717 - College and Corporate Learning; New MASIE Center Website

Learning TRENDS by Elliott Masie - March 28, 2012.
#717 - Updates on Learning, Business & Technology.
55,669 Readers - http://www.masie.com - The MASIE Center.
Host of Learning 2012 - Oct 21 to 24 - Orlando, FL, USA.

1. College & Corporate Learning - Collaboration Article.
2. Fresh New Masie.Com Website.
3. Learning Directions: Internal Brands & Rituals.

1. College & Corporate Learning - Collaboration Article: I have written the cover story article for EDUCAUSE on “Collaboration Between Higher Education and Corporate Learning”.  There are so many areas where corporations and colleges are facing similar challenges and opportunities ranging from pushing Learning Management Systems to changing faculty teaching modes to getting research on the efficiency and impact of various learning technologies.  Yet, there is very little structured collaboration between our two worlds. EDUCAUSE represents the technology directors of several thousand colleges and universities and we will be working closely with them to bridge the gap.

“Collaboration Between Higher Education & Corporate Learning”
Read Article at: http://tinyurl.com/82sut36

2. Fresh New MASIE.COM Website: We have freshened up our MASIE Center website, including hundreds of hours of video segments, free ebooks and articles. Check it out at http://www.masie.com

3. Learning Directions: Internal Brands & Rituals - One of the topics that we will be addressing in our upcoming Learning Directions events (Chicago and New York City) is Internal Learning Brands. We believe that there is great confusion amongst learners and managers about various learning approaches.  For instance, in many organizations, the webinar is seen as an easy-to-dual-task activity with lower levels of engagement. In others, eLearning is seen as a compliance oriented, check-the-box activity rather than performance driven. We will address how we rebrand and reposition internal learning brands. There are a few spots left in each of the Learning Directions events. Information at http://www.masie.com

Yours in learning,

Elliott Masie

MASIE Center Seminars, Events and Services:
* Learning Directions - Chicago or New York City
* Learning 2012 - Oct 21 - 24, 2012 - Orlando, Florida.
* LeadershipDev Design Studio - June 5 & 6 - Las Vegas, NV.
* New: Video for Learning LAB - April in Saratoga Springs
* Membership in The Learning CONSORTIUM
Info and Registration: http://www.masie.com

716 - Refreshing Leadership Development; Visuals Going High Def?

Learning TRENDS by Elliott Masie - March 26, 2012.
#716 - Updates on Learning, Business & Technology.
55,664 Readers - http://www.masie.com - The MASIE Center.
Host of Learning 2012 - Oct 21 to 24 - Orlando, FL, USA.

1. Leadership Development Needs Refreshing!
2. Visuals & Graphics Going High Def?

1. Leadership Development Needs Refreshing! One of the most frequent conversations that I have these days is with Directors of Leadership Development of major organizations, sharing their desire to give Leadership & Executive Learning Programs a major “refresh”. How do they mix face-to-face with digital assets? How do they add more stretch and in-work intense experiences into the design? What is the ideal timing, density and staging for Leadership Development?

We are pleased to announce an upcoming program aimed at refreshing and redesigning Leadership Development programs:

LeadershipDev Design Studio!
Las Vegas, NV - June 5 & 6, 2012.
Hosted & Curated by: Elliott Masie.
http://www.leadershipdev.com

LeadershipDev Design Studio is a unique MASIE Center program aimed at collectively and collaboratively exploring newer models for Leadership Development in larger organizations.

* Leadership Development DELIVERY? Mixing Face-to-Face with Digital Learning & Social Engagement Activities!
* Leadership Development ALIGNMENT? Changing Content, Context & Skillset Focuses for Executive, Managerial & Leadership Strategies?
* Leadership Development ENGAGEMENT? Beyond the Classroom – Stretch Assignments, Mentoring, Coaching, Competency Models & More!
* Leadership Development MYTHS & RITUALS? What are “Sacred Ground” Activities or Rituals for Reconsideration?
* Leadership Development PARTICIPANTS? Who Participates & at What Stages in their Careers?
* Leadership Development DISRUPTERS? Business Processes, Global Expansions, Technology Changes & Career Shifts That May Disrupt Your Strategies?

