777 - Susan Peters, GE - Honored; Lead/Teach/Facilitate at Learning 2013

Learning TRENDS by Elliott Masie - July 18, 2013.
#777 - Updates on Learning, Business & Technology.
56,044 Readers - www.masie.com - twitter: emasie - The MASIE Center.
Host: Learning 2013 - Nov 3 to 6 - Orlando, Florida - www.learning2013.com

1. Susan Peters, GE - Lifetime Achievement Award!
2. Lead/Teach/Facilitate at Learning 2013!
3. A Book to Read: Present Shock by Douglas Rushkoff.

1. Susan Peters, GE - Lifetime Achievement Award! We are pleased to announce that we will honor Susan Peters, GE’s Vice President of HR and the former CLO, with the Learning 2013 Lifetime Achievement Award. Susan and her teams at GE are actively involved in transforming learning and leadership for their 320,000 employees around the globe. Recently, Susan led an update of their Crotonville campus, focusing on new mixes of learning and development for the leaders in GE.

Susan will be featured at Learning 2013, where I will interview her on the learning and development shifts that GE has been creating. We will also have a live video feed from Crotonville where there are many fascinating new features and facilities, including a leadership “barn” that hosts interactive sessions and has an executive kitchen where the rising leaders cook together as part of their program.

Check out my blog and background of Susan Peters (one of the most impressive learning leaders that I have ever met) at http://www.learning2013.com/blog/item/susan-peters-ge-keynote-award.html

2. Lead/Teach/Facilitate at Learning 2013! We love to involve our Learning TRENDS colleagues as facilitators, leaders and storytellers at Learning 2013.  This year, we have formats that include 99 Second Talks, 60 Minute Design Brainstorms, Great Debates, Step-by-Step and even Pecha Kucha - 20 slides, 20 seconds each for Storytelling. We would love to have you raise your hand with an idea that you would like to lead (small or large). It must be non-commercial and we are always excited about both practical results and innovative breakthroughs.

Send us a quick note by going to http://www.learning2013.com/myideas

3. A Book to Read - Present Shock by Douglas Rushkoff: Just finished a book that you should try to read - “Future Shock: When Everything Happens Now” by Douglas Rushkoff. He relates the Ups, Downs and Uncertainties of operating in an “instant” world. Here is a quote that forced me wide awake:

“If the end of the 20th Century can be characterized by futurism, the twenty-first can be characterized by presentism.”

Info at http://www.amazon.com/Present-Shock-When-Everything-Happens/dp/1591844762

Personal Note: Wish me well. Tomorrow is the first day of Horse Racing in Saratoga! MASIE Stable’s “Collaborator” will ready to run in about a week. Stay tuned!

Yours in learning,

Elliott Masie
Host, Learning 2013

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

776 - Learning Marketplace Briefing; 99 Second Talks; Embracing Failure!

Learning TRENDS by Elliott Masie - July 15, 2013.
#776 - Updates on Learning, Business & Technology.
56,034 Readers - www.masie.com - twitter: emasie - The MASIE Center.
Host: Learning 2013 - Nov 3 to 6 - Orlando, Florida - www.learning2013.com

1. Learning Marketplace - Free Video Briefing.
2. 99 Second Talks - Awesome Short Content Segments.
3. Embracing Failure!

1. Learning Marketplace - Free Video Webinar: Elliott Masie will offer a free, 30 minute video briefing:

“Learning Marketplace 2013”
What’s Up, Down and Changing in Learning Buying
Tuesday, July 30 Noon to 12:30 pm (Eastern Time) Video Webinar - Streamed and Interactive

This briefing, aimed at Learning Suppliers, Vendors and Colleagues interested in the Learning Marketplace, will look at these key issues:

- Key Learning Trends Impacting the Learning Marketplace
- Buying Shifts: Up, Down, Shifting and New Buyers
- Learning Personalization and Learning Compression
- Mobile and Social - Beyond the Buzz on Learning Implications
- “The Lazy LMS” Syndrome - Next Wave of LMS/LCMS
- ReBranding Learning and the Learning Marketplace

To reserve a free spot in this briefing, please go to http://www.masie.com/marketplace2013  We will send you a URL and password a few days before the briefing.

2. 99 Second Talks - Awesome Short Content Segments: As we explore “Learning Compression”, I have asked our design team to apply it to our Learning 2013 format. They came back with a new model: “99 Second Talks!”

We will have several Learning 2013 participants prepare high energy and 1-slide-only “Talks” that will last exactly 99 seconds on a single topic such as “Replacing Manuals with eBooks” or “Working for an Introverted Manager” or A Book That Changed My Thinking About Leadership”. These will be interspersed into our General Sessions.

