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	<title>The Happy Curmudgeon &#187; Robert&#8217;s Editorials</title>
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		<title>Why I Yell Against E-Learning Propaganda (Part 1)</title>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 11 Mar 2010 16:58:07 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Robert Bacal</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Just posted a comment on Why Elearning DOES Work It&#8217;s a partial answer to the title of this post. I&#8217;ve reproduced it below: I&#8217;m also an &#8220;attacker&#8221; of elearning, and I also have come across the semi-personal attacks that result &#8230; <a href="http://www.thetrainingworld.com/wp/roberts-learning-and-development-editorials/why-i-yell-against-e-learning-propaganda-part-1/">Continue reading <span class="meta-nav">&#8594;</span></a>]]></description>
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		<title>Why I Cannot Abide Social Learning &#8220;Experts&#8221; And Why You Should Beware</title>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 02 Mar 2010 20:02:58 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Robert Bacal</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Not a single day goes by without some fool of a social media/social learning &#8220;expert&#8221; blogging, tweeting or otherwise writing to promote the use of social media tools in classrooms. Every day I see articles (actually, blogs mostly since they &#8230; <a href="http://www.thetrainingworld.com/wp/roberts-learning-and-development-editorials/why-i-cannot-abide-social-learning-experts-and-why-you-should-beware/">Continue reading <span class="meta-nav">&#8594;</span></a>]]></description>
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		<title>How DARE He Pan My Perfect Phrases Book!</title>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 17 Feb 2010 22:02:50 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Robert Bacal</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[I don&#8217;t know this guy. I do know that on April 1, 2009,  (that IS April Fools Day) Tom Roche wrote what would have been a scathing review of my book, Perfect Phrases For Performance Reviews, if only he had &#8230; <a href="http://www.thetrainingworld.com/wp/roberts-learning-and-development-editorials/how-dare-he-pan-my-perfect-phrases-book/">Continue reading <span class="meta-nav">&#8594;</span></a>]]></description>
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		<title>Viral Promoting Or Confidence Game: BS @ Social Media</title>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 04 Feb 2010 20:02:11 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Robert Bacal</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Mouthing Off]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[My faith in the credibility of almost everything I read on the Internet is at an all time low, and I plan on addressing that in future in various posts. The inaccurate information and huge, fast spread of faulty interpretations &#8230; <a href="http://www.thetrainingworld.com/wp/roberts-learning-and-development-editorials/viral-promoting-or-confidence-game-bs-social-media/">Continue reading <span class="meta-nav">&#8594;</span></a>]]></description>
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		<title>Employee Engagement &#8211; The Mad Fad of the 2000&#8242;s &#8211; A Poor Construct</title>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 02 Feb 2010 03:19:51 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Robert Bacal</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[A colleague asked me where one could find criticisms of Employee Engagement, the buzzterm championed by marketplace monster, Gallup. There&#8217;s tons of stuff about it pushing it and making it appear to be as vital and important as&#8230;well, let&#8217;s see, &#8230; <a href="http://www.thetrainingworld.com/wp/roberts-learning-and-development-editorials/employee-engagement-the-mad-fad-of-the-2000s-a-poor-construct/">Continue reading <span class="meta-nav">&#8594;</span></a>]]></description>
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		<title>Informal Learning&#8217;s on first, Whats on second, and I Don&#8217;t Give a Damn is on Third</title>
		<link>http://www.thetrainingworld.com/wp/roberts-learning-and-development-editorials/informal-learnings-on-first-whats-on-second-and-i-dont-give-a-damn-is-on-third/</link>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 21 Oct 2009 16:41:32 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Robert Bacal</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[So, tell me. If I happen to go to the water cooler down the hall, and bump into George, who tells me about the new software I could use, is that informal learning? Sounds like it. We don&#8217;t know what &#8230; <a href="http://www.thetrainingworld.com/wp/roberts-learning-and-development-editorials/informal-learnings-on-first-whats-on-second-and-i-dont-give-a-damn-is-on-third/">Continue reading <span class="meta-nav">&#8594;</span></a>]]></description>
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		<title>#lrnchat &#8211; Meeting of Dunces or Rich Learning Resource? Or Both? Oct. 8th Report</title>
		<link>http://www.thetrainingworld.com/wp/roberts-learning-and-development-editorials/lrnchat-meeting-of-dunces-or-rich-learning-resource-or-both-oct-8th-report/</link>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 14 Oct 2009 21:13:42 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Robert Bacal</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[lrnchat is a twitter based system to chatting which has been trumpeted by at least some of its users and hosts, as being a prime example of how Twitter, and social network platforms can be rich in learning. Periodically we&#8217;ll &#8230; <a href="http://www.thetrainingworld.com/wp/roberts-learning-and-development-editorials/lrnchat-meeting-of-dunces-or-rich-learning-resource-or-both-oct-8th-report/">Continue reading <span class="meta-nav">&#8594;</span></a>]]></description>