LeadershipDev Design Studio will be an exciting two days of interactive conversations, strategy considerations, Leadership Lab experiments and the challenge of looking at the NEXT stage of Leadership Development in your organization.

Space is limited and we have priced LeadershipDev Design Studio to encourage companies to send two or more participants, if possible. Details and registration at: http://www.leadershipdev.com

2. Visuals & Graphics Going High Def? As we play with Apple’s new iPad, with very high def screen display, an interesting factor has emerged. Some of the graphics and visuals that look great on our normal computer or laptop screens actually look pixelated or grainy on the iPad. We are predicting that designers and web page coordinators will start to add more high-def pictures to their overall websites, or use factoring software to sense when a high-def tablet is requesting a page and alter the image appropriately. There are labor, storage and bandwidth implications but watch for these shifts to happen fairly quickly. In fact, we are doing a scan of our own various websites with this factor in mind.

Yours in learning,

Elliott Masie

MASIE Center Seminars, Events and Services:
* Learning Directions - Chicago or New York City.
* Learning 2012 - Oct 21 - 24, 2012 - Orlando, Florida.
* LeadershipDev Design Studio - June 5 & 6 - Las Vegas, NV.
* New: Video for Learning LAB - April in Saratoga Springs.
* Membership in The Learning CONSORTIUM.
Info and Registration: http://www.masie.com

715 - The Power of Habits, Charles Duhigg to Keynote Learning 2012

Learning TRENDS by Elliott Masie - March 21, 2012.
#715 - Updates on Learning, Business & Technology.
55,659 Readers - http://www.masie.com - The MASIE Center.
Host of Learning 2012 - Oct 21 to 24 - Orlando, FL, USA.

1. “The Power of Habit” - Charles Duhigg to Keynote

Habits must be on the radar screen of learning professionals and learning designs. So much of what will make a worker excellent, will improve a process and will keep us in compliance is all about habits.

I recently read a new book, “The Power of Habit” by Charles Duhigg, and said we MUST get him to be one of our keynoters at Learning 2012. Today, I am pleased to announce that he will join us at Learning 2012 along with keynoters General Colin Powell, USA (Ret.), Susan Cain (focusing on Introverts), Jenny Zhu (Asia Learning Project), Ken Davenport (Broadway Producer) and several more that we will announce in the coming weeks.

More About Charles Duhigg:

Charles Duhigg is the author of “The Power of Habit”, a best-selling book about the science of habit formation in our lives, companies and societies. In it, Charles sheds light on scientific discoveries that explain why habits exist and how they can be changed, bringing to life a whole new understanding of human nature and its potential for transformation.

Charles investigates why some people and companies struggle to change, despite years of trying, while others seem to remake themselves overnight. The Power of Habit contains an exhilarating argument: the key to exercising regularly, losing weight, raising exceptional children, becoming more productive, building revolutionary companies and social movements, and achieving success is understanding how habits work. Habits aren’t destiny and by harnessing this new science, we can transform our businesses, our communities and our lives.

Charles has worked at the New York Times since 2006. He is currently working on a series about Apple named “The iEconomy,” and before that contributed to other series, including ”Golden Opportunities” (which received the George Polk Award, the Sidney Hillman Award and a Deadline Award), ”The Reckoning,” (which won the Loeb and was a finalist for the Pulitzer Prize) and ”Toxic Waters,” (which received The Scripps Howard National Journalism Award, the Investigative Reporters and Editors’ Medal, the National Academies’ reporting award and others).

