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 […]
This Month’s Stories of Personal Learning for May 2018
Here are this month’s snap stories of personal learning for May 2018. Every week and every month, I like to review these videos to see what I have been doing every day and it’s a great way to capture all my work and learning – and also to see my progress towards my goals. I […]
Update on Third Place
I wanted to share an update on Third Place. I created Third Place in 2013, a social meet-up, social learning and networking group for people who share a love for lifelong and continual learning. During a Twitter chat in 2013, a member of my personal learning network (PLN) mentioned to me a book by Ray Oldenberg […]
The Mechanics Institutes
I’m no stranger to libraries. In fact, one of my delights is to check out different libraries in my local area and become a member. While some people accrue credit cards, I seem to have an increasing collection of plastic library cards that I like to fan out like a deck of cards to unsuspecting […]
Visit to Knowledge Market
Today I organised a co-working day at Knowledge Market which is a community space situated in the Docklands in Melbourne. It was another event as part of the social networking group that I created called Third Place. Co-working with #3PlaceMelb at the #knowledgeMarket in #Docklands https://t.co/rBdJqTxqT9. Great space check it out! pic.twitter.com/E4OmiR503U — Helen Blunden […]
Where’s Your Third Place?
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Co-Working at the Nest
Today I went along to the free co-working day hosted by Nest Coworking in Thornbury in the northern suburbs of Melbourne. (I’m currently typing this blog post from their big community desk you see in one of the photos below). Joyce Seitzinger (@catspyjamasnz) had alerted me to this space to check out due to […]
Is Service Above Self A New Behaviour for a Networked World?
For the last few months, I’ve been busy creating a couple of new programs to share with you in 2016. You may have noticed I’ve been a bit more quieter on social media of late. You haven’t? Well, never mind. If anything, I feel as if I’ve been doing less tweeting of late and it’s […]
A Short Stint Into Film Making of Third Place
A couple of months ago, I saw an opportunity to assist a friend to build her photography and video production business and in return, learn more about the new medium of video that I am exploring. I always wanted to do a short film about my social networking meetup group called Third Place but I […]
What Have I Been Up To?
It’s been a while since my last blog post and admittedly, I do feel guilty that I am not spending a component of my time blogging so that I can make sense of what I have been working on and learning about. On the other hand however, I have been using two other methods to […]