How do you create your own personal learning plan? Some time ago, I was looking at ways to be more productive in my work and learning; and one way I did this was to list down all the various tasks I needed to complete during the week. Many of my tasks were simple To Do […]
Working at the Synchrotron
One of the things I do on a casual basis is temping for work and income. As you can understand, being an independent consultant is difficult and a struggle at the best of times. There comes a time when you have to bite the bullet and pick up casual work when you can get it. […]
It’s All Greek To Me
I find when people say, “It’s All Greek To Me” amusing. As someone who comes from a Greek background and speaking the language (albeit a butchered version of it) growing up in Melbourne, there were times in my life when I was embarrassed by my Greekness. With a name of Helen, a long surname with […]
On Creativity and Collaboration – Creating Content Every Week
“All I did was plug in the machine and the rest <the team> – came naturally”. (Well, he did a lot more than that actually)… This is a great interview with Cammy Murray who created the weekly fake news channel, CNT News Channel on Snapchat. (I’m part of this small team of global collaborators who haven’t […]
The Weird World of Alice is Not So Weird After All
This morning after completing a filmed interview for LearningNowTV, (a role I undertake for fun and which gets me out of the house meeting all sorts of interesting people), I decided to go to the Alice in Wonderland Exhibition at the Australian Centre for the Moving Image, ACMI. I’ve never been a fan of the […]
Art Imitating Life or the Other Way Around?
For the last six or so months, I’ve been getting out of my comfort zone – in a BIG way by undertaking creative projects. Last week, I had the pleasure of attending the Cultivating Creativity in the Workplace workshop facilitated by someone who I’ve admired for a long time, Amy Burvall. (@amyburvall). Amy is an […]
This Week’s Snap Stories of Personal Learning Week of 24 April 2017
So I continue to share my thoughts and reflections on this week’s snap stories. Monday 24 April 2017 The day before we commemorate our Servicemen and women who have fought in the wars, I briefly mention my own service days. Wednesday 26 April 2017 Today I talk about how I pitched an idea at work […]
This Week’s Snap Stories of Personal Learning Week of Monday 17 April 2017
So I continue to collate my thoughts and reflections on this week’s snap stories. Tuesday 18 April 2017 Today I talk about who I am and what I do and explain in full what working out loud is. I talk about Sarah Stahl, a digital marketer who is doing a 25 day learning out loud […]
Documenting, Not Creating
This morning I watched Gary Vaynerchuck’s 2016 video called Documenting Not Creating. That video and conversations with Sarah Stahl and seeing what she is doing with her 25 Day Learning Journey on Facebook Live and LinkedIn and some other people across social networks, seemed to meld a few things that were swirling in my head. For […]
My Top 10 Learning Tools for 2017
So here’s the thing. After Zuckerberg’s announcement today at F8 Developer Conference, I reckon that in say, ooh, maybe 2020 the way he’s going, he’s going to be everything to everyone and there may not be the Top 10 Learning Tools anymore…. It may just be the Top 1 (and Only) Learning Tool which will […]
Some Stuff About Snapchat
By now you know that I like to share some stuff about Snapchat on this platform as I found it to be a perfect platform to share my thoughts and reflections about my work and learning. I love that it uploads videos, audio, text and photos as well as allows editing and annotations to snaps […]
This Week’s Snap Stories of Personal Learning Week of 10 April 2017
This week was all about the lead up to Easter. Although I’m not religious by any stretch of the imagination, it’s the one holiday that I can’t ever imagine being away from family. I can travel overseas during Christmas but Easter is sacrosanct for family. So this week, while my days were spent working on conducting […]
This Week’s Snap Stories of Personal Learning Week of 3 April 2017
So Snapchat is proving to be a handy tool to capture my thoughts and reflections while I’m back at work full-time and don’t have time to blog. However, don’t be under any illusion that I’ve left my blogging and will take on vlogging – far from it. Think of the vlog as a temporary measure to […]
You Have a Voice In Your Organisation
Sometimes people don’t tell us what they think about our ideas and prefer to be nice rather than having an uncomfortable conversation with us. I get that. I’ve done that many times in my life too. It’s easier to agree and say nice things rather than get into a conversation where you have to explain […]
Benefits of Working With Different Generations
What are the benefits of working with different generations? Well, I found out the answer last Tuesday night and I suspect, more of the answer will be revealed over the next six weeks. Many of those who read this blog know that I was recently selected to be a member of a local council’s Intergenerational […]
Visit to SensiLab
Last Thursday night, I had a visit to SensiLab. Opened in May 2015, SensiLab is a research hub that enables researchers and industry to collaborate on new technologies that have business applications. The idea of SensiLab was to bring together ‘anti-disciplinary’ teams to perform research that cannot be performed by a single discipline alone. For example, […]
Two Conferences in Three Days & One TPS Report
Last week I attended two conferences (well, one expo and one conference) in three days. On Tuesday 19 April, I went along to the Connect Expo at the Melbourne Convention and Exhibition Centre to check out the latest in business, technology and innovation. There were over 200 stalls and they expected over 5000 visitors to […]
How Working Out Loud Inspires New Passions
A few weeks back I saw this Facebook advert in the newsfeed and immediately my curiosity was piqued. It made me think of how working out loud inspires new passions. Our local council was looking to sponsor budding film makers aged 14 to 90 to create short films related to intergenerational stories and themes taken […]
My Top 10 Learning Tools for 2016
It’s it that time of the year again – My Top 10 Learning Tools for 2016! It’s time to submit my top 10 learning tools for Jane Hart’s (@C4LPT) annual Top Learning Tools survey. You can vote too for your learning tools of 2016. This year has been interesting because in some ways, I’ve reduced […]
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 […]