Last week I attended Australia’s largest and longest running blogging event called Problogger and I learned some valuable lessons. After hearing many presentations and speaking to the business bloggers there, I thought I’d share a few things corporate bloggers should know if they want to take their blogging OUTSIDE of their company in the future. […]
What Did I Learn at Problogger?
So what did I learn at Problogger? No, it wasn’t to try and capture a photo of me with Problogger, Darren Rowse. Okay, maybe it was (see below for my learning goals). So what is Problogger I hear you ask? It’s Australia’s biggest and longest running blogging conference and this year, I decided to […]
Why I Blog
Some people ask me why I blog and I’d like to give them a serious answer they may want to hear about how it helps build and market my business or brand, or how it engages with my followers or clients but in all honesty, that’s far from the truth. It’s never been about business, marketing […]
If I Were 22
This post is part of a LinkedIn series in which we share lessons for this month’s theme If I Were 22. Here is what I shared on a recent LinkedIn post… If you had a time machine and you travelled back to the age of 22, what would you do differently in your life? What […]
Everyone Do the Hustle
Are you doing the hustle? “Helen, you’ve got to start hustling!” “I’m hustling, are you?” “You’re not in the game if you’re not hustling!” “I’m hustling every day!” If only I had a dollar every time I heard this. Truth be told, it’s doing my head in a bit and I had to take a […]
Make 2016 The Year to Be That Cool Adult
Make this year that you happen to be that cool adult in a child’s life. What do I mean? Well keep reading and find out! Happy new year everyone! I hope you had a wonderful holiday and looking forward to everything that 2016 has to offer. I spent my holiday break with my young nephews […]
There’s A Hole In My Bucket…Or You’ve Reached Your Email Limit
Last week my husband excitedly told me to stop what I was doing and to listen to a clip he had found on YouTube with Harry Belafonte and Odetta singing the song, “There’s a Hole in My Bucket”. If you haven’t heard it, it’s well worth a listen and a chuckle… As music […]
“Promoting Empathy By Sharing Perspective”
Many people are aware that I watch Casey Niestat’s daily videos as part of my morning routine before I start any work for the day. It’s morning walk, breakfast, coffee, Casey, work – in that order. But why? Ever since I saw his video called Casey’s Wildly Functional Studio a few months back, I was hooked. Here was […]
I Need a New Phone
Many years ago, too many to mention (okay, 1992), I used to teach basic electronics to Electrical Technical sailors in the Royal Australian Navy. It was one of the first real paid jobs I had after university that provided me with a steady income, a clean white uniform with nice gold buttons and bed and […]
January – A Month of Books & Back Pain
What I have Been Working On? My main achievement was completing the development of 4 modules of the Work, Connect and Learn Program for Coca Cola Amatil. This took me over 8 weeks to complete with various edits and version controls as well as exploring and learning more about SharePoint 2013 and Lync. This project […]
Here’s One Way To Save Your Back
For the last two weeks, the frivolous tones of my tweets were hiding the pain that I was experiencing with my lower back. Oh, what possessed me to move that heavy pot plant of my treasured coriander and dropped it – and abruptly bent my back with it? I spent a few days on the […]
The Giving of Freedom
A story 8 days ago: It was the last working week for the year, and I was about to leave the house for a hectic day of deadlines. I’d planned to go in earlier than usual to get a head start on things I had to do. But…just as I was about to head out the […]
My Top Posts for 2014
There is no such thing as a new idea. It is impossible. We simply take a lot of old ideas and put them into a sort of mental kaleidoscope. We give them a turn and they make new and curious combinations. We keep on turning and making new combinations indefinitely; but they are the same […]
End of the Year Review
Every year I write some professional and personal goals to achieve by the end of the year. It was no different for 2014. Professionally, it was a big year for me so I’m happy how things have transpired. Professional Goals And Here Are the Results for 2014! Activate Activate Learning Solutions Check. Quit Full Time Work. […]
What Will Your 2015 Look Like?
Last year I stumbled upon this great concept called Blog Secret Santa. The idea is that you register on the website to gift a post to someone’s blog and in return, you get a post placed onto your blog. On the 5th of December, you ‘ll find out who you’re writing for. Before Christmas Day, […]
If Your Work Life Was a Movie
Last week @Matt Guyan and I had a short Twitter conversation on a recent blog post I wrote about Social Onboarding and as these things do, the conversation turned to what would happen if our lives as learning and development professionals turned into movies. What would your career movie look like? Who will play your part? […]
How to Cycle in Puerto Rico when You’re Not There & It’s 6 Years Ago
Many may not know (well you do now), that I’ve been blogging since 2005 about various things unrelated to learning, work or performance on my Ramblings blog. In fact, Ramblings was more of a movie and book review site, with lots of knitting and travel stories, posts about Demis Roussos, Greek politics, cat gifs and a […]
Do you Learn or Experience Culture?
“The only thing worse than learning from experience is not learning from experience.” – Unknown I’ve been in Waikiki for the last two weeks taking some time out for some rest and relaxation. Hawaii is our travel destination of choice for those times when we need to chill out and just enjoy lazy days of […]
What Do People Think of What You Do?
After my post on “What? You Don’t Do That? We Thought You Did!” had some discussion, I stumbled upon The Context of Things website that had a blog post on IS YOUR JOB WHAT YOU THINK YOU DO, TELL PEOPLE YOU DO, OR ACTUALLY DO? Pertinent question and excellent timing. I don’t know about you but […]
From Employee to Contractor to Free Agent to Who Knows What…
I’ve been quiet on the internet this weekend for a deliberate reason. I needed to get back some time to myself. I needed to switch off the noise and sit back and reflect on my life and my next steps. Let me add, I did get a lot of work done in the garden and […]