583 - Learning Budgets, White House Input, Miss Matzo Arrives, Learning Challenges
July 1, 2009 Learning TRENDS by Elliott Masie - July 1, 2009.
#583 - Updates on Learning, Business & Technology.
54,756 Readers - http://www.masie.com - The MASIE Center.
Host - Learning 2009 - Nov 8-11 - Orlando, Florida
1. Learning Budgets & Resources Barometer: Please Participate!
2. White House Request: Open Government Ideas
3. Bring Your Challenge to Learning 2009
4. Miss Matzo: New Horse in Training
5. Learning Leaders Fieldbook: Download and Share.
1. Learning Budgets & Resources Barometer - Please Participate! Every three months, The MASIE Center is surveying learning professionals around the world about shifts in their Learning Budgets and Learning Resources. We will publish the results in one week. Would you please take 5 minutes to respond to this important anonymous survey?
http://www.masie.com/survey/barometer2
2. White House Request - Open Government Ideas: As part of an experiment in citizen engagement, The White House is asking for input via a “rated wiki” on an Open Government Initiative. President Obama issued a Memorandum on Transparency and Open Government in which he called for recommendations on making the government more transparent, participatory and collaborative. The White House Open Government Initiative is crafting these recommendations in an open fashion with your input. They are asking for draft recommendations that translate good ideas and lofty principles into specific actions that can be taken to achieve open government.
If you would like to participate in or just view the nature of this experiment in “collaborative policy drafting”, go to http://mixedink.com/OpenGov
3. Bring Your Challenge to Learning 2009: We are adding an interesting new activity to our Learning 2009 event in November:
“Bring Your Learning Challenge to Learning 2009”
If your organization would like to get ideas, feedback and perspectives on a major learning challenge that you are facing, we will schedule a one-hour session - with select peers - to provide high-impact input. If you have a challenge that you would like to add to our agenda, please contact Brooke at brooke@masie.com
4. Miss Matzo: New Horse in Training: As many of your know, we own MASIE Stable, which races a few thoroughbred horses. It is fascinating to watch their development and see the parallels to our world of training and learning. We just acquired a new horse and named her Miss Matzo. She is a two-year-old and will race in Saratoga in just a few weeks. I took my video camera to the track one of the first mornings that she worked out. If you would like to watch a view of her as she exercises and then visits a horse spa, go to http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lYqq2i7IaDI
5. Learning Leaders Fieldbook: Download and Share! We have had tens of thousands of colleagues download and share our latest free e-Book, the Learning Leaders Fieldbook. To get your copy, just go to http://www.masie.com/fieldbook
Have a safe and healthy July 4th Weekend!
Elliott Masie
Contact: emasie@masie.com
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