Recently I’ve been spending more hours reading than doing anything else. Truth be told, this year, my reading of novels had taken a turn for the worse. The recent books on the seller’s shelves were really doing nothing for me. In the last couple of months, I was unable to finish the novels selected by […]
Apprendre le Francais
My recent trip to Strasbourg re-inspired my love of the French language. I learned French in high school and studied it for six years. At the time, I recall people telling me that I was wasting one subject at school when I should have focussed on an additional maths or science subject. However, I loved […]
Create Your Personalised Learning Plan with Adaptive Cards to Microsoft Teams
Last year I used the article by Luise Freese (@luisefreese) on Adaptive Cards for Beginners: How to Monitor a Hashtag on Twitter . The idea is that you can create a card that automatically goes into your selected channel in Microsoft Teams that triggers an action on your part: namely to explore the topic of […]
Don’t Wait Around for Learning to Happen to You
It strikes me as weird to have to say this but if you’re not actively learning something new in your work day, no matter how small, then how on earth are you surviving the mind numbing work day? This could mean: A tip a co-worker shared about streamlining a process that helps minimise some time […]
What Am I Grateful For?
When I reflect on the last couple of years, I can’t help but think that I have been lucky to have different opportunities come my way in my work and life. The last seven or so years have been the biggest for me and the irony is not lost that this magical spiritual number of […]
My Trip to Frankfurt and Strasbourg Before LearnTec2020
One of the things that I love to do is to travel as much as possible. If I could do this more often, I would. Therefore, when I get asked to present at conferences overseas, I will make every effort to pack as much in so that I can have my travel bug sated. This […]
Incorporating Learning into the Workplace: Lessons of LearnTec2020
This year I had the wonderful opportunity upon invitation by Jane Hart (@c4lpt) to present at LearnTec2020, Europe’s largest technology conference. I jumped at the chance more so with the opportunity to work with Jane directly – and to also meet Jane Bozarth (@janebozarth) in person who for many years, I’ve been chatting with online […]
Emotional
You would have had to been under a rock these last few weeks if you haven’t seen the total loss and devastation of our bush caused by fires. It’s still hard to believe and come to terms with what happened – and is still happening – in our lovely country and I’m at a loss […]
The Expertise Economy – Book Club
Started the Expertise Economy by @kellylpalmer today with big thanks to @srjf for pointing me out to it. It’s my Christmas reading. So far, so good! pic.twitter.com/oRG8yRNDSy — Helen Blunden #AlwaysBeLearning🤔🧠🦉📚🥇 (@ActivateLearn) December 24, 2019 The following are my responses to Simon Fogg’s (@srjf) book club questions for The Expertise Economy by David Blake and […]
2019 The Year I Found the Cursed Breadfruit
Everyone knows I’m obsessed with the story of William Bligh and the Mutiny on the Bounty. I’ve written about it countless times in this blog as it reignited a curiosity and love of learning of maritime history. Imagine my surprise this year when I finally came upon the breadfruit tree in Hawaii. I even tried […]