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Analyzing the ROI of Social Media in Training | Social Learning Blog

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Social Learning Blog Training and Performance Improvement in the Real World Home About Bios Subscribe to RSS Analyzing the ROI of Social Media in Training by Jim on May 3, 2011 in social learning A continuing theme among my blog posts has been the difficulty of demonstrating the ROI of social learning initiatives.

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Give User Adoption the Respect it Deserves | Social Learning Blog

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According to a study done by the Sand Hill Group and Neochange, the most critical factor for software success and ROI is effective user adoption (70% listed it as #1). It’s clear that getting a solid and rapid ROI on software projects has more to do with people and change than it does with technology. Properly d.

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Why Companies Should Spend More on Social Learning | Social.

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Tweets Follow @dashethomson on Twitter Download Free Whitepaper The Top 10 Pitfalls of End User Training – and How to Avoid Them Given the current state of the economy, businesses large and small are looking for ways to improve productivity while maintaining quality. Download the whitepaper » Blog this! Properly d.

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The Return of the (Digital) Native | Social Learning Blog

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→ Download Free Whitepaper The Top 10 Pitfalls of End User Training – and How to Avoid Them Given the current state of the economy, businesses large and small are looking for ways to improve productivity while maintaining quality. Download the whitepaper » Blog this! Properly d. Download the whitepaper » Blog this!

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Three Reasons Why Corporate Training Departments Could Become.

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Today, broadcast quality video can be shot on a digital SLR camera that costs less than $2,000. A similar trend is taking place in the learning and development industry. It’s true, this training-by-everyone may not result in high quality (see Point 2, below: Lowered Expectations), but eventually, it will become the norm.

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Re-evaluating Evaluation | Social Learning Blog

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The title was “Expanding ROI in Training Programs Using Scriven, Kirkpatrick, and Brinkerhoff,” which sounds pretty academic. The KEC includes: The purpose of the evaluation The evaluation methodology and why it was selected The program demographics and resources The criteria for determining the program quality. But it wasn’t.

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Online Video: the Perfect Social Learning Tool? | Social Learning Blog

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Because video is, apparently, a perfect manifestation of social learning theory. My learning philosophy: dont make people tote around loads of information in their heads just so you can say you trained them. But why is video so much more effective at accelerating innovation than, say, print – or even eLearning?