Assorted tips from Seth Godin

I love this post! Lots of random advice.

Which reminds me, I definitely need to back up my hard drive...

>> Measuring success

>> Measuring success

A useful post illustrating that measuring the quantity of 'activity' in an online community is not the same as measuring the amount of 'learning' that is taking place. What is more important is the need to define performance objectives for individuals and then measure how well they achieve these objectives.

How to Engage People on Yammer – 10 Great Reads

How to Engage People on Yammer – 10 Great Reads

Useful tips and case studies on how to set up engaging social media activities and events. Thank you to Stefan Lindegaard for sharing these!

Support coaching and mentoring with Social Media

Support coaching and mentoring

An interesting blog post that suggests how mentoring can be achieved using social media tools. The article also suggests that offering 'reverse mentoring' - getting younger colleagues to mentor older ones - can also be a useful way to help the latter better understand new forms of online communication.

20 great TED talks for students of Social Media

This useful collection of TED talks focuses on topics around the use of social media. Thank you to the bestcollegesonline blog for this great post!

http://www.bestcollegesonline.com/blog/2011/11/28/20-best-ted-talks-for-students-of-social-media/

Using Yammer in your training programs

Some good examples of how to use the Yammer social networking tool to support the face-to-face training programs.

Students Addicted To Technology: The Good and Bad News [Infographic] | Education Technology and Teacher Tools – Edudemic

Students Addicted To Technology: The Good and Bad News [Infographic] | Education Technology and Teacher Tools – Edudemic

A beautifully constructed infographic courtesy of Edudemic that provides useful statistics on students' addiction to technology.