XylemeWords Newsletter

	In this issue:	XylemeWords

	- Industry Insights User Generated Content - an Evolution in Social Learning
	- Customer Spotlight Information Builders Leverages Single-Source XML
	- Video Presentation Designing Learning Content for Reusability - The Why's and How's
	- Featured Podcast The Future of LMS by Jay Shaw, co-founder & CEO, NetDimensions

Welcome to XylemeWords newsletter - Issue 8, Spring 2010

Industry Insights: User Generated Content - an Evolution in Social Learning

The emergence of social media has had a significant effect on all facets of business. But arguably, training and development is experiencing the most dramatic level of change. Social media tools and the wealth of increasingly rich user-generated content are drastically transforming the way we learn and how we perform.

This newly released and already extremely popular Xyleme & Flatirons whitepaper explores how learning organizations can embrace social media and user-generated content in a knowledge strategy that:

- Is more flexible through the use of standard content and metadata mediums like XML,
- Leverages both formal and informal content,
- Supports the kind of learner autonomy that social media users have come to expect, and
- Optimizes for “just in time” delivery.

Download the full whitepaper

Customer Spotlight: True Business Intelligence - Information Builders Leverages Single-Source XML for Content Reuse across Multiple Training Products

Information Builders, an independent leader in business intelligence solutions, has implemented Xyleme LCMS for the development of product training materials for their over 12,000 customers and 350 business partners. By implementing this new single-source XML-based initiative, Information Builders has decreased their development costs and created new revenue streams allowing them to recover their investment in less than 12 months with an additional 20% ROI.

Read the press release

“In an environment of tightened budgets and reduced headcount, we have been able to not only significantly decrease the cost of developing our print and e-learning content, but have also expanded our delivery offerings and created new revenue generating training products. This would not have been possible without an XML-based single-source product.”

Kristin Devlin, Executive Director of Customer Education, Information Builders

Video Presentation: Designing Learning Content for Reusability - The Why's and How's

AchieveGlobal, the world’s leading provider of leadership development, sales effectiveness and customer service training, was a featured speaker at Ann Rockley's Intelligent Content 2010 conference in February.

Watch Mary Miller, VP of Professional Services and Jim Waschbusch, Director of Content Strategies, discuss
why and how you can create learning content for reusability:

Featured Podcast: Jay Shaw on the Future of LMS

In this podcast, Jay Shaw, co-founder & CEO of NetDimensions, misquotes Marc Twain by arguing that “rumors of LMS’ death are greatly exaggerated.” He discusses how recovering economies and globalization have changed the LMS business models resulting in new drivers for the adoption of LMSs globally such as compliance, risk management, and special-purpose learning portals. Jay then gets on social learning and addresses the key question “who owns social media” in a company. And closing out, he is also sharing his advice on how training organizations can make the best out of their LMS investment.

Listen to the podcast

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	Upcoming Events June 15-17, 2010 San Diego, California Xyleme & the Chicago Police Department are presenting at eLearning Guild's mobile conference: "Chicago PD Equips Officers with Personalized Mobile Performance Support"
	*Xyleme Insider Blog* Catch the latest of our blog: iPad & eBooks: A Game Changer for Blended Learning by Dawn Poulos, Xyleme's VP of Marketing
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	Click the play button above to catch a mini-Demo of Xyleme LCMS Dynamic Assembly Application, the product highlight from our previous newsletter.
	Xyleme at Learning Technologies 2010 If you missed Xyleme and BPP Learning Media at Learning Technologies 2010, a recording of our seminar "Making the Most of your Intellectual Property" is now available for your on-demand view.

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