Well finally I’ve had some time to put some thoughts on my reflections of the Change in the Age of Disruption Conference that I attended in Sydney at the Jones Bay Wharf Conference Centre last week. Since then, I’ve had a chance to reflect on my participation as a presenter at this conference but also how […]
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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 […]
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 […]
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 […]
How To Make More Time In Your Day
Sorry you can’t. I led you here to this blog post under false pretense. We all have 24 hours per day. That’s it. No more, no less. You can stop reading here if you like. Sorry to disappoint… Tomorrow I’ll be flying up to Sydney to attend the Australian Institute of Training and Development National […]
The Village Square
Some years ago I had travelled to Greece, the country of my heritage and landed in Crete. It was the first time I had travelled to Greece and I remember that even though I could speak the language and shared the customs and traditions, there were still many elements that remained foreign and curious to me […]
March – A Month of New Clients…and a Baby
Well, what a month! It’s been crazy hectic – but a lot of fun! It’s been about new client work which explains the lack of blog posts… No, I didn’t have a baby but read on. What Have I Been Working On? My biggest achievement was completing the Work, Connect and Learn Program, a guided […]
February – Getting Down to Business
Continuing with my new end of month blog post of what I have been doing, February was all about “Getting Down to Business!” What Have I Been Working On? First and foremost was rolling out Coca Cola Amatil’s Work, Connect and Learn Program (a guided social learning program). I have been actively ‘working out loud’ […]
How to Broaden Your Networks Into New Markets
Yesterday I attended the Melbourne Business Awards (South East Region) Breakfast event at the lovely Woodlands Golf Course. Obviously any event at a golf course is a winner for me so this was no different. John Walls, Group Managing Director from Acquire Learning was the guest speaker who presented on how education providers and employers can effectively […]
The Importance of Having a Plan as a Freelancer
I’ve been freelancing now for eight months and it’s been an interesting journey. By no means did I think the move from full-time salaried employment to one where you didn’t know where the next job was coming from was going to be easy. I anticipated that I was going to experience the full range of emotions. Elation […]
The Newest Group of Friends in the Oldest Pub in Melbourne
Last night a large group of members from Third Place met at the Duke of Wellington pub in Melbourne for dinner and a catch up. Third Place is a social networking, learning and co-working group I founded in September 2013 for anyone interested in learning regardless of the industry or profession they are from. There […]
A Visit to Business Networking International
This morning I attended a breakfast for visitors to the Business Networking International club in the local area. Some years ago, I came across this global networking club through Rotary. At the time I was researching on industry and business in my local area and created a program to connect more business with social responsibility through community […]
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 […]
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. […]
My First Day of WOLWeek – Monday Mayhem
I was startled awake this morning. Someone was ringing the doorbell at 5:30am. I opened the door and in bolted my husband. He was angry that the taxi he had booked to drive him to the airport had not arrived and he was going to miss his flight. He had been standing outside the house […]
It’s Always Great to Meet Your Mates
Last night I attended the City of Kingston’s Meet Your Mates networking event. The Kingston Council holds these events and invites business owners to a cafe situated in the industrial areas of Kingston. Last night it was in Moorabbin which is close to the area that I live. Some time ago I joined the Council’s […]
5 More Lessons for a Freelancer
I wrote 5 Lessons for the New Freelancer last month and since then, I have added another 5 new lessons that I have been slowly learning into my foray as a freelancer. 1. Your Time is Precious, Value It That’s not to say that when I had a full-time permanent job that my time wasn’t precious but […]
Co-Working at the Melbourne Hub
On Friday I had an opportunity to co-work at the Melbourne Hub through a new Meetup I had joined called Jelly. Jelly organises monthly co-working events are various places around Melbourne and the reason I joined was to experience this new co-working space but also meet others who were outside my field of learning and […]