612 - 30 Under 30, Legal Departments & Learning Sitdowns
March 19, 2010 Learning TRENDS by Elliott Masie - March 19, 2010.
#612 - Updates on Learning, Business & Technology.
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1. Learning Challenges For and From Legal Departments.
2. Virtual Leaders Increase Skype and Video Calls.
3. 30 Under 30! Developing the Next Generation of Learning Leaders!
1. Learning Challenges For and From Legal Departments: It is time to take your corporate legal department to lunch for a major sitdown! Legal departments are being challenged by learning and are one of our major challenges. As we evolve the processes for creating and delivering content, taking advantage of digital connections, social networks and collaborative approaches, the voices of concern are being heard from legal departments. Here are some of the challenges that The MASIE Center has been tracking:
* What to Capture? Should every digital communication be captured? We don’t tape most corporate telephone calls, but should be capture every minute of video conferencing? When do we allow for some conversations to “evaporate”?
* Is Web Content Kosher? As our learners and instructors go to the web for content and examples, is all legal and kosher? What are the processes to keeping the learning department legal? When do “fair use” rights cover classroom use of copyrighted content?
* Who Owns Collaborative Content? When a learner contributes something to an online class, who owns that content? If someone makes a video as an employer, can we continue to use their image after they leave to go to a competitor? What digital rights releases should we create?
* Home Based Learning? What are the legal and wage implications for employee access to learning content from home?
The MASIE Center is going to launch a series of discussions with legal departments of major corporations on these and other learning issues. If you would like to be part of that discussion, would you send a note to me at emasie@masie.com
2. Virtual Leaders Increase Skype and Video Calls: Quick observation about corporate use of Skype Video. In our LABs, over 70 percent of the companies reported that there was new and growing use of Skype Desktop Video between leaders and employees, especially those located globally or working from home. While most IT departments have not blessed Skype and there are other corporate desktop video solutions, we are fascinated by this distributed video leadership model. On a personal note, as I work with our new CLO, Jonathan Kayes, who just joined us from a similar role at the CIA, we are using Skype Video between 2 and 4 times a day. It is, in fact, easier than making a call and faster than Instant Messenger. I am noticing a rise in the “affective” nature of these calls and it is creating a presence of Jonathan here in Saratoga and me in his home office in Virginia. Next week, we are adding a stand-alone Skype Video Phone to the MASIE Center staff dining table, to include him in the informal and social moments. These trends and approaches are core to our Virtual Leadership LAB & Seminar, to be held in Saratoga in April. Info at http://www.masie.com
3. 30 Under 30! Developing the Next Generation of Learning Leaders: I am tired of seeing mainly 40, 50 and 60 year old colleagues in the audience of learning events! We have just launched a new project called “30 Under 30” to support and develop the next generation of learning leaders in our field. For 30 colleagues who are below the age of 30, we will provide a host of resources, highlights and deep discounts at Learning 2010. It is our effort to coach, support and LISTEN to the next generation of learning professionals in our field. Complete details at http://www.learning2010.com/30under30
Yours in Learning,
Elliott Masie
email: emasie@masie.com
MASIE Center Seminars, Events and Services:
* Virtual Leadership: Skills for Leading Distributed Teams.
* Video for Learning LAB & Seminar.
* Learning 2010 - Oct 24 to 27 - Orlando, Florida.
* Membership in The Learning CONSORTIUM
Info and Registration: http://www.masie.com