CorpU Weekly Digest: Social Learning (2012-Apr-30)

Topics: Social Learning

Here are this past week's headlines in social learning: 

• (1) Notes from HRD 2012: L&D Practitioners becoming curators, not creators and need to layer in pertinent social technologies ; 
• (2) Thoughts on the value of the platform Pinterest as a way to share information across a group ; 
• Books: Restoring Trust in Organizations and Leaders and Leverage Leadership ; 
• Webinars ; 
• Conferences

 Notes from HRD 2012: L&D Practitioners becoming curators, not creators and need to layer in pertinent social technologies.
At the HRD conference in the UK last week, the theme of content curation and integrating social learning aspects to training and development efforts took center stage. Claire Churchard summarized some of the discussions in this article, and it's worth a quick review. As Ms. Churchard noted from the  Learning in the Social Workplace panel, employees are already informally using tools such as Twitter and LinkedIn on their mobile phones to research new techniques. This puts the onus on L&D to signpost them to the best content, as the panelists explained. Sam Hackett, global staff development manager at the charity Save the Children, explained that social media had really helped them when they wanted to offer more training to their staff in the field, for example working in Ethiopia. Hackett said that most staff use their mobiles to access information, and 90 per cent of them are already using social media as part of their learning. She explained that this shift in how staff access learning has led to a different emphasis in L&D roles at the charity. Read "HRD 2012: Social media 'replacing e-learning' for L&D professionals"

 Thoughts on the value of the platform Pinterest as a way to share information across a group.
Pinterest is great for sharing your photos, hobbies, and work. But some creative learning and development professionals are rethinking its abilities, and created a social calendar, by working together. Esteban Contreras (Social Media Marketing Manager for Samsung USA) suggests that people are willing to use Pinterest as a collaboration tool. He also learned that Pinterest has a long way to go to make this a viable option for serious curators and collaborators. These are 10 reasons why Pinterest is so addicting:  Self-Expression, Curiosity, Accomplishment, Curation, Community, Relevance, Anti-Boredom, Life Planning, Escape and Engagement. Read the Inc article, "When Pinterest Sharing is a Collaboration tool"

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 The Business of Learning: New Major Products, Mergers, Acquisitions, and Partnerships

No major news in mergers, acquisitions, or product releases.

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 Books To Read

The sinking public trust in contemporary institutions is a multifaceted phenomenon with political, sociological, economic, and psychological antecedents and consequences. Restoring Trust in Organizations and Leaders is the first volume to adopt the multidisciplinary approach required to understand this decline and to propose and assess remedies. Editors Roderick M. Kramer and Todd L. Pittinsky have assembled contributions from leading psychologists, sociologists, economists, and organizational theorists. In response to such blows to public confidence as the scandals in the Roman Catholic Church, numerous corporate accounting frauds, widespread retirement insecurity, the inadequacy of many school systems, and the failure of politicians in the United States and Europe to come to grips with the economic crisis, Restoring Trust offers a compelling and mind-opening mix of theory, examples, and practical prescription for the critical social problem of restoring public trust in organizations, institutions, and their leaders. Buy Now

In the book Leverage Leadership, Paul Bambrick-Santoyo (Managing Director of Uncommon Schools) shows leaders how they can raise their schools to greatness by following a core set of principles. These seven principles, or "levers," allow for consistent, transformational, and replicable growth. With intentional focus on these areas, leaders will leverage much more learning from the same amount of time investment. Fundamentally, each of these seven levers answers the core questions of school leadership: What should an effective leader do, and how and when should they do it. Aimed at all levels of school leadership, the book is for any principal, superintendent, or educator who wants to be a transformational leader. It also has a lot to say to those who run corporate training units as well. The book's companion DVD includes 30 video clips of top-tier leaders in action. These videos bring great schools to you, and support a deeper understanding of both the components of success and how it looks as a whole. There are also many helpful rubrics, extensive professional development tools, calendars, and templates. The book will be released on June 26, 2012. Buy Now

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 Webinars 

E-learning: Más soluciones, Menos costos, Más resultados
Date: Friday, May 11, 2012, 9:00am CT
Presenter: N/A Register now 

Measuring the Impact of Training, Performance and Turnover
Date: Tuesday, May 15, 2012, 2:00 pm ET
Presenter: Jeff Higgins Register now

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 Conferences

First International Conference on Information and Communication Technologies for Education and Training
Date: May 7-10, 2012
Location: Tunisia Register now

1st Annual People Effectiveness @ Work Conference
Date: May 8, 2012
Location: Johannesburg, South Africa Register now

HR Summit 2012
Date: May 9-12, 2012 
Location: Singapore Register now

The Mining and Resources Accelerated Learning and Workforce Development Conference 2012
Date: May 15, 2012
Location: Australia Register now

Corporate University Xchange's Global Leadership Congress
Date:  May 15-17, 2012
Location: Philadelphia, PA, USA Register now 

Social Recruiting Strategies Conference
Date: May 22-25, 2012
Location: Chicago, IL, USA Register now

National Institute on the Assessment of Adult Learning
Date: June 6-8, 2012
Location: Atlantic City, NJ, USA Register now

2012 International Conference on Knowledge and Education Technology
Date: June 7-8, 2012
Location: Paris, France Register now

Leading Across Generations: Workforce Challenges and Opportunities
Date: June 13-15, 2012
Location: Berlin, Germany Register now

The Talent Management Summit
Date: June 14, 2012
Location: London, UK Register now

Gamification Summit
Date: June 19-21, 2012
Location: San Francisco, CA, USA Register now

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