756 - Stay Safe and Watch for Content Mode Shifts

Learning TRENDS by Elliott Masie - October 29, 2012.
#756 - Updates on Learning, Business & Technology.
55,869 Readers - www.masie.com - twitter: emasie - The MASIE Center.

Stay Safe, Please! Observe and Share Content Mode Shifts

Many of our Learning TRENDS readers are in the pathway of the huge hurricane/storm Sandy that is about to hit the Eastern part of the United States. As our team from the MASIE Center is heading back to New York after Learning 2012, we hope that all of our colleagues, friends, families and neighbors will be safe in this challenging week.

A personal request! Keep an eye on how our society is using new modes of technologies to enhance learning and support during this storm. For example:

* The American Red Cross has released a Mobile App that includes a request for help, a flashlight app and weather updates.
* Weather and News feeds are being enhanced on the web for those situations where citizens might lose cable but continue to have some access to internet - even through mobile devices.
* I have received over 10 emergency update email messages from utility companies, police and landlords as a means of up-to-the-minute contact.
* Social Media is being leveraged to keep neighbors in touch and updated.

As a learning colleague, would you note the shifts in media, content and community modes and send us a quick email to emasie@masie.com

Most of all, stay safe.

Yours in learning,

Elliott Masie
email: emasie@masie.com
twitter: @emasie

MASIE Center Seminars, Events and Services:
* Learning 2013 - November 2013 - Orlando, Florida.
* Membership in The Learning CONSORTIUM
Info and Registration: http://www.masie.com - twitter: emasie

754 - Learning Intensity, Introverts in the Workplace

Learning TRENDS by Elliott Masie - October 15, 2012.
#754 - Updates on Learning, Business & Technology.
55,861 Readers - www.masie.com - twitter: emasie - The MASIE Center.
Host, Learning 2012 - Oct 21 to 24, Orlando - 1,517 Registered!

1. Intensity? Low or High Intensity in Learning!
2. Questions about Introverts, Please.
3. One Last Mobile Learning Survey Pulse.

1. Intensity? Low or High Intensity in Learning! One of the interesting design challenges for the learning world is all about “Intensity”. Sometimes we design very intensive high energy leadership retreats.  Other times we want to give learners casual on-demand access to a PDF with information. So, what is our design model for determining or designing learning intensity? And, what is the role of learners in that process?

I recently wrote an article for my column in CLO Magazine on “Learning Intensity”. Here is a copy: http://www.learning2012.com/item/intensity-learning.html

2. Questions about Introverts, Please. I had a wonderful telephone session with Susan Cain, a great resource on Introverts, about how we deal with the Introvert/Extrovert mix in our workplaces. I would love to get a few questions that I might ask Susan during her keynote interview at Learning 2012. Send me a quick note to emasie@masie.com

3. One Last Mobile Learning Survey Pulse: We have had over 700 organizations respond to our Mobile Learning Pulse Survey and would like to get one more wave of Learning TRENDS responses. The data is quite revealing and we will publish the full details in about 10 days. But, could you take a few minutes and add your current plans and realities about Mobile Learning at http://www.masie.com/mobilepulse

PLUS: Last minute registration for Learning 2012 is still available (rooms and discounts) at http://www.learning2012.com

Yours in Learning,

Elliott Masie
email: emasie@masie.com
twitter: @emasie

MASIE Center Seminars, Events and Services:
* Learning 2012 - Oct 21 - 24, 2012 - Orlando, Florida.
* Membership in The Learning CONSORTIUM
Info and Registration: http://www.masie.com - twitter: emasie

753 - Taking the Train, Huge Learning Options, Last Minute Choices

Learning TRENDS by Elliott Masie - October 11, 2012.
#753 - Updates on Learning, Business & Technology.
55,857 Readers - www.masie.com - twitter: emasie - The MASIE Center.
Host, Learning 2012 - Oct 21 to 24, Orlando - 1,489 Registered!

