Many of us have sideline projects and interests that capture our attention and engage our minds and our hearts. What if we could be the same with our day to day work? In this short video, I share a couple of my sideline projects that not only inspire me but have been CRITICAL in picking […]
I Was Doing Outlook All Wrong!
It’s International Work Out Loud Week where we show the process of what we are working and learning, and today I share how I relearned Outlook. I’m all for social collaboration but lots of companies haven’t explained the value of this to their workers so that it makes sense. Or, they’ve got their ESNs and […]
What Is Working Out Loud?
This week was Working Out Loud week again and I shared a few videos of what I have been doing (which you can see on these blog posts). I decided to revisit a video I did over a year ago because I had explained it perfectly while I was in my car. I thought I’d […]
Meeting Your Network In Person
Building your online networks of people you can learn from can happen online and they can happen in real life – in fact, the medium is not really important – it’s what comes out of that network, connection or relationship that has far more value. Today I talk about meeting the people we have learned […]
I’m a Lifelong Learner
Today I thought I’d do a vlog after I was inspired by Steve Dotto I’m a Lifelong Learner (his YouTube channel DottoTech is excellent) where he talked about being a continual and lifelong learner. This is it and it’s well worth a watch. Much of what he said resonated with me as a continual learner […]
Third Place is Now On Facebook
Back in 2013, I created a community of people interested in learning and development to gather in social environments for conversations and connections called Third Place. It was inspired by a book I had read by Ray Oldenberg called The Great Good Place and a London tweetup that I had attended that got me thinking of […]
Knowledge as a Concept
Every Thursday mid-morning, I head over to my parents for a bit of conversation and coffee. It’s something I look forward to every week because it’s a good opportunity to find out what they’ve been doing to pass their time. Long retired now, their time is spent pottering about in the garden, reading books, watching […]
My Modern Professional Learning Kit
Jane Hart recently shared a blog post on the tools of a Modern Professional Learner ToolKit and I thought I’d share my own too. Trusted Web Resources My trusted web resources are my Professional Learning Network (PLN) on Twitter as my first action. Many times, I know the person I need to speak to and […]
Mind Map My Business
This weekend I decided to mind map my business. I had a couple of wonderful conversations with some peers who inspired me through their outlook and approach to work which aligned to my own personal values which made me question my approach to who I wanted to work for and with. For some time now, […]
This Week’s Snap Stories of Personal Learning Week of 20 November 2017
Here are this week’s snap stories of personal learning commencing 20 November 2017 Monday 20 November 2017 Today I give an introduction to myself and then talk about the great project I’ve been involved with on a global collaboration with some others on Snapchat to create a fake news channel called CNT and thinking about […]