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 […]
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Social Learning for L&D Teams
Support Your Business to Collaborate Socially In the Workplace Are you unsure how your Learning and Development team can work with your business clients to solve workplace problems through collaboration? Do you have an enterprise social network and access to other public and enterprise social tools but unsure how to use these to encourage […]
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 […]
Speaking Events
I am available for to speak at conferences, panels, events, podcasts and workshops on topics related to continual and lifelong learning experiences and integrating these into the flow of work and life. Feel free to contact me for a speaking engagement to suit your needs at: enquiries [at] activatelearning.com.au If you’re looking for a profile […]
The AITD Excellence Awards
I’m excited to find out that Coca Cola Amatil’s Systems Certification Program is a finalist in the upcoming Australian Institute of Training and Development (AITD) Excellence Awards. The program was aligned to their business strategy and aimed to improve their business continuity and performance through use of their key operational systems. I was honoured to work on […]
What Signals Are You Sending Out on Social Media?
Forgive me world, it’s been eight days since my last blog. I don’t know why, but every time I leave gaps between blog posts, I have the attack of the guilts. Although it may look like laziness to the untrained eye, it’s more likely to mean that I’ve been spending more time doing something else […]
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 […]
Have You Blabbed?
Last night I hosted a Blab session for the first time (and stupidly, I forgot to take a screenshot of it). I was introduced to this new tool about a month ago when I saw a tweet in my Twitter stream advertising that a Blab session was on. I can’t remember the topic but it piqued my […]
Videos
I’m all for showing and sharing your work and learning in any way you feel that is best for you to express it. For me, it’s via blogging and vlogging. A vlog allows me to express my thinking as well as take my viewers on a journey so they can see what I do and […]
The Ups and Downs of Business
This year, I have been undertaking a year long Business Coaching course through David Guest Outcomes Business Group. I’m eight months in and I can say that it has been an investment in my time and also my own professional and personal development. It has enabled me to plan, prepare and streamline processes and it […]
A Short Stint into Film Making of Third Place
A long time friend of mine is preparing to set up her new business. Ever since I have known her she has always been learning. She is a qualified masseuse and a photographer (and currently in the process of getting her pilot licence) and ever since I can remember, she has been energised by her pursuits […]
I Need More Sultanas in My Life
Two weeks ago I began a five week More Than Meditation Course and I wrote about my experiences in the blog post Discovering the State of Stillness. Last week, we had our second session and I felt a lot more comfortable and open to learning how meditation can help me. The session was facilitated by Dr […]
Do The Pecha Kucha
I don’t know about you, but every single time someone mentions “Pecha Kucha” I think about the Horrible Histories song about the Incan Lord “Pachakuti”… Do the “Pecha Kucha” (it’s quite a catchy song)… Horrible Histories – Pachacuti from Matty driver on Vimeo. Pecha Kucha actually has nothing to do with Incas. In fact, they are […]
How Do You Innovate the Public Service?
Today I attended the GovCamp Dialogue as part of the Public Service Innovation Month (#psinnovate15). The panel @benrimmer2010 @CoraltRoss @Sara_Rice @sarahtmb @rmyardley @AlunProbert #psinnovate15 #gcau pic.twitter.com/4lwnYzDYGo — Helen Blunden (@ActivateLearn) July 23, 2015 The last time I was employed by a public service organisation was over 24 years ago but I have many friends and […]
“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 […]
How to Map Your Personal Learning Network Using Mind Maps and Twitter Lists
Over the weekend, I decided to map out my Personal Learning Network. I had been thinking of doing this for a while so that I could see where there were gaps in my networks to form new relationships and connections with people who were specialists in areas that interest me – either for my own learning or as […]
How Do You Explain Social to Learning and Development Teams?
The most frequent questions I am asked by corporate Learning and Development managers who are seeking my services in skilling up their teams for social learning are: “Can you help our Learning Development team implement social learning into our current programs?” “Can you run a short social learning workshop/webinar/session/presentation for us?” and, “What’s the best social learning system […]
8 Reflections of a First Year Freelancer
In a few more days I reach my first anniversary out of salaried employment and I’ve been thinking and reflecting on all the lessons learned in my life as a freelancer. There have been many ups and downs. The biggest learning for me was the acceptance of saying good bye to a steady fortnightly income as […]
Learning is Frustrating
For the last couple of weeks, I’ve been relatively quiet on the blogging front. It’s been a most frustrating time for me in many ways but don’t get me wrong. I feel quite guilty when I don’t blog – and while I’ll create a vlog instead – it’s really a “cop out” for me. Technically, vlogs […]