I had an opportunity last Friday to speak with Dave Fionda, Chief Learning Officer for Candeos, a company that specializes in collaborative learning technologies. He’s launching a podcast on the evolution of training, and I was fortunate to be his first guest.

We focused our conversation on social networking: what it is and how it’s different that traditional networking. We compated social networking sites like MySpace, Facebook and LinkedIn–and contrasted with other related technologies and environments like Second Life. It was a fun and hopefully interesting conversation, especially for folks who get LinkedIn, but who may still be trying to get a grasp on why they should care about Facebook or Second Life.

Please visit his blog and have a listen to his podcast when you have a chance.