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 […]
First Reflections of a Social Learning Program
Okay, in the spirit of trying something different, rather than blog my reflections, I’ll record them. One of my goals for 2015 was to experiment more with video – but don’t get ahead of yourselves thinking that I’m going to be the next Oliver Stone or something like that. If anything, I’m just dabbling with the […]
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 […]
How I Developed the Work, Connect and Learn Program – A Social Learning Program
It’s now getting towards the pointy end in preparation to deliver the Work, Connect and Learn Program for Coca Cola Amatil and it’s fair to say, that I’m getting quite excited. I have been working with this client since late last year to analyse performance needs and develop a strategy and a solution that would enable their […]
cMOOC, Social Learning Guided Design or Community of Inquiry – All The Same?
This week I started a cMOOC called Exploring Innovations in Networked Work and Learning where we will explore the four models of learning and how they can be applied in the workplace. These are: Networked learning Personal learning networks MOOCs Communities of Inquiry Our first task of the week was to either: Option 1: Explore […]
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 […]
What’s Your 100 Year Vision?
This year I started a 12 month business coaching development program through David Guest Business Coaching Solutions. I figured after 24 years of working for someone else, now as a freelancer, it was time to invest in personal development that took me out of my comfort zone. If freelancing wasn’t risky enough, I needed to have someone […]
How Working, Connecting and Learning Is Like Driving a Car
Last week I had an opportunity to work with Michelle Ockers who had travelled down from Sydney for work. We caught up at the co-working space at the NAB Village to go through some final editing to four of the modules of the Work, Connect and Learn Program. The Work, Connect and Learn Program is a social learning guided […]
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 […]
An Open Course in Exploring Innovations in Networked Work and Learning
Back in 2013 I participated in an open course (cMOOC) in Exploring Personal Learning Networks through Northwestern University Master’s Program Learning & Organisational Change run by Jeff Merrell. One of the standout features of this course was not only the excellent reference material on PLNs (which I still refer to) but that it made me […]
In the end, they’re just tools…
The last few weeks have been busy as the silly season wound down and the focus was to get back to work and look forward to 2015. I’ve been mindful that I haven’t been blogging as frequently and instead, my time being taken up with client work, catching up with reading of articles on the […]
Part 3 of a Social Onboarding Case Study
Over the last year, I have been writing a case study of an Onboarding Program I developed for a financial service organisation Retail Store Managers (Branch Managers) in 2014. The onboarding program used a blended learning approach that had different audiences; specific learning, communication and change management needs as well as delivered the program and associated […]