Next week is LearnTech Asia – a learning and development conference that will be hosted in Singapore. It’s also my FIRST OVERSEAS LEARNING AND DEVELOPMENT CONFERENCE and I have a speaking gig! (Except for the time I went to the Rotary International Conferences in Birmingham and Los Angeles but they don’t count). I was close […]
Ticking Off The Dreams List
I’m someone who likes to curate various blog posts and insert links, posts, graphics etc into them in WordPress but I may not hit the Publish button. So there’s a steady collection (and building) of DRAFT blog posts. This morning while doing my monthly clean up of the back end of WordPress, updating plugins, checking […]
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 […]
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 […]
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 […]
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 […]
Curiosity in Learning
I’ve been thinking about curiosity in learning lately. In particular, why it is that I can become obsessed with some subject matter and not others. You may have seen my latest obsession with maritime history focussed on the Royal Navy between the years 1787-1790. That’s pretty specific, isn’t it? It’s like I have some crazy […]
The Enigma Around Social Learning
I’m convinced that there’s an enigma around social learning. Recently I presented at the eLearning Instructional Designer’s Meetup and I had a massive realisation. Learning and Development don’t really understand what social learning is and the business doesn’t care much about it. It was confirmed by a quick survey I created and disseminated on Yammer […]
What’s Marketing Got to Do With Learning?
Yesterday I had the honour being the invited guest on Social Chefs, a social media marketing show hosted by Christian Karasiewicz (@ckroks) and Nick Rishwain (@NickJRishwain). Now you might be asking what has this got to do with learning and development? I was asking the same thing initially so after checking out some of their […]
Documenting, Not Creating
This morning I watched Gary Vaynerchuck’s 2016 video called Documenting Not Creating. That video and conversations with Sarah Stahl and seeing what she is doing with her 25 Day Learning Journey on Facebook Live and LinkedIn and some other people across social networks, seemed to meld a few things that were swirling in my head. For […]
My Top 10 Learning Tools for 2017
So here’s the thing. After Zuckerberg’s announcement today at F8 Developer Conference, I reckon that in say, ooh, maybe 2020 the way he’s going, he’s going to be everything to everyone and there may not be the Top 10 Learning Tools anymore…. It may just be the Top 1 (and Only) Learning Tool which will […]
You Have a Voice In Your Organisation
Sometimes people don’t tell us what they think about our ideas and prefer to be nice rather than having an uncomfortable conversation with us. I get that. I’ve done that many times in my life too. It’s easier to agree and say nice things rather than get into a conversation where you have to explain […]
Excited About a New Role
After four months of searching for a job, I’m happy to say that I’m excited about a new role as a Learning Architect with a major insurance company in Australia, IAG. The role is for three months and I’ll be part of the Capability and Learning team who will roll out a new social collaboration […]
Lessons From An Independent Consultant
All gifs in this post via GIPHY It’s hard to imagine that three years have already gone by since I left the corporate world to become an independent consultant. It has been one of the most transformative personal learning journeys for me in my life that’s seen me ride the peaks and troughs of consulting work. There […]
Happy New Year
Hello everyone and hello 2017! Happy New Year! I hope that you all had a wonderful holiday break and enjoyed the special times with loved ones as well as took a well earned break now looking forward to a new year! I love this time of the year as it’s an opportunity to start afresh […]
End of Year Stocktake
It’s coming to the end of the year and every year I do an end of year stock take. I revisit the personal goals I set out to achieve for myself from the beginning of the year and look at what was achieved, what succeeded and what failed. It’s a good practice to understand that […]
Snapchat Posts
I have been asked many times to forward people the links to my posts on how to use Snapchat for learning and business so I decided to collate my Posts About Snapchat here. This list will be growing over time as I keep writing more. However, check out our Resources page to purchase items that […]
Have you heard of Frozen Snapping?
Have you heard of Frozen Snapping? No it’s not what you do when you take out some sausages from the freezer and need to bang them on the kitchen counter to separate them or find the nearest tongs to snap them apart. (Or am I the only one who does that?!) It’s a new craze […]
Resources to Build Your Blog Into a Business
Last week I attended the Problogger Event on the Gold Coast. For those who may not be aware, Problogger is the largest and longest running blogging event in Australia. You can read what I learned on Problogger on this blog post I wrote soon after the event. If you’re someone who is currently employed and […]