Twitter (3)

I really tried hard to use Twitter personally but it was very difficult. I posted a few pictures of meals that I had made but I have very few followers so the reaction was disappointing  Although I'm sure if I started following some of my favorite celebrities, I would fall in Twitter love rather quickly. One person that I am following is my old kinesiology professor from my community college in San Antonio. He used Twitter as a way to communicate with his class about assignments, readings, or assigned workouts that we were supposed to complete at home. Even though I still found Twitter pretty revolting at the time, it was a pretty good way to get information out to us and to create an online community that facilitated learning. The way that he posted/posts information could easily be done by an organization's training department.
 So...let's say that our organization is a gym. That gym could get a Twitter account, not just for the customers they are trying to attract, but also a public account geared towards their employees. This Twitter account could talk about how customer satisfaction and health are our number one goal and that they encourage their staff to be as educated as possible on health, effective workouts, and safety so they can help to meet those goals. This Twitter account would be a forum and an online knowledge community where the employees could view informational videos (For example: about the proper form of a push-up) and share ideas with other employees. This could even be really great for PR if a customer was to stumble across this and realize how committed the organization is to making sure their employees are the best they can be. Maybe a gym was a poor example, but really any organization could  use Twitter to create a cutting-edge, knowledge sharing community.

(2) Twitter

Twitter has 200 million active users worldwide. Twitter started out as an individual form of communication whereby, users could post short statements (tweets) about how they were, what they were doing, and any other interesting thoughts they might want to share with their friends and with the world. I remember when Twitter first gained popularity. I gave it a try for personal use, but I could not understand (at the time) what the point of it was. Twitter has become much more than just another social media website for individuals, businesses have also started using it and realized the benefit. Businesses using Twitter can use it for so much more than just good PR and to encourage customers to buy their product. Businesses can also use it as a source of Training and Development for their employees.
I recently re-joined the twitter community to test whether or not Twitter could be effectively used to enhance an organization's T&D goals. I personally still find the interface and navigation of Twitter to be pretty confusing, but I remember having the same initial feeling of confusion when I joined Facebook way back in the day. I understand the basic premise, I just don't find any enjoyment in it thus far. I will let you know how it goes!

Introduction

Hello! My name is Amy. I am a student at the University of Houston, majoring in Human Resource Development. The field of Human Resource Development is growing tremendously as organizations realize the importance of developing their employees to be the best they can be. A lot of organizations are currently using or would like to use new technologies to facilitate learning and development. The technological resources that can be used for training are vast. Organizations and the people within them may be intimidated by the volume of these tools. They may not know which tool best suits their business needs, and they may not know how to use them.
This blog will identify and discuss all different kinds of technological software, tools, and social media that can be used to aid in employee training and development. Within this discussion, the reader should be able to get a basic understanding of basic functions, how it could be used to facilitate learning, and how it can benefit   the developer of the learning content, the employee, and the organization as a whole.