to
TechLearn 2002.
Programs From The MASIE Center:
* Skills for e-TRAINERS: January 9 �" 11, 2002 �" Saratoga Springs, New
York, USA. Taught by Elliott Masie. http://www.masie.com for info and registration!
* The Business of Learning: April 8 & 9, 2002 - Washington D.C.
Save the dates, details to be posted January 7th!
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