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 […]
This Week’s Snap Stories of Personal Learning Week of 18 December 2017
Here is this week’s snap stories of personal learning for the week of 18 December 2017. Monday 18 December 2017 Today I talk about a post I wrote called You Are Not a Thought Leader and how it got many people talking about it on LinkedIn and Twitter. I also do a bit of baking of […]
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 […]
An Experiment with Social Media
I’m doing an experiment with social media. Over the last few months, I’ve been getting overwhelmed again thinking about the new year and how to get more leads for work. I’m not going to lie, when you work for yourself, it’s SO tough. I’ve had days when I couldn’t get out of bed because it […]
What Business Can Learn From Fake News
What happens when a group of people who have never met in real life, create a fake news channel that inspires people around the world? The idea came from content creator, Cameron Murray (@CammySutra6) from Glasgow who, tired of the fake news and influencers in social media content marketing took matters in his own hands to create […]
Social Learning – It’s Not What You Think
A couple of weeks back I was invited by Brenden Carter, Creative Director and General Manager of Learning Hook to be a guest on their podcast. The invite was immediately accepted. I have known Brenden for many years and we even worked together for a while. I have the highest respect for his work because he’s […]
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 […]
This Week’s Snap Stories of Personal Learning Week of 30 October 2017
Here are this week’s snap stories of personal learning commencing 30 October 2017. Monday 30 October 2017 Today I share a full introduction on what I do and undertaking a coaching session with a client on how to use a mobile phone to create videos. Tuesday 31 October 2017 I complain about our slow internet […]
This Week’s Snap Stories of Personal Learning Week of Monday 23 October 2017
Here are this week’s snap stories of personal learning commencing 16 October 2017. Tuesday 24 October 2017 Today I go through the Learning Maturity report and am aghast at the lack of commentary and research around social learning. I talk about the MOOC I finished on Modern Workplace Empowerment, a visit to Facebook Offices in […]
This Week’s Snap Stories of Personal Learning Week of 16 October 2017
Here are this week’s snap stories of personal learning commencing 16 October 2017. Monday 16 October 2017 Today I ponder whether I should buy a lighting kit for my videos. I was so inspired by Justine Leconte’s fashion videos and how simple and easy they are that I thought I could start doing those – until […]
Co-Working at the City of Glen Eira
I had the wonderful opportunity of being selected by the City of Glen Eira, my local council, to trial out a pop-up co-working space that they hosted at their premises in Caulfield. A small group of 8 local consultants and business owners were invited to be part of this Connection Economy Pilot. The council is […]
Making the Messy Unmessy – Experimenting with Mind Maps
I had the pleasure of meeting a long time member of my personal learning network, Sahana Chattopadhyay at LearnTech Asia in Singapore last week. I was always a fan of her wonderful blogs because she had the knack for pulling together different concepts by various people who wrote about digital transformation, future of work and […]
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 […]
My Learning Plan for LearnTech Asia
Next week is LearnTech Asia – a learning and development conference that will be hosted in Singapore. It’s also my FIRST OVERSEAS LEARNING AND DEVELOPMENT CONFERENCE and I have a speaking gig! (Except for the time I went to the Rotary International Conferences in Birmingham and Los Angeles but they don’t count). I was close […]