I have just returned from one of the best and unforgettable experiences of my life. This year, I was privileged and honoured to have been selected as one of ten global roaming reporters for Microsoft’s largest technology conference, Microsoft Ignite which was held in Orlando Florida. I heard that over 29 000 people attended the […]
This Month’s Stories of Personal Learning for the Month of November 2018
Here are this month’s snap stories of personal learning for November 2018. Every week and every month, I like to review these videos to see what I have been doing every day. It’s a great way to capture all my work and learning – and also to see progress towards my goals. Every month I […]
Have You Got Hidden Skills That Your Company Doesn’t Know About?
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 […]