From the monthly archives:
August 2011

Accounting and the Learning Professional

on August 30, 2011 · Comments · in The Business Of Learning

How much do I need to know about accounting and financial statements to run learning like a business? This is a recurring question and the answer is “Not that much.” The good news is that a little bit of knowledge about financial matters goes a long way. The bad news – for some anyway – [...]

How to Use Social Learning to Bridge Geographical Gaps

on August 29, 2011 · Comments · in Social Workforce

There is an implication associated with informal learning that you aren’t really learning or that the learning isn’t tied to objectives. But, as I stated in a recent video interview with Chief Learning Officer magazine, learning is learning, whether it happens in a structured (formal) or unstructured (informal) manner. Social learning enhances both types of [...]

Going Back To School Breaks the Bank

on August 24, 2011 · Comments · in From the Editors

It’s that time of year again, when millions of people throughout the country and all over the world either begin or return to college. And like anything these days, the cost of doing so is going up. An op-ed piece published in The New York Times (NYT) this week titled “The Hidden Costs of Higher Ed” [...]

Negotiating With Stakeholders

on August 23, 2011 · Comments · in The Business Of Learning

Negotiating with stakeholders came up last week in discussions with learning professionals at several companies. It is very timely since many have a calendar-year fiscal year, and planning for 2012 is about to get under way. We have discussed the importance of proactively meeting with the stakeholders of all important company goals to learn more [...]

Today’s Students Want to Learn in New Ways

on August 22, 2011 · Comments · in Ask A Gen Y

Millennials want to learn. Organizations want a return on their investment. By building the right infrastructure, leveraged by technology, companies can define new competencies and skills and align learning to them to improve performance – ultimately boosting the bottom line. Today’s students, and freshmen in the working world, want to participate in this learning — [...]