Adventures in Corporate Education

or, how my graduate studies are affecting my job in corporate education

ASTD Big Question: Working effectively with subject matter experts

September 4th, 2009 · 4 Comments

The topic for ASTD’s September Big Question is working with SMEs. Before I start let me explain how we do this at EMC. Those of us who develop technical training are expected to become an SME in the technology for which we develop instruction. We have to understand more than how to do ID, we [...]

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Where do I spend my time? June’s Big Question

June 16th, 2009 · No Comments

This month’s ASTD Big Question is all about how people have time to participate in social media. Here is the exact question:

How much time do you spend and how did you find time for all the relatively newer things like reading blogs, twitter, social networks, etc.?
What are you doing less of today than you were [...]

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ASTD Big Question: Am I still stuck?

April 11th, 2009 · No Comments

Wow! This month the ASTD Big Question is about a blog post I wrote back in December! The post was called “I think grad school is making me crazy“.
Basically, I was venting my frustration about learning new ways of doing things while being in a role where I can’t implement change (it did not help [...]

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