A new survey shows only 51% of organizations say their existing workforce has the skills and capabilities to support their current needs. Worse, 81% say their existing workforce lacks the skills and capabilities to support their future needs. In this lively keynote, David Leaser, senior program executive of skills innovation at IBM, presented a compelling and thoughtful narrative on how understanding the modern workforce — across multiple digital touchpoints — is critical to developing 21st century skills and creating a pipeline of talent. The session will focus on how IBM has created a Digital Badge Program that has resulted in significant growth in learner engagement, student enrollment, and learners seeking certifications.
Open Badges: A practical example of a product implementationmyknowledgemap
A forward look at how Open Badges could be implemented within the ReallyManaging Assessment solution from MyKnowledgeMap Ltd. As presented at the Open Badges in Medical Education event hosted by the University of Leeds on 26th November 2012.
Open Badges: How IBM Launched a Bold New Initiative to Attract, Engage, and ...David Leaser
The world of digital online credentials is changing, and IBM is a leading voice in the IT industry. In this session, using real program data and results and the IBM Open Badge Program as a case study, you will learn how to design a nano-credential program that quickly generates significant results. See how IBM merges credentials and recognition with social media, such as LinkedIn, Facebook, and Twitter. The session explores Mozilla Open Badges, which are quickly emerging as an industry standard to recognize achievements and nurture and progress talent.
In this presentation, you will learn:
* A deeper understanding of Open Badges and the future of digital nano-credentials
* The benefits of Open Badges to key stakeholders—badge issuers, badge earners, and badge consumers
* How to demonstrate use cases and show the results an organization can achieve with Open Badges
* How to outline an action plan to get started with Open Badges
David Leaser is senior program manager of innovation and growth initiatives for the Global Skills Initiative program at IBM. David developed IBM’s first cloud-based learning solution and is the program developer for the IBM Open Badge Program, a leading-edge program to attract, engage, and progress talent. David is the author of a number of thought-leadership white papers on talent development, including Migrating Minds and The Social Imperative in Workforce Development. He has trained more than 4,000 clients and developed more than 30 training manuals and video tutorials.
Attract, Engage, and Develop Talent using Open Badges: An IBM case study★ Tony Karrer
Human Resources Today / HR Innovators Virtual Conference - September 2016
HR has an incredible opportunity to use badges to help attract, engage, recognize and develop talent.
There have been significant developments around digital credentials and particularly the fast rise of badges and micro-credentials. HR Managers need to be aware of what’s happening and innovators should be taking a leading role.
In this session, David will go through the well-known IBM Open Badge Program to help explain badge programs. You will learn how to design a nano-credential program that quickly generates significant results. David will examine how IBM merges credentials and recognition, as well as how it integrates with social media, such as LinkedIn, Facebook, and Twitter. You will learn how digital credentials can be directly tied to career opportunities and workforce demand through labor market insights. You will come away with an understanding of how badges can easily be issued, shared and verified and how digital, standardized recognition connects individuals to learning and professional advancement.
Sign-up at http://www.humanresourcestoday.com
Open Badges: A practical example of a product implementationmyknowledgemap
A forward look at how Open Badges could be implemented within the ReallyManaging Assessment solution from MyKnowledgeMap Ltd. As presented at the Open Badges in Medical Education event hosted by the University of Leeds on 26th November 2012.
Open Badges: How IBM Launched a Bold New Initiative to Attract, Engage, and ...David Leaser
The world of digital online credentials is changing, and IBM is a leading voice in the IT industry. In this session, using real program data and results and the IBM Open Badge Program as a case study, you will learn how to design a nano-credential program that quickly generates significant results. See how IBM merges credentials and recognition with social media, such as LinkedIn, Facebook, and Twitter. The session explores Mozilla Open Badges, which are quickly emerging as an industry standard to recognize achievements and nurture and progress talent.
In this presentation, you will learn:
* A deeper understanding of Open Badges and the future of digital nano-credentials
* The benefits of Open Badges to key stakeholders—badge issuers, badge earners, and badge consumers
* How to demonstrate use cases and show the results an organization can achieve with Open Badges
* How to outline an action plan to get started with Open Badges
David Leaser is senior program manager of innovation and growth initiatives for the Global Skills Initiative program at IBM. David developed IBM’s first cloud-based learning solution and is the program developer for the IBM Open Badge Program, a leading-edge program to attract, engage, and progress talent. David is the author of a number of thought-leadership white papers on talent development, including Migrating Minds and The Social Imperative in Workforce Development. He has trained more than 4,000 clients and developed more than 30 training manuals and video tutorials.
Attract, Engage, and Develop Talent using Open Badges: An IBM case study★ Tony Karrer
Human Resources Today / HR Innovators Virtual Conference - September 2016
HR has an incredible opportunity to use badges to help attract, engage, recognize and develop talent.
There have been significant developments around digital credentials and particularly the fast rise of badges and micro-credentials. HR Managers need to be aware of what’s happening and innovators should be taking a leading role.
