Here are this week’s snap stories of personal learning commencing 18 September 2017. Monday 18 September 2017 Today while waiting for a family member to have a day operation in hospital, I decided to work out from the hospital cafe to prevent me driving back and forth from home. On the hospital walls, they had […]
This Week’s Snap Stories of Personal Learning Week of 11 September 2017
Here are this week’s snap stories of personal learning commencing 11 September 2017. Tuesday 12 September 2017 Today I share my process for how I am planning and preparing my presentation on Curation in Learning for LearnTech Asia 2017 in Singapore in November. I talk about how I used Mind Meister to create a mind […]
Curator Panics Over Link Rot
For the last week, I’ve been working on my presentation on Curation for Learning for LearnTech Asia and had a panic attack. I hyperventilated slightly that had me reaching for my ventalin. While I was away last week, I had been thinking how I could plan and prepare for this presentation so that it was […]
Time Out for a Week
I decided to take some time out for a week to not sweat the small stuff. Recently I have been anxious about the fluctuating nature of my work and how I’ve been spending a lot of time not only thinking about this but also creating various different content such as e-books, resources, presentations and workshops […]
What I Learned at VidCon
Now that I’ve had some time to sit and think, I’d like to share what I learned at VidCon. For those of you who don’t know, VidCon is the world’s largest conference for YouTubers and vloggers or as their website says, “For People Who Love Online Video”. I heard about VidCon through some people I follow on Snapchat. […]
This Week’s Snap Stories of Personal Learning Week of 28 August 2017
Here are this week’s snap stories of personal learning commencing 28 August 2017. Monday 28 August 2017 I started the week out with experimenting with my remote clicker. I was pulling together some of the equipment that I was going to take with me to the conference later this week and wanted to experiment with a […]
This Week’s Snap Stories of Personal Learning Week of 4 September 2017
Here are this week’s snap stories of personal learning commencing 4 September 2017. Monday 4 September 2017 Today I talk about my work as a learning consultant and how it’s important to be continually learning. I take on a serious look and deliver this snap story without much fan fare that is my usual manner. I […]
This Week’s Snap Stories of Personal Learning Week of 21 August 2017
Here are this week’s snap stories of personal learning commencing 21 August 2017. Monday 21 August 2017 Today I met with Ai Zhang who is a Public Relations professor and who I admire for her passion and enthusiasm in sharing her love of pedagogy using social media. We used Facebook Messenger to meet online as I […]
This Week’s Snap Stories of Personal Learning Week of 14 August 2017
Here are this week’s snap stories of personal learning commencing 14 August 2017. Wednesday 16 August 2017 It was a relatively quiet week this week where I just took time to rest and relax. I do have my days where I cannot face the computer or write out blogs, create vlogs or do much at […]
Using Social Media As Work & Learning Portfolios
I’m a great fan of social media and love to explore their functions and applications. In particular, using social media as work and learning portfolios. Apart from sharing aspects of your day to your friends and family, social media can be also used to: Build a network Show and share our work Engage in online […]
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 […]
This Week’s Snap Stories of Personal Learning Week of 7 August
Here are this week’s snap stories of personal learning commencing 7 August 2017. Monday 7 August 2017 In this personal learning snapstory, I was inspired by the story of Rachmaninov, a Russian composer whose first symphony was a public flop. The result was that he then went into depression for four years because he felt […]
Changing the Learning and Development DNA
Changing the Learning and Development DNA was a great theme for this year’s Learning and Development Unconference. I have been attending this event in Melbourne for the last few years. Hosted and coordinated by LearningCafe, a “community of forward thinking learning professionals interested in frank discussions about current issues and trends in learning, performance and knowledge […]
Changing Work One Human At A Time
I love this statement, “changing work one human at a time” because I feel that in some part, over the last few years that’s what I’ve been inspiring to achieve. This morning I was trying out the Couch to 5 Km running app while listening to James Altucher interview writer Steven Pressfield about his latest […]
This Week’s Snapstories of Personal Learning in the Week of 31 July 2017
Here are this week’s snap stories of personal learning commencing 31 July. Monday 31 July 2017 My Sydney trip, in truth, exhausted me. It gets really tiring chasing historical figures like Arthur Phillip and William Bligh around the town. Traipsing around the Rocks area (the oldest part of Sydney) and learning stories of first settlement […]
How to Work Out Loud: A Month of Different Activities to Do on Your Enterprise Social Network
The question I get asked by business is how to work out loud so here is a guide I have created that you can follow over the course of one month to set up the habit and practice using your enterprise social network. What is Working Out Loud? Working out loud is the process of […]
This Week’s Snap Stories of Personal Learning in Week of 24 July 2017
Here are this week’s snap stories of personal learning commencing 24 July. Monday 24 July 2017 Today I share some snaps on my process for dealing with LinkedIn invitations to connect. This was one of the most engaged snap story because people screenshot as well as connected with me to learn more about my process. […]
Learning Is A Series of Little Experiments
Since finishing up my employment contract at an insurance company in mid-June this year, I have been reflecting that everything I learned about my field of Learning and Development has come about from a series of little experiments across multiple fields and different interests outside my field. I’m very much a dabbler and an explorer […]
A New Way To Create Podcasts
I found a new way to create podcasts for those who have been asking me this question over the last couple of years. And it’s too easy. In an employment contract with an organisation some time ago, I remember trawling Yammer one morning while having breakfast at my desk. I came across an internal business […]
Why We Post
Some years ago on Facebook, I made an intriguing observation on why we post. On my feed, I saw a variety of different types of posts. Ignoring the sponsored posts and paid advertisements, I looked at what posts seemed to have more discussion and engagement with my family, friends and peers. I noticed that posts […]