Comments for Onlignment http://onlignment.com The art of online communication Tue, 21 Feb 2012 09:05:17 +0000 hourly 1 Comment on Why training may not always be the right course of action – part 1 by Craig Taylor http://onlignment.com/2012/02/why-training-may-not-always-be-the-right-course-of-action-part-1/comment-page-1/#comment-494 Craig Taylor Tue, 21 Feb 2012 09:05:17 +0000 http://onlignment.com/?p=3702#comment-494 <p>Hi Phil,</p> <p>Well done on committing to such a series of blog posts, no small feat I'm sure!</p> <p>I'm going to be paying particular attention to this series as you've 'hooked me' from the word "go" with your 4 x references to the Nuclear Industry (which as you know I was a part of for a number of years).</p> <p>I absolutely concur with your observations around the training of Nuclear workers as I was in-part responsible for the delivery of the statutory training to approximately 400 of them in my previous organisation. I remember in the run-up to a SAP upgrade a colleague of mine informed me that we had approximately 2000 separate 'learning events' on the system! Nobody had to do all of them, but it just goes to show how <em>much</em> we trained our people.</p> <p>Without wishing to second guess the remainder of your post series, I'm wondering if you will unearth and talk about some of the issues that I observed and have subsequently reflected upon......?</p> <p>I'm looking forward to finding out :-)</p> Hi Phil,

Well done on committing to such a series of blog posts, no small feat I’m sure!

I’m going to be paying particular attention to this series as you’ve ‘hooked me’ from the word “go” with your 4 x references to the Nuclear Industry (which as you know I was a part of for a number of years).

I absolutely concur with your observations around the training of Nuclear workers as I was in-part responsible for the delivery of the statutory training to approximately 400 of them in my previous organisation. I remember in the run-up to a SAP upgrade a colleague of mine informed me that we had approximately 2000 separate ‘learning events’ on the system! Nobody had to do all of them, but it just goes to show how much we trained our people.

Without wishing to second guess the remainder of your post series, I’m wondering if you will unearth and talk about some of the issues that I observed and have subsequently reflected upon……?

I’m looking forward to finding out :-)

]]> Comment on Why training may not always be the right course of action – part 2 by MariAn Klein http://onlignment.com/2012/02/why-training-may-not-always-be-the-right-course-of-action-part-2/comment-page-1/#comment-490 MariAn Klein Tue, 14 Feb 2012 18:10:10 +0000 http://onlignment.com/?p=3711#comment-490 <p>Phil. Great couple of posts thus far. Very pleased to see this topic. Continued focus on it helps all of us in the performance AND training industries. Looking forward to the other posts. Your indepth approach is quite good. For purposes of my comment, I’ll condense: The dynamic at the heart of “preparing” people to perform desired actions in the workplace no matter the situation is motivation and incentive. Each of these elements as you know can come in a variety of types (money is only one and not the best — see Drive by Daniel Pink). Ultimately, great performance strategists creatively and scientifically solve needs by asking “What will motivate person to do desired action? and How will the person be incented?” Majority of time the solution is NOT formal training. Thank you for your thoughts and these posts</p> Phil. Great couple of posts thus far. Very pleased to see this topic. Continued focus on it helps all of us in the performance AND training industries. Looking forward to the other posts. Your indepth approach is quite good. For purposes of my comment, I’ll condense: The dynamic at the heart of “preparing” people to perform desired actions in the workplace no matter the situation is motivation and incentive. Each of these elements as you know can come in a variety of types (money is only one and not the best — see Drive by Daniel Pink). Ultimately, great performance strategists creatively and scientifically solve needs by asking “What will motivate person to do desired action? and How will the person be incented?” Majority of time the solution is NOT formal training. Thank you for your thoughts and these posts

