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IT Arsenal: French governemnt pushing ISPs to disclose downloaders details - An attempt to ban piracy
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Friday, April 3, 2009. French governemnt pushing ISPs to disclose downloaders details - An attempt to ban piracy. The UK and New Zealand have attempted to pass similar laws, but those efforts were struck down. The French government, however, has stronger ties to the media industry. According to France's entertainment industry, 450,000 illegal downloads take place each day causing loses of $10 million in royalties each year. John Kennedy, CEO of international music industry organization IFPI said. Google ...
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IT Arsenal: IBM Lotuslive engage
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Thursday, April 2, 2009. April 7, IBM will commercially launch LotusLive Engage, the latest addition in social network-inspired business collaboration software. Major features of Engage include a Web meeting space, with desktop sharing, recording, and security; instant messaging, with photo and file sharing; online file storage and sharing; and project tracking, to-do lists, and brainstorming. Price Waterhouse Coopers, Nortel Networks, and Penn State University are a few of the early users.
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IT Arsenal: Microsoft Office 2007 SP2 leaks
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Thursday, April 2, 2009. Microsoft Office 2007 SP2 leaks. Microsoft is currently working on SP2 for Office 2007 and could be ready to release a final version as early as this month. Today an early copy has leaked to BitTorrent according to Windows Vista Magazine. SP2 will support Open Document Format (ODF), XML Paper Specification (XPS) and Portable Document Format (PDF). Labels: Microsoft Office 2007 SP2. Subscribe to: Post Comments (Atom). Google intalks with twitter regarding a buyout - I.
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Corporate Training: The Changing Landscape of Corporate Training
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Wednesday, April 22, 2009. The Changing Landscape of Corporate Training. In July 2008, Bersin and Associates. Published a Corporate Learning Factbook. The paper made some salient points about the changing landscape of corporate training. Key points included the following:. 8226; Training budgets and staffing are continuing to grow, but at a slower rate. 8226; Per learner spending is essentially flat, primarily because organizations have more employees to train. However, as we approach the middle of 2009,...
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Corporate Training: April 2009
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Monday, April 27, 2009. All Managers Are Trainers. Above: Conducting in-house sales training with ClarkMorgan Corporate Training. In my last post I discussed the importance of implementing training from the top, to improve managerial behavior, and allowing the improvements to filter down from senior management to the middle management and beyond. All Managers Are Trainers. Improve consistency with trained employees. Consistent efficiency is achieved by establishing a standardized routine and then trainin...
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Corporate Training: Putting Training into Practice
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Thursday, May 14, 2009. Putting Training into Practice. Above: An enthralled crowd at Spark09. S Shanghai event earlier this year. This exciting event was presented by thought leaders and covered the topics: Humanity, Environment, Science, and Business. Spark09 will be in Beijing and Hong Kong soon! Putting Training into Practice. However, the Training Manager decided upon a Powerful Presentations seminar. A great choice of seminar that is not only highly interactive and skill oriented but also a gre...
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Corporate Training: May 2009
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Sunday, May 31, 2009. In my last post, I introduced the idea of Systems Thinking to argue David H. Maister’s belief that “Training should not be used as a first (or stand-alone) step to long-term change, but as part of a process toward organisational change.”. In this article, I’d like to continue and build upon this argument to help you understand why stand-alone training is not enough to encourage the evolution of your organisation. Organisational learning focused originally on the practice of five cor...
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Corporate Training: The Process of Organisational Change - Systems Thinking
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Sunday, May 24, 2009. The Process of Organisational Change - Systems Thinking. 8220;Training should not be used as a first (or stand-alone) step to long-term change, but as part of a process toward organisational change.”. My first supporting argument for the statement above (from David H. Maister’s report, “Why (Most) Training Is Useless: Start Developing Skills; Stop WASTING Time") is based upon Systems Thinking. Systems are usually made up of many smaller systems, or subsystems. Each subsystem has its...
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Corporate Training: How to Ensure Training is Worthwhile
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Friday, April 24, 2009. How to Ensure Training is Worthwhile. Above: Andy Clark, Co-founder of ClarkMorgan Corporate Training, conducting a highly interactive 'Train the Trainer' seminar in Shanghai earlier this year. How to Ensure Training is Worthwhile. I have been shocked and dismayed at one training trend I have noticed over the last six months, and I’d like to talk about this today and over the following few days; training for training's sake. Many thanks for reading,. All Managers Are Trainers.
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Corporate Training: 1: Changes At The Top
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Saturday, April 25, 2009. 1: Changes At The Top. 8211; Shanghai. An event hosted by thought leaders and attended by future thought leaders. Coming soon to Hong Kong and Beijing! 8220;True long-term changes in any organization need to begin with changes at the top - in managerial behavior.”. As I mentioned in my previous post, it is common for organizations to use their training budget as strategically as they would their coffee break budget. So what audience should they have targeted? Firstly, training m...
