• JANE HART  |  MONDAY, MAY 20, 2013
    How to organise a formal online social learning experience for the workplace – aka a corporate-mini-c-MOOC!
    'Online social workshop at the Social Learning Centre starts Monday 27 May. ¦ [.]. Social learning
  • DOC SEARLS   |  MONDAY, MAY 20, 2013
    What’s right with QR codes
    When I speak in my blog or on stage about the Internet of My Things, I’m highlighting the natural and powerful feelings people have about their stuff. 'I first heard QR codes called “robot barf” yesterday, when  JP  said it. Kevin Marks followed in the same vein with QR Codes, bad idea or terrible idea? on 28 January 2012.
  • DOC SEARLS   |  SATURDAY, MAY 18, 2013
    2013_05_19 link pile
    ProjectVRM blog. 'Data. The Man Who Turned Off Cookies In Firefox Doesn’t Care If It Hurts Advertisers. Dynamic pricing vs./+ savvy consumers. Mozilla stalls on privacy patch: ‘needs more work’ A shortage of privacy engineers , by Lorrie Faith Cranor and Norman Sadeh, both of CMU. Big Data makes the movies. The About page.
  • LUIS SUAREZ  |  SATURDAY, MAY 18, 2013
    How Social Networking Can Improve Work Meetings
    'I am not too sure whether meetings lower our IQ or whether they make us all more stupid, as my good friend Stowe Boyd reflected on a recent blog post , but I can certainly confirm they do take a toll on your own productivity. But perhaps enough is enough. And here is the funny thing. Well, that’s not really accurate. . We all do.
  • TED  |  FRIDAY, MAY 17, 2013
    Your weekend reading: The case against empathy, gorgeous photos from the NatGeo contest
    New Yorker blog ]. YouTube ] Watch a TED Blog playlist we published to welcome him home ». 'If you can only digest six awesome pieces of Internet content this week (plus one congrats), look no further. Here’s a round-up of the best stories on the webs this week. Paul Bloom: The origins of pleasure. The New Yorker ].
  • TED  |  FRIDAY, MAY 17, 2013
    X marks the spot: TEDx event brings hope after bombing, plus this week’s TEDx Talks
    Ideas for Survival,’ our theme, sowed the idea of surviving in situations when there’s [little] or no hope,” Nasir tells the TEDx Blog in an interview. And here, some of the week’s highlights from the  TEDx blog : Portrait of a TEDx’er: Austin Kleon. To give hope. Photo: TEDxBahrialUKarachi. Filmed at TEDxSydney.). Filmed at TEDxNHH.).
  • TED  |  FRIDAY, MAY 17, 2013
    From appalled to applauding: Reactions to Meg Jay’s controversial talk about 20-somethings
    As writer Thu-Huong Ha pointed out on the TED Blog earlier this week , the talk’s focus on the millennial generation has plenty of company at the moment (hello, TIME Magazine ) — but still the conversation is far from over. 'Meg Jay’s talk on 20-somethings from TED2013 has started some very intense conversations online.
  • TED  |  THURSDAY, MAY 16, 2013
    I used to think I couldn’t get out of hell: Chicago public school students react to TEDxYouth@Midwest
    Read much more about TEDx and its extraordinary constellation of events on the TEDx Blog ». 'Jullien Gordon, a founding partner of New Higher, says on the TEDxYouth@Midwest stage , “Our generation has two choices, we can hope or we can hustle.” Chicago’s public schools have been a fixture in the news lately. You are done!”.
  • TED  |  WEDNESDAY, MAY 15, 2013
    Urinalysis: There’s now an app for that
    Early prototypes like the one demoed at TED 2013 were ‘work in process’ and were susceptible to certain ambient light changes and movement errors, and when checked against a conventional laboratory urinalyser it showed lower accuracy,” Ingawale says in a Q&A with the TED Fellows blog. But there have been adjustments made since.
  • BETH KANTER  |  WEDNESDAY, MAY 15, 2013
    Get the Scoop at the National Conference on Volunteering and Service in Washington, DC in June #NCVS
    m eager to let readers of Beth’s Blog in on the best, old-fashioned way to be a networked employee at a networked nonprofit dedicated to social change: Come to Points of Light’s annual Conference on Volunteering and Service in Washington, D.C. Next month,  I will be traveling to Washington, DC for the NCVS Conference and can’t wait.
  • DAVID WEINBERGER  |  WEDNESDAY, MAY 15, 2013
    [meshcon] Ryan Carson of Treehouse
    ” NOTE: Live-blogging. 'Ryan Carson [twitter: RyanCarson ] of Treehouse at the Mesh Conference is keynoting the Mesh Conference. He begins his introduction of himself by saying he is a father, which I appreciate. Treehouse is an “online education company that teaches technology. Getting things wrong. Missing points. Really?
  • BETH KANTER  |  TUESDAY, MAY 14, 2013
    A Dog Named Red Helps Best Friends Animal Society Get Results on Facebook
    In this blog post, I’ll show off a simple campaign that generated some great, measurable results for Best Friends Animal Society. 'Note from Beth: Greetings from the Gold Coast in Australia. I’m here to keynote Connecting Up Conference,  While I am in OZ,  I invited Jon Stahl to share this amazing case study. Enjoy. Red’s Get Well Card.
