Entries from May 1, 2008 - June 1, 2008
522 - First Masie Learning Fellowship Announced; Technical Competencies Results
Learning TRENDS by Elliott Masie - May 30, 2008.
#522 - Updates on Learning, Business & Technology.
54,224 Readers - http://www.masie.com - The MASIE Center.
Host, Learning ‘08 - Oct. 26-29 - Orlando.
* First MASIE Learning Fellowship Awarded.
* Technology Competencies for Learning Leaders Results.
* First MASIE Learning Fellowship Awarded: We are honored to announce our first MASIE Learning Fellowship, supporting the research projects of learning professionals pursuing advanced degrees. Starting in July, Carey Bradshaw (no, not the TV character) will join our team in Saratoga Springs, NY for two months. Her research will focus on developing and managing multi-generational groups in an organizational setting. Her fellowship will include working with the Learning CONSORTIUM to develop a template for dealing with this challenge in the workplace. An additional assignment includes exploring the impact of kiosk use on adult learning.
Carey Bradshaw is currently pursuing her MA in Adult Learning and Organizational Leadership at Teachers College, Columbia University. She has worked for the HR and Learning areas, including projects with Goldman Sachs, for the past 2 years. We are very excited to welcome Carey and we will have additional Learning Fellowship residencies each semester. For information, please contact ria@masie.com
* Technology Competencies for Learning Leaders Results: Last week, we conducted a “flash survey” on the Technology Competencies for Learning Leaders (eg. CLOs). This was part of my work as academic director at the Wharton/UPenn CLO Program. Over 930 colleagues from organizations around the world responded. Here are results, including the percentage of respondents that selected them as their top 8 competencies:
1. Integrates learning, talent and IT strategies with business strategy (87%)
2. Leads key decisions about learning and technology for the enterprise (85%)
3. Assesses organizational readiness and need for talent/learning software (73%)
4. Collaborates with the Chief Information Officer (CIO) effectively (68%)
5. Effectively scouts for new and emerging technology trends and discerns hype from business value (61%)
6. Leverages collaborative technology to increase organizational capability (59%)
7. Displays fluency in techniques/models of technical process and change (46%)
8. Applies understanding of quality improvement and business process (41%)
* Learning 2008 Keynoters Listed:
The first wave of Thought Leaders in our General Sessions: http://www.learning2008.com
Feel free to send questions or emails to me at emasie@masie.com
Upcoming MASIE Center Services & Events:
* 0ver 4,400 Learning Colleagues on LearningTown. Join us today: http://www.learningtown.com
* Learning Design Seminar & LAB: June 23-25 - Saratoga Springs
* Performance Support Seminar & LAB: July 9-11 - Saratoga Springs
* Learning 2008: Oct 26-29 - Orlando
Information and Registration at http://www.masie.com
Contact Elliott Masie: emasie@masie.com
Elliott Masie - The MASIE Center
Learning 2008 Speakers and Early Registration
TO: Learning & Training Colleagues
FROM: Elliott Masie, Host, Learning 2008
We are pleased to announce the first wave of Keynote Speakers & Thought Leaders for Learning 2008. Here are just a few of the exciting and provocative colleagues that I have invited to join you in Orlando (Oct 26 - 29):
* Kevin Kelly, Founding Editor - Wired Magazine. Kevin will take us on a tour of upcoming changes and trends in how technology and collaboration are used for work, community, business and life balance.
* Amy Sutherland - “What Shamu Teaches Us About Training, Learning & People”. You will enjoy this unique perspective about learning from an animal trainer’s point of view.
* Steven M.R. Covey - “Trust in a Tough Economy”. Trust is a competency and also a factor in how organizations and leaders are perceived in tough times.
* Rita Colwell - Director, National Science Foundation (1998 - 2004). “Learning For and About Science & Technology”
* Nigel Paine & Global CLOs - “Global Learning Perspectives”. Learning is NOT the same around the world. What are the differences and implications?
* Allison Anderson - Learning 2008 Improvisational Players. A troupe of your learning colleagues will get you laughing and thinking about our field.
* Elliott Masie - 2008 Learning TRENDS Report: Social Learning, UserContent, Changing Models and Changing Learning Assumptions.
And, this are just the first wave of Thought Leaders. Additional speakers are already posted on our website and more will be announced every few weeks.
Also, check out the new coloring on our Learning 2008 logo. We have added a “poptimistic” font to reflect the content diversity and optimism of the changing role of learning, content and collaboration.
Take advantage of our Early Registration Fees. Best discounts are available before June 15th.