In this session, David will go through the well-known IBM Open Badge Program to help explain badge programs. You will learn how to design a nano-credential program that quickly generates significant results. David will examine how IBM merges credentials and recognition, as well as how it integrates with social media, such as LinkedIn, Facebook, and Twitter. You will learn how digital credentials can be directly tied to career opportunities and workforce demand through labor market insights. You will come away with an understanding of how badges can easily be issued, shared and verified and how digital, standardized recognition connects individuals to learning and professional advancement.
Sign-up at http://www.humanresourcestoday.com
Realtor Technology Overview Featuring linkedinAlan Wang
How can Realtors leverage Linkedin? I am a huge believer in that Relationships Matter. But Realtors continually pay for leads when they could be doing a better job nurturing their referral networks. Linkedin is one way to do so by building your brand, projecting your knowledge, connecting with your clients and keeping in touch.
Mobile application experience; what does it look like today and what should employers consider as they build a platform for the future
^ Speaker: Aaron Hardy, PageUp
Brief about how LinkedIn can be used as a B2B marketing & Lead Generation tool. I'm a freelancer, helping organizations increase their revenue by LinkedIn activities & high quality lead generation.
By 2020, companies who effectively master Artificial Intelligence (AI) will steal $1.2 trillion per year from those that don’t, according to Gartner. Through AI, marketers can leverage amplified reasoning, understanding and interacting to deepen customer relationships. Discover how Microsoft can help you build these relationships.
Salesforce Platform: Extend Your Social Strategy with the AppExchange - Dream...Salesforce Partners
Extend your social business vision with 1650+ partner solutions on the AppExchange. Join us as we cover the top social apps on the market today, from DocuSign to Concur. If you are searching for ways to extend your social strategy and get even more value out of Salesforce, you cant miss this session.
Social Apps have arrived - how do you transform your ISV application to leverage these innovative principles, and what features do you need to build to get there? Join us for an interactive workshop that will give you first-hand experience in a new process we are introducing to our ISV partners. You will brainstorm on a sample application, and learn how to generate innovative ideas that address your customers needs in a forward-thinking way. After this session, you will be able to apply these same principles to start realizing your own Social App vision.
Achieving Engaging and Differentiated Digital Experiences for Better Business...IBM Digital Experience
To create an exceptional experience, you need a platform that is ambidextrous – to pay attention to both – customer centricity & flexibility, customer experience & employee experience.
Beamery + Workday: Better Together for your Talent TeamBeamery
The talent and recruitment technology space has become incredibly noisy. Navigating this can be both complex and time consuming for enterprise businesses who are looking to get ahead of their competition.
But with the Beamery + Workday integration, it's simple. Now, you can proactively attract, engage and retain top talent via one end-to-end recruiter and candidate experience.
In this webinar you will learn:
- What the Beamery + Workday integration could mean for
Beamery.
- How you could utilise the power of the two platforms to gain a
competitive edge
- What the future holds for the Beamery + Workday partnership
Growing Interest in Cloud Based Digital Experiences -- An IDC and IBM Digital...IBM Digital Experience
As marketing, commerce, and customer service continue to shift to digital channels — and as an increasingly greater share of an organization's revenue comes from digital business — organizations have become acutely aware of the need for an enterprise digital experience platform. Such a platform enables them to quickly and cost effectively create, manage, and deliver cross-channel, cross-device digital experiences to their various constituents; measure the effectiveness of the experiences; and optimize the experiences based on analytical insights.
Organizations are increasingly turning to platforms such as IBM Digital Experience on Cloud to meet today's digital business requirements. As IDC's research has shown, organizations that use IBM Digital Experience have realized significant business benefits, including increased revenue and quicker time to market, reduced costs and improved staff productivity, and increased customer and employee engagement.
Join us in this live webinar to:
1. Hear directly from IDC on their latest IBM Digital Experience on Cloud Business Valuation report
2. See live demonstrations of the latest features that IBM Digital Experience on Cloud solutions can provide to companies looking to capitalize on their digital transformations
In nearly every area of business, the speed of change is outpacing the speed of learning. As it transformed its training business, IBM also transformed its credential strategy with digital badges, leading to a dramatic improvement in nearly every metric: Attendance is up, course completions are up, and more students are returning to take additional courses. In this session, you’ll see the results IBM has achieved by transforming its credential program. Then, you’ll get a step-by step, fast-paced lesson on how you can implement a program and achieve similar results. You’ll leave with a checklist showing how you can get started quickly without a big investment in resource or cost.
Join us for this TICE Virtual session as your host, Jim Daniels, worldwide program manager for IBM’s Digital Badge Program, will show you how IBM has transformed its certification program with digital badges.
Train to Retain - Creating an impactful employee experience.pptxDavid Leaser
This presentation was delivered in October 2023 at the Adobe Learning Summit.
