I bought some new books that were on a sale at Dymocks which is a book seller here in Australia. As a member of their Book Club, there’s various events and discounts for their members at certain times of the year so it was time to stock up on some Shirley Jackson and John Williams […]
How To Read Fiction: A Video Book Review
The latest book review is up on my YouTube channel, Life Lessons From Books. It’s by James Wood on How Fiction Works. I have some books “dropping” (as they say) over the next four weeks. (I read about 1-2 books per week) What to expect in the coming weeks:
Learning OBS
I have finally gotten around to downloading OBS (the free streaming software) on both my Mac and PC. On the Mac, you need to do some extra things because you need to download additional software but it works like a dream on the PC. Some time ago, Darrell (@DarrellaaS) told me about OBS but I […]
A Little Bit of Creativity Every Day
I’ve been enjoying the daily process of creating a video to share what it is I’m working and learning. Although I don’t create these every day, I’ve changed the way I capture these (I used to capture them on Instagram Stories and before that, Snapchat). Now, I simply use the video camera on my phone […]
Some Ramblings for Saturday
Recently I changed my approach to doing my videos really in an effort to reduce my use of multiple social media. Truth be told I wanted to get off Instagram which to be fair, I don’t like as a platform other to have it serve me up some French infographics of vocabulary and nothing much […]
Creating My Daily Stories Old School
This morning I decided to do my “work out loud” story using my phone camera and video editing software on my phone rather than using Instagram Stories (or in the past, I used Snapchat stories). The reason is that as I have an old phone (iPhone 6), Instagram is now becoming glitchy on it and […]
Submitting for Community Reporter at Microsoft Ignite
It’s been a while since my last post and in all honesty, I’m not going to lie about it. I simply haven’t made any time to sit down and pull together some thoughts about my work or learning to blog about it. I’ve been too wrapped up in my own personal life and focused on […]
What Being Part of a Fake News Channel Has Taught Me
Every week, our team @cammysutra6 @NickJRishwain @ChelseaPeitz @desherb @JoAnnKrall @Baierman @DCPlateKing create fake news show @CNTnewschannel I play Aussie Foreign Correspondent Sharon (Dont Call Me Shazza) Breaknews. This week I report on Venezuelan crisis from my roof. pic.twitter.com/8U7jj1I2YX — Helen Blunden (@ActivateLearn) February 2, 2019 Being part of this creative team of peers taught me […]
A New Way to Use Social Media Video as a Coaching Tool
Many of you know how much I love Snapchat as I have written much about it on this blog. Out of all the social networks I have used, it’s the one that has provided me with most personal development (storytelling, video creation and public speaking), as well as connected me to a global audience of […]
What Is Working Out Loud?
This week was Working Out Loud week again and I shared a few videos of what I have been doing (which you can see on these blog posts). I decided to revisit a video I did over a year ago because I had explained it perfectly while I was in my car. I thought I’d […]
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 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 […]
This Week’s Snap Stories of Personal Learning Week of 2 October 2017
Here are this week’s snap stories of personal learning commencing 2 October 2017. Monday 2 October 2017 Today I share a bit about myself and how I help people build and create personal learning strategies. I talk about how all learning is personal and methinks I will need to recustomise this video and share it […]
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. […]
A Realisation on Working Out Loud
I decided to do something a bit different today and vlog my reflections of yesterday’s #PKMChat on Working Out Loud. The question that was running around in my head was, “Have I been working out loud all through my career?” The answer was enlightening because it all stemmed from one thing only. Here’s my reflection. […]