This was one of the early early decks trying to explain what we were doing and why...wow...things have evolved since then.

1. Community Learning social tools for private networks

2. " The new work of managers is all about creating the enabling conditions for continuous learning, which is best done by supporting the informal communities in which it most effectively happens.” Peter Henschel, Director Emeritus Institute for Research in Learning

3. Social networking has become the new water-cooler. It is where people meet, connect, share and have the opportunity to learn.

4. Connect Share Learn Collaborate

5. The problem facing organizations is that few have utilized social networking tools to create informal communication and learning environments for their employees and volunteers.

6. Some organizations have banned Facebook, Youtube, and MySpace out of the fear of people wasting time The problem however is that people like to talk and many are deemed to silent cubicles or working from the home office The time seems right to offer a new way for people to build community and shape the culture of their organizations

7. Community Learning solves this problem by offering an organization the necessary social networking tools within a private, personally branded network for their employees/volunteers

8. Connect We facilitate web-based environments where people can connect, share ideas, learn, and collaborate together within the context of a specific community.

9. Share Blog platform Internal mailboxes Email notification Simple navigation Popularity voting Quality voting

10. Learn Together The internal feed reader assists each member to stay on top of their friends’ and groups’ content without the hassle of endless browsing

11. eLearning options The built in Learning Management System (LMS) is an optional tool for organizations desiring to communicate and train on specific topics important to the community

12. Invite For the communities that are more open the option to pull contacts from other open mail sources are available

13. Collaborate Individuals can form groups, discussion threads, and have a workspace wiki for collaborating on ideas and solving problems

14. Community Learning Web-based Personal Branding Hosted Platform Turn-key network Where people connect, learn, and collaborate in a social environment

15. A learning community is the convergence of formal and informal learning within a social context where the interests of the enterprise and individual meet. The role of social networks is essential to successful learning in enterprises.