A study by Glassdoor found that 54% of employees are considering leaving their current jobs, and more than half cite lack of training and career growth opportunities as the reason. In today's culture and competitive job market, retaining top talent has become a critical challenge. According to the Aberdeen Group, companies that invest in employee training see a 21% increase in employee retention. The key to building an engaged and high-performing workforce lies in creating an impactful employee experience. In this session, you will learn the crucial role Learning & Development plays in fostering employee retention, loyalty, productivity and engagement. You will learn how to create a program which excites your employees and leads to a more efficient and productive workforce, ultimately driving business success.
By the end of this presentation, you will understand:
• The benefits of training for retention, loyalty, productivity and engagement
• The different types of training and coaching you should offer during each stage of the employee lifecycle
• What is “quiet hiring” and why this is essential to your strategy
• How to design and deliver a training program that aligns to C-Suite needs
• How to incorporate emerging tools and technologies into your training process
Unleashing Your Sales Potential Exploring Targeted Lead GenerationAccountSend.com
As a social media expert, I understand the importance of targeted lead generation in unlocking sales potential. In this article, we'll explore strategies to generate more leads and boost sales.
1️⃣ Define Your Target Audience: Before launching any lead generation campaign, define your target audience based on factors like industry, company size, or job title.
2️⃣ Create Compelling Content: Capture potential leads' attention with compelling content such as blog posts, infographics, or videos that showcase expertise and provide value to customers.
3️⃣ Optimize Your Website with SEO Strategies: Implement Search Engine Optimization (SEO) techniques to rank higher in search engine results, attracting organic traffic and generating more leads.
4️⃣ Leverage Social Media Platforms: Utilize platforms like LinkedIn, a popular choice for B2B companies, to connect with professionals in similar industries.
5️⃣ Utilize Email Marketing Campaigns: Email marketing campaigns remain effective in reaching prospects directly without the noise of other platforms, such as social media.
By implementing these strategies, you'll supercharge your lead generation efforts and drive remarkable sales growth. 💼💪✨
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Top 4 Marketing Must-Haves for IT and Engineering Staffing Firms in 2014ClearEdge Marketing
What’s in your marketing toolkit for this year? Not sure where to spend your marketing dollars to drive your business forward and realize the best return on your marketing investment? Have no fear – this deck will help! We discuss the four marketing must-haves for IT and engineering staffing firms this year:
1 - Messaging that resonates with your target audience
2 - Creating two-way conversations via social media to enhance the candidate experience
3 - Creating an engaging online user experience regardless of the platform/device used
4 - Creating content that converts.
Explore LinkedIn’s demand generation capabilities and get equipped to create LinkedIn advertising campaigns that effectively generate and nurture high-quality leads.
Realtor Technology Overview Featuring linkedinAlan Wang
How can Realtors leverage Linkedin? I am a huge believer in that Relationships Matter. But Realtors continually pay for leads when they could be doing a better job nurturing their referral networks. Linkedin is one way to do so by building your brand, projecting your knowledge, connecting with your clients and keeping in touch.
Mobile application experience; what does it look like today and what should employers consider as they build a platform for the future
^ Speaker: Aaron Hardy, PageUp
Brief about how LinkedIn can be used as a B2B marketing & Lead Generation tool. I'm a freelancer, helping organizations increase their revenue by LinkedIn activities & high quality lead generation.
By 2020, companies who effectively master Artificial Intelligence (AI) will steal $1.2 trillion per year from those that don’t, according to Gartner. Through AI, marketers can leverage amplified reasoning, understanding and interacting to deepen customer relationships. Discover how Microsoft can help you build these relationships.
Salesforce Platform: Extend Your Social Strategy with the AppExchange - Dream...Salesforce Partners
Extend your social business vision with 1650+ partner solutions on the AppExchange. Join us as we cover the top social apps on the market today, from DocuSign to Concur. If you are searching for ways to extend your social strategy and get even more value out of Salesforce, you cant miss this session.
Social Apps have arrived - how do you transform your ISV application to leverage these innovative principles, and what features do you need to build to get there? Join us for an interactive workshop that will give you first-hand experience in a new process we are introducing to our ISV partners. You will brainstorm on a sample application, and learn how to generate innovative ideas that address your customers needs in a forward-thinking way. After this session, you will be able to apply these same principles to start realizing your own Social App vision.
Achieving Engaging and Differentiated Digital Experiences for Better Business...IBM Digital Experience
To create an exceptional experience, you need a platform that is ambidextrous – to pay attention to both – customer centricity & flexibility, customer experience & employee experience.
Beamery + Workday: Better Together for your Talent TeamBeamery
The talent and recruitment technology space has become incredibly noisy. Navigating this can be both complex and time consuming for enterprise businesses who are looking to get ahead of their competition.
But with the Beamery + Workday integration, it's simple. Now, you can proactively attract, engage and retain top talent via one end-to-end recruiter and candidate experience.
In this webinar you will learn:
- What the Beamery + Workday integration could mean for
Beamery.
