Next week I’ll be participating in Microsoft Ignite as part of a group moderating two Table Talks. How to Prepare Yourself for a Future of Learning Working from Home: How Are People Doing It? Microsoft Ignite is one of the largest technology conferences in the world and last year I had the opportunity to be […]
The Social Dilemma
Last night, my husband and I watched The Social Dilemma on Netflix, a 90 minute documentary where ex-employees of social networks spill the beans on how these platform capitalists are using their products to manipulate the public to become addicted on them. It was a blend of interviews in front of the camera, a short […]
Writing a Book
This year we are writing a new book at Adopt & Embrace. Although the topic will be a surprise as more details will be revealed in the coming months, once again, it’s a collaborative effort. In the past, I have contributed to various books that have been published by authors in the Learning and Development […]
Learning Active Campaign
One of the things I have been learning at work is about marketing campaigns. I’m the Community Manager for Adopt & Embrace and as part of the role, I am responsible for looking at ways to have the community be continually aware of what it in there by way of interesting and informative discussions and […]
CoVid Lockdown Version 2.0
I haven’t written much in my blog about what I have been experiencing in lockdown and in all honesty, I have no idea why. When I think about it, I keep thinking that my Twitter feed is enough to tell you how frustrating it has been because it hasn’t been consistent. In the first lockdown, […]
Learning Power Automate
Recently I’ve been doing a lot of personal learning during lockdown in the following topics: Professional: Power Automate (as a starting point to understand flows and automations BEFORE I learn and build any Power Apps) Active Campaign (campaign marketing software that uses a lot of automations and in some way glad to learn Power Automate […]
Re-Assessment During Covid
This time of isolation and lockdown has been an eye opener where I have re-assessed a lot of things in my life. To be fair however, I think this re-assessment has been happening for quite a while for me, at least the last few years. The pandemic has simply confirmed my actions. Where in the […]
How Effective Are Newsletters as Personal Learning Resources?
A couple of days ago, Ramses Oudt @rroudt tweeted an excellent question on Twitter that generated a discussion concerning who writes newsletters focussed on learning how to learn. You can see the thread here which has some recommendations although I might add that many of them aren’t about tips, techniques and strategies for learning how […]
Learning Is a Mindset
This week I reflected on an event that made me feel very uncomfortable but in hindsight, my mind made it into a mountain than a molehill it was. I have been learning French for a while now and doing it in my own way through creating my own personal learning plan which I have blogged […]
My Top Ten Learning Tools for 2020
It’s that time again where it’s time to list our top 10 learning tools for the year and submit our responses to Jane Hart’s annual Top Learning Tools survey. Why not take the time to consider what tools you use on a daily basis to learn from and with and share your results too? I’ve […]