Well the first day of International Work Out Loud Day is nearly over. I started my week day in a way that I always do – by an hour of walking listening to business related podcasts. This morning I listened to Chris Ducker’s The New Business Podcast – Startup and Small Business Marketing NBP105 on […]
Learning and Relearning with New Tools
Last week, I was one of the many people who took advantage of the government’s tax break advantage for small business and decided to upgrade my computer and phone. I had been thinking of doing this for a while as I thought it was time to be seen as a bit more ‘modern’ despite my […]
How to Knit a Compelling Story in an Age of Change
One of the biggest questions I (as well as many others in my personal learning network – PLN) have been asking is, “how come we ‘GET’ social and others don’t?” I’ve been asking this same question over and over in my head and I wish I had a magic wand that I could wave over […]
Lawyers and Libraries
Yesterday I created another vlog. I travelled into a suburb of Melbourne called Box Hill to go and get some legal advice. It was the first time in my life that I had need of a solicitor and they came highly recommended. (I posted the question on Facebook and two of my good friends – […]
My Work Out Loud Day Vlog Number 3
I am taking a liking to vlogging but let’s just say that it’s dangerous. Why? Blogging and vlogging require different thought processes. While one is quite reflective, mulling over what I’m going to write and how to express my thoughts into coherent sentences to make sense of the thing that I’m grappling with, vlogging is an […]
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 […]
A Work Out Loud Day
During my walk today, I decided to take some video footage of my day. I was going to go to a Business Planning workshop that occurs every three months as part of my business coaching program. We have set our annual goals of what we want to achieve in our business and then break those […]
Do As I Say, Not As I Do Doesn’t Cut It With Social
Lately, everything I seem to be reading on Twitter and blogs seem to be about social or peer-to-peer learning. Okay, I may be exaggerating – not everything – but consider that only one year ago in Australia, the term was relatively new and not widely mentioned at learning and development gatherings and conferences. All of […]
Australian Institute of Training Development National Conference 2015
I attended the Australian Institute of Training and Development Conference in Sydney on Wednesday 13 May and Thursday 14 May and decided to vlog some of my thoughts… I was invited by Michelle Ockers and AITD to participate to present the Work, Connect and Learn case study for CCA. You can read all the blog […]
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 […]
A Realisation on Working Out Loud
I decided to do something a bit different today and vlog my reflections of yesterday’s #PKMChat on Working Out Loud. The question that was running around in my head was, “Have I been working out loud all through my career?” The answer was enlightening because it all stemmed from one thing only. Here’s my reflection. […]
April was all about New Ideas, Inspirations & Chocolate Eggs
Please no more chocolate eggs. As I’m writing this blog post, I’m nursing a cold and munching on Easter eggs that I found at the back of the kitchen pantry. You do understand that they had to be eaten right? So it’s that time of the month where again I write about what I’ve been up […]
Do You Work Out Loud?
Ever since stumbling upon Casey Niestat’s vlogs, something has just ‘switched on’ in my mind and I’ve been inspired. In particular, the video of his Wildly Functional Studio made me think about my own work, workplace and working out loud. Watch his video first and then come back to this blog… Well, what did you think? Did […]
Activate My Learning
I’m so excited to be able to bring to you an idea “Activate My Learning” that has been mulling in my mind for a while. Many of you know that I like to experiment with all sorts of different learning tools and apps and have a bit of fun in the process. For the last […]
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 […]
Simulating Real Life Workplace Experiences
A couple of weeks ago, I had organised a Third Place visit to go and see the Building Leadership Simulation Centre in South Melbourne. It was the first time I had organised a visit to a training facility with Third Place (our social networking and co-working group) and once I advertised the tour on Meetup, […]
We Need the FBI In Our Lives
Sometimes I’m embarrassed to admit it but I do find all things finance and accounting quite boring. There’s a part of me that as someone who came from a learning and development background, this was one area I really never connected with my business clients when I should have. I knew it then and I know […]
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 […]
The Work, Connect and Learn Program is Over…But The Journey Has Just Begun
It’s been over a few weeks since my last blog post and believe me, I’ve been thinking about it writing every day but simply couldn’t commit the time as my first priority was to deliver the guided social learning program, Work Connect and Learn Program with Coca Cola Amatil. You may have read my other posts […]
Learning is Connecting: Reflections of Learning Lab 2015
The Vocational Development Centre hosted Learning Lab, a mini Digital Conference for Vocational educators at the Melbourne Convention Centre on Thursday 5 March to showcase, promote and apply new tools and technology in the classroom. Here are my reflections on how I planned my Twitter session and how I could have improved on it for […]