Charles is a native of New Mexico. He studied history at Yale and received an MBA from Harvard Business School. He has appeared on This American Life, N.P.R., The Newshour with Jim Lehrer and Frontline. Before becoming a journalist, Charles worked in private equity and – for one terrifying day – was a bike messenger in San Francisco.

Read more about “The Power of Habit” as well as view a short video interview at http://www.learning2012.com/habit

And, please consider joining us in Orlando on October 21st to explore how the best of learning, from eLearning to classroom, can explore the role of habits as we support workforce performance and excellence.

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Special Notes to Learning TRENDS Readers:

* We have 5 spaces left in the Video for Learning LAB to be held in Saratoga Springs from April 2nd to 4th, focusing on rapid and extreme increase in the use of video for organizational learning and education.
* The Learning Directions programs in Chicago and New York will fill up in the coming weeks. If you plan to attend (or if you’re part of a group that would like to attend), please register early.

Info at http://www.masie.com

Yours in learning,

Elliott Masie

MASIE Center Seminars, Events and Services:
* Learning Directions - Chicago or New York City
* Learning 2012 - Oct 21 - 24, 2012 - Orlando, Florida.
* New: Video for Learning LAB - April in Saratoga Springs
* Membership in The Learning CONSORTIUM
Info and Registration: http://www.masie.com

714 - Introverts? Social and Organizational Assumptions

Learning TRENDS by Elliott Masie - March 15, 2012.
#714 - Updates on Learning, Business & Technology.
55,659 Readers - http://www.masie.com - The MASIE Center.
Host of Learning 2012 - Oct 21 to 24 - Orlando, FL, USA.

1. Introverts: Social and Organizational Assumptions!

Introverts are learners and colleagues too, even in a high-touch, very social business world.

We are honored to host Susan Cain, the author of “Quiet: The Power of Introverts in a World That Can’t Stop Talking” as a keynoter at Learning 2012.

Susan Cain says introverts often make better leaders and have more creative ideas than extroverts; yet, our culture still holds a decided bias toward the “extrovert ideal”. That may soon change.

Susan Cain is a former corporate lawyer and negotiations consultant - and self-described introvert. At least one third of the people we know are introverts, notes Cain in her new book “Quiet”. Although our culture undervalues them dramatically, introverts have made some of the great contributions to society – from Chopin’s nocturnes to the invention of the personal computer to Gandhi’s transformative leadership. Cain argues that we design our schools, workplaces, and religious institutions for extroverts, and that this bias creates a waste of talent, energy, and happiness. Based on intensive research in psychology and neurobiology and on prolific interviews, she also explains why introverts are capable of great love and great achievement, not in spite of their temperaments, but because of them.

Elliott Masie will interview Susan Cain, focusing on the workforce and talent issues that her research highlights.

In addition, The MASIE Center and Learning 2012 will convene a special task force to look at our assumptions, myths and implications of increased social media/learning for the INTROVERTS in our organizations.

For more details and video: http://www.learning2012.com/cain

Yours in learning,

Elliott Masie

MASIE Center Seminars, Events and Services:
* Learning Directions - Chicago or New York City
* Learning 2012 - Oct 21 - 24, 2012 - Orlando, Florida.
* New: Video for Learning LAB - April in Saratoga Springs
* Membership in The Learning CONSORTIUM
Info and Registration: http://www.masie.com

713 - Happy 100th Girl Scouts; Learning Coaching from My Desktop

Learning TRENDS by Elliott Masie - March 12, 2012.
#713 - Updates on Learning, Business & Technology.
55,654 Readers - http://www.masie.com - The MASIE Center.
Host of Learning 2012 - Oct 21 to 24 - Orlando, FL, USA.