Here is my recent BLOG post about 99 Second Talks and how we will use this format: http://www.learning2013.com/blog/item/a-99-second-session.html

3. Embracing Failure! Over the weekend, I had the honor of moderating a panel of corporate leaders and entrepreneurs in a session for 70 graduate students from Asia, studying and working in NYC.

I decided to spice up the discussion by asking each panelist to detail the role that failure played in their career and business development. The conversations soared as each person talked about:

* A job that they had that was a major mistake or failure.
* A business they started that lost a fortune and went belly-up.
* A competency they thought they had - only to find out it was not their sweet spot.
* A project plan that was totally off and had to be scrapped or redone from scratch.

The students were fascinated with hearing about Failure from people who have been quite successful in business. The whole room lit up as we openly discussed failure and the positive role it plays.

I love to talk about “Failing My Way to Success”. Sometimes, we just get it wrong. And, we need to have the tools, trust and community to process failure into a personal or organizational “learnable” moment.

Failure is a key element in learning. We want to create learning processes that often allow or even encourage learners to fail their way to success - learning from the mistakes and shifting their skills or readiness appropriately. And as learning producers and designers, we need to see the developmental power of failure!

Yours in learning,

Elliott Masie
Host, Learning 2013

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

775 - Tired LMS? Oh No; Internships - Wage and Legal Issues.

Learning TRENDS by Elliott Masie - July 9, 2013.
#775 - Updates on Learning, Business & Technology.
56,029 Readers - www.masie.com - twitter: emasie - The MASIE Center.
Host: Learning 2013 - Nov 3 to 6 - Orlando, Florida - www.learning2013.com

1. TIRED LMS? Oh No!
2. Internships: Wage and Legal Issues!

1. TIRED LMS? Oh No!: As I talk with CLOs and learning colleagues around the world, a phrase has started to pop up:

“Our LMS feels TIRED!”

Many LMS installations are getting older, but more importantly, are not able to keep up with the evolving nature of learning content and learning choices.  For example:

* Tweak Me Like an Amazon Ad!:  Few Learning Systems can send highly personalized “ads” to learners - just like Amazon does - letting them know about a short video or PDF they may want to access based on their own learning history, preference or needs.
* Video, Video and Video Content:  Many organizations are seeing a 1,000% percent increase in the use of short, often user-created Video Segments, for learning and performance.  Few LMS systems can go deep and track usage, departure points and user comments.

The TIRED LMS may not be fully ready to handle more mobile devices, higher degrees of personalization and more learner preference and control.  I just finished my blog on “TIRED LMS! Oh No!” Catch it at http://www.learning2013.com/blog/item/tired-lms-oh-no.html 

2. Internships: Wage and Legal Issues! I’m a lifelong fan of internships.  I was an intern for many organizations while in college and have had over 50 interns over the years at The MASIE Center.  Some get academic credit, some are paid, some are volunteers and most get intense experiences and mentorship. 

We try to pay our interns where appropriate and avoid the “get me coffee” internship with low learning or content aspects.

There is a high energy conversation and set of conflicts brewing around unpaid internships.  Some would argue that all interns should earn the going wage for a new employee.  Others argue that the students should receive some of the tuition for credits they pay the college.  And, others would like to alter the nature of internships.  Some, like me, would like to see them expanded to “Apprenticeships” that would allow someone doing a mid-career shift to work for experience and mentoring - in a fair exchange.

Watch for a deep debate on the future of paid vs. unpaid internships and the roles of employers and colleges.  Here is an article from a college newspaper:  http://www.elonpendulum.com/2013/07/unpaid-internship-experiences-under-national-scrutiny/

We would love to hear from Learning TRENDS readers about their views on internships.  Send a note to emasie@masie.com

Yours in learning,

Elliott Masie
Host, Learning 2013

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

774 - 30 Under 30 Learning Colleagues, Pictures with Notes

Learning TRENDS by Elliott Masie - July 2, 2013.
#774 - Updates on Learning, Business & Technology.
56,022 Readers - www.masie.com - twitter: emasie - The MASIE Center.
Host: Learning 2013 - Nov 3 to 6 - Orlando, Florida - www.learning2013.com

1. 30 Under 30 Learning Colleagues - Future Leaders!
2. Pictures with Notes Increases Use and Circulation.

