February 07 Newsletter

KINEO NEWSLETTER
Issue 17 – February 2007

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The love issue
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Contents this month:

1. Free insights: Five ways to love your SME

2. Audio: Rapid authoring tools speed dating session

3. Passing love notes? Google Notes review

4. Rapid authoring tool road test: Mohive

5. E-learning market update: Learning technologies love-in

6. Rapid E-learning Store: E-learning Flatpacks now available

7. Introducing Kineo in 2 minutes

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>> Editor's note:

Hi,

Welcome to the love issue. No, really.

Turn down your screen brightness setting way down, set your iTunes to Barry White, because we’re putting some love back into e-learning today with:

- Five ways to love your subject matter expert (and they’ll still respect you tomorrow)

- Rapid e-learning speed dating: flirtatious tools companies chat you up

- Passing love notes with Google - using a great new tool

With a review of Mohive, a market update, and more, it’s the full box of chocs from Kineo this month.

If you have ideas for future newsletters, I’d love to hear from you. Get in touch at:

newsletter@kineo.com

Best,
Stephen

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>> 1. Free insights: Five ways to love your SME

The SME and the designer: Why can't they just get along? We examine why this relationship is more complex than Romeo and Juliet and how you can avoid a tragic end with just a little love and understanding...

Stephen Walsh shares five ways to work on that all important SME/designer relationship here:

http://www.kineo.com/rapid-elearning-briefings/five-ways-to-love-your-sme.html

For more resources to help smooth your e-learning relationships, check out the full range of Rapid Guides available at:

http://www.kineo.com/rapid-elearning/rapid-e-learning.html

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>> 2. Audio: Rapid e-learning speed dating session

If you’re looking for an authoring tool to love, there is no shortage of suitors out there. Some want a long term relationship. Others say they can solve your problems in a few hours. How to choose? We unleashed the Cilla Black avatar* to run an audio speed dating session. I called a range of tools companies and gave them five minutes to chat us up. From sunny California to even sunnier India (via decidedly un-sunny Norway) here are your contestants….

http://www.kineo.com/audio-downloads/rapid-authoring-tool-speed-dating.html

Want your own podcast? Kineo’s Podcasting Services can help you communicate with learners in new ways, as we’ve done for Cable & Wireless and others. Find out more:

http://www.kineo.com/rapid-elearning/rapid-e-learning.html

Want more advice and guidance on tool usage? Contact us at rapid@kineo.com

*not really. What a thought, though.

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>> 3. Passing love notes? Google Notes review

If you’ve been logging on to the Kineo site for a while, you’ll know there’s plenty from Google that has excited us for its potential application to the world of learning.

Now there’s a new tool on the block called Google Notes and we're swooning again - we think it has a lot to offer in the performance support and knowledge sharing space.

Matt Fox has a look:

http://www.kineo.com/elearning-trends/swapping-notes-from-google-with-love-.html

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>> 4. Rapid authoring tool road test: Mohive

Mohive hails from Oslo and is growing in usage in the UK. It was high time we had a closer look. Mark Harrison got under the bonnet of this fjord (there’s that famous Norwegian sense of humour):

http://www.kineo.com/rapid-e-learning/mohive---collaborative-elearning-tool.html

Want help in choosing the right authoring tool for you, and building your team’s capability? Kineo Rapid E-learning Consultancy team can help. Contact us at rapid@kineo.com for more.

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>> 5. E-learning market update

Steve Rayson was dispatched in the Kineomobile to the Learning Technologies Conference in London. An e-learning love-in? Sounded like it. Steve drank deep from the many free chocolate fountains and still managed to file this conference report.

Read this month’s update here:

http://www.kineo.com/e-learning-market/market-update-feb-2007.html

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>> 6. Rapid E-learning Store: Flatpacks now available

One piece of relationship advice we feel we must share: An authoring tool will only get you so far.

If you want to truly accelerate your e-learning, you need design, script and graphics for the topics you care about, quality assured and pre-assembled for easy customisation for your organisation. Take a look at Kineo E-learning Flatpacks. Key topics including Fire Safety Awareness and Equality & Diversity are now available, with many more in development.



Get them and all your rapid e-learning resources at http://www.kineo.com/rapid-elearning/rapid-e-learning.html


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>> 7. Introducing Kineo in 2 minutes

Kineo is the leading rapid e-learning company. Our goal is to help you accelerate performance through rapid e-learning.

We’ve partnered with some of the best organisations in the public, private and voluntary sectors including 7 FTSE 100 companies. See an excerpt from our client list here:

http://www.kineo.com/kineo-clients.html

We can help you with:

>Strategic Consultancy

We work with clients to develop strategic approaches to rapid learning and performance improvement.

>Rapid E-learning Development

We develop and deliver fast, focused and effective rapid e-learning solutions.

>Rapid E-learning Support

We provide a range of additional support services including podcasting, resource placement and tools procurement advice at our rapid e-learning store:
http://www.kineo.com/rapid-elearning/rapid-e-learning.html

>Rapid Capability Building

We help develop capability in your e-learning team to ensure they can develop and deliver the rapid e-learning and performance solutions you need.

>Hosting and Delivery

We provide rapid, cost-effective solutions through tailored and hosted learning management systems including Moodle.

Learn more at www.kineo.com/services, or get in touch at info@kineo.com or by calling 0870 383 0003.

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