Here are the details:
Learning 2008
October 26 to 29, 2008
Walt Disney World, Orlando, Florida, USA
Theme: “All About Learning”
Info and Early Registration: http://www.learning2008.com
Yours in learning,
Elliott Masie
Technology Competencies for Learning Leaders (CLO) - Your Input Needed!
TO: Learning & Training Colleagues
FROM: Elliott Masie, The Learning CONSORTIUM
RE: Technology Competencies for Learning Leaders (CLOs) - Your Input Needed!
As a Learning/Training professional, we need your perspectives on a very key topic:
Technology Competencies for Learning Leaders (eg. Chief Learning Officers) Quick Survey - 3 Minutes: http://www.masieweb.com/techcomp
Help us define the key TECHNOLOGY competencies required of an organization’s Learning Leader (eg. Chief Learning Officer). This survey was designed by the students in The Executive Program in Work-Based Learning Leadership (Wharton/University of Pennsylvania Graduate School of Education).
Your input is extremely valuable. As a learning and training colleague, would you please take 3 minutes to complete this anonymous survey?
http://www.masieweb.com/techcomp
We will publish a summary of the results of the survey and the discussion.
Yours in learning,
Elliott Masie
The MASIE Center, Learning CONSORTIUM
PO Box 397, Saratoga Springs, NY
emasie@masie.com www.masie.com
521 - Myths of Innovation; Slide Rules and The B in PowerPoint
Learning TRENDS by Elliott Masie - May 19, 2008.
#521 - Updates on Learning, Business & Technology.
54,219 Readers - http://www.masie.com - The MASIE Center.
Host, Learning ‘08 - Oct. 26-29 - Orlando.
1. Cool Digital Slide Rule.
2. The Myths of Innovation: Book Suggestion.
3. Tips for Trainers: Darkness & the “B” in PowerPoint.
1. Cool Digital Slide Rule: I am at Wharton/UPenn today, serving as the Academic Director for their PhD program for Chief Learning Officers. One of our speakers, Mark McDonald from Gartner, is delivering a presentation about Strategy and Technology. He brought up the old slide rule, which many of us used in the days before calculators. Then, I found an on-line, java-based Slide Rule. I went to the site and some of my old slide rule skills came back. Check it out:
http://www.taswegian.com/SRTP/JavaSlide/javaslide.html
2. The Myths of Innovation: Here is a new book that I would strongly recommend: “The Myths of Innovation” by Scott Berkun. He has made some great points regarding common myths about how innovation occurs. This is a quick and actionable read.
3. Tips for Trainers - Darkness & the “B” in PowerPoint: I am amazed at how often trainers leave their overhead projected PowerPoint slides on all day in the class. The screen starts to numb the minds and attention of the learners. If you just press the “B” key on your keyboard, it will “blank” the screen. Give your learners a break and hit the B key often.
Feel free to send me questions or emails to emasie@masie.com
Upcoming MASIE Center Services & Events:
* 0ver 4,300 Learning Colleagues on LearningTown. Join us today: http://www.learningtown.com
* Learning Design Seminar & LAB: June 23-25 - Saratoga Springs
* Performance Support Seminar & LAB: July 9-11 - Saratoga Springs
* Learning 2008: Oct 26-29 - Orlando
Information and Registration at http://www.masie.com
Contact Elliott Masie: emasie@masie.com
520 - RealTime Blogging Experiment
Learning TRENDS by Elliott Masie - May 12, 2008.
#520 - Updates on Learning, Business & Technology.
54,211 Readers - http://www.masie.com - The MASIE Center.
Host, Learning ‘08 - Oct. 26-29 - Orlando.
Experiment: RealTime Blogging - Elliott Masie at Presidential Leadership Conversation
Here is a chance to take part in a RealTime Blogging Experiment. Today, I am doing small-burst blogging from the Harvard Kennedy School event on Presidential Leadership Competencies (sponsored by The Blanchard Companies).
If you would like to get a taste of RealTime blogging, I am using Twitter to send all-day-long “blog” objects: quick notes about comments from Joe Klein, David Gergen, Ken Blanchard, Rosabeth Moss Kanter and more.
Go to: http://www.twitter.com/masie
You can follow it from this site, get an RSS feed or set up a “Twitter Follow”.
It will give you a taste of this model.
Yours in Learning,
Elliott Masie
Feel free to send me questions or emails to emasie@masie.com
Upcoming MASIE Center Services & Events:
* 0ver 4,100 Learning Colleagues on LearningTown. Join us today: http://www.learningtown.com
* Learning Design Seminar & LAB: June 23-25 - Saratoga Springs
* Performance Support Seminar & LAB: July 9-11 - Saratoga Springs
* Learning 2008: Oct 26-29 - Orlando
Information and Registration at http://www.masie.com
Contact Elliott Masie: emasie@masie.com
519 - PodCast: NBC News Launches New Learning Platform
Learning TRENDS by Elliott Masie - May 8, 2008.