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		<title>What Do Intellectually Impoverished Educators/Trainers Do To Make A Living? Why They Make Up New Fancy Sounding Terms</title>
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		<pubDate>Sun, 11 Oct 2009 05:04:55 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Robert Bacal</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Traditionally educators and trainers have not been leaders in intellectual pursuits. For example, tradionally SAT scores for those entering faculties of education have been the lowest among all university attendees. Why? That&#8217;s a complex question for another time, but it &#8230; <a href="http://www.thetrainingworld.com/wp/roberts-learning-and-development-editorials/what-do-intellectually-impoverished-educatorstrainers-do-to-make-a-living-why-they-make-up-new-fancy-sounding-terms/">Continue reading <span class="meta-nav">&#8594;</span></a>]]></description>
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		<title>Definitional Problems Damage the E-Learning/Social Learning Field</title>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 09 Sep 2009 16:36:39 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Robert Bacal</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[If you are at all involved in the delivery of training via the use of technologies, you have probably seen, heard, or used the terms e-learning or social learning*. They have become common currency in the discussion of training and &#8230; <a href="http://www.thetrainingworld.com/wp/roberts-learning-and-development-editorials/definitional-problems-damage-the-e-learningsocial-learning-field/">Continue reading <span class="meta-nav">&#8594;</span></a>]]></description>
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		<title>The real enemies of Social Networking And Social Learning Are&#8230;</title>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 04 Sep 2009 15:27:00 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Robert Bacal</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[&#8230;the people who oversell the value of social networking and social learning through exaggerations, deliberate or ignorant interpretation of research (which is usually poorly done anyway), and general religious zeal. In short, many of the &#8220;gurus&#8221; in these fields, who &#8230; <a href="http://www.thetrainingworld.com/wp/roberts-learning-and-development-editorials/the-real-enemies-of-social-networking-are/">Continue reading <span class="meta-nav">&#8594;</span></a>]]></description>
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		<title>Customer Engagement &#8212; Guess What? It&#8217;s Not About &#8220;You&#8221; (#trdev) Comments welcome</title>
		<link>http://www.thetrainingworld.com/wp/roberts-learning-and-development-editorials/customer-engagement-guess-what-its-not-about-you-trdev-comments-welcome/</link>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 31 Aug 2009 17:46:18 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Robert Bacal</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Over the last decade the word &#8220;engagement&#8221; has been re-packaged, resold an remarketed so that it&#8217;s become a buzzword linked with organizational success (we must have engaged employees), customer relationships and social networking (we must be engaged with the customers&#8221;, &#8230; <a href="http://www.thetrainingworld.com/wp/roberts-learning-and-development-editorials/customer-engagement-guess-what-its-not-about-you-trdev-comments-welcome/">Continue reading <span class="meta-nav">&#8594;</span></a>]]></description>
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		<title>What&#8217;s Wrong With Training?</title>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 28 Aug 2009 02:31:08 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Robert Bacal</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Today, a TRDEV-L group member posted an interesting message asking what&#8217;s wrong with training? I sent a reply to him via the list, but thought I&#8217;d share it here as a think piece and stimulus for comment. Why is it &#8230; <a href="http://www.thetrainingworld.com/wp/roberts-learning-and-development-editorials/whats-wrong-with-training/">Continue reading <span class="meta-nav">&#8594;</span></a>]]></description>
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		<title>Communication Generalizations and Prescriptions &#8211; Load of Hot Hooie #trdev</title>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 24 Aug 2009 01:36:50 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Robert Bacal</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[I&#8217;ve had something like 10+ books published and had a long career as a trainer and management consultant, and I&#8217;d say that, at the core of all my books lies the issue of communication. I&#8217;d also say that almost all &#8230; <a href="http://www.thetrainingworld.com/wp/roberts-learning-and-development-editorials/communication-generalizations-and-prescriptions-load-of-hot-hooie-trdev/">Continue reading <span class="meta-nav">&#8594;</span></a>]]></description>