]]> Comment on Why training may not always be the right course of action – part 2 by MariAn Klein http://onlignment.com/2012/02/why-training-may-not-always-be-the-right-course-of-action-part-2/comment-page-1/#comment-489 MariAn Klein Tue, 14 Feb 2012 18:06:59 +0000 http://onlignment.com/?p=3711#comment-489 <p>Phil. Great couple of posts thus far. Very pleased to see this topic. Continued focus on it helps all of us in the performance AND training industries. Looking forward to the other posts. Your indepth approach is quite good. For purposes of my comment, I'll condense: The dynamic at the heart of "preparing" people to perform desired actions in the workplace no matter the situation is motivation and incentive. Each of these elements as you know can come in a variety of types (money is only one and not the best -- see Drive by Daniel Pink). Ultimately, great performance strategists creatively and scientifically solve needs by asking "What will motivate to do desired action? and How will be incented?" Majority of time the solution is NOT formal training. Thank you for your thoughts and these posts!</p> Phil. Great couple of posts thus far. Very pleased to see this topic. Continued focus on it helps all of us in the performance AND training industries. Looking forward to the other posts. Your indepth approach is quite good. For purposes of my comment, I’ll condense: The dynamic at the heart of “preparing” people to perform desired actions in the workplace no matter the situation is motivation and incentive. Each of these elements as you know can come in a variety of types (money is only one and not the best — see Drive by Daniel Pink). Ultimately, great performance strategists creatively and scientifically solve needs by asking “What will motivate to do desired action? and How will be incented?” Majority of time the solution is NOT formal training. Thank you for your thoughts and these posts!

]]> Comment on A nostalgic view of learning, and a note of caution for the digital age. by Alex Watson http://onlignment.com/2012/01/a-nostalgic-view-of-learning-and-a-note-of-caution-for-the-digital-age/comment-page-1/#comment-487 Alex Watson Mon, 13 Feb 2012 19:42:31 +0000 http://onlignment.com/?p=2952#comment-487 <p>Love it! Glad you put the footnote.. Those distant days of black and white 'And *Wireless and Gagarin' I read (Not Wireless and Garmin! :)</p> Love it! Glad you put the footnote.. Those distant days of black and white ‘And *Wireless and Gagarin’ I read (Not Wireless and Garmin! :)

]]> Comment on Practical guides by Ten Things – Great E-learning Resources | Little Man Project Limited Site http://onlignment.com/practical-guides/comment-page-1/#comment-485 Ten Things – Great E-learning Resources | Little Man Project Limited Site Sun, 12 Feb 2012 16:18:36 +0000 http://onlignment.com/?page_id=2294#comment-485 <p>[...] provide e-learning consultancy and training.  Their site also contains some really practical guides to creating content and [...]</p> [...] provide e-learning consultancy and training.  Their site also contains some really practical guides to creating content and [...]

]]> Comment on The problem of hybrid meetings by Charlotte Bye Andersen http://onlignment.com/2010/09/the-problem-of-hybrid-meetings/comment-page-1/#comment-482 Charlotte Bye Andersen Tue, 07 Feb 2012 15:46:12 +0000 http://onlignment.com/?p=1244#comment-482 <p>Hi, I am a student at the UK Centre of Events Management and I am in the process of writing a dissertation where my aim is to write about the value of hybrid meetings and also look at the growth and value of face to face and virtual meetings as well. I have created a questionnaire in order to get an opinion from people who are experienced in these forms of business communication. If you or anyone reading this would like to participate please contact me. This will be very helpful for the primary research I am doing.</p> <p>Thank you so much. Charlotte Bye Andersen. c.byeandersen3956@student.leedsmet.ac.uk</p> Hi, I am a student at the UK Centre of Events Management and I am in the process of writing a dissertation where my aim is to write about the value of hybrid meetings and also look at the growth and value of face to face and virtual meetings as well. I have created a questionnaire in order to get an opinion from people who are experienced in these forms of business communication. If you or anyone reading this would like to participate please contact me. This will be very helpful for the primary research I am doing.

