Friday, October 10, 2008

Vlogs and Corporate Amnesia

I was doing some research on videoconferencing for another class and you know, I think it would be a great idea to somehow record our days and experiences and cut up all the relevant parts and post them on a blog, or rather a vlog (video log). As its name suggests, its a type of blog where you post videos instead. Employees can search through the videos for a step by step approach on how to do something. Whether it be how to prepare a project management document, or how to create a blog! I think as humans we learn from practice and visualizing. At least i do! If I had the option of learning how to use MSProject for example through a text or through a video, I would without a doubt resort to the video (assuming both are of good quality).

This I think ties in with the topic of corporate amnesia. The definition of corporate amnesia is what happens when businesses or organizations basically loose their memory of how to do things as a result of increased employee mobility leading to the loss of employees along with valuable knowledge stored in their minds. A way to solve this problem would be to use vlogs.