In the March 2010 issue of Chief Learning Officer, I explore the future of the social learning management system.
As a result, I’ve been having a number of excellent conversations with people who have been thinking about the future of learning and development.

The traditional design methodologies of ADDIE and ISD need re-envisioning in the post-Facebook age.
The [...]

Instead of talking about social capital and social learning today, I’m going to ask for your help to save the lives of 135 orphaned children (including 26 infants) who may begin to die very soon.
While the medical cause of death will be dehydration, the actual cause of death will be death-by-bureaucracy.
Over the past five years, my [...]

On January 6, 2010, unusual status updates started appearing on Facebook. Many women began posting colors and patterns. The Facebook Bra Color meme, which promoted breast cancer awareness, became a one-week wonder across the Internet and in main-stream media. The meme was spread through an e-mail between women, letting the guys puzzle it out.

One of [...]

For the past twelve years, I’ve made 12th Night the most important holiday on my personal calendar. It’s a night when I raise a glass in toast and remember all of the people who have, in one way or another, touched my life.
I spent most of my childhood very sick, and I never thought that I [...]