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I was going to write this blog post on a instructional design topic, or weather-related topic (devastating tornadoes, Mississippi flooding, Cincinnati record rainfall – April 2011 was the 2nd wettest month EVER in Cincinnati, or Pittsburgh wet days – 39 of the last 50, but who’s counting?), but after talking with TiER1’s Mr. Rod Ford recently, I felt I could use this posting to articulate my experiences with Articulate. (Kills two birds with one stone (sorry, PETA), since I promised this content to Rod separately.) Although Articulate has been around for nearly a decade, not until...

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Over the years, many clients have asked for our help in creating a “Learning Strategy.”  When it comes to strategy, one size does not fit all.  Not only do the size, scope and nature of learning strategies vary widely, but the general concept itself is often a bit fuzzy.  When thinking about what you want out of a Learning Strategy, a good place to start is to think about what a Strategy is in the first place.  Too often, “strategy” is thought of as a big, heavy endeavor without clear boundaries – lots of research and analysis accompanied by thick deliverables and lengthy presentations...

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Somewhere around the turn of the millenium I interviewed a guy who said he was an "Information Architect".  At the time, I had never heard the term and thought "that's a cute, dot commish, fancy term for a consultant who deals with information".  Nothing really new about it.  Just a new name. Over the past couple months we've had more opportunities with clients to work on SharePoint engagements.  SharePoint is the most rapidly adopted Microsoft application in history.  It's everywhere.  But for many organizations it's a bit of a mess.  Lots of documents scattered in lots of team sites;...

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One of our colleagues at TiER1 recently completed a bone marrow transplant. Of course our prayers have been with him throughout the process and we continue to pray that the transplant will be successful. We are also having a Bone Marrow Registry Drive at TiER1 to continue to support our colleague and hopefully help someone else in the process. On May 5, TiER1 employees in both Covington and Pittsburgh are uniting to join the Bone Marrow Registry and we want to challenge you to do the same. You can apply for the Bone Marrow Donor Registry at http://www.marrow.org. About 2 weeks after you register...

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