I spend a lot of time thinking, writing, speaking and working in my own personal and professional venn diagram of:
leadership development;
social collaborative tools; and
all things related to learning.
One of those pillars -- the learning space -- is where I started my career. I owe much of what I have today in my professional life to the learning space, be it K-12, higher education or the corporate sector.
But it's the corporate learning sector in particular where I believe a new 'learning arc' must be developed. It must shift from Status Quo Ante (as was before) to Ad Meliora (toward better things).
Two of my dear friends and colleagues -- Marcia Conner and Kerry Brown -- were thinking the same way and so we put our collective heads together and developed a manifesto for you to read, and ideally, to be inspired by.
As we state,"the corporate learning field is in dire need of bravery, insight, creativity and boldness."
Use as you see fit and imagine a new 'learning arc'.
Imagine "learning nouveau".
From Slideshare you can download the full .pdf file. We are working on creating additional e-reader formats and will link to them here.
This work is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-ShareAlike 3.0 Unported License. We want it to spread at no cost with attribution. Read, share, and use.Please attribute as follows, with a link:
โRevolutionize Corporate Learning: Beyond Formal, Informal, Mobile, Social Dichotomiesโ by Marcia Conner, Dan Pontefract and Kerry Brown. May 2013. www.marciaconner.com/learning-nouveau/
Fascinated by that cover image? It was taken at the rehearsal for the wedding by Charlottesville wedding and portrait photographer April Bennett. Stephanie Helvin, the performer pictured, is part of the fire troupe Scintillation.
The ARC graphic is by Steve Kizer.
For information about this report or to begin, contact revolution@sensifygroup.com.
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Malin Bjรถrnell, Salesforce
Dan challenged us to have clarity of purpose, both as individuals and as an organization. He related inspiring stories drawing on his experience in business, technology and academia. As he said, โThere is no ownership without belonging.โ
Christian Pantel, D2L
Fantastic engaging talk for our global partner summit. Thank you so much, Dan!
Barb Kinnard, CEO Response Biomedical Corp
Dan not only brought his presentation to life with his charisma, but also content, style and presentation finesse. Our members were especially interested in his thought provoking and top of mind topic on the future of work and how weโre going to be leading the next generation of leaders.
Cheryl Goodwin, CPA
Dan is a conference organizerโs ideal speaker. Not only did he inspire and energize our group, but he also masterfully adapted his content so it resonated with the audience and our conference theme. As a bonus, Dan is able to nimbly navigate to adjust to a reduced time slot when other speakers went over time without sacrificing the impact of his session.
Director and General Counsel
Dan accomplished what we set out to do, which was not only to be inspirational, but also to leave everyone with tools and food for thought / self-reflection to improve their personal and professional lives.