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- WHITE PAPER - Learning Governance: How to Cut Training Costs without Crippling your Learning and Development Efforts (3/15/2009)
- ACA Conference Presentation: Breaking Down Barriers to Learning 2.0 in the Public Sector (8/1/2010)
- Making Learning Governance Real for the Conference Board Council of Learning and Development (6/17/2010)
- Razor Learning to speak at Golden Gate chapter of ASTD, Oct 13, 2009 - Four strategies to help learning organizations 'get a seat at the table' (9/25/2009)
- Razor Learning presents at 2009 Interactive Technology Conference on using Web 2.0 for learning, performance and talent
(8/19/2009) - Razor Learning publishes "Perspectives on the State of Governance" in CLO Magazine (6/3/2009)
- Razor Learning and ADL Co-Lab team up to offer a learning governance workshop for Federal and Defense agency learning leaders on May 14, 2009 (4/28/2009)
- Razor Learning helps Cisco with enterprise learning strategy (3/7/2009)
- Razor Learning launched with a focus on enterprise learning strategy and governance (3/2/2009)
ACA Conference Presentation: Breaking Down Barriers to Learning 2.0 in the Public Sector
August 1, 2010
Government and public sector organizations have unique issues when it comes to social media and Learning 2.0. In addition to the technical and cultural barriers faced by private companies, public entities face issue such as
- Unique security constraints
- Compliance with public records, freedeom of information, privacy, impartiality and other regulations
- Shared IT services with umbrella or partner agencies
- A culture that values stability and minimizing risk over innovation and increased performance
Despite the obstacles, the US Department of Defiense, NASA and other agencies are making serious headway with social media. Success stories and best practice are beginning to emerge.
At the American Correctional Association conference in August, Razor Learning presented a two-part workshop on Breaking Down Barriers to Learning 2.0 in Public Sector Organizations.
The first part of the workshop helped learning leaders understand the value of Learning 2.0 and make the case for using social media in their organizations. The second part addressed barriers specific to government and public entities such as correctional institutions.