1. 30 Under 30 Learning Colleagues - Future Leaders! Who will be the next generation of Learning Leaders?  We are pleased to announce the 30 Under 30 Program for Learning 2013 - to support, promote, mentor and expose the next generation of learning leaders and innovators. 

Ninety young alumni from the previous 3 years have included rising leaders from organizations like NBCUniversal, LinkedIn, Southwest Airlines, Google, Genentech, Accenture, Farmers Insurance, IBM, Volkswagen, General Mills, Fidelity Investments, Wyndham Hotel Group, the National Weather Service and PwC.  Participants will experience a special program at Learning 2013, including keynote speakers such as Honorable Hillary Rodham Clinton, Actor George Takei, Journalist Jane Pauley and Open University of UK’s Martin Bean.

The program selects 30 learning leaders who will receive a deep discount, mentoring sessions, time with keynoters and CLOs, and an opportunity to facilitate sessions at Learning 2013 - expressing their views on the changing world of learning.  Complete details and online application at: http://www.learning2013.com/details/30under30.html

2. Pictures with Notes Increases Use and Circulation. There has been an intriguing shift in the world of note writing, which is the rising role of pictures.  As people post notes on social media sites like Facebook, more and more notes include a picture - often taken recently on a mobile phone. In fact, over 70 percent of recent postings included a picture.  And, the rate of note reading, on both social media and websites, goes up significantly when a picture is included.  We are seeing this trend even with corporate notes and emails.  One of my colleagues is CEO of a company and always includes a picture in notes that she circulates, adding a visual dimension.

We are also tracking increased circulation rates of notes that have pictures. It would be interesting to track the policy towards and use levels of pictures with notes in your organization.

Have a happy and safe July 4th weekend! 

Yours in learning,

Elliott Masie
Host, Learning 2013

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

773 - Monsters U Learnings; Personalizing Leadership Development

Learning TRENDS by Elliott Masie - June 26, 2013.
#773 - Updates on Learning, Business & Technology.
56,017 Readers - www.masie.com - twitter: emasie - The MASIE Center.
Host: Learning 2013 - Nov 3 to 6 - Orlando, Florida - www.learning2013.com

1. Monsters University - Behind the Scenes Learnings.
2. Personalizing Leadership Development - An Article.
3. Booking Rooms and Learning Discounts.

1. “Monsters University” - Behind the Scenes Learnings: There is a new movie, aimed at kids and adults, hitting the screens this week - “Monsters University”. I had fun watching it the other night, seeing a rich mixture of animation, sound, visuals, stories, voices and special effects.  So, what was the “behind-the-scenes” story about the creation of Monsters U, put together by Pixar, Disney and Skywalker Ranch?

“Down in the production office, we have this very unique thing,” said Ricky Nierva, the “Monsters University” production designer. “We have these scare canisters for every department, and there’s a light bulb, and as they get closer to 100 (percent finished), they turn a light bulb and the lights turn on. So if you’re 90 percent done, there’s one light bulb left, and then you know when they have that light bulb turning ceremony, and they turn that last one, you’re done. A hundred percent.”

Read more about how Pixar put the final touches together for Monsters U at http://tinyurl.com/qxxg3b8   I’m actually considering getting a set of lights for learning projects here at The MASIE Center.

2. Personalizing Leadership Development - An Article. I had the honor of writing an article for one of my favorite magazines: Leader to Leader Journal. It appears in their summer edition.  Here is a PDF of the article: http://www.masie.com/leadertoleardersummer2013

3. Booking Rooms and Learning Discounts: Even though Learning 2013 is more than 4 months away, we have been taking a steady stream of registrations and Disney reports heavier booking of rooms than in previous years. With keynoters like Actor George Takei, Secretary Hillary Rodham Clinton, Open University’s Martin Bean on MOOC’s, Coach Marshall Goldsmith, Journalist Jane Pauley and special Learning LABS on Mobile Workforce, Usability Revisited, Personalizing Learning, Social and Collaborative Learning and our new “Learning Hack-A-Thon”, interest and registration for Learning 2013 is quite high!

Learning 2013 - Nov 3 to 6 - Orlando, Florida USA.
Early Registration Discounts on Tuition.
Special Disney Room Rates at Coronado Springs Hotel.
Info and Registration at http://www.learning2013.com

Yours in learning,

Elliott Masie
Host, Learning 2013

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

eBooks for Learning? 7 Minute Survey

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

RE: eBooks for Learning? Please Take a 7 Minute Survey!

What will the future role of “eBooks” be in the world of learning? And, what might the “eBook” of tomorrow include (e.g. video, assessment, social connections)?

