Comments on: Corporate Learning Forum – why? http://www.caddicks.com/blog/2006/08/27/corporate-learning-forum-why/ My thoughts on everything Thu, 18 Mar 2010 05:59:32 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.9.2 hourly 1 By: Jules http://www.caddicks.com/blog/2006/08/27/corporate-learning-forum-why/comment-page-1/#comment-1240 Jules Thu, 31 Aug 2006 02:00:15 +0000 http://www.caddicks.com/blog/2006/08/27/corporate-learning-forum-why/#comment-1240 Membership has it's priviledges? It's important to use AMEX, enjoy Grey Poupon, go to a college where you you can later network with alumni, and belong to associations where the members occasionally participate. Or maybe it's not. I'm excited about getting a distance learning position with a community college. (I have an interview on Fri.) I certainly won't be able to afford fancy mustard, but maybe I'll be happy anyway. Would you mind posting links to the other listservs you mentioned, or would you email information about them to me? Thanks! Membership has it’s priviledges? It’s important to use AMEX, enjoy Grey Poupon, go to a college where you you can later network with alumni, and belong to associations where the members occasionally participate. Or maybe it’s not.

I’m excited about getting a distance learning position with a community college. (I have an interview on Fri.) I certainly won’t be able to afford fancy mustard, but maybe I’ll be happy anyway.

Would you mind posting links to the other listservs you mentioned, or would you email information about them to me?

Thanks!

]]> By: Jenna Sweeney http://www.caddicks.com/blog/2006/08/27/corporate-learning-forum-why/comment-page-1/#comment-1218 Jenna Sweeney Mon, 28 Aug 2006 03:10:40 +0000 http://www.caddicks.com/blog/2006/08/27/corporate-learning-forum-why/#comment-1218 Thanks for writing, Jeff. Actually, you do get it. Yes, there are other Listservs - but surprisingly few whose daily exchange amounts to much more than extra junk mail. And there are numerous blogs in the blogosphere, including yours and mine. However, the benefit of Listservs over blogs is that Listservs offer a truly dynamic and immediate exchange of information. Consider this: Why after just two short weeks does Corporate Learning Forum’s membership read like a Who’s Who list in the corporate training industry? You hit the nail on the head: Marketing. (Keep reading...) Listservs are underutilized because most of them are byproducts of non-profit organizations. With the benefit of a small, nominal annual membership fee (just $50), Corporate Learning Forum can afford to market. And Here are the true benefits: Aggressive marketing equals more members, and more members means a much deeper knowledge base to tap into. Ultimately, access to knowledge is what it’s all about, wouldn't you agree? So how’s it working? Just last week, the chief learning officer of the nation’s largest cable provider posted a question to the Forum asking for help to find an e-course that could train his 80,000 employees on pandemic flu preparation. Within 5 minutes he received several excellent sources, including one from a local instructional design firm that had just completed the very same course—-MY firm! In a subsequent conversation, he told me that he had spent countless hours over several months researching this and was amazed to solve this issue within a few minutes of joining Corporate Learning Forum. Is Corporate Learning Forum worth $50 a year? Absolutely! I can’t speak for all the other members, but I know two companies who’ve gotten amazing returns on their teeny investments (to Corporate Learning Forum) in just the first few minutes (or hours) of joining! Thanks for writing, Jeff. Actually, you do get it. Yes, there are other Listservs – but surprisingly few whose daily exchange amounts to much more than extra junk mail. And there are numerous blogs in the blogosphere, including yours and mine. However, the benefit of Listservs over blogs is that Listservs offer a truly dynamic and immediate exchange of information.

Consider this: Why after just two short weeks does Corporate Learning Forum’s membership read like a Who’s Who list in the corporate training industry? You hit the nail on the head: Marketing. (Keep reading…) Listservs are underutilized because most of them are byproducts of non-profit organizations. With the benefit of a small, nominal annual membership fee (just $50), Corporate Learning Forum can afford to market. And Here are the true benefits: Aggressive marketing equals more members, and more members means a much deeper knowledge base to tap into. Ultimately, access to knowledge is what it’s all about, wouldn’t you agree?

So how’s it working? Just last week, the chief learning officer of the nation’s largest cable provider posted a question to the Forum asking for help to find an e-course that could train his 80,000 employees on pandemic flu preparation. Within 5 minutes he received several excellent sources, including one from a local instructional design firm that had just completed the very same course—-MY firm! In a subsequent conversation, he told me that he had spent countless hours over several months researching this and was amazed to solve this issue within a few minutes of joining Corporate Learning Forum.

Is Corporate Learning Forum worth $50 a year? Absolutely! I can’t speak for all the other members, but I know two companies who’ve gotten amazing returns on their teeny investments (to Corporate Learning Forum) in just the first few minutes (or hours) of joining!

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