After posting my 4 Meta Skills for Learning Professionals in response to Tony’s July “Big Question,” he commented: Nancy – I was super excited when I saw that you had posted on the topic. And, this is one of the bigger skill gaps that exists. I don’t think community skills reduce to 5 minutes. But learn them? MORE >>

And then something like this comes through, "Developing Real Skills. A lot of virtual team research crosses my screen, most of which is earnest and much of which is the equivalent of a Sunday-night eat-up of what's in the refrigerator. Collaboration Telecommuting Virtual Teams MORE >>

Web Optimization Social Media Web Development Mobile Front Page All Topics Full RSS Feed Software Directory Web CMS List Doc Management List Enterprise CMS List DAM Software List Micro CMS & Blogging Social Media Monitoring Migration Tools All Products Featured Products Nuxeo Document Management Get Featured! What Needs to Change? Or not. MORE >>

Throughout this training the topic of facilitating groups within communities has come up and I’ve been asked to provide some idea of basic facilitation skills. Here’s some skills that I think are important. My approach is to find, develop and use approaches that encourage people to participate and to speak their mind. MORE >>

What skills and qualities does the online tutor need? asked our team of very experienced e-moderators what they thought the most important online skills and qualities were, and below are some of their responses. Top Ten Moderator Skills. PLN : Develop an effective online PLN (personal learning network) that works for you. MORE >>