Author Archives: Martin

Help write the story of a socially engaged organisation

I like Pecha Kucha presentations – 20 slides timed to change every 15 seconds. You have to tell your story quickly. I did one at Ignite Bristol last year and helped out organising Ignite Bath earlier this year. I thought … Continue reading

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Round-up of posts from the L&D Connect Unconference

The inaugural L&D Connect Unconference took place last week. Around 30 or so delegates came together to make connections, share thinking and discuss their L&D challenges. This was the first L&D unconference in the UK (I’m not aware of any … Continue reading

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Video: How Google search works

This video does exactly what it says on the tin. This is a ‘how it works’ video and well worth a look if you want to get an understanding of how Google crawls the web, indexes pages and ranks the … Continue reading

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Future for L&D is being able to bridge ‘concept and touch’, says CIPD

A highlight of this year’s CIPD learning and development conference, HRD, was spending some time with the CIPD’s John McGurk. John is responsible for their L&D research. Looking at their latest survey and picking up on emerging themes in L&D … Continue reading

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Twitter analysis for the L&D Connect Unconference

Here is an analysis of tweets from the inaugural L&D Connect Unconference. The report is from Tweetreach and it shows the types of tweet, the reach based on a tweeter’s followership. it also provides a list of tweets and tweeters. … Continue reading

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The adoption of ‘adjacent’ technologies by L&D

Last year the CIPD produced a report on E-learning – Focus on E-learning – which was released at the HR Software Show. At this year’s HRD, L&D advisor to the CIPD, John McGurk, published a report, entitled From e-learning to … Continue reading

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Innovation in the CIPD exhibition hall using the SCVNGR app

I’m having a lot of fun in the exhibition hall at the CIPD’s HRD 2012. Reason? I’m playing a scvngr hunt around the exhibition hall on my iphone. I’m playing because I want to win the ipad 3 prize I … Continue reading

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L&D ‘unaware’ of emerging learning analysis tools

For the first time in its Learning and Talent development Survey, the CIPD has looked at how L&D professionals use learning analysis tools. The results are illuminating, not for the types of tools that are currently used, such as Belbin, … Continue reading

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The most effective L&D practices now and in the future

The CIPD has just released its annual Learning and Talent Development Survey. The survey of 766 L&D specialists is packed full of insight into current challenges and future aspirations of L&D. In terms of the current trends, here areĀ  the … Continue reading

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Video: delegates share their takeaway from the L&D Connect Unconference

Before delegates left today’s L&D Connect Unconference they shared their takeaways . . .  

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