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Strategic Planning vs. Leading Willy Nilly
#49: A New Mindset For A New Opportunity
Constantly challenge your self/team/clients/organization to push the balance between what's easy and
what's best. Too often designs fall into familiar patterns from past experiences that are automatically (and
often awkwardly) grafted on to new situations. Without upsetting the practical realities of time, cost, and
quality requirements, we can often come up with innovative approaches that provide more effective
learning experiences simply by entering new projects with a fresh and open mindset. Sure, it's
easier/faster/cheaper to "do what we did last time", but (in nearly every case) "this time" isn't "last time".
Not recognizing this fact handicaps your efforts before they even begin.
Jon Revelos
Tata Interactive Systems
#50: One-on-One Assistance
Consider establishing a Learning Consultant position for each department so that users have a person to
help them become aware of, locate, use, and benefit from the e-Learning experiences available to them.
Pat Golden
Freddie Mac
#51: Learning + Business + Technology = Value
I found that by focusing on "learning solutions" that have business value, and then building in technology to achieve
the advantages we all know about, e-Learning can become much more relevant in the business world.
Willie Maritz
Kalleo Learning
#52: More Buy-In
Be sure you have User and Management 'Buy In' to e-Learning. Many times, e-Learning is made available
to users without anyone considering the users themselves. The fact that you develop e-Learning and
make it accessible to users doesn't mean that your e-Learning initiative will be successful. Involving users
in the process can make e-Learning a more positive experience. Managers can also be resistant to users
taking the time away from their workloads. Reinforcing the benefits of the e-Learning initiative and
communicating with managers are very important factors.
Susan B. Pysher
Penn State University
#53: Think Big, Start Small, Grow Fast!
Think about the Big Picture - the long-term roadmap for transforming the way learning works in your
organization. Then figure out a set of intermediate tactical goals along the way. Make sure that each of
these intermediate steps will provide demonstrable organizational benefit, preferably in hard financial
terms. Try to make each goal add incrementally to the overall benefit being achieved.This way you can
always answer the question: "What did e-Learning do for me THIS quarter?"
Andy Sadler
IBM
#54: Just Do It
With the current economy, you may need to be realistic, not idealistic. Planning is the best way
to build e-Learning but just doing it, honestly, has worked well for some.
Ahden Busch
Sun Microsystems
#55: Absolutes, Musts And Maybes
Think about your project from a low, medium and high point of effort/investment. Define what
you can live without, what you would like and what is absolute needed.
Dave Goodman
SoftAssist
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