This morning after completing a filmed interview for LearningNowTV, (a role I undertake for fun and which gets me out of the house meeting all sorts of interesting people), I decided to go to the Alice in Wonderland Exhibition at the Australian Centre for the Moving Image, ACMI. I’ve never been a fan of the […]
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Art Imitating Life or the Other Way Around?
For the last six or so months, I’ve been getting out of my comfort zone – in a BIG way by undertaking creative projects. Last week, I had the pleasure of attending the Cultivating Creativity in the Workplace workshop facilitated by someone who I’ve admired for a long time, Amy Burvall. (@amyburvall). Amy is an […]
This Month’s Snap Stories of Personal Learning March 2018
Here is this month’s snap stories of personal learning for March 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 […]
This Month’s Snap Stories of Personal Learning February 2018
Here is this month’s snap stories of personal learning for February 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 your work and learning – and also to see your progress towards your goals. I […]
Social Learning Is Personal
Ever since late last year, I’ve been revisiting my old work, blog posts, and references sitting in Evernote folders to do with connectivism and came up with the thought that, “social learning IS personal”. Let me explain. For the last few years, working as an independent consultant has been challenging to say the least. It necessitated […]
This Month’s Snap Stories of Personal Learning January 2018
Here is this month’s (not a week which is usually the case) snap stories of personal learning for January 2018. Rather than do it weekly, this month, I decided to place them all into one post only and in future, I’m thinking to “storify” these (well, the Storify app is not available anymore but I […]
Return to Roots
For a while now, I’ve been contemplating a return to roots. In the last few months from the tail end of annus horribilis that was 2017 to now, a series of events – mainly due to conversations and collaborations with people outside my field of corporate learning and development, has made me reflect on the […]
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 […]
Do You Find What I Write of Value to You and Your Work?
People tell me that they get a lot of value from reading my blog posts, watching my daily videos where I work and learn out loud as well as the tips in my monthly newsletter. The ideas, hints and strategies presented have helped people to create their own personalised learning strategies or given them the […]
My Learning and Development Plan for 2018
After reading Simon Fogg’s blog post on all his learning and development plans for 2018, I started to think what my plans could be. I’m usually someone who plans everything – sometimes it’s not expressly written on paper or recorded online but it’s a mental note where I keep tabs on what it is I […]
How To Use Video
Do you want to explore how you can use video to show what you’re working and learning? Do you want to start a vlog? Unsure on what equipment you need and what platforms to use? We will learn how to: Plan, prepare and shoot your vlog on your mobile device Equipment you need to get […]
This Week’s Snap Stories of Personal Learning Week of 4 & 11 December 2017
Here is this week’s snap stories of personal learning for the week of 4 December 2017. Monday 4 December 2017 Today it was all about talking about modern workplace learning and introducting the work that I do as a learning and development consultant. Thursday 7 December 2017 Today I talk about Chelsea Peitz new book […]
This Week’s Snap Stories of Personal Learning Week of 27 November 2017
Here is this week’s snap stories of personal learning for the week of 27 November 2017. Monday 27 November 2017 Today it was all about my obsession with mindmaps. I woke up early one day and decided to mind map my entire business, products and services. Getting it down on paper and then MindMeister (the […]
What I Learned This Year
This morning I listened to the Good Practice podcast “What I Learned This Year” and it got me thinking about what I learned and decided to share my reflections here. Lesson 1: Knowing More About What I’m Willing to Stand For and Put Up With Working on your own is hard work and not for […]
You Are Not a Thought Leader
I got a bit ranty this week on Twitter. I had just reached a point where my top was blown. My limit reached. My patience stretched. I’m a huge fan of Fiona Tribe or aka @White_Owly who publishes tweets about people, brand and culture that go directly to the heart of what is wrong with organisations […]
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 […]
Mind Map My Business
This weekend I decided to mind map my business. I had a couple of wonderful conversations with some peers who inspired me through their outlook and approach to work which aligned to my own personal values which made me question my approach to who I wanted to work for and with. For some time now, […]
This Week’s Snap Stories of Personal Learning Week of 20 November 2017
Here are this week’s snap stories of personal learning commencing 20 November 2017 Monday 20 November 2017 Today I give an introduction to myself and then talk about the great project I’ve been involved with on a global collaboration with some others on Snapchat to create a fake news channel called CNT and thinking about […]
This Week’s Snap Stories of Personal Learning Week of 13 November 2017
Here are this week’s snap stories of personal learning commencing 13 November 2017 – It’s WORK OUT LOUD WEEK! Monday 13 November 2017 Today I talk about moderating the Fishbowl Event on Learning Technologies and how I’m preparing for it. I talk about multitasking on Facebook, talk about undertaking an assessment on purpose and values […]
Personal Reflections from LearnTech Asia
I’ve just returned from LearnTech Asia, the inaugural learning technology conference and expo in Singapore and decided to write some personal reflections. Let me tell you that my mind was a muddle so this is my attempt at getting things in some order. Before the Conference Initially, when I was asked by Conference Chair, Donald Taylor […]