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Why I'm Divesting In Shares In Any For-Profit Colleges

BY Douglas CretsThu Jun 2, 2011

UPDATE: Wow. I really stepped in it. I got a very kind note from Gagan Biyani this morning, which I will quote here: "Hey man - just a quick tip. I'm from Berkeley - not Stanford. Its almost heretical to imply the latter :)"Noted, and ...READ»

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The Rise of Social Everything

BY Marcia ConnerWed Sep 22, 2010

Within five years, I predict, the word "social" will seem as cliché as "synergy" feels now. Social connection will be like a dial tone, something we once expected to hear and now don't bother listening for as we dial. What it represents is just there.READ»

STEVE LEBLANC   |  Comment

Where Social Learning Thrives

BY Marcia ConnerThu Feb 11, 2010

To benefit from social learning, build a culture that makes learning fun, productive and commonplace, a culture where learning is part of everyday work. Marcia Conner and Steve LeBlanc look at where social learning thrives.READ»

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Twitterbursts: It’s Not About The Tools; It’s All About The Tools

BY Marcia ConnerSun Jun 28, 2009

If you think microsharing (Twitter and it's enterprise-strength counterparts) is new, consider that humans have conveyed short messages, rife with meaning, for over thirty thousand years. Smoke signals have traversed the airways. Expressive quips filled Seinfeld’s show. At all stages and ages, we burst forward. So what is new, what makes this a revolution?READ»