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		<title>Incest, Diversity, and Damage to Social Learning and Learning Profession</title>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 14 Aug 2009 14:13:34 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Robert Bacal</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[We know from psychological research that human beings tend to discount information, data, or viewpoints that conflict with their pre-existing positions on any issue. We all do that to some degree. What is jarring is seeing learning professionals, trainers and &#8230; <a href="http://www.thetrainingworld.com/wp/roberts-learning-and-development-editorials/incest-diversity-and-damage-to-social-learning-and-learning-profession/">Continue reading <span class="meta-nav">&#8594;</span></a>]]></description>
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		<title>ASTD President Bingham Posts Intellectually Impoverished, Embarrasing Article on Learning Part II</title>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 05 Aug 2009 15:33:53 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Robert Bacal</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[In Part I of this series we looked at the first part of Tony Bingham&#8217;s post on &#8220;Learning Socially&#8221; and pointed out that so far in the article, nothing the President of ASTD mentioned is relevant or telling regarding the &#8230; <a href="http://www.thetrainingworld.com/wp/roberts-learning-and-development-editorials/astd-president-bingham-posts-intellectually-impoverished-embarrasing-article-on-learning-part-ii/">Continue reading <span class="meta-nav">&#8594;</span></a>]]></description>
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		<title>Why Technology Never Has The Expected Positive Impact on Learning and Teaching</title>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 04 Aug 2009 02:29:04 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Robert Bacal</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[One thing that happens as you age, and provided you&#8217;ve been paying attention, is that patterns seem to emerge. You hear some people talking, and you can quickly determine what is going on, hostile, friendly, business, personal, whatever, from the &#8230; <a href="http://www.thetrainingworld.com/wp/roberts-learning-and-development-editorials/why-technology-never-has-the-expected-positive-impact-on-learning-and-teaching/">Continue reading <span class="meta-nav">&#8594;</span></a>]]></description>
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		<title>ASTD President Bingham Posts Intellectually Impoverished, Embarrasing Article on Learning Part I</title>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 04 Aug 2009 01:43:55 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Robert Bacal</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[For many it will come as no surprise that the American Society for Training and Development (ASTD) continues to come up with some downright stupid things. It&#8217;s a long standing issue within the training profession, and there are those that &#8230; <a href="http://www.thetrainingworld.com/wp/roberts-learning-and-development-editorials/astd-president-bingham-posts-intellectually-impoverished-embarrasing-article-on-learning-part-i/">Continue reading <span class="meta-nav">&#8594;</span></a>]]></description>
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		<title>Appalling Behavior By Social Learning/Social Media Proponents Damages Their Cause</title>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 03 Aug 2009 15:21:54 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Robert Bacal</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[You&#8217;d expect more. These are educated, intelligent people who, in general, have achieve some level of success in their careers. No failures here. Yet, you&#8217;d expect more of an awareness of what they are doing and how they are treating &#8230; <a href="http://www.thetrainingworld.com/wp/roberts-learning-and-development-editorials/appalling-behavior-by-social-learningsocial-media-proponents-damages-their-cause/">Continue reading <span class="meta-nav">&#8594;</span></a>]]></description>
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		<title>Reporting and Interpreting of Workplace Research Data &#8211; Atrocious!</title>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 29 Jun 2009 18:34:35 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Robert Bacal</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Can it get any worse? Probably not. Mainstream news outlets are often reporting on research about the workplace &#8212; about what works, what doesn&#8217;t work. This year twitter and social media research is in the limelight. Last year employee engagement &#8230; <a href="http://www.thetrainingworld.com/wp/roberts-learning-and-development-editorials/reporting-and-interpreting-of-workplace-research-data-atrocious/">Continue reading <span class="meta-nav">&#8594;</span></a>]]></description>
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		<title>How Do You Want To Market Your Training Business? #trdev #cti #astd</title>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 16 Jun 2009 21:09:02 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Robert Bacal</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Here&#8217;s a choice. One Choice: Donna Kozik, who charges quite hefty fees to teach people how to complete (write) a book over a two day weekend says: Now I&#8217;m excited to announce a central location where you can ask me &#8230; <a href="http://www.thetrainingworld.com/wp/roberts-learning-and-development-editorials/how-do-you-want-to-market-your-training-business-trdev-cti-astd/">Continue reading <span class="meta-nav">&#8594;</span></a>]]></description>
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