Richard Brunton Interview
By day, Richard Brunton looks at the future of e-learning inside a major international financial services organisation. By night (well, one night), he tells Kineo what it's like.

Richard works in e-learning in one of the biggest banks in the world. He'd rather not say which one as that might really be saying too much. We had a broad conversation ranging from the technical (what is an information aggregator) to the very practical (how do you get people to use a blog?)

You can listen to clips from the conversation by clicking play below. If you want to download the audio, use the links. Download times vary; approximately 20 seconds per clip on a broadband connection.
 
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Part 1: Web 2.0? Spare me.

In which we discuss...

why listening to commentators is not always a good thing
Digg and del.icio.us are good things though
Minor rant 1: Why web 2.0 means nothing
Why blogs and wikis are scary to an organisation
What a week in the life of an e-learning futurist is like
The value of hype
(7 min 18 secs)

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Part 2: Want ROI? Use free stuff.

Piloting and experimenting and justifing it.
You’ve got to have faith…
Sometimes things die: chronology of a failed wiki
Structuring unstructured learning and releasing control.
(4 mins)

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Part 3: If they're enjoying it, it can't be learning...

An audio learning experiment for salespeople: fear, uncertainty and free iPods.
What is it about the iPod? Stop obsessing, people...
Device independence is key.
(3 minutes 31 seconds)

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Part 4: Blogging: It's not about "tonight I had some chips.."

...unless you work at McDonalds, of course
Corporate blogs: what are they for?
Minor rant 2: Let's fix the intranet
Blogging as knowledge management
Don't let that consultant leave without blogging.
(5 mins 19 seconds)

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Part 5: The hunt for information aggregators

(Technical, but worth it...)
What is it?
How do they work?
Why do you want one?
Minor rant 3: Has everyone forgotten about Opera?
Why is google desktop not enough?
(10 minutes 18 seconds)

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Part 6: Life hacks aplently

Manage your outlook differently
Download bloglines at once
Have a look at Yahoo widget engines
(3 mins 14 seconds)

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