We have had a lot of discussions in our podcasts about how we need to change our approach to training the emerging generation of new business leaders…using podcasts, instant messaging, social networking, blended learning, blogs, wikis, video. Well today, I saw an eye opening commercial on ESPN Sportscenter….
In this commercial, for Verizon Wireless’ ESPN MVP, they interview someone who was named the “MVP” of the off site training session because he was” having trouble staying awake” at a corporate training session. There are rows and rows of people in a dark room, with the Powerpoint slide show going.
 The “MVP” is using the light from his phone to check game scores and his Fantasy Football team….
Hopefully, you and your company can soon be in a position to offer these young leaders something more valuable than getting the game from their mobile phone or ipod? Let us know how we can help.
September 14, 2007 at 11:52 pm · Filed under Trends, General
This week, the whole team has been working heads down pulling together an interactive presentation on collaborative learning.  We’ll preview it next week so stay tuned.
During our research, we saw an interesting presentation by the Gronstedt Group to the ASTD Annual Conference, In this presentation were some great examples of what companies like IBM and EMC are doing with collaborative learning We thought we would share these with you:
 At IBM, they have completely embraced collaborative learning, with:
5,000 podcasts
3,400 blogs
70,000 people using wikis
2,000,000 podcast downloads
They estimate their annual savings to be in the hundreds of thousands of dollars.
To see an example of this blog pages, click here.Â
For an example of some of IBM Podcasts, click here.
EMC has adopted podcasting as the way to train their global sales force and customers. At EMC, they produce 5 - 10 new audio / video podcasts every week. Many are extremely entertaining. To see more , click here.
 James Hunsiker, Manager of Sales at EMC says ” I’ve never seen the field organization so enthusiastic about learning”
If you’re interested in seeing if collaborative learning can work for you organization or one of your colleagues / clients, we are offering a complimentary assessment of your training efforts to see if collaborative learning can work. To schedule this, give me a call at 781-953-4510 or click here.
Facebook is one of the most successful “social networking” site in the world today. Although it was launched only 3 years ago, it now support more than, according to Wikipedia, Â 34 million members.
For many years, Facebook was primarily focused on college and university students. With it’s explosive growth, leader in business are starting to embrace Facebook.
I believe that to foster and advance the dialog about Training 2.0, the future of training and collaborative learning, there must be a place where all of us who are involved in this space can connect and collaborate. I took a serious look at the more popular business networking sites - Linked In. I found it difficult to use. On the other hand, I logged into Facebook and was immediately hooked as a great way to collaborate and keep in touch.
I hope you will consider joining our Training 2.0 Group. To join, simply click on this link. If you are already a Facebook member, you will be brought to the group page. If you are not, you can register in just a couple of minutes and then join the group.