- How you could utilise the power of the two platforms to gain a
competitive edge
- What the future holds for the Beamery + Workday partnership
Growing Interest in Cloud Based Digital Experiences -- An IDC and IBM Digital...IBM Digital Experience
As marketing, commerce, and customer service continue to shift to digital channels — and as an increasingly greater share of an organization's revenue comes from digital business — organizations have become acutely aware of the need for an enterprise digital experience platform. Such a platform enables them to quickly and cost effectively create, manage, and deliver cross-channel, cross-device digital experiences to their various constituents; measure the effectiveness of the experiences; and optimize the experiences based on analytical insights.
Organizations are increasingly turning to platforms such as IBM Digital Experience on Cloud to meet today's digital business requirements. As IDC's research has shown, organizations that use IBM Digital Experience have realized significant business benefits, including increased revenue and quicker time to market, reduced costs and improved staff productivity, and increased customer and employee engagement.
Join us in this live webinar to:
1. Hear directly from IDC on their latest IBM Digital Experience on Cloud Business Valuation report
2. See live demonstrations of the latest features that IBM Digital Experience on Cloud solutions can provide to companies looking to capitalize on their digital transformations
In nearly every area of business, the speed of change is outpacing the speed of learning. As it transformed its training business, IBM also transformed its credential strategy with digital badges, leading to a dramatic improvement in nearly every metric: Attendance is up, course completions are up, and more students are returning to take additional courses. In this session, you’ll see the results IBM has achieved by transforming its credential program. Then, you’ll get a step-by step, fast-paced lesson on how you can implement a program and achieve similar results. You’ll leave with a checklist showing how you can get started quickly without a big investment in resource or cost.
Join us for this TICE Virtual session as your host, Jim Daniels, worldwide program manager for IBM’s Digital Badge Program, will show you how IBM has transformed its certification program with digital badges.
Train to Retain - Creating an impactful employee experience.pptxDavid Leaser
This presentation was delivered in October 2023 at the Adobe Learning Summit.
A study by Glassdoor found that 54% of employees are considering leaving their current jobs, and more than half cite lack of training and career growth opportunities as the reason. In today's culture and competitive job market, retaining top talent has become a critical challenge. According to the Aberdeen Group, companies that invest in employee training see a 21% increase in employee retention. The key to building an engaged and high-performing workforce lies in creating an impactful employee experience. In this session, you will learn the crucial role Learning & Development plays in fostering employee retention, loyalty, productivity and engagement. You will learn how to create a program which excites your employees and leads to a more efficient and productive workforce, ultimately driving business success.
By the end of this presentation, you will understand:
• The benefits of training for retention, loyalty, productivity and engagement
• The different types of training and coaching you should offer during each stage of the employee lifecycle
• What is “quiet hiring” and why this is essential to your strategy
• How to design and deliver a training program that aligns to C-Suite needs
• How to incorporate emerging tools and technologies into your training process
Unleashing Your Sales Potential Exploring Targeted Lead GenerationAccountSend.com
As a social media expert, I understand the importance of targeted lead generation in unlocking sales potential. In this article, we'll explore strategies to generate more leads and boost sales.
1️⃣ Define Your Target Audience: Before launching any lead generation campaign, define your target audience based on factors like industry, company size, or job title.
2️⃣ Create Compelling Content: Capture potential leads' attention with compelling content such as blog posts, infographics, or videos that showcase expertise and provide value to customers.
3️⃣ Optimize Your Website with SEO Strategies: Implement Search Engine Optimization (SEO) techniques to rank higher in search engine results, attracting organic traffic and generating more leads.
4️⃣ Leverage Social Media Platforms: Utilize platforms like LinkedIn, a popular choice for B2B companies, to connect with professionals in similar industries.
5️⃣ Utilize Email Marketing Campaigns: Email marketing campaigns remain effective in reaching prospects directly without the noise of other platforms, such as social media.
By implementing these strategies, you'll supercharge your lead generation efforts and drive remarkable sales growth. 💼💪✨
✨Access 30Million+ decision-makers' contact info + 1,500 FREE credits: https://app.accountsend.com/register 🌐
👉 Connect with us for more tips & insights:
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🔗 Website: https://accountsend.com/
🔗 Facebook Page: https://www.facebook.com/accountsendinfo
🔗 LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/company/accountsend
🔗 Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/accountsendinfo/
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🔗 Tumblr: www.tumblr.com/accountsend
🔗 Twitter: https://twitter.com/accountsend_com
Top 4 Marketing Must-Haves for IT and Engineering Staffing Firms in 2014ClearEdge Marketing
What’s in your marketing toolkit for this year? Not sure where to spend your marketing dollars to drive your business forward and realize the best return on your marketing investment? Have no fear – this deck will help! We discuss the four marketing must-haves for IT and engineering staffing firms this year:
1 - Messaging that resonates with your target audience
2 - Creating two-way conversations via social media to enhance the candidate experience
3 - Creating an engaging online user experience regardless of the platform/device used
4 - Creating content that converts.
Explore LinkedIn’s demand generation capabilities and get equipped to create LinkedIn advertising campaigns that effectively generate and nurture high-quality leads.
In this edition of the Quarterly Product Release Webinar, LinkedIn's product experts give you a full look at all the Q1 product updates rolling out across LinkedIn Talent Solutions.
