From the monthly archives:

October 2009

About the “alignment” element of “onlignment”

19th October 2009

I was reading the blog “Clive on Learning” http://clive-shepherd.blogspot.com/, in which my friend raised some interesting questions about why training fails to align itself with business needs. Maybe the reason why learning does not satisfy business needs is, as Clive suggests, that The Business cannot, or will not say, or Learning and Development neglects to ask. If so [...]

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Less red tape and more trading across Europe

14th October 2009

The government has issued a press release to encourage companies to do more business across Europe. The Business Minister Ian Lucas speaks of new opportunities for firms when the EU Services Directive comes into force at the end of the year. The Directive is about reducing barriers and red-tape that make it more difficult for [...]

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Beware the Luddite within

14th October 2009

Beware the Luddite within. I think I may be a wikiphuddite! It’s a cross between a wikiphile (one who loves Wikis) and a Luddite, about which I’ll say a little more. But first thank goodness for Wikipedia. On more than one occasion it has led to the correcting of misinformation I was given at Grammar [...]

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Enter the 3D virtual conference room

8th October 2009

Explores Digitell’s 3D virtual conference room.

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Who purchases the virtual classroom?

6th October 2009

IT tends to make the decision on web conferencing systems. L&D should try to ensure they get in the loop.

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Cisco Acquires Tandberg

1st October 2009

Cisco today announced the acquisition of Tandberg, a Norwegian video communications company. Tandberg offer a range of hardware and software solutions from personal video conferencing through to high end Telepresence solutions, as well as network and content infrastructure tools and professional services. According to their press release “This proposed acquisition would combine TANDBERG’s best-in-class telepresence [...]

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