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In sports, success is measured by championships. Lavish trophies, diamond rings and ticker-tape parades are the key performance indicators. In enterprise education, measuring success is much more difficult: Data around the efficacy of learning cannot always be convincingly linked to outcomes. Yet, in such a critical field, it is imperative for the chief learning officer to clearly connect employee development to positive business results. Fortunately, industry research and best practices offer proven methods for measuring how learning contributes to organizational objectives. Join us at the Fall 2008 CLO Symposium, as we explain how relevant and accurate metrics support the continued success of educational initiatives.

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The 5th conference on Applications of Social Network Analysis (ASNA 2008) will take place on the main campus of the University of Zurich again. The conference will start with a key note speech and continue with parallel panel sessions as in previous years.

This year’s keynote will be simulcasted via the internet to a parallel event at Ritsumeikan University in Kyoto, Japan. Our Japanese colleagues will organize a session of ASNA2008 (codenamed “ASNA2008-Asia”), which will mainly focus on (the existing, emerging, or just possible) technological aspects of applications of social network analysis. ASNA-Asia is thought to become a forum for students and young researchers in Asia, who are or will be involved in the development of various “SNA-based” software systems.For this year it is a pilot and hopefully we will be able to extend the model next year by having one website but several simultaneous conferences around the globe on applications of social network analysis.