1. Taking a Train to Orlando - Learning on the Rails!
2. The Reality of Last Minute Registration :)
3. Handling Huge Learning Options?

1. Taking a Train to Orlando - Learning on the Rails! I have a habit of taking an overnight train from the Northeast to Orlando for Learning 2012 every year. Train, Training, Learning - well they do sort of go together. For me, the 18 hour ride from Washington, DC to Orlando, FL involves a personal retreat, relaxation and reflection time. I just booked my mini-bedroom - with sofa and fold down bed - and great views of America on the way. I use the time to think, work on my keynote speech, re-read books by General Powell, Susan Cain and Charles Duhigg, format questions and ponder about learning. Slowing down is just as important as speeding up as a learner. And, if you are located on the Amtrak tracks from DC to Orlando, send me a note and I’d be glad to call and chat - or maybe wave out the window to you. I’m leaving DC at 3 pm next Tuesday.

And, a personal fantasy. Someday, I’d love to organize a Train for Training & Learning, which would have 100 colleagues and we would travel around America, visiting each other’s workplaces and use one of the cars as a Learning Lab. Wow. All Aboard!

2. The Reality of Last Minute Registration :) We are also in the midst of last minute registration time. In the “older days”, most people finalized their conference plans 4 weeks out. But, every few minutes, we are taking another last minute registration for Learning 2012.  We are at 1,489 and it will grow every day for the next week and a half. We are agile about this shift in last minute planning. So, we shifted our Advance Registration Discounts to right before the event. And, today, I had to personally guarantee a block of Disney Rooms, since their system will not hold open rooms 10 days before an event. But, we don’t mind holding those rooms to deal with last minute decision making processes in so many of our companies. But, if you are planning on coming, please act quickly. Almost all of the rooms on Disney Property are sold out other than our Learning 2012 block and we have special details on how to get these rooms.  For information go to:
http://www.learning2012.com/item/last-minute-reservation-key-info.html

3. Handling Huge Learning Options? One issue that is rolling through my brain is the need for our learners to have ever more maturity and sophistication in weaving through and choosing the most appropriate learning options offered at work. We have gone from a set curriculum in many companies to a much wider set of formal and user-driven learning resources. On one level this is great. But, what are the skills and models for learners to process and weave their way through an exponentially larger set of learning choices? And, what can organizations do to build this capacity? We will be exploring the implications of great learning choices in massive learning “option-land” at Learning 2012 and other MASIE Center programs.

Yours in Learning,

Elliott Masie
email: emasie@masie.com
twitter: @emasie

MASIE Center Seminars, Events and Services:
* Learning 2012 - Oct 21 - 24, 2012 - Orlando, Florida.
* Membership in The Learning CONSORTIUM
Info and Registration: http://www.masie.com - twitter: emasie

3 Minute Mobile Learning Pulse Survey

TO: Learning, Training & Performance Colleagues
FROM: Elliott Masie, The Learning CONSORTIUM

Please take this 3 Minute Mobile Learning Pulse Survey!

http://www.masie.com/mobilepulse

Everyone is talking about Mobile Learning. Some of the conversation reflects real projects and innovations. Some is just “Hype” - overstating the current reality of Mobile Learning.

The MASIE Center invites learning colleagues from across the globe to take a few minutes to share your confidential views, hopes, frustrations and projects about Mobile Learning.

Results will be shared at both Learning 2012 and also online at the end of October.

Survey at: http://www.masie.com/mobilepulse

Yours in Learning,

Elliott Masie
email: emasie@masie.com
twitter: @emasie

MASIE Center Seminars, Events and Services:
* Learning 2012 - Oct 21 - 24, 2012 - Orlando, Florida.
* Membership in The Learning CONSORTIUM
Info and Registration: http://www.masie.com - twitter: emasie

752 - Duhigg Video on Patents, TV as a Learning Metaphor

Learning TRENDS by Elliott Masie - October 9, 2012.
#752 - Updates on Learning, Business & Technology.
55,857 Readers - www.masie.com - twitter: emasie - The MASIE Center.
Host, Learning 2012 - Oct 21 to 24, Orlando - 1,412 Registered!

