Random Mind Dump
Some good debate on the Wave as to whether having an LMS as a portal is a good idea.Here is my situation:- Lots of information scattered among multiple domains- VERY hard to find what you need- Multiple training groups sprouting like weeds across the organizationMy conclusion: ANYTHING is better than nothing and we can clean it up later. If I've got one place, no matter how imperfect, I can point people to - we've won.----------------------------------------I ran into Sally early one morning and had the same discus

One Way to Move from Training to Performance
We keep hearing about how corporate educators need to transition themselves into performance consultants. Rather than agonizing over "how", maybe we should just keep our eyes peeled for opportunities.Right now, I am working on a project where we are supposed to implement another module of a project management application that we are using.One problem - there is no process, there is no policy, there is little configuration and there is no clear way to perform the tasks required.Oh yeah, and no one wants to do the decision-making.(We are going to ignore the conversation about whether we have the right tool to solve the actual problem. Or what

Google Wave Collaboration Experiment
So I managed to get Google Wave invites for the other 2 members of our LMS Administration team.I figured that Wave would help us improve our collaboration process - which currently consists of Elluminate or Virtual Classroom when we have the license space + teleconference (because not everyone has a working mic on their computers) + a word doc + multiple emails.Wave HAD to be an improvement. Right?---------------------------------Project: Create an Intro to SkillPort programParticipants:

First Google Wave Commentary
Sound advice from the nice folks at Funny Eye for the Corporate GuyThe picture has nothing to do with the thoughts below - but with the way my past few weeks have been going, it's a good reminder.------

Working around the LMS
I was at a local learning/technology conference yesterday and one of my peers (who I'll keep anonymous) did a great presentation on some short, just-in-time videos/screencasts that her department had done. I thought one of the most interesting points she mad