Please take our 7 minute Survey on eBooks for Learning.  

http://www.masie.com/ebooksurvey

The results will be published in July in Learning Trends.

Thanks for your participation!

Yours in learning,

Elliott Masie
http://www.masie.com

772 - Google Impacts Learning; Martin Bean of Open University to Keynote

Learning TRENDS by Elliott Masie - June 17, 2013.
#772 - Updates on Learning, Business & Technology.
56,004 Readers - www.masie.com - twitter: emasie - The MASIE Center.
Host: Learning 2013 - Nov 3 to 6 - Orlando, Florida - www.learning2013.com

1. Martin Bean - Open University, Open MOOCs - Keynote at Learning 2013!
2. Google and Bing Impacts on Learning and Design?

1. Martin Bean - Open University, Open MOOCs - Keynote at Learning 2013!

We are honored to announce that Martin Bean, the Vice Chancellor of the Open University in the UK and a major innovator in the field of MOOCs, will be a keynoter at Learning 2013.

Martin has been a pioneer in the world of learning for decades and is only the 4th person to lead the very influential Open University in the UK. He will be honored by us at Learning 2013 (Nov 3 to 6, 2013) and I will interview him about the role of Open learning, including MOOC’s (Massive Open Online Courses). He has launched Futurelearn in the UK, to promote highly scalable MOOC’s.

In addition to Martin Bean, keynoters include Secretary Hillary Rodham Clinton, Actor George Takei, Journalist Jane Pauley (on Boomers) and several others.

Information on Martin Bean and early registration discounts at http://www.learning2013.com

2. Google and Bing Impacts on Learning and Design?

A major conversation has kicked up in the elementary and secondary school world about the impact that search engines like Google and Bing have on educational design and even needed competencies.

If our learners can look something up, how does that change our design model? What is the impact of search on the need or desire to memorize content? How are the skills and competencies for a role defined when key content is available via search? And, what is the impact of dynamic search on content forms like books?

I would like to ask our Learning Trends readers for thoughts about the impact of Google/Bing on the learning and design process. Send me a few thoughts to emasie@masie.com and I will post a summary in the weeks ahead.

Yours in learning,

Elliott Masie
Host, Learning 2013

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

771 - 7 Tony Awards, Jane Pauley to Keynote, Presentation Variations

Learning TRENDS by Elliott Masie - June 11, 2013.
#771 - Updates on Learning, Business & Technology.
55,994 Readers - www.masie.com - twitter: emasie - The MASIE Center.
Host: Learning 2013 - Nov 3 to 6 - Orlando, Florida - www.learning2013.com

1. Jane Pauley - “Boomers in the Workplace” - Keynoter at Learning 2013!
2. Variations on Presentations.
3. Wow! 7 TONY Awards - A Night to Remember.

1. Jane Pauley - “Boomers in the Workplace” - Keynoter at Learning 2013! We are honored to announce that Jane Pauley will be one of our Keynoters at Learning 2013 (Nov 3 to 6 - Orlando). 

Jane will be addressing the intriguing aspects of “Boomers in the Workplace”. A respected broadcast journalist for over 30 years, Jane Pauley’s career has spanned morning, primetime and daytime television making her one of the most recognizable personalities in America. Pauley’s network television career began as co-host of NBC’s Today Show, she was founding co-anchor of Dateline NBC, and host of The Jane Pauley Show. Partnering with AARP, Ms. Pauley is currently contributing to NBC’s Today Show in a series, “Your Life Calling,” which features people who have reinvented the way they work or live.

Jane Pauley joins our other keynoters including Secretary Hillary Rodham Clinton, Actor George Takei and others at Learning 2013. Take advantage of early registration discounts at http://www.learning2013.com

2. Variations on Presentations: From time to time, I like to detail the background of how I construct, design and deliver various presentations. Over the past week, I have had the privilege of presenting several keynotes on Learning Directions, with very different styles to very different audiences. Here is a micro view of the design models I used:

* Last Monday, I presented a 150-minute presentation (quite long) in an Atlantic City Casino Theater (very unique) to the annual UAW/General Motors Joint Learning Conference (an unusual and intriguing coalition). There were about 400 people in the theater and a traditional keynote of any length might have put them to sleep. So, I designed a model that had the attendees standing up several times, brainstorming with others in the audience on a hot topic (e.g. how to motivate a 30-year veteran to want to learn new skills). I moved away from the fancy stage several times and talked in the audience.  And, I used the lunch break in the middle of the speech to engage the audience in questions and topics for the afternoon session. 