Thank you so much. Charlotte Bye Andersen. c.byeandersen3956@student.leedsmet.ac.uk

]]> Comment on New ways to distribute content: part 2 by Julian Staddon http://onlignment.com/2011/12/new-ways-to-distribute-content-part-2/comment-page-1/#comment-454 Julian Staddon Mon, 09 Jan 2012 09:15:34 +0000 http://onlignment.com/?p=3419#comment-454 <p>Hi Clive</p> <p>I just wanted to highlight another useful function of PDF here. If you have Acrobat Professional you can create a PDF portfolio [where you can add in lots of documents (PDF and others) into 1 PDF].</p> <p>A portfolio is great because not only is your content under one file, you can search the content. I find this is useful for userguides (that are not online) amongst other items. For a userguide I can create a chapter in Word, make a PDF and then add to the portfolio file (which is the user guide). If I need to I can edit a Word chapter and recreate and add that particular PDF to the protfolio. As you say, the design and images are preserved and the file can be viewed online or printed.</p> <p>Best wishes Julian</p> Hi Clive

I just wanted to highlight another useful function of PDF here. If you have Acrobat Professional you can create a PDF portfolio [where you can add in lots of documents (PDF and others) into 1 PDF].

A portfolio is great because not only is your content under one file, you can search the content. I find this is useful for userguides (that are not online) amongst other items. For a userguide I can create a chapter in Word, make a PDF and then add to the portfolio file (which is the user guide). If I need to I can edit a Word chapter and recreate and add that particular PDF to the protfolio. As you say, the design and images are preserved and the file can be viewed online or printed.

Best wishes Julian

]]> Comment on A practical guide to creating reference information: part 3 by Rupen http://onlignment.com/2011/10/a-practical-guide-to-creating-reference-information-part-3/comment-page-1/#comment-444 Rupen Thu, 22 Dec 2011 07:16:41 +0000 http://onlignment.com/?p=3190#comment-444 <p>Hi,</p> <p>Thoroughly enjoyed this guide. I've also learned that conducting a user experience survey and using the results to design the templates of the reference guides greatly enhances the value of the reference guide. In addition, a little knowledge about information mapping can do wonders; you've already talked about that.</p> <p>I'd appreciate reading an Information Architecture guide/ebook. Unfortunately, I haven't come across a decent one on the Net. It'd be great if you could take that up as your next topic.</p> <p>Cheers, Rupen</p> Hi,

Thoroughly enjoyed this guide. I’ve also learned that conducting a user experience survey and using the results to design the templates of the reference guides greatly enhances the value of the reference guide. In addition, a little knowledge about information mapping can do wonders; you’ve already talked about that.

I’d appreciate reading an Information Architecture guide/ebook. Unfortunately, I haven’t come across a decent one on the Net. It’d be great if you could take that up as your next topic.

Cheers, Rupen

]]> Comment on Working with subject experts 1 – why are SMEs such a problem? by Diane Purcille http://onlignment.com/2011/11/working-with-subject-experts-1-why-are-smes-such-a-problem/comment-page-1/#comment-426 Diane Purcille Thu, 10 Nov 2011 21:44:44 +0000 http://onlignment.com/?p=3305#comment-426 <p>Great article! I can't wait for part 2.</p> Great article! I can’t wait for part 2.

]]> Comment on Harnessing live online learning by Neta http://onlignment.com/2011/10/harnessing-live-online-learning/comment-page-1/#comment-417 Neta Fri, 21 Oct 2011 20:14:10 +0000 http://onlignment.com/?p=3103#comment-417 <p>This is a very interesting and well reserched post (especially with the quotes from various sources :). What I missed in it though, was the link to the study report itself so the reader can examine it him/her self. That's why I'm including the link below, where anyone interested in the study and the results can download the report.</p> <p>Here it is: www.cloud4training.com</p> This is a very interesting and well reserched post (especially with the quotes from various sources :) . What I missed in it though, was the link to the study report itself so the reader can examine it him/her self. That’s why I’m including the link below, where anyone interested in the study and the results can download the report.

Here it is: http://www.cloud4training.com

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