James Nash: eLearning / Knowledge

Ch ch ch changes...

Sun, 26 Jun 2005 10:20:51 GMT

yep - this site has not been updated in a while..thats due to a whole bunch of stuff which is much better explored by going to the sexier, sleeker, sassier new site by clicking here

You can get downloads of training material - Presentations, slideshows, files, training manuals, content for leadership develop and more (Gosh!!) in english AND Chinese here

You can get more information on the Onevoice manifesto (Chinese) by clicking here

Please update your bookmarks!

Free business revolution stuff

Sun, 13 Mar 2005 06:04:51 GMT

We are developing a bunch of material and making it available for download - here is a couple of seminars we do (in Chinese): Brand Inside and The new new leaders (no audio as yet, i'll pop that in later). Both are are refreshing take on how we need to change as organizations and create genuine organizations to prosper in the 21st century.

I am going to make lots of material available as we get it done through this blog as it is developed. It will be in Chinese and be put on our new website to promote the concept of "one voice" organizations in China and will include our leadership and systems training that will be available online through our LMS sometime in the next 6 weeks.

Just click to view:

Brand Inside

The new new leaders

Team V2.0

If you want to have the original ppts; email me the request and i'll get them to you

Technorati Tags: china, china+business, china+marketing, elearning

Managing knowledge? Its a CULTURE thing NOT a TECH thing:

Fri, 25 Feb 2005 13:09:26 GMT

“To successfully understand and manage knowledge in an organization, we need to have a fundamental grasp of an organization’s origins and intent. Why it was founded and what it was supposed to achieve. What are the inputs and what is the planned output?

Only humans can communicate those ideas that are the foundation for an organization. Ideas are clearly rooted in the knowledge of the founder. We can all agree that without ideas and the means to communicate, a founder’s knowledge could not be used or useful to an organization.”

Technorati Tags: china, china+business, elearning

Converting PowerPoint to Flash

Fri, 25 Feb 2005 01:51:01 GMT

Here is a detailed list of the key advantages you would have in converting a PowerPoint presentation into a Flash file. A Flash-based presentation goes a long way in making your content become easily accessible, ubiquitous and easily distributable - all good things.

Conversion is easy and vary from free (Powerbullet) to horrendously expensive server based applications like Macromedia Breeze <We are blessed with a Breeze server!>)

I recommended that unless you're pockets are deep you start with Powerbullet, its simple - and free - download it here.

Why Bother?

1) Greater Accessibility
Once converted to Flash a PowerPoint presentation can be easily viewed in any Internet browser...... (Continue reading)

Technorati Tags: china+business, china, elearning, knowledge+management

Podcasting: English / Chinese call to action!

Sat, 12 Feb 2005 05:58:37 GMT

Download your ipodder software here and install this little sucker.

I am going to establish podcasts on this site so you can listen to my wild ranting to companies in China about change, marketing and the news de jour. The podcasts will be in English AND Chinese. Good for you to practice your English language skills (for the Chinese readers of this blog) AND get some cool new ideas!! You lucky people!!

Technorati Tags: ipodder, China+business, podcast, china

The future is not in learning...

Sat, 12 Feb 2005 05:11:40 GMT

Think of all the things you might have to unlearn, even in the course of a year:

* Unlearn what your target market is (because it just changed).

* Unlearn the way you advertise and market (because your market just got a lot smarter).

* Unlearn the way you approach your brand (because it's no longer within your control).

* Unlearn the way you teach (because learners need to unlearn and learn simultaneously)

* Unlearn the way you treat your employees (because before you know it, that "meets expectations" review might come back to haunt you on a blog ; )

* Unlearn the technology you use (self-explanatory... we're all living this one)

* Unlearn the methodology you use

* Unlearn the designs you use

* Unlearn the words you use to describe your business

Technorati Tags: learning,, elearning,, china+business

Online education is back and bigger than ever

Fri, 11 Feb 2005 11:44:17 GMT

"As distance learning grows into a $5 billion a year market -- up 38 percent in 2004 alone -- virtual classrooms are no longer the sole province of dot-coms into the mainstream."

Think3 Solutions is developing a learning management system to deliver customized training in flash accessable accross China to clients to promote the rapid and standardised dissemination of knowledge throughout a business.

We forsee a growth in what we call the "Knowledge object economy" where KO's (knowledge objects) can be "unplugged" from one system and used in another, traded and so on. Imagine a library of flash files that test you, delivers reminders to your scheduled training for the quarter / year and informs the HR department of performance. Sounds cool? Thats because it is! There is going to be alot more about this exciting project in the coming months....

In the article link below, Salon outlines what all the fuss is about...

(See orginal Salon article here)

Technorati Tags: learning,, china+business,, knowledge+management

Click it - read it - learn it - do it

Fri, 11 Feb 2005 06:18:44 GMT

You need to know this:

"Why this internet thing is about to really blast off"

"So, what will it take to suceed?"

Technorati Tags: china, marketing,

Podcasting / RSS / KM: Wake UP and get with it!!!

Thu, 10 Feb 2005 14:44:09 GMT

What is Podcasting?

Without getting into history and semantics, podcasting is basically audio programs that are recorded as .mp3 files and then made available for download to be listened to whenever is convenient.If you have no idea what podcasting is, I highly recommend you click the link above, read the Wikipedia page and return. Same thing goes for the RSS link below.

Its a great way to stay ahead and up to date; subscribe to your podcasts, configure your RSS feeds nicely and off you go: Aural and written info fed to you in the flavor you want with no waste!

The rapidly growing ubiquity of technologies such as these is having interesting and profound effects on organizations. The gap between those who know and those who don't is becoming insurmountable for many, you are either on the bus or off the bus. I speak to Directors and C level executives who really do not get it. They don't use email. They spend millions of dollars on ERP systems having no idea how to leverage the information they get from such investments with smarter decisions and increases in efficiency. They waste huge amounts of money and time buying the idea that IT is going to "save them". Senior Management teams are still stuck in a pradigm that is relevant for capital intensive "old economy" thinking. We need to be redesgining organizations to cope with the huge opportunities and shifts in culture driven through massive increases in customer and employee information flows. The growth of Knowledge Management systems, Enterprise level computing,use of RSS, blogs etc. Is far outstripping the ability of senior managers to take advantage of the opportunites that are presented through understanding what the possibilities are for developing organizations. Dont be a dummy. Don't avoid it, learn. LEARN LEARN LEARN DAMMIT!! Because very very soon, you are going to have to.