A funny thing happened while I started writing in a paper journal once again after many years. I’ve become calmer as it allows me to start the day with a positive note rather than reading something on social media and getting anxious about answering tweets and direct messages first thing in the morning. I’ve now […]
Managing Boundaries in Your Work and Home Life
Yesterday I was involved in my second Table Talk for Microsoft Ignite with a group of people and our topic was….. Join CON199 Working from home – How are other people doing it? | #MSIgnite #TableTalk https://t.co/GBa57GeFx1 — Darrell as a Service ? #RE365 #365MCS (@DarrellaaS) September 24, 2020 Darrell Webster (@DaaS) did a great […]
Table Talks at Microsoft Ignite
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 […]
Little Joys of Lockdown
The whole world knows by now that Melbourne has experienced one of the strictest lockdowns in the world. Having gone through the first lockdown in February-March and then getting some reprieve afterwards, numbers escalated quite quickly and our premier decided to go to Stage 4 lockdown. This meant that all businesses were closed except for […]
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 […]
Behaviours That Don’t Serve You Anymore
Back in early 2000s, I decided to throw my hat in the ring and go for the Prince of Wales Award. It’s an award where one Defence Reservist is selected to spend time in a host country to explore a project of interest in their field, research their topic and share their findings. At the […]
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 […]
Bits and Bobs of Different Projects I’m Working On
It feels as if it’s been ages since I last wrote in my blog. Every time I come into it, the same thing happens. I apologise for the delays between posting. Then I say how it’s always been at the back of my mind. Well, it has. I thought I’d quickly jot down some things […]
What I’m Doing to Prepare for Microsoft Ignite
It’s been a while since the last post and I’d be lying if I said that I didn’t worry about writing on my blog. I always do. I have it at the back of my mind that whatever it is that I’m learning, I should be writing about my reflections. What happens usually is that […]
This Month’s Stories of Personal Learning for the Month of September 2018
Here are this month’s snap stories of personal learning for September 2018. Every week and every month, I like to review these videos to see what I have been doing every day. It’s a great way to capture all my work and learning – and also to see progress towards my goals. Every month I […]
This Month’s Stories of Personal Learning for August 2018
Here are this month’s snap stories of personal learning for August 2018. Every week and every month, I like to review these videos to see what I have been doing every day. It’s a great way to capture all my work and learning – and also to see progress towards my goals. Every month I […]
Building a Network, Not an Audience
What’s the difference between building a network and building an audience? That’s a good question and I’m glad that a tweet this morning triggered me to write this post. Last weekend I attended VidCon, one of the biggest video conferences in Melbourne and let’s just say, I was underwhelmed. You can see my thoughts in […]
This Week’s Snap Stories of Personal Learning Week of 25 September 2017
Here are this week’s snap stories of personal learning commencing 25 September 2017. Monday 25 September 2017 Today I talked about Link Rot which was a new concept I had discovered in my research for my curation presentation. I go through my process for how I plan my presentation and redo my mind map opting […]
This Week’s Snap Stories of Personal Learning Week of 18 September 2017
Here are this week’s snap stories of personal learning commencing 18 September 2017. Monday 18 September 2017 Today while waiting for a family member to have a day operation in hospital, I decided to work out from the hospital cafe to prevent me driving back and forth from home. On the hospital walls, they had […]
This Week’s Snap Stories of Personal Learning Week of 11 September 2017
Here are this week’s snap stories of personal learning commencing 11 September 2017. Tuesday 12 September 2017 Today I share my process for how I am planning and preparing my presentation on Curation in Learning for LearnTech Asia 2017 in Singapore in November. I talk about how I used Mind Meister to create a mind […]
Curator Panics Over Link Rot
For the last week, I’ve been working on my presentation on Curation for Learning for LearnTech Asia and had a panic attack. I hyperventilated slightly that had me reaching for my ventalin. While I was away last week, I had been thinking how I could plan and prepare for this presentation so that it was […]
Time Out for a Week
I decided to take some time out for a week to not sweat the small stuff. Recently I have been anxious about the fluctuating nature of my work and how I’ve been spending a lot of time not only thinking about this but also creating various different content such as e-books, resources, presentations and workshops […]
What I Learned at VidCon
Now that I’ve had some time to sit and think, I’d like to share what I learned at VidCon. For those of you who don’t know, VidCon is the world’s largest conference for YouTubers and vloggers or as their website says, “For People Who Love Online Video”. I heard about VidCon through some people I follow on Snapchat. […]
This Week’s Snap Stories of Personal Learning Week of 28 August 2017
Here are this week’s snap stories of personal learning commencing 28 August 2017. Monday 28 August 2017 I started the week out with experimenting with my remote clicker. I was pulling together some of the equipment that I was going to take with me to the conference later this week and wanted to experiment with a […]