YouthSpeak

Primary Futures aims to raise aspirations and, by helping children understand the link between learning in school and the world of work, to motivate them to improve their academic performance. People from a wide range of professions and different backgrounds - from apprentices to CEOs, archaeologists to zoologists, academic research assistants to Vice-Chancellors will give up an hour to go into their local school where they will:

Employer engagement in education has become a policy priority for governments, employers and schools across the world, driving a heavy demand for research into how it can best be delivered and what impacts it can be expected to have on young people and other stakeholders. Through our research function, the Taskforce works to: Improve the quantity, quality and relevance of research into employer engagement in education to inform policy and practice; Fill gaps in understanding with high quality research; To make relevant research findings as accessible as possible to teaching staff, employers and policy makers.

The motherlode of videos from the Conference. Anthony Mann is a major speaker at this conference. Third Education and Employers Taskforce Research Conference: Exploring School-to-Work Transitions in International Perspectives

"The first half (Part 6 of our Social Media ROI series) deals with defining ROI once and for all. The second half (Part 7 of our Social Media ROI series) starts touching on the "how" of calculating the ROI of Social Media by outlining the investment-action-reaction-impact-return narrative."

telling stories on your website - john haydon, some good stuff for Una

web tracking code on website - Una

"Enterprise Social Networking is More Than Facebook Behind a Firewall" Brian Solis talks about Charlene Li's latest research.

Jane Hart slides put social and collaborative learning in a way that is clear to all.

John Haydon "Last week I wrote a post about ten different ways to make your website awesome. But you and I both know that a single blog post isn't enough to cover all these things sufficiently."

Yet some methods I advocated back in 2005 still work, so think of this as a refresher if you're already employing all the social tactics for driving traffic.  You would be surprised at how many people don't actually take the time to implement a variety of tactics. Maybe you can pick up a few new ideas or implement some old ideas you may have overlooked.

a good overview of roi on blogging in your organization and keeping your budget