1. Charles Duhigg Video on Patent Issues - and Learning Field.
2. Television Changes as Predictor for Learning Changes.

1. Charles Duhigg Video on Patent Issues - and Learning Field: Take 3 minutes and watch a video from Charles Huhigg, a NY Times reporter who has just written a fascinating article about the implications of patents and innovation. Charles is also one of my keynoters at Learning 2012 and will talk about the role of Habits.

Video: http://www.nytimes.com/interactive/2012/10/07/business/patents.html

I will be asking Charles to expand on this topic a bit as it might affect our own learning field and even Learning Management Systems. There is an ongoing set of legal court cases brought by IPLearn, which “claims” to have major technology inventions with poorly issued patents, and then sues many LMS companies, forcing them to settle when the legal fees get too high. What are the implications for innovations in a field where sloppy business process patents are approved and then innovation dollars go to pay “licenses” rather than improve our LMS systems? Hmmmm.

We are very excited to have Charles Duhigg talking about the world of Habits and we will also take a few minutes to explore patents and “patent shills”.

2. Television Changes as Predictor for Learning Changes: I am working on a number of keynote metaphors for my opening session at Learning 2012 and wanted to share one of the images that is intriguing:

Think of how much TV has changed in the last years. When I was younger, a black and white TV was in my living room.  Yes, just black and white. But, more importantly, the TVMS - yes the TV Management System - was 3 networks and 2 local stations.

TV watching was done by schedule and everyone at once. You watched for one hour at 8 PM on Sunday night, or no program.

Think of how it has changed. First, the TV experience is different. It’s bigger, colorful, almost feels 3D and is placed in our rooms and sometimes on our mobile devices.

The management and timing of TV has switched to YOU - the viewer. You can watch at/by:

- Scheduled Time When Broadcast.
- From 100 to 2,000 Channels on Cable/Satellite.
- Via the DVR, VCR or Capture Capacity.
- On Demand from the Broadcaster.
- Streamed to your Laptop or Desktop or Smartphone.
- And, the wonderful Fast Forward Button.

Now, think of what that implies about the shifts in the world of Workplace Learning.

A few years ago, learning was a lot like an old TV.

Now, learning is also shifting —- Learner Choice, On-Demand, Personalization, Collaborative/Social Ratings and more.

Check out my blog at: http://www.learning2012.com/item/tv-evolves-learning-evolves.html

Yours in Learning,

Elliott Masie
email: emasie@masie.com
twitter: @emasie

MASIE Center Seminars, Events and Services:
* Learning 2012 - Oct 21 - 24, 2012 - Orlando, Florida.
* Membership in The Learning CONSORTIUM
Info and Registration: http://www.masie.com - twitter: emasie

751 - No Adapter for New Phone, Mobile Learning, Seat Selection for Keynotes

Learning TRENDS by Elliott Masie - October 4, 2012.
#751 - Updates on Learning, Business & Technology.
55,841 Readers - www.masie.com - twitter: emasie - The MASIE Center.
Host, Learning 2012 - Oct 21 to 24, Orlando - 1,384 Registered!

1. Mobile Learning or Mobility or Tomorrow?
2. Apple Lightning to 30-pin Adapter - Oops?
3. Chairs for Soft and Sharp Interviews!

1. Mobile Learning or Mobility or Tomorrow? So many of us are excited about Mobile Learning and the application of mobile devices to worker/workplace productivity. Yet, when we go out to the field and ask for concrete examples of Mobile Learning that are in place and working, there is more silence and aspiration than evidence. 

The MASIE Center is conducting an in-depth exploration of Mobile Learning and, in a few days, we will send you a TRENDS Survey to look at current plans, hopes and needs. 

