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L2A Links for June 18th

Posted by Jeff Kelly on June 18, 2009

Michael Geist – Harvard Study Finds Weaker Copyright Protection Has Benefited Society – Interesting study. But we're not in this for the benefit of society are we? I thought it was about greed. ;o)
Enterprises and Social Media: 5 Must-Haves – Ravit Lichtenberg provides a tidy list summarizing what organizations must do to get their social media game on.
More Talk, Less Chalk: Lexically Sparse Slides Improve Recall of Taught Material – New study reinforcing what we have been telling folks for years in our presentation skills course: "… use of presentation software, whereby information is simultaneously delivered verbally and visually, risks overloading students' working memory and impairing learning."

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Posted by Jeff Kelly on October 8, 2008

750,000 lost jobs? The dodgy digits behind the war on piracy – A very thoughtful and informative piece from Julian Sanchez that tries to get to the real cost of IP piracy. The cost to "the U.S. economy" seems to be considerably overstated. He also discusses the potential boon that piracy plays in the economy through its role in innovation.
Analyst: Half of ‘social media campaigns’ will flop | The Social – CNET News – Adam Sarner, an analyst with market research firm Gartner, has projected that over 75 percent of Fortune 1000 companies with Web sites will have undertaken some kind of online social-networking initiative for marketing or customer relations purposes. But, he added in an interview with CNET News, 50 percent of those campaigns will be classified as failures.

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Posted by Jeff Kelly on June 16, 2008

Enterprise 2.0: Lively conversations driving change | Enterprise Web 2.0 | ZDNet.com – Dion's latest reflection on Enterprise 2.0
Average teenager’s iPod has 800 illegal music tracks – Times Online – What will happen to intellectual property when copyright no longer works? As all media goes digital, all media can span infinite copies. This is just the beginning of a major shift in our culture and how we attach value to art.

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