* Last Tuesday, I facilitated a 2-hour dialogue with Learning Leaders at Farmers Insurance - done via video webinar from my hotel room in Washington, DC to their headquarters in California. The model we used was a highly interactive interview with the group posing a series of drill-down questions on key Learning Directions and Trends issues. Throughout the session, I kept presenting questions back to the group - assembled in table groups - to apply these trends to their plans for the next six years. Their leader, Ilene Haber, played a key role in providing the glue between the video Elliott and the face-to-face group.

* Last Thursday, I flew to Motorola in Chicago to present a Learning Directions keynote to dozens of their learning leaders - live in Chicago and located around the world via video. The group had done its pre-selection of key topics by voting and rank ordering the content. Then, each of its top six questions became 15-minute segments for my presentation, including 10 minutes of content from Elliott and five minutes of questions from the present and remote participants. Their desire was to make each 15-minute segment a video clip that could be circulated to a much larger group at Motorola. After the 6 segments, we took a break and then did 4 more segments on follow-up topics that arose from the dialogues in the morning.

And, in 2 hours I will be opening the Oracle Learning Consortium event live by video and later tonight flying to Intel in Portland for a blended media presentation on learning strategies and collaboration.

In each of these formats, the design segments were quite different, aimed at maximizing the engagement of the participants and also allowing for the active re-use of the content. The days of the traditional 60-minute keynote are gone from my portfolio. Instead, conversations about presentations are as much focused on the design elements - how to leverage the right technology - and compressing or varying content length fairly dramatically. It makes the prep and delivery process more complicated but way, way, way more fun!

3. Wow! 7 TONY Awards - A Night to Remember: Sunday night was one of my most powerful and memorable experiences! We attended the TONY Awards in New York City where two of MASIE Productions musicals and plays received TONY Awards. Kinky Boots got 6 awards, including Best Musical and Cindy Lauper for the score. Cicely Tyson, the star of Trip to Bountiful, received Best Actress in a Play award at the age of 88. It was an honor to watch, root and cheer. Most impressive was the sense of community amongst the theater world as it celebrated the power of art, entertainment and message. I have been asked why I’m involved with theater, in addition to the world of learning. Both of these fields are about creating and delivering stories, content and engagement that changes behavior and achieves impact. And, both worlds have success, failure, feedback and design. If you are coming to New York, check out Kinky Boots, Trip to Bountiful and, for the next few weeks, Alan Cumming doing a 1-man version of Macbeth. http://www.masieproductions.com

Yours in learning,

Elliott Masie
Host, Learning 2013

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

Oh Myyy - George Takei to Keynote Learning 2013

TO: Learning, Training and Performance Colleagues
FROM: Elliott Masie, Host and Curator, Learning 2013

RE: George Takei to Keynote Learning 2013 on Nov. 5th

George Takei –  Social Media Wizard, Expert Storyteller and Star Trek Star – will be our featured keynote speaker at Learning 2013 on November 5th in Orlando, Florida.

Best known for playing Sulu on the original “Star Trek” TV series and six movies that followed, George Takei is unlikely social media royalty. Unofficially dubbed the King of Facebook, he counts 4 million fans in his online empire — including “Trekkies,” Howard Stern listeners, and the LGBTQ community — who devour his quirky mix of kitten jokes, “Star Trek” references, heartfelt messages, and sci-fi/fantasy memes.

His current projects include the musical “Allegiance”, drawn from his experience of growing up in a Japanese American internment camp during World War II, and the recently published “Oh Myyy! There Goes the Internet”.

George Takei will be focusing on the ways in which storytelling has evolved with the growth of Social Media. Other keynotes include The Honorable Hillary Rodham Clinton and the U.S. Dept. of Education’s Richard Culatta.

Complete information at http://www.learning2013.com

Yours in learning,

Elliott Masie
Host, Learning 2013

770 - Meet At ASTD Event, Learning Themes and Curiosity

Learning TRENDS by Elliott Masie - May 17, 2013.
#770 - Updates on Learning, Business & Technology.
55,987 Readers - www.masie.com - twitter: emasie - The MASIE Center.
Host: Learning 2013 - Nov 3 to 6 - Orlando, Florida - www.learning2013.com

1. At ASTD Conference? Drop By For Learning Conversations!
2. Learning Themes for Learning in 2013.
3. Curiosity as Employment Criteria?

