I’m often asked how social networks can be used for practical business purposes. Are you looking to convince a colleague or a client of the value of social networks? Or perhaps you are still not quite convinced they are actually useful for work? No bells, no whistles, just business. LinkedIn. LinkedIn is a business-oriented network. MORE >>

  I am attending the Webtrends Engage 2010 event in New Orleans. Webtrends rolled out this new relationship at the start of 2010 and made sure labels are consistent. It is a city celebrating two main events at the same time; Mardi Gras and the Saints trip to the Super Bowl. It was one of the few nights without Mardi Gras parades. MORE >>

Communities of practice corporate training eLearning TechnologyTony Karrer posted a query for suggestions of how a financial institution can replicate an online forum which they had previously been successful in creating. It could come back to bite you. This sounds like a similar climate. How has the forum been set up? How will they use it? MORE >>

I had an interesting conversation the other day about whether there’s that much new going on in eLearning here in 2010. That said – I’m still under the impression that my central eLearning Predictions for 2010 is going to come true. At the end of the year, we will be saying: “Wow, 2010 was a crazy year!” What are these? MORE >>

Here is another in a series of session notes for  KM World 2010  and  Enterprise Search Summit 2010. attended the session, 10 Principles for Successful CoPs. Stan created the SIKM community that has close to 500 members on a global basis. have been a member for some time and there are some great discussions. MORE >>