Speaker Names:
Lauren Kuemmeler, Senior Customer Success Manager
Tucker Johns, Senior Customer Success Manager
Sankar Venkatraman, Global Product Evangelist
apidays LIVE Paris - Drawing the right lines: DDD, APIs and Microservices by ...apidays
apidays LIVE Paris - Responding to the New Normal with APIs for Business, People and Society
December 8, 9 & 10, 2020
Drawing the right lines: DDD, APIs and Microservices
Ronnie Mitra, Director of Technology at Publicis Sapient
Social Selling Training: Be Found by Buyers, Bring Value to Clients, Build Yo...Jim Claussen
10 Steps to Impact. To help you better grow into social, share what you know, amplify value and engage here is a presentation I did recently for at a sales and business partner seminar. This is an entry level presentation for someone just getting started.
7 Capabilities of Companies That Are Killing It in CXPerficient, Inc.
Every organization is at a different stage of digital maturity, which directly affects its ability to deliver an exceptional customer experience (CX). To make the situation more challenging, customer expectations are increasing every day as Amazon, Google, and other innovators are setting a high bar for what consumers expect to see when they engage with a brand.
We’ve developed a model that identifies the seven core capabilities of the companies that are dominating CX. These are the things they do that set them far ahead of their competition and allow them to deliver killer customer experiences. In our webinar, we took a closer look at those seven capabilities, including:
-How you can help your company adopt and master the 7 characteristics of CX success
-How companies with exceptional experiences can continue to improve and adapt
Social Selling has changed the way people buy. Learn to use LinkedIn and other platforms to engage with your prospects and turn them into fans of your online profile.
It's the way your clients are wanting to buy!
Social has played an essential, introductory role in brands’ digital transformation. It has shown tangible results and allowed to track change and progress.
But how can you leverage any social media operation to transcend beyond its direct impact? This webinar explores the future and evolution of content studios, from social only to full-on digital.
DevOps and Testing slides at DASA ConnectKari Kakkonen
My and Rik Marselis slides at 30.5.2024 DASA Connect conference. We discuss about what is testing, then what is agile testing and finally what is Testing in DevOps. Finally we had lovely workshop with the participants trying to find out different ways to think about quality and testing in different parts of the DevOps infinity loop.
A tale of scale & speed: How the US Navy is enabling software delivery from l...sonjaschweigert1
Rapid and secure feature delivery is a goal across every application team and every branch of the DoD. The Navy’s DevSecOps platform, Party Barge, has achieved:
- Reduction in onboarding time from 5 weeks to 1 day
- Improved developer experience and productivity through actionable findings and reduction of false positives
- Maintenance of superior security standards and inherent policy enforcement with Authorization to Operate (ATO)
Development teams can ship efficiently and ensure applications are cyber ready for Navy Authorizing Officials (AOs). In this webinar, Sigma Defense and Anchore will give attendees a look behind the scenes and demo secure pipeline automation and security artifacts that speed up application ATO and time to production.
We will cover:
- How to remove silos in DevSecOps
- How to build efficient development pipeline roles and component templates
- How to deliver security artifacts that matter for ATO’s (SBOMs, vulnerability reports, and policy evidence)
- How to streamline operations with automated policy checks on container images
Accelerate your Kubernetes clusters with Varnish CachingThijs Feryn
A presentation about the usage and availability of Varnish on Kubernetes. This talk explores the capabilities of Varnish caching and shows how to use the Varnish Helm chart to deploy it to Kubernetes.
This presentation was delivered at K8SUG Singapore. See https://feryn.eu/presentations/accelerate-your-kubernetes-clusters-with-varnish-caching-k8sug-singapore-28-2024 for more details.
Observability Concepts EVERY Developer Should Know -- DeveloperWeek Europe.pdfPaige Cruz
Monitoring and observability aren’t traditionally found in software curriculums and many of us cobble this knowledge together from whatever vendor or ecosystem we were first introduced to and whatever is a part of your current company’s observability stack.
While the dev and ops silo continues to crumble….many organizations still relegate monitoring & observability as the purview of ops, infra and SRE teams. This is a mistake - achieving a highly observable system requires collaboration up and down the stack.
I, a former op, would like to extend an invitation to all application developers to join the observability party will share these foundational concepts to build on:
Smart TV Buyer Insights Survey 2024 by 91mobiles.pdf91mobiles
91mobiles recently conducted a Smart TV Buyer Insights Survey in which we asked over 3,000 respondents about the TV they own, aspects they look at on a new TV, and their TV buying preferences.
Generative AI Deep Dive: Advancing from Proof of Concept to ProductionAggregage
Join Maher Hanafi, VP of Engineering at Betterworks, in this new session where he'll share a practical framework to transform Gen AI prototypes into impactful products! He'll delve into the complexities of data collection and management, model selection and optimization, and ensuring security, scalability, and responsible use.