1. At ASTD Conference? Drop By For Learning Conversations!  I am heading to Dallas on Sunday to participate in ASTD’s annual ICE conference.  If any Learning TRENDS readers are planning to be there, I’d love to get together for a Learning CONVERSATION.  Drop by the MASIE Center/Learning 2013 booth #362.  I will be there all day on Monday and Tuesday.  Or, you can send me a note to emasie@masie.com

2. Learning Themes for Learning in 2013: Here are the themes that we have developed for our program and discussions:

- Learning Personalization.
- Learning Re-Branding.
- Learning Together: Social & Collaborative.
- Learning: Mobile & BYOD.
- Learning & Big Data.
- Learning Innovations & Hype.
- Learning On The Job.
- Learning Content: Smaller & Quicker.
- Learning for Leaders.
- Learning Roles, Governance & Structures.
- Learning & Connected Classrooms.
- Learning for Distributed Workers.
- Learning Designs – New Models.
- Learning Hack-A-Thon: Agile Innovation.

We are very excited about focusing on these diverse themes at Learning 2013 and in our programming.  Details at http://www.learning2013.com

3. Curiosity as Employment Criteria?  I am curious: do any of your organizations use “Curiosity” as an informal or overt criteria during employment interviewing?  Are you looking for workers who are demonstrating “Curiosity”?  And, if so, how do you describe that to your interviewers?  Send me a confidential email to emasie@masie.com and I will provide a summary in a future Learning TRENDS.

Yours in learning,

Elliott Masie
Host, Learning 2013

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

The Honorable Hillary Rodham Clinton to Keynote Learning 2013

TO: Learning, Training and Performance Colleagues
FROM: Elliott Masie, Host and Curator, Learning 2013

RE: The Honorable Hillary Rodham Clinton to Keynote Learning 2013

Former Secretary of State Hillary Rodham Clinton will be the keynote speaker at Elliott Masie’s Learning 2013 conference on November 4th in Orlando, Florida.

Earlier as First Lady and U.S. Senator from New York, she traveled to more than 80 countries as a champion of human rights, democracy, and opportunities for women and girls. Clinton also worked to provide health care to millions of children, create jobs and opportunity, and support first responders who risked their lives at Ground Zero. Throughout her career, she has been a strong advocate for improving access to quality, affordable education.

“Former Secretary Clinton’s keynote presentation will set the stage for rich dialogues at Learning 2013,” says Elliot Masie, Host and Chair of The Learning CONSORTIUM

Learning 2013 will be held in Orlando, Florida from November 3 to 6, 2013.

For complete details, themes and online registration go to http://www.learning2013.com

Yours in learning,
Elliott Masie

Guess the Keynoters at Learning 2013

TO: Learning, Training and Performance Colleagues
FROM: Elliott Masie, Host and Curator, Learning 2013

RE: Your Predictions on Our Keynoters for Learning 2013?

I would like to engage our Learning TRENDS colleagues in a quick guessing contest.

We have selected and confirmed 3 major keynoters for our annual Learning 2013 conference (Nov 3 to 6, Orlando, FL)!

Normally, I would just announce them.

But, in the age of social and interactive reach-outs, we’d like to ask you to predict the names of our 3 keynoters.

In previous years, I have had the honor of hosting General Colin Powell, Chef Bobby Flay, President Bill Clinton, Author Susan Cain, Athlete Apolo Ohno, Coach Marshall Goldsmith and Captain Sully Sullenberger.

So, who do you think we have confirmed and will announce in the next week?

Take a minute and fill out our survey at http://www.learning2013.com

Your responses must be in by Monday, May 13th (also Elliott’s birthday). Special surprises for those that guess any of the keynoters that will light up your Learning 2013.

Once again, go to http://www.learning2013.com

Yours in learning,

Elliott Masie
Host, Learning 2013

769 - Defend Learning Against Patent Suit; Google Glass Project; 17 Tony Nominations

Learning TRENDS by Elliott Masie - May 2, 2013.
#769 - Updates on Learning, Business & Technology.
55,959 Readers - www.masie.com - twitter: emasie - The MASIE Center.
Host: Learning Leadership Academy - May in Saratoga Springs, NY.

1. Help! Defend Learning Field from Patent Suit!
2. Google Glass and Learning LAB Experiments.
3. Wow - 17 Tony Nominations on Broadway.

1. Help! Defend Learning Field from Patent Suit! The learning “patent trolls” are at it again. There is a company called IPLearn that has unfortunately successfully sued over a dozen learning management systems, claiming they have invented many of the core elements of technology delivered learning. Sure, they wrote several clever patents that claim to have created much of the field and, with an understaffed patent office it was approve although there were many prior learning and technology implementations. And, their strategy, which has worked, is to sue a company, get the discovery and legal costs up and up, and finally settle for a fee and stock shares: all without having invented, produced or created anything other than a few patent apps.

