Its great to see that companies are seeing a greater picture in terms of uniting the whole company instead of implementing different technologies with different departments. I for one have experienced this and although these technologies help within the departments, there seems to be some disconnect between the company as a whole. Social networking is popular out of the company and has been a great way of connecting others. I wonder why it isn't as common in the workplace.
Michael Idinoulos has posed a great question "How can managers integrate social software across their entire company?" On top of the great advice he offered i think it is also important that the project manager sets a realistic timeline as to how long the project will take and set a clear goal as to what they want to accomplish.
Saturday, December 6, 2008
Cornerstone OnDemand
Christine Santiago and I had the pleasure of listening to Bill Kutik's radio show with Adam Miller, creator, President and CEO of Cornerstone OnDemand.
Cornerstone provides easy-to-use and powerful learning and talent management software and services to support strategic HR and company initiatives, such as talent readiness planning, leadership development, career planning, employee onboarding, pay for performance programs, enterprise compliance and certification management, channel partner training, customer training, and employee engagement programs. Cornerstone solutions are based on a multi-tenant, multi-user SaaS (software as a service) architecture. Cornerstone OnDemand is a talent management suite vendor. They’re located in Santa Monica and started 8 years ago providing learning management solutions. Based on the needs of their clients and industry trends, the company expanded their services to providing talent management, and learning & development solutions using web 2.0.
In class we discussed several learning tools and HRIS options. Adam Miller mentioned different components of Cornerstone OnDemand. They offer tools that empower employees by integrating talent management solutions for connecting, developing and performing in the workplace. They utilize Web 2.0 features like social networking, wikis, blogs and podcast for employees to connect with each other and find mentors, share best practices, knowledge, and suggestions, etc…
Adam Miller believes that "incorporating social networking and collaboration tools into their existing networks can help companies improve employee performance, foster connections with both internal and external audiences, and cultivate informal learning."
What’s awesome is that he also believes in corporate social responsibility. His company works with non-profit organizations to help expand their capabilities. For example, they work with a disaster relief non-profit organization to provide them with technology tools to reach out for volunteers.
Sounds like a great company, too bad they’re located in Santa Monica!
Cornerstone provides easy-to-use and powerful learning and talent management software and services to support strategic HR and company initiatives, such as talent readiness planning, leadership development, career planning, employee onboarding, pay for performance programs, enterprise compliance and certification management, channel partner training, customer training, and employee engagement programs. Cornerstone solutions are based on a multi-tenant, multi-user SaaS (software as a service) architecture. Cornerstone OnDemand is a talent management suite vendor. They’re located in Santa Monica and started 8 years ago providing learning management solutions. Based on the needs of their clients and industry trends, the company expanded their services to providing talent management, and learning & development solutions using web 2.0.
In class we discussed several learning tools and HRIS options. Adam Miller mentioned different components of Cornerstone OnDemand. They offer tools that empower employees by integrating talent management solutions for connecting, developing and performing in the workplace. They utilize Web 2.0 features like social networking, wikis, blogs and podcast for employees to connect with each other and find mentors, share best practices, knowledge, and suggestions, etc…
Adam Miller believes that "incorporating social networking and collaboration tools into their existing networks can help companies improve employee performance, foster connections with both internal and external audiences, and cultivate informal learning."
What’s awesome is that he also believes in corporate social responsibility. His company works with non-profit organizations to help expand their capabilities. For example, they work with a disaster relief non-profit organization to provide them with technology tools to reach out for volunteers.
Sounds like a great company, too bad they’re located in Santa Monica!
Tuesday, December 2, 2008
Midterm
It was my first experience taking a test online. I was a little nervous because I didn't want to do anything wrong like accidentally close the browser. I thought the midterm was very fair HOWEVER I wish the system could of alerted me when I was on the last question because I had a # of questions that I wanted to go back to and I always review my tests, but couldn't do so this time.
Anyway, I think taking tests online is efficient for both the test taker and instructor. I wonder how long we'll have to wait for the day when schools utilize technology and go paperless. Go Green!
Anyway, I think taking tests online is efficient for both the test taker and instructor. I wonder how long we'll have to wait for the day when schools utilize technology and go paperless. Go Green!
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