Elevating Tactical DDD Patterns Through Object CalisthenicsDorra BARTAGUIZ
After immersing yourself in the blue book and its red counterpart, attending DDD-focused conferences, and applying tactical patterns, you're left with a crucial question: How do I ensure my design is effective? Tactical patterns within Domain-Driven Design (DDD) serve as guiding principles for creating clear and manageable domain models. However, achieving success with these patterns requires additional guidance. Interestingly, we've observed that a set of constraints initially designed for training purposes remarkably aligns with effective pattern implementation, offering a more ‘mechanical’ approach. Let's explore together how Object Calisthenics can elevate the design of your tactical DDD patterns, offering concrete help for those venturing into DDD for the first time!
Epistemic Interaction - tuning interfaces to provide information for AI supportAlan Dix
Paper presented at SYNERGY workshop at AVI 2024, Genoa, Italy. 3rd June 2024
https://alandix.com/academic/papers/synergy2024-epistemic/
As machine learning integrates deeper into human-computer interactions, the concept of epistemic interaction emerges, aiming to refine these interactions to enhance system adaptability. This approach encourages minor, intentional adjustments in user behaviour to enrich the data available for system learning. This paper introduces epistemic interaction within the context of human-system communication, illustrating how deliberate interaction design can improve system understanding and adaptation. Through concrete examples, we demonstrate the potential of epistemic interaction to significantly advance human-computer interaction by leveraging intuitive human communication strategies to inform system design and functionality, offering a novel pathway for enriching user-system engagements.
The Art of the Pitch: WordPress Relationships and SalesLaura Byrne
Clients don’t know what they don’t know. What web solutions are right for them? How does WordPress come into the picture? How do you make sure you understand scope and timeline? What do you do if sometime changes?
All these questions and more will be explored as we talk about matching clients’ needs with what your agency offers without pulling teeth or pulling your hair out. Practical tips, and strategies for successful relationship building that leads to closing the deal.
LF Energy Webinar: Electrical Grid Modelling and Simulation Through PowSyBl -...DanBrown980551
Do you want to learn how to model and simulate an electrical network from scratch in under an hour?
Then welcome to this PowSyBl workshop, hosted by Rte, the French Transmission System Operator (TSO)!
During the webinar, you will discover the PowSyBl ecosystem as well as handle and study an electrical network through an interactive Python notebook.
PowSyBl is an open source project hosted by LF Energy, which offers a comprehensive set of features for electrical grid modelling and simulation. Among other advanced features, PowSyBl provides:
- A fully editable and extendable library for grid component modelling;
- Visualization tools to display your network;
- Grid simulation tools, such as power flows, security analyses (with or without remedial actions) and sensitivity analyses;
The framework is mostly written in Java, with a Python binding so that Python developers can access PowSyBl functionalities as well.
What you will learn during the webinar:
- For beginners: discover PowSyBl's functionalities through a quick general presentation and the notebook, without needing any expert coding skills;
- For advanced developers: master the skills to efficiently apply PowSyBl functionalities to your real-world scenarios.
GraphRAG is All You need? LLM & Knowledge GraphGuy Korland
Guy Korland, CEO and Co-founder of FalkorDB, will review two articles on the integration of language models with knowledge graphs.
1. Unifying Large Language Models and Knowledge Graphs: A Roadmap.
https://arxiv.org/abs/2306.08302
2. Microsoft Research's GraphRAG paper and a review paper on various uses of knowledge graphs:
https://www.microsoft.com/en-us/research/blog/graphrag-unlocking-llm-discovery-on-narrative-private-data/
State of ICS and IoT Cyber Threat Landscape Report 2024 previewPrayukth K V
The IoT and OT threat landscape report has been prepared by the Threat Research Team at Sectrio using data from Sectrio, cyber threat intelligence farming facilities spread across over 85 cities around the world. In addition, Sectrio also runs AI-based advanced threat and payload engagement facilities that serve as sinks to attract and engage sophisticated threat actors, and newer malware including new variants and latent threats that are at an earlier stage of development.
The latest edition of the OT/ICS and IoT security Threat Landscape Report 2024 also covers:
State of global ICS asset and network exposure
Sectoral targets and attacks as well as the cost of ransom
Global APT activity, AI usage, actor and tactic profiles, and implications
Rise in volumes of AI-powered cyberattacks
Major cyber events in 2024
Malware and malicious payload trends
Cyberattack types and targets
Vulnerability exploit attempts on CVEs
Attacks on counties – USA
Expansion of bot farms – how, where, and why
In-depth analysis of the cyber threat landscape across North America, South America, Europe, APAC, and the Middle East
Why are attacks on smart factories rising?
Cyber risk predictions
Axis of attacks – Europe
Systemic attacks in the Middle East
Download the full report from here:
https://sectrio.com/resources/ot-threat-landscape-reports/sectrio-releases-ot-ics-and-iot-security-threat-landscape-report-2024/
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The key trends across hardware, cloud and open-source; exploring how these areas are likely to mature and develop over the short and long-term, and then considering how organisations can position themselves to adapt and thrive.