But, we need to tone back a bit of the conversation about Mobile Learning and consider if we are in “Phase 1”, which is more about mobility. In other words, we are looking closer at how workers, with their own or corporate devices, are computing, communicating and collaborating with mobility. Clearly, there will be growing options, apps and designs that will give our organizations and learners increased ability to learn, practice, get support, collaborate and improve with the expanding devices. But, before we yell “Mobile Learning is Here”, let’s understand that we are just getting started and evidence-based experiments and innovations are more the reality today. Exciting times ahead, but let’s watch the “hype” meter.

2. Apple Lightning to 30-pin Adapter - Oops? I got my iPhone 5 and am quite happy, EXCEPT…there is not currently available an adapter to allow my new phone, which uses the Apple Lightening plug, to connect with the many devices that are for the iPhone 4 and other earlier devices. So, my phone does not work with the in-car power/connector, won’t fit into my cool portable speakers for iPhones and other things. Last night, I went to several stores to buy an adapter, but it is not shipping “yet”.  The catalog says in a few weeks. 

Ugh! Once you build an infrastructure of devices and adapters, if you are going to change to a new format, make sure that real-time adapters are available. Ugh!

3. Chairs for Soft and Sharp Interviews! Yesterday was “select-a-chair-for-keynoters-to-sit on” day. It is actually quite an elaborate process, including choosing color, height, leg length and even squishy factor for the seat. We want our speakers like General Colin Powell USA (Ret.) to be comfortable and also sharp in the chairs. So, it was a day of choice and factor filtering. Follow along with my Design Decisions at http://www.learning2012.com/item/choosing-a-chair-for-stage.html

Yours in Learning,

Elliott Masie
email: emasie@masie.com
twitter: @emasie

MASIE Center Seminars, Events and Services:
* Learning 2012 - Oct 21 - 24, 2012 - Orlando, Florida.
* Membership in The Learning CONSORTIUM
Info and Registration: http://www.masie.com - twitter: emasie

750 - Interview Questions for General Colin Powell, USA (Ret), Marshall Goldsmith and Susan Cain

Learning TRENDS by Elliott Masie - October 1, 2012.
#750 - Updates on Learning, Business & Technology.
55,841 Readers - www.masie.com - twitter: emasie - The MASIE Center.
Host, Learning 2012 - Oct 21 to 24, Orlando - 1,327 Registered!

1. Questions for General Colin Powell , USA (Ret), Please!
2. Questions for Marshall Goldsmith, Please!
3. Questions for Susan Cain, Please!

I have an unusual request for Learning TRENDS readers today.  I would love to get your QUESTIONS.

In my work, I have had the honor of interviewing many very famous people, from President Bill Clinton to Malcolm Knowles to Apolo Ohno and others.  Whenever I do an interview, I love to go wide and ask colleagues for questions and lines of conversation that I might pursue with these speakers.  This year, at Learning 2012, I will be interviewing some fascinating folks and I’d like to include your questions in my planning for the interviews (enhanced by Real-Time Twitter feeds from the audience).

So, if you were able to ask an interview question to these folks…

* General Colin Powell, USA (Ret) on Leadership and Leaders?
* Marshall Goldsmith on Coaching, Mentoring and Employee Engagement?
* Susan Cain on Introverts and Learning?
* Charles Duhigg on The Power of Habits?
* Or even a question for Elliott Masie on Learning?

What would you ask?  Please to  http://www.surveygizmo.com/s3/1043161/Interview-Questions-Please

I really appreciate your time and will share many of these interviews in video format after event.

If you would like to register for Learning 2012, there is still an Advanced Registration Discount at http://www.learning2012.com

Yours in Learning,

Elliott Masie
email: emasie@masie.com
twitter: @emasie

MASIE Center Seminars, Events and Services:
* Learning 2012 - Oct 21 - 24, 2012 - Orlando, Florida.
* Membership in The Learning CONSORTIUM
Info and Registration: http://www.masie.com - twitter: emasie