Compared to the same question I ask audiences about LinkedIn usage (which have gone from that same handful last year to nearly 70%), and it's a telling indicator of how enterprises are lagging behind in adoption of these tools. The "A" in SLATES stands for Authorship, in that if workers don't have the ability to publicly author material that the rest of the organization can find, use, and otherwise leverage, then these tools simply won't be effective. MORE >>

In 2007, I embarked on a 31-Day "Building a Better Blog" learning experimen t where I pledged to go through Problogger Darren' Rowse's daily series of activities to build a better blog.Over the next month, about 40 other brave bloggers (including a class of 9 year-olds from Australia!) You may list an important meeting, for example, and then the outcomes you want are buy-in from the client to go with your approach and to develop a more positive relationship with that client. MORE >>

In December 2006, I posted my challenges and predictions for 2007. Biggest challenges for 2007? I could answer this as the biggest challenges for Learning Professionals generally, and maybe I'll come back and do that, but for now, let me just write what I see as some of my bigger challenges in 2007. I found several very high quality developers at several levels in 2007. This continues to be a challenge, but I'm way ahead of where I was starting 2007. MORE >>

Business Productivity 37Signals.com - Maker of collaboration tools including Basecamp Basecamp reviews (others listed below). QuickBase.com - A collaborative tool from Intuit, the makers of Quicken. Thinkature.com - Collaborative workspace with voice chat and numerous drawing tools. Zimbra.com - Email service with collaboration tools. WebBrush - Focuses more on graphical sharing and includes drawing tools. PaulNHS Willums these are great tools. MORE >>

Developments continue apace – we’ll be keeping track… Industry transactions News Corp offers $5 billion for the Dow Jones, including the Wall Street Journal (finalized July 2007). Layoffs and closures There are 4,391 media layoffs in the US in first quarter of 2007 are, up 93% on the same period in 2006. The Chinese version of MySpace, launched April 2007, filters “inappropriate content”. MORE >>