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Mind Mapping: Charting Learning in Financial Management
Breaking down corporate learning to a science is interesting in theory, but does it work in practice? According to Alan Levy, the answer is a resounding yes. Levy is vice […]
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Time for Change
It has been 50 years since we were introduced to Bloom’s taxonomy. In 1956, Benjamin Bloom headed a group of educational psychologists who developed a classification of levels of intellectual […]
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Looking Forward: The Training Industry in 2007
With the war for talent in full swing, CLOs are thrust into a more strategic role as company leaders look to them to help address a wide range of talent management issue. Learning is no longer just about training — it’s not seen as a strategic function th
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The Home Depot’s Leslie Joyce: Laying the Foundation for an Effective Workforce
For The Home Depot’s Leslie Joyce, the mantra “Measure twice; cut once” resonates on more than one level.
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Survey: Half of Employers Plan to Emphasize, Fund Executive Training More in ’07
About half of employers in the United States aim to increase money spent on and time devoted to supervisory and executive-level training and development in 2007, according to a survey by Novations Group.
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Social Networking as a Learning Tool
Social networking sites such as MySpace.com and YouTube.com have become so popular that well-known companies such as Google are taking notice — it recently purchased YouTube for $1.65 billion.
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Why Smart People Do Dumb Things
When smart people make dumb mistakes, it usually isn’t because of stupidity, ignorance or apathy — smart people make dumb mistakes because they’ve been seduced by their own success.
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Learning Tools: New Tricks for Non-Technical Learners
Blended learning can be a no-brainer for many companies: It’s fast, flexible and often affordable. However, blended learning also can prove to be a difficult method for some non-technical learners. To increase effectiveness, blended learning should be bot