Even with its recent “facelift,” Facebook will need to keep a watchful eye on microblogging sites like Twitter in the race for attention in the business world, and inclusion in corporate training systems. Companies like Salesforce, Best Buy and BusinessWeek
But Socialtext Signals isn’t alone in its Twitter-like functionality for company learning systems, geographically dispersed teamwork, and marketing purposes. “There’s a lot of standalone Twitter clones out there,” says Ross Mayfield, president of Socialtext Signals. “The difference with what we’ve
There are a number of microblog vendors who have tried to bring the Twitter-like experience into company learning systems. The public affairs firm Davies uses Enterprise 2.0 vendor Socialtext, a company that takes web 2.0 technologies and tailors them for
 More and more companies use Twitter–the short messaging service that allows real-time discussions–for marketing and customer service purposes. But examples of bringing microblogging technology into organization learning systems and LMSs for collaborative purposes are harder to find. Nevertheless, microblogging
The National Center for Health Statistics reports that the prevalence of obesity in adult Americans is 32.2%, while the American Academy of Child & Adolescent Psychiatry reports between 16-33% of children and adolescents are obese. But the obesity epidemic not
What kinds of tasks can an LMS student or office worker perform while walking on a treadmill desk? Students can read and complete assignments, access their online courseware or LMS, or communicate with peers. Office workers can talk on the