1. Happy 100th to Girl Scouts of America - Learning in Action.
2. Learning Coaching from My Desktop Today.
3. Video Discoverable? - Stretching the LMS

1. Happy 100th to Girl Scouts of America - Learning in Action:  100 years ago today, Girl Scouts of America was started.  As learning professionals, we can look at the Girl Scout experience as a key element in lifelong learning. The structure of activities is focused on experiences that will build the skills, knowledge and confidence of girls as they grow up.  There are key roles for parents and volunteers to play as coaches and mentors.  And, in recent years, it has been fun to see how technology has been added to the program, with an emphasis on building science and math as possible career choices.  Happy Birthday, Girls Scouts, and keep on expanding the learning reach!

2. Learning Coaching from My Desktop Today:  Today has been an interesting sample of how coaching and expertise sharing are evolving in the age of video and desktop connections.  So far, since 9 am, I have been coaching key colleagues from several major global organizations - all from my desktop - including learning leaders from Hilton Hotels and similar colleagues at Wal-Mart.  Add to that a design session with Marshall Goldsmith in California, activity brainstorm with Tom Yorton from Second City Communications and five other conversations, all from my desktop with video, audio and desktop collaboration (in my blue jeans without taking a plane ride or going through a TSA checkpoint).  I am struck by the growing ease in which we can collaborate across boundaries and time with trust and efficiency. 

3. Video Discoverable? - Stretching the LMS:  Talking of video, one of the key challenges for organizations is to make the growing quantities of short, user created videos discoverable and integrated with Learning Management Systems. One of the most common questions we are hearing at The MASIE Center is focused on what organizations are doing to store and deliver video, both in and outside of learning programs.  It would be an interesting question for you to raise in your company, focusing on how and where video will be stored and how to make it findable and deployable to employees and even customers.  Some organizations are adding modules to their LMS and others are building stand-alone Video Management capacity from cloud-based programs.  We will be addressing the storage of video in corporate settings at our upcoming Video for Learning LAB & Seminar, to be held in early April in Saratoga Springs.  Details and online registration at http://www.masie.com

Plus - Seats Are Available for Learning Directions - Blended Program in Chicago or New York City: http://www.masie.com

Yours in learning,

Elliott Masie

MASIE Center Seminars, Events and Services:
* Learning Directions - Chicago or New York City.
* Learning 2012 - Oct 21 - 24, 2012 - Orlando, Florida.
* New: Video for Learning LAB - April in Saratoga Springs.
* Membership in The Learning CONSORTIUM.
Info and Registration: http://www.masie.com

712 - General Colin Powell, USA (Ret.) Keynoter at Learning 2012!

Learning TRENDS by Elliott Masie - March 7, 2012.
#712 - Updates on Learning, Business & Technology.
55,647 Readers - http://www.masie.com - The MASIE Center.
Host of Learning 2012 - Oct 21 to 24 - Orlando, FL, USA.

UPDATE:  General Colin Powell, USA (Ret.) - Featured Keynote at Learning 2012.

We are pleased to announce that Former Secretary of State General Colin L. Powell, USA (Ret.) will be the Featured Keynoter at the Learning 2012 Conference on October 22, 2012 in Orlando, Florida. He will address the key issues of leadership, development and global context.

Complete Details:

Learning 2012.
Oct 21 to 24 - Orlando, Florida.
Details and Registration: http://www.learning2012.com

Powell will present a special keynote on Leadership & Development, followed by a sit-down interview with Elliott Masie.

In addition to Powell, there will be 10 keynoters, including Jenny Zhu (Asia Learning Project), Ken Davenport (Broadway Producer on Storytelling), Elliott Masie (Learning Directions) and many more.

Follow the Learning Decisions Blog on http://www.learning2012.com for ongoing design innovations for Learning 2012.

Yours in learning,

Elliott Masie

MASIE Center Seminars, Events and Services:
* Learning Directions - Chicago or New York City
* Learning 2012 - Oct 21 - 24, 2012 - Orlando, Florida.
* New: Video for Learning LAB - April in Saratoga Springs
* Membership in The Learning CONSORTIUM
Info and Registration: http://www.masie.com