I am noticing a hockey stick-like moment for ning lately - at least in my circles. Brent stood up one for our summer session on 2.0 , the folks behind Corporate Learning Trends and Innovations are using it as a framework for all the good they are doing and now its even getting picked up by 'unofficial' segments of the U.S. government. Meet GovLoop . A full-on ning site designed for: "gov't employee (fed/state/local), public policy student/professor, good gov't organization,  gov't contractor with good intentions." I am really digging this particular implementation and kudos ...

Whew. What a weekend, huh? The events of these past couple of days in Southern California made national news . It has even been referred to locally as one of the worst SoCal fires in recent history. Though this certainly isn't the ... collectors (i.e., social network, web sites, blogs, twitter hash tags, etc.), and then subsequently redistributed. But it was ... disconnected and craved for local updates that regional media coverage couldn't always provide. But some of those updates received through the media and network connections were conflicting. From a human performance perspective, I ...

I've been approached quite a bit recently to do presentations at local ASTD chapters or to help find a speaker. The reality is that I can't afford to do free presentations at local events. In some cases, I am finding myself doing workshops locally that can then help fund it. I'm looking forward to doing more of these this next year. But in the cases where that's not going to work out, I would really like to help the person find a speaker who is local and who can speak to ... month's Big Question - Network Feedback and in Getting Help . So, I'm hoping that folks can recommend what I ...

... campaign to change hearts and minds at my local Orange County ASTD chapter . My hope is to extend our local ASTD membership ... Local ASTD Chapter .") Yesterday, I issued an open challenge in the ASTD-OC forum on LinkedIn (note: free group membership may be required to read it) that I hope will get some of my local colleagues to branch out beyond their virtual ... 's local chapter in Orange County, CA. If you're not a member of ASTD, don't worry. Welcome! Please read on ... . It speaks about a frame of mind. All too often, folks join a well-trafficked social network "once or ...

... community networks predict universal wi-fi. Seeking out wi-fi anywhere - pringles can antennas, hanging on rooftops + Screen scraping predicts web services and the internet as platform + "Pedal-powered internet" - setting up local ... - Network effects from user contributions key to their market dominance (esp. eBay) The Open Source Paradigm Shift - The ... today use Linux The Network is the Platform Those that failed - think the network is a broadcast medium. Those that won - understood that the network is the platform. New types of applications possible. Ones that got better as more ...

Early this month I was asked if I would consider becoming a moderator for our local ASTD chapter's new online ... a great opportunity to extend my professional network, gain visibility and meet new friends, it's also a great ... from your networking "efforts." Secondly, you tend to limit the ability of others to benefit from ...

Just a bit off-topic, but had to post it.  This is a cool little kudo for the efforts of a favorite little local non-profit that's near and dear to me... my wife. As many of you know by now, Blog Action Day did some great things to bring millions of eyeballs on the issue of poverty last week on October 15. My wife (a manager in a Southern ... local manager of some very worthy non-profits here in Southern California. :-) Until next year's BAD09, we'll ... to save this to any of the social network sites below.

... or in need of helping, take a look at the following resources: Local (California and Orange County)   Dial 2-1-1. Like dialing 4-1-1 for information about local vendors and local haunts, 2-1-1 is an information line for ... . Second Harvest Food Bank of Orange County, the local affiliate of the national organization Feeding America (formerly ... ; www.FeedingAmerica.org . They're mission is to feed America's hungry through a network of food banks and engage the country ... . An organization that works with local churches to make global connections for local support. This post is ...