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4. CRITICAL
FOUR OUT OFFIVE BUSINESSES
SAY THERE IS A
SHORTAGE OF TALENT
Aberdeen Group, 2015: Zach Lahey, “Pre-hire Assessments: An Asset for HR in the Age of the Candidate@david_leaser
11. TODAY’S IT JOBS
NOW REQUIRE
HYBRID SKILLS
Programming BusinessMarketing Design
@david_leaser
12. A
C D E
B
How things were
F
A
D
G
E
C
B
How things are How things really work
People rewarded
for their skills and
abilities, not
position
THE RISE OF GLOBAL TEAMS
From Josh Bersin, Bersin by Deloitte @david_leaser
13. THE “GIG” ECONOMY
IS CHANGING
EMPLOYEE
RELATIONS
Contract Employee
@david_leaser
17. These changes required us to change and rethink how we
would meet the market demand for talent
Line of Business Jobs
now require IT skills
Gig Economy
requires a skills registry
Rapid Technology Change
requires “liquid skills”
Rise of Teams
require expertise location
Shadow IT
decentralizes IT
New collar jobs
require new credentials
Contract Employee
+ +
+ +
MONTHS
18
WEEKS
12
2014 20162014 2018
@david_leaser
19. ☑ Timely
☑ Verifiable
☑ Portable
☑ Discoverable
These signals required us to create a new credential
structure to signal and surface capability:
☑ Differentiating
@david_leaser
20. Digital emblem
which provides timely
symbol of skills and
achievements
SHAR
E
Contains metadata
with skills tags and
accomplishments
Easy to share in social
media: LinkedIn,
Twitter, FB, blogs
Tethered to badge issuer
to validate and verify
achievement
Provides a
progression path to
advance commitment
Analytics provide
insight into how a
program is performing
Open Badges seemed to fulfill all of our requirements
Portable: Standards-based on Mozilla’s Open Badges standard
22. Badging is how we will measure resume-worthy IBM skills in the market
We developed unique digital badges to encompass the
broad activities we host at IBM
Knowledge Skills Proficiency Certified* General
@david_leaser
23. We developed personas and identified high-level
stakeholder needs
• Broadcast achievements
• Motivate participation
• Develop personal Brand
• Connect with jobs
• Generate qualified leads
• Enhance our brand
• Differentiate IBM
• Track and nurture talent
• Candidate selection
• Improved company
performance
• Skills maps
• Team building
24. We established objectives for the entire organization
Reduce customer
service and support
Increase client
confidence
Map skills at the
nano level
Build a loyal skill
base who want more
Enhance expertise
analytics
Promote Technical
Eminence
Crowd-source
innovation
Recognize
achievement
Acquire verified
talent
Increase license
sales
Achieve career
milestone
Accelerate shifts in
expertise
@david_leaser
26. The results exceeded our wildest expectations
LinkedIn profiles with IBM badges receive 6x profile views.
87% increase 57% increase 64% increase 92% say verifies job skills
Engagement Certifications Product Trials Employability
125% increase 694% increase $50-200K per 10,000 badges 195 countries
Enrollments Completions Social Media Skills Registry
27. We have seen significant adoption in every internal and
external group in our ecosystem
195
Countries
1,600
Badged activities
400K
Badge earners
700K
Badges issued
92%
Claim rate
200M
Social media impressions
@david_leaser
28. 76%
72%
58%
48%
41%
39%
36%
33%
31%
21%
17%
17%
13%
7%
4%
Motivates employees and customers to develop current skills
Recognizes employees for achievement
Increases social media presence
Helps me identify verified talent
Promotes technical eminence
Increases engagement
Builds a loyal skill base who want more
Accelerates shifts in expertise to meet the changing market
Increases client confidence
Maps skills at the nano level
Enhances expertise analytics
Helps me acquire verified talent
Enhances the IBM brand in the market
Reduces customer service and support
Leads to an increase in license sales
IBM business unit credential strategy leads: How do badges impact your business?
Badges motivate our audience to develop current skills
Sources: IBM internal survey of badge issuers, 2017 @david_leaser
29. 29
tracking
progress
earning
& sharing
seeking
badges
Explore Career Paths
and badge programs
Search digital
badges for (hot)
roles and skills
Collect, store
and organize
earned badges
Keep track of all earned badges and plan next
milestone
Share earned badges, get recognised and
endorsed
29
Employees can discover badges in multiple ways
Discovery
30. Reporting & Analytics
Managers have access to reporting and analytics
Monthly report offers various types
for pivot tables, by strategic skill, BU,
top 10 badges, badge types etc.
Real-time Cognos report
Combines badge data with IBM
demographics
31. IBM’s Your Learning platform offers cognitive capabilities to
search and report on employees’ digital badges
Your Learning
See all digital badges earned
Search for badges tied specific skills
Recommended badges based upon
employee’s expertise profile
IBM’s hot roles and skills and
associated badges and learning
Manager Badge reporting
32. Optimizing the project staffing process through Digital Badges,
to make more efficient and strategic staffing decisions
IBM Professional Marketplace
Project Managers can access real-
time badge information of employees
Search for Professionals by
specifying keywords to be matched
with the badge information in
employees' profiles.
