I listen to quite a bit of music, but only very occasionally do I go to a live gig or concert; I watch a considerable amount of drama (most of it mysteries and thrillers I’m afraid), but this is on TV, only very rarely at the theatre; and I watch my fair share of sport, mostly on TV but (here’s where I break the pattern), also quite regularly at the Amex stadium in Brighton. The live events I have attended in my life are, in many cases, peak moments of high emotional engagement that I will never forget. The rest is just passing the time enjoyably.We can go back to the comparison with our consumption of entertainment. I see there being a number of categories,Events that you go to primarily for the social contact it provides and because it gets you out of the house.

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Why face-to-face should be for special occasions

organizations are beginning to consider how they can implement or operationalize it. However, social media is a very different beast from traditional enterprise tools, particularly because it is mainly being used at the grass roots level rather than being implemented by the organization. Social tools are not only changing the way. Someone or some people decide what tools/platforms are best for use within the organization and these are then purchased, installed and set up for employees to use. They then have to get the employees to use the tools, perhaps even train them to how to do so. imposing social and collaboration tools on the workforce, compelling them to share and collaborate, and then controlling and tracking what they do share. It is very probable that organizations that take a top-down approach to implementing social learning will report that it has failed, that workers are not using their collaboration system, or that they are not sharing and that it is not effective.

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Implementing Social Learning (#ASTDLN)