I have worked, without fee, against their efforts several times and now they are at it again. They have brought suits against several major LMS companies and I am asking Learning TRENDS readers to help gather any manuals, documents or other experiences you have had with these earlier corporate learning systems:

- Registrar,” by Silton-Bookman Systems.
- Learning Organization Information System (LOIS),” by KnowledgeSoft, Inc.
- Etude,” by Gerald Hollingsworth and GPU, Inc.
- Continuous Learning System (CLS),” by AT&T Global Information Solutions International, Inc.

The lawyers defending against the IPLearn suit would love to see any samples of anything that describes the operation or public availability of these systems. For example: user manuals, help files, demonstration videos, brochures, press releases, and actual program disks/CDs. 

If you can help, would you send a note to my office at emasie@masie.com and we will contact you back.  Many thanks!

2. Google Glass and Learning LAB Experiments: We are starting to organize a Learning LAB at The MASIE Center that will look at how the upcoming Google Glass http://www.google.com/glass/ might have affordances for Workplace Learning. What if a learner wearing Google Glass had visual and eye movement controls over content and assistance? Hmmm! If you or your organization is interested in exploring Google Glass “Learning Apps”, please send a note to bob@masie.com We will contact you about some of the options for early experiments and collaboration on this project.
 
3. Wow - 17 Tony Nominations on Broadway! It was a great day for MASIE Productions on Monday. The nominations for the upcoming TONY Awards were announced and two of the plays that we are investors/producers in were nominated:

* 13 Awards for Kinky Boots!
* 4 Awards for Trip to Bountiful!

And, though it was not nominated, one of the best plays on Broadway is our Macbeth, a one-man show starring Alan Cumming.

We are celebrating! Details at http://www.masieproductions.com

Yours in learning,

Elliott Masie
Host, Learning 2013

email: emasie@masie.com
twitter: @emasie

MASIE Center Seminars, Events and Services:
* TeleWork 2013 - June 23 to 25 - Saratoga Springs, NY.
* Learning 2013 - November 2013 - Orlando, Florida.
* Learning Leadership Academy - May 2013 - Saratoga Springs, NY.
* Membership in The Learning CONSORTIUM
Info and Registration: http://www.masie.com - twitter: emasie

TeleWork Directions and Challenges - A National Forum

TO: Learning, Training and Performance Colleagues
FROM: Elliott Masie, The MASIE Center

RE: TeleWork in 2013? Opportunities, Challenges, and Strategic Choices

Is TeleWork Good, Bad, Growing, Challenging or Strategic to Your Workplace?

You and your colleagues are invited to participate in our new National Forum on Telework:

TeleWork 2013!
Hosted by Elliott Masie & Hunter Arnold.
June 23 to 25, 2013 - Saratoga Springs, NY.
Info: http://www.telework2013.com

We have invited 12 major keynoters to lead an interactive forum on TeleWork in the Workplace. They include: Susan Cain (Author of “Quiet” on TeleWork & Work Styles), Betsy Myers (CEOs & TeleWork Strategies), Hunter Arnold (Talent, Retention & HR), Chuck Wilsker (TeleWork Tech & Security), Todd Shimkus (Chamber of Commerce on Community and TeleWork), Debra Dinnonceo (Managing TeleWorkers), Jason Morwick (Workshift: Future-Proofing Your Organization), Nicole Benson Goluboff (The Law and TeleWork), Elliott Masie (Learning & Collaborating with Distributed Teams) and over 20 Case Studies on TeleWork in Action (or Distress) in 2013.

The Themes for TeleWork 2013 are:

- TeleWork Trends, Strategy & Conflicts.
- TeleWork Talent, HR and Retention Issues.
- The Question: Engagement or Location?
- TeleWork Collaboration & Learning.
- TeleWorkers: Extroverts & Introverts.
- Managing Distributed Employees.
- TeleWork Technology & Security.
- CEO’s Views: Yahoo! Perspectives.
- TeleWork Continuum: Mixes & Choices.
- Leveraging Video for Presence.
- Planning LAB: Create a TeleWork Strategy!

We look forward to learning and working with you at TeleWork 2013 in Saratoga Springs in June.

Use an early registration discount to save on registration for TeleWork 2013. Go to http://www.telework2013.com for details and registration.