IBM Professional Marketplace
33. Digital Badges are now embedded into every employee profile
IBM Digital Resumes
33
34. Digital badges have significantly contributed to a better
coverage and accuracy of inferred expertise
IBM Expertise
Discovery tool that quickly finds the experts
Simple, fast, and efficient search
It searches various expertise data sources
including Digital Badges
Showcase your expertise and easily make
contact with experts
35. Digital badges automatically generate a digital resume with
verified achievements . . . better than a paper resume?
Bio or statement
gives a brief overview
Verified credentials can
be double-clicked to see
specific skills and links to
evidence.
Links to full social media
profiles, like LinkedIn, Twitter
and Facebook
36. IBM Digital Badges provide the
ability to create heat maps to…
Understand distribution of talent
Identify where skill gaps exist
These are brand influencers and
advocates for your company!
Heat map powered by:
Digital badges are creating heat maps of advocates, skills and
skill gaps to inform business strategies
IBM Readiness
37. Industry & Institution
Badges now act as “digital transcripts” for college credit
Northeastern University + IBM: Turning digital badges into academic
credentials will create opportunities and better college graduates
Aberdeen Group, 2015: Zach Lahey, “Pre-hire Assessments: An Asset for HR in the Age of the Candidate
The median number of years that wage and salary workers had been with their current employer was 4.2 years in January 2016 https://www.bls.gov/news.release/tenure.nr0.htm
Many employees are now expected to wear multiple hats. Programmers once wore just the programming hat. But now they have to work with the lines of business, so they need soft skills they may not have. Community manager needs analytics, Big Data, collaboration and project management
Really not hierarchical or in fixed teams. People work in groups with shared values, goals, project and culture. People rewarded for their skills and abilities, not position.
On demand labor force is 34% which is +100M people. But data is not clean because 1099s show a lot of FT employees as part-time
Work Market survey: 18% in corporate America is on demand
50% of labor force by 2020 will be on demand is a prediction
Dept. of Labor is not showing a statistical sea-change from W2 to 1099
40.4% of the U.S. workforce is now made up of contingent workers—that is, people who don’t have what we traditionally consider secure jobs.
There is currently a lot of debate about how contingent workers should be defined. To arrive at the 40.4 %, which the workforce reached in 2010, the report counts the following types of workers as having the alternative work arrangements considered contingent. (The government did some rounding to arrive at its final number, so the numbers below add up to 40.2%).
Agency temps: (1.3%)
On-call workers (people called to work when needed): (3.5%)
Contract company workers (3.0%)
Independent contractors who provide a product or service and find their own customers (12.9%)
Self-employed workers such as shop and restaurant owners, etc. (3.3%)
Standard part-time workers (16.2%).
Competency is now dynamic.
"The gig economy...is now estimated to be about 34% of the workforce and expected to be 43% by the year 2020," Intuit (INTU) CEO Brad Smith said Wednesday on an earnings call. "We think self-employed [work] has a lot of opportunity for growth as we look ahead.” Specifically driven by the newer online platforms, there are about 4 million quintessential gig workers, research from Intuit and Emergent show. They expect that to grow to 7.7 million workers by 2020.http://money.cnn.com/2017/05/24/news/economy/gig-economy-intuit/index.html
Reduce customer service
Motivate customers to develop skills to reduce support calls and critsits
Solidify the client baseBuild advocacy and strengthen client relationship and commitment to IBM
Track skills at the nano level
Create a heat map of critical skills for achievements earned across the globe both internally and externally
Build a loyal skill baseBuild a vibrant and large pool of skilled developers and consultants to use and support our solutions.
Enhance expertise analytics
Access the issuing criteria associated with each IBMer’s badges to infer expertise
Promote Technical Eminence
Provide easily shared digital credential for key IBM Technical achievements
Crowd-source critical skills
Organizations create badges that reflect the skills that are most in demand in the markets in which they complete
Recognize IBMers
Recognize IBMers publicly for their skills and achievements – a “modern” alternative to posting plaques and certificates on the office
Acquire talent
Pre-screen external candidates who have badges related to the roles and skills for which we are hiring
Increase license sales
Drive increased engagement with customers through solution downloads and trials
Achieve career milestone
Collect evidence of demonstrated expertise in support of achievement of the next major career milestone
Accelerate shifts in expertise
Provide direction and signal change to IBMers through the creation and issuance of badges
A quick study in one area of our business shows significant promise here. When certification test takers completed badge activities to prep them for the exam. The pass rates increased 58% versus the pass rate for those who did not earn those progression badges.
A quick study in one area of our business shows significant promise here. When certification test takers completed badge activities to prep them for the exam, their pass rates increased 58% versus the pass rate for those who did not earn those progression badges.
This translates directly to improved productivity, effectiveness in every sense. From a client standpoint, if they are motivated to learn, they are motivated to buy, reduces cost.
Provides line of sight into top performers
Social media = brand vitality, awareness, true dollar RO and new enrollments