#519 - Updates on Learning, Business & Technology.
54,211 Readers - http://www.masie.com - The MASIE Center.
Host, Learning ‘08 - Oct. 26-29 - Orlando.
PodCast: NBC News Launches Learning/Networking/Engagement Platform
Special Note! I just finished interviewing Adam Jones, NBC News - Senior Vice President of Network Development and CFO for a special Learning TRENDS PodCast.
We talked about a revolutionary platform that NBC News has just released: iCUE. They have even opened up a new group called NBC Learn. There is a combination of journalists, media specialists and learning professionals working in this group. And, NBC has partnered with MIT on developing the design of this next generational learning model.
iCue takes “e-Learning” a huge step forward, with the introduction of small video chunks (from the NBC News archives), social networking and gaming. They blend these learning and engagement components in new ways, which will form the basis of new pedagogical approaches.
iCue is a free service and is starting with content/courses aimed at Advanced Placement classes for high school students. But, the platform is ideal for learning design for a wide range of content.
Go to http://www.masieweb.com/nbcicue for the PodCast and links to the service.
I’d love to get your thoughts and questions via email to emasie@masie.com
Thanks to NBC News for the PodCast and their work in learning.
Elliott Masie
Upcoming MASIE Center Services & Events:
* 0ver 3,800 Learning Colleagues on LearningTown. Join us today: http://www.learningtown.com
* Learning Design Seminar & LAB: June 23-25 - Saratoga Springs
* Performance Support Seminar & LAB: July 9-11 - Saratoga Springs
* Learning 2008: Oct 26-29 - Orlando
Information and Registration at http://www.masie.com
Contact Elliott Masie: emasie@masie.com
Presidential Leadership Competencies - Input Needed
TO: Learning & Training Colleagues
FROM: Elliott Masie, The Learning CONSORTIUM
RE: Leadership Competencies for the Next President - Your Input Needed!
As a Learning/Training professional, we need your perspectives on a very key topic:
Leadership Competencies for the Next President of the United States: http://www.masieweb.com/presidential
Next Monday, I will be attending a forum at the Center for Public Leadership at the Harvard Kennedy School, with support from the Ken Blanchard Companies. A small group of business, political, educational and civic leaders will be having a focused discussion on the Leadership Competencies that will be essential for the next President of the United States.
Your input is extremely valuable. As a learning and training colleague, would you please take 3 minutes to complete this anonymous survey?
http://www.masieweb.com/presidential
We will publish a summary of the results of the survey and the discussion.
Yours in learning,
Elliott Masie
The MASIE Center, Learning CONSORTIUM
PO Box 397, Saratoga Springs, NY
emasie@masie.com
www.masie.com
Training Across Canada and the Rockies
Learning TRENDS by Elliott Masie - May 2, 2008.
#518 - Updates on Learning, Business & Technology.
54,204 Readers - http://www.masie.com - The MASIE Center.
Host, Learning ‘08 - Oct. 26-28 - Orlando.
Special: Elliott Training Across Canada & The Rockies
TRENDS readers know that I have a fondness for long train trips. It must be the trainer in me. So, today I am writing TRENDS on a trip across Canada and through the Rockies.
I’ve always wanted to see Canada from the train, especially the Western Rockies. So, on an impulse, I booked a 3-day trip this afternoon. I have some meetings in California, including a visit to Google on Wednesday, so I thought, “Why not take a slower and more scenic path?” I’ll be video blogging and writing from a small bedroom or observation car on the “Canadian”.
I’ll be training between Toronto and Vancouver, crossing the scenic lakelands of northern Ontario, touring the western plains of the Prairies and the splendid Canadian Rockies, and finishing my journey on the Pacific coast of British Columbia. Other stops include Sudbury Junction, Winnipeg, Saskatoon, Edmonton, Jasper and Kamloops. It will be 3 nights from Toronto to Vancouver.
And, I’ll have wireless for a portion of the trip. So, if you would like to message me or even meet me at one of the stops along the way in Canada, send a note to emasie@masie.com A map of the journey is at http://www.viarail.ca/trains/en_trai_roch.html
All Aboard!
Upcoming MASIE Center Services & Events:
* 0ver 3,800 Learning Colleagues on LearningTown. Join us today: http://www.learningtown.com
* Learning Design Seminar & LAB: June 23-25 - Saratoga Springs
* Performance Support Seminar & LAB: July 9-11 - Saratoga Springs
* Learning 2008: Oct 26-29 - Orlando
Information and Registration at http://www.masie.com
Contact Elliott Masie: emasie@masie.com