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It’s true that social media has greatly impacted the way organizations do business from a marketing and communications perspective. But what’s perhaps even more important – and likely overlooked – is the potential impact social media can have on how we lead and manage our organizations. Maddie Grant, co-author of Humanize and When Millennials Take Over, is …
Why is it that some products, ideas, and behaviors catch on, while others are simply forgotten? The answer often lies in social influence, a concept that has important implications for those of us in the business of lifelong learning. Dr. Jonah Berger, a marketing professor at the Wharton School at the University of Pennsylvania and …
Smile sheets (i.e., learner response forms, student reaction forms) are perhaps the most widely used tool in the learning industry for gathering feedback and attempting to assess the effectiveness of a learning event. The problem is, there is almost no correlation between smile sheets and learning results. The good news is that if we are …
When you think of branding, you probably don’t think of it in regards to yourself, but rather for a product or organization. But personal branding, how you define yourself and contribute to the value of your organization in a way that others take notice, is extremely important if you want to be recognized as a …
The science of learning is a recent hot topic in the education world and the research tells us that a “stand and deliver” approach to teaching simply isn’t effective in most instances. This week’s guest on the Leading Learning podcast was perhaps ahead of his time, writing about this issue well over a decade ago …
In this episode of the Leading Learning podcast, Celisa interviews Peter C. Brown, co-author of Make It Stick: The Science of Successful Learning. Make It Stick is an Emphatically Recommended Reading™ for the Leading Learning Symposium. We think it is one of the best books available to explain research about how people learn with implications for how we can …
When it comes to innovation and transformation, you definitely want to tune into what Seth Kahan, author of the bestseller Getting Innovation Right has to say. We help you do just that with this episode of the Leading Learning podcast. Jeff talks with Seth about what it means to get innovation right, why so many …
