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Clive Shepherd is author of the popular e-Learning blog Clive on Learning and co-founder of Onlignment, a firm specializing in real-time online communications. In this podcast he talks about synchronous communications using web conferencing.

Web conferencing has been around for close to 10 years but so far, still isn’t being used effectively for training purposes. Currently though, a number of factors – cost, time, environmental, etc. – have placed a greater emphasis on this medium. Clive touches on the trade-offs between face-to-face and online communications and also discusses why a combination of self-paced and real-time online events may be an optimal blend for learning. We also learn where we stand as an industry in our use of synchronous communications and the extra lengths organizations need to go to for ensuring a successful online event.

     Technorati Tags: Clive Shepherd, onlignment, synchronous learning, web conferencing

Ben Martin is a recognized expert in “write once and reuse” content management strategies and an authority in reuse of information across multiple languages. In the first of this two-part podcast on content globalization, he explains the issues and obstacles organizations face trying to localize and translate content for a global audience.

Ben argues that by not recognizing the value of linguistic assets and by putting no enterprise strategy in place for content globalization, organizations are limited in their ability to: conceptualize a content product for the global marketplace, internationalize that content so it can handle multiple languages and cultural conventions, and localize content for various markets, regions or localities. He also briefly discusses how a single-source initiative can help companies effectively leverage their enterprise translation efforts so as to maximize the ROI of their translation spend.

Also, please don’t forget to listen to the second part of Ben’s podcast where he explores best practices organizations should follow to effectively globalize their content.

     Technorati Tags: Ben Martin, content globalization, content localization