BASIC SOCIAL NETWORK LEARNING CERTIFICATE
Implementing Social Networking to Boost Organizational Learning and Performance

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This highly interactive online learning certificate helps leaders, managers, trainers and learning specialists who are interested in implementing Social Networking as a means to increasing learning and performance.

This online certificate program will begin on April 21, 2008.
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"Basic Social Network Learning Certificate"
Implementing Social Networking to Boost Organizational Learning and Performance
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• Ray Jimenez, Ph.D.
  Author, 3-Minute e-Learning: Rapid Learning and Applications, Amazingly Lower Cost and Faster Speed of Delivery: Plus Online Demos, Templates, Videos
  Managing Director, Architect, www.TrainingPayback.com
  

Mainstream Social Networking is a viable corporate learning solution. Corporate versions of YouTube, FaceBook, Flickr, LinkedIn, WIKIs, Blogs, SecondLife, and other virtual methods - are invading businesses in a large way. However, the challenges and issues that confront leaders, managers, trainers and learning specialists are: How do we introduce these new methods and tools to directly impact and improve learning and performance? How do we manage work cultures and learning behaviors to meld with socially-driven, collaborative and open-architecture software solutions? How do we implement these changes to ensure that our investments bring about results?

Through a series of case studies, examples, demonstrations and guided hands-on social networking exercises, this certificate will help you design and implement a plan that will leverage Social Networking in your organization. This certificate will add to your skill set as a leader, manager, and specialist in introducing Social Networking in your organizations.

This certificate benefits those who wish to advance themselves and obtain knowledge to be a champion, leader, prime mover or contributor in their organizations’ push to leverage Social Networking.

You are required to already have participated in Web 2.0 and Enterprise 2.0
social networking sites. If needed, you may contact the instructor to receive guidance on which site to join prior to the start of this certificate.

The course is comprised of (3) live online sessions. Each session will start with approximately 30 minutes of homework and exercises. During the session, you will participate in discussions and actual use of social networking tools as exercises or applications of the session ideas.

Session One – April 21, 2008:
Overview and framework for implementation

• Understand the world of Web 2.0, social networking, social media and Enterprise 2.0
• Learn cases where Wikis, Blogs, RSS Readers, Social Bookmarking, Widgets, Virtual Worlds, and SocioGrams are applied in organizational work and learning
• Learn current organizational practices in Social Network Analysis (SNA) and Social Network Capital (SNA.)
• Back up your plans with research-based proof that Social Networking improves corporate learning and performance
• Identify the criteria of a good fit with the culture, technology, participant skills, and outcomes

Session Two – April 22, 2008:
Learning and performance models, Leader Skills and strategies

• Select which projects, topics and work demands, skill sets, and tasks that warrant Social Networking learning methods
• Match Social Networking tools and software with the right projects, scope and participants
• Use the six-step process for integrating Social Networking learning and performance
• “Seed” Social Networks with micro-content, user-created content, and other sources, e.g. e-learning, references, knowledge objects, video, audio, etc.
• Set up a benchmark model that will correlate social networking interactions with measurable performance outcomes
• Identify skills sets for Social Networking champions, leaders, managers, specialists, trainers and developers using Social Networking methods

Session Three – April 23, 2008:
Implementation, Integration and Justification

• Apply ideas from case studies in selecting, implementing, and monitoring Social Networking
• Select tools that enable you to display visual and graphical Social Networks or Sociograms
• Coordinate social networking activities with classroom training, on-the-job learning, blended programs, and collaborative projects
• Integrate the data from social networking tools into your Learning Management System (LMS)
• Understanding IT concerns with firewalls, security, privacy, and polices
• Present to management a plan and justification for implementing Social Networking projects
  

  NOTE: This certificate is not focused primarily on software and technical details. Rather, the focal point is how to implement and manage Social Networking to improve learning and performance.
  

This certificate program is designed for learning leaders, managers, learning specialists, and consultants who are interested in broadening their skill sets and leading and implementing social networking initiatives.

April 21, 22 and 23, 2008 | 11:00 am - 2:00 pm EST

Again, note that all sessions times above are listed in Eastern Standard Time (EST, New York time). For times in other time zones, visit this link. Live sessions will be recorded for those who wish to go back and review or who must miss a live session.

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