Yours in learning,

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

768 - MOOC and Corporate? Quincy Jones on Piano, Learning Leadership

Learning TRENDS by Elliott Masie - April 18, 2013.
#768 - Updates on Learning, Business & Technology.
55,949 Readers - www.masie.com - twitter: emasie - The MASIE Center.
Host: TeleWork 2013 - A National Forum - www.telework2013.com

1. MOOC’s & Corporate Learning?
2. Quincy Jones and Online Piano Lessons!
3. Learning Leadership Academy Seats Available.
4. Alan Cumming Does Macbeth - Elliott as Producer :)

1. MOOC’s & Corporate Learning? There is a great media interest in MOOC’s - the innovations for Massive Open Online Courses - where one instructor runs a course for thousands or tens of thousands of learners.  I have been a student in three MOOC’s and a teacher/facilitator in three.  Now, we are hearing from many learning colleagues about the applicability of the MOOC to workplace learning.

I would urge TRENDS readers to approach MOOC’s as important beta/lab experiments where important and cool innovations are emerging in the construction, delivery and economics of educational “packages”.  My experience as a MOOC learner has been exciting and mixed.  While there were over 70,000 learners in one program, very few made it to the end of the program and fewer were fully successful from a competency point of view.  It was exciting to see how learners could be co-designers of the program and many resources were developed and disseminated from the learners.  Finally, there were mixed models of how well the social/collaborative side of the MOOC’s worked.

As a teacher, I struggled with the format shifts reflected by MOOC’s. Were the assignments suggestions or could I predict a level of engagement of the learners?  Was the content that was posted by learners legal? Some added video that wasn’t within their IP ownership.  And, the issue of fees was also interesting. A free MOOC will get high starts but perhaps high drop offs.  When fees were added, did that take away the “open” label?  It is also interesting to see colleges and universities that have never made a profit on classroom offerings think they will generate good margins by adding MOOC’s to their offerings.

It is early and really too early to predict how MOOC’s might evolve within the corporate world.  I have been advocating that we take each of the letters as a distinct area for innovation:

- M: Massive dissemination of content.
- O: Open content and content reuse along with curation by learners.
- O: Online resources added to both 1 mode and mixed/blended mode delivery.
- C: Course? Perhaps the MOOC might become a MOOP (Program) or MOOA (Assets).

And, is there a competency check assumed in a MOOC, as well as certification or even college credit?

MOOC’s are important innovations.  Now, we need to label them as lab or beta tests and gather evidence as we experiment with the use of all or some MOOC elements in corporate settings.  We will be experimenting with the MOOC as a corporate model in an upcoming Learning LAB of our Learning CONSORTIUM.  I’m interested in hearing from TRENDS readers exploring MOOC’s in our world.  Write to emasie@masie.com

2. Quincy Jones and Online Piano Lessons!  Talking about innovations and massive models, look at the work that Quincy Jones has co-created for Playground Sessions, which offers online piano lessons with feedback and coaching.  It was detailed in today’s USA Today and if you are interested in checking out the offering, visit http://www.playgroundsessions.com  

3. Learning Leadership Academy Seats Available: Nigel Paine, one of our MASIE Learning Fellows and the former head of learning at the BBC, will be leading our annual retreat for current and future learning leaders.  The Learning Leadership Academy takes place in Saratoga Springs, NY from May 14 to 16. For three intense days, all aspects of the art and science of leading learning efforts in an organization are explored in this very interactive and deep dive academy.  And, I have the honor of leading several sessions and hosting the group for a reception in Saratoga Springs.  There are a few seats available.  Info and registration at http://www.masie.com

4. Alan Cumming Does Macbeth - Elliott as Producer :) I have the honor of being a producer of a new show that is about to open on Broadway on Sunday.  Alan Cumming, who also stars on TV in The Good Wife, is presenting a one-man, one-act Macbeth on Broadway. It is a powerful and dramatic presentation, all done without any microphones or audio enhancement.  Alan plays all the parts in Macbeth as a new patient in a mental ward.  Info on this show at: http://www.macbethonbroadway.com  Watch the reviews on Monday.  And, I am thrilled to have my bio in my first Playbill.

Yours in learning,

Elliott Masie
Host, Learning 2013

email: emasie@masie.com
twitter: @emasie

MASIE Center Seminars, Events and Services:
* Learning Directions Seminar: Washington and Minneapolis
* TeleWork 2013 - June 23 to 25 - Saratoga Springs, NY.
* Learning 2013 - November 2013 - Orlando, Florida.
* Learning Leadership Academy - May 2013 - Saratoga Springs, NY.
* Membership in The Learning CONSORTIUM
Info and Registration: http://www.masie.com - twitter: emasie