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Let’s Talk Learning – National VET E-Learning Webinars by Learning Cafe
By: Jeevan Joshi - 19 May 2012 - 0 Comments

We are pleased to invite the Learning Cafe community to the “Let’s Talk Learning” webinar series being organised by The Industry System Change Business Activity of the National VET E-learning Strategy. Two of the [...]

A beachhead for learning – Learning Conversation with Helen Zwicker, CEO Kiama Community College
By: Jeevan Joshi - 16 May 2012 - 0 Comments

We talk to Helen Zwicker, the Executive Officer of the Kiama Community College Inc. Kiama Community College Inc is a not-for-profit, volunteer managed, community based Registered Training Organisation . It has been operating since [...]

Open source in corporate learning – The need to take it seriously.
By: Jeevan Joshi - 13 May 2012 - 1 Comment

The world of learning has been buffeted by the GFC and its after effects. Almost all forms of learning have been impacted. In Australia, as in other parts of the world, corporate training budgets [...]

Branding of Learning or is reputation enough ? Learning Cafe May Theme & Webinar
By: Jeevan Joshi - 06 May 2012 - 0 Comments

Being exposed to branding and marketing is now part of life*. In larger companies internal brands (departments, initiatives etc)  have been used to create visibility and engage employees with the hope of resulting into [...]

Walk a mile in my shoes and Learning Councils
By: Peter Davis - 02 May 2012 - 2 Comments

Have you heard the song “Walk a Mile in My Shoes”? It was a powerful song of the ’60s written by Joe South and covered by none other than Elvis Presley. The song was [...]

Do you have a Personal Development Plan?
By: Mike Collins - 29 April 2012 - 6 Comments

Sat in a meeting room somewhere in Manchester my quarterly review was drawing to a close. It had been a good conversation, a chance to reflect on the last few months, the trials and [...]

Gartner’s top tech  2012 predictions: Impact on learning at 3 levels
By: Jeevan Joshi - 27 April 2012 - 1 Comment

The highly respected information technology research and advisory company Gartner has made the top 10 enterprise technology predictions for 2012. You can access the presentation and webinar here   This blog posting attempts to translate [...]

Playing by numbers
By: Ryan Tracey - 26 April 2012 - 0 Comments

The theme of last week’s Learning Cafe in Sydney was How to Win Friends and Influence Learning Stakeholders. Among the stakeholders considered was the “C-Level & Leadership”. This got me thinking, do the C-suite [...]

True Pioneer: William C Norris
By: Bob Spence - 08 April 2012 - 2 Comments

With all the discussion we have about learning technologies, social networking and relevance to learning it’s worth spending a few minutes to reflect on, and be humbled by, the work of a man who, [...]

How to Win Friends and Influence Learning Stakeholders – Learning Cafe April Theme – Register for Webinar
By: Jeevan Joshi - 28 March 2012 - 0 Comments

L&D & Capability professionals need to the tick of approval from stakeholders such as Business, IT, Risk, Compliance etc. to effectively deploy learning solutions. We discuss challenges faced and share tips and tricks to [...]