FEMA Course: IS-42 Social Media in Emergency Management

I was part of a learning team developing a new course for FEMA.  The purpose of the course is to provide the participants with best practices including tools, techniques and a basic roadmap to build capabilities in the use of social media technologies in their own emergency management organizations (State, local, Tribal) in order to further their emergency response missions.

Great experience collaborating in a virtual environment.  Our team was spread out all over the country - Seattle, New York, Virginia and Texas.  We used BaseCamp to store master files, source materials and to manage the development schedule.  Drop Box was used to exchange large files.

Check out the final course:  http://training.fema.gov/EMIWeb/IS/is42.asp

Inside Search: Become a Google power searcher

Inside Search: Become a Google power searcher: (Cross-posted on the Official Google Blog ) You may already be familiar with some shortcuts for Google Search, like using the search box a...

Webinar: Using Social Media to Support Workplace Learning

Jane Hart
Social Business Consultant
Centre for Learning & Performance Technologies

Tuesday, June 12, 2012 | 10:30 AM Pacific Time

Complimentary for Paid Guild Members

More and more people are using social media and networks to solve their learning and performance problems in the workplace — connecting, conversing, and collaborating with colleagues both inside and outside the organization. Jane Hart will share her experiences in, ideas about, and predictions for using social media to support workplace learning.

Check it out:  http://www.elearningguild.com/content.cfm?selection=doc.2241&utm_campaign=tlws1206&utm_medium=email&utm_source=elg-memberp 

Google Knowledge Graph

The Knowledge Graph enables you to search for things, people or places that Google knows about—landmarks, celebrities, cities, sports teams, buildings, geographical features, movies, celestial objects, works of art and more—and instantly get information that’s relevant to your query. This is a critical first step towards building the next generation of search, which taps into the collective intelligence of the web and understands the world a bit more like people do.

Check it out:  http://www.google.com/insidesearch/features/search/knowledge.html

http://support.google.com/websearch/bin/answer.py?hl=en&answer=2620861

http://youtu.be/mmQl6VGvX-c

Free Webinar: Clark Quinn on How Mobile Enables Social Learning, May 23

Social learning is an increasing part of organizational learning, and mobile learning brings a new dimension to social learning in important ways. What do we need to know to do this well? Find out on May 23 in How Mobile Enables Social Learning with mLearning expert Clark Quinn. Register now for this complimentary webinar.

You do not need to be a member of The eLearning Guild to access this event.

 Check it out: http://www.elearningguild.com/content.cfm?selection=doc.2239&utm_campaign=bestof1205&utm_medium=email&utm_source=elg-insider