  • TED  |  TUESDAY, MAY 14, 2013
    Meet the translator: Khalid Marbou, who brings you TED Talks in Arabic
    So far, more than 10,000 volunteers have created upwards of 40,000 talk translations — and every week, the TED Blog brings you a Q&A with one of them. 'TED translator Khalid Marbou at work in the nanotechnology lab. Today, meet  Khalid Marbou. Where do you live and what do you do by day? What drew you to TED? And I did.
  • TED  |  TUESDAY, MAY 14, 2013
    7 talks that will encourage you to talk to strangers
    In this interview with the TED Blog about the book , the creator of Found magazine answers the question, “What do you think we gain from posing questions to people we don’t know?”. 'In today’s talk , Intel engineer Maria Bezaitis brings up a fascinating point: why is the phrase “don’t talk to strangers” such a part of our cultural zeitgeist?
  • DOC SEARLS   |  TUESDAY, MAY 14, 2013
    Long-form never stopped working
    Blogging Business Internet Journalism Personal problems Technology 'Fashions come and go. Verities do not. One verity respected by many old-fashioned writers and publishers is the simple fact that long-form pieces work better than short-form ones for the purpose of communicating in depth. Such has also been my ample experience at this game.
  • LUIS SUAREZ  |  MONDAY, MAY 13, 2013
    Open Business – From Document-Centric to People-Centric Collaboration
    Think about how perhaps you could achieve that very same goal through the use of a blog post, or a microblog entry, or a wiki page, or just an activity. Thus what are you waiting for to put together that blog post or that other wiki page? . To quote: . People become unnecessary. Powerpoints’ become omnipresent and omnipotent. Whatever.
  • LUIS SUAREZ  |  SUNDAY, MAY 12, 2013
    Industrialisation of Social Networking for the Enterprise
    Yes, of course, I am talking about blogging. am talking about how blogging helps every knowledge worker out there to realise that in terms of social networking for business, we are all in it for the long run! That’s what blogging is wonderful about. Yes, it happens. And what for? Is it worth it? Probably not. It will come.
  • TED  |  FRIDAY, MAY 10, 2013
    X marks the spot: This week’s TEDx Talks all about education
    Below, find some highlights from the TEDx blog this week: 5 TEDx Talks in honor of teacher appreciation week. 'A view of the stage before TEDxDelft. Photo: Roy Borghouts. From dancing math to teaching in languages other than English – this week’s X marks the spot is a selection of TEDx Talks about rethinking education. Filmed at TEDxSoweto.).
  • BETH KANTER  |  FRIDAY, MAY 10, 2013
    #datanerds: Six Steps to Great Graphs and Charts
    I thought if I set up a tumblr blog curating great nonprofit spreadsheets , but the next logical step is create visualizations of your data. Stephanie Evergreen blogs , tweets , and trains on how to make awesome graphs, slides, and reports. 'Source: Gemma Correll – I Love Charts. Six Steps to Great Graphs By Stephanie Evergreen.
  • DAN PONTEFRACT  |  FRIDAY, MAY 10, 2013
    I’m Speaking at the World Business of Leadership Summit (WooT)
    properly read a few books a month, I skim or power-read a few more and I’m always digesting blogs, research papers, articles, tweets and other social bits and bobs. 'I’m really excited to be speaking at the  World Business of Leadership Summit  but before I explain it and your chance to participate, I need to discuss reading.
  • TED  |  THURSDAY, MAY 9, 2013
    Meet the three new TEDGlobal speakers, and a few others making the news
    She tells the TED Blog: “It’s good that the complexity of the bee issue to coming to light:  Bees are dying from multiple, interacting causes. She tells the TED Blog, “While we in the Campaign to Stop Killer Robots follow work on drones, we are not addressing them in the Campaign. Sometimes one factor is the driver (e.g.,
  • LUIS SUAREZ  |  THURSDAY, MAY 9, 2013
    Meet Your New CEO – Your Kid
    mainly landing into this blog. The first one is this blog post by Frederic Gonzalo  under the suggestive title “ Social Media Defined by Kids ” where he reflects on a short video clip where a bunch of young kids (That generation that will probably be part of the active workplace between 2020 and 2025 approx.) Are you ready?
  • JANE HART'S PICK OF THE DAY  |  THURSDAY, MAY 9, 2013
    Slideshare reaches 10 million downloads. and my Top 100 Tools slideset is featured.
    'I just read a blog post from Slideshare to mark the fact it has reached 10 million downloads. Impressive! But I was absolutely delighted to see that my own Top 100 Tools for Learning 2012  slideset was featured in the Education category - not only in the post itself but in the supporting infographic (embedded below).
  • JANE HART  |  THURSDAY, MAY 9, 2013
    Slideshare reaches 10 million downloads. and my Top 100 Tools slideset is featured.
    'I just read a blog post from Slideshare to mark the fact it has reached 10 million downloads. Impressive! But I was absolutely delighted to see that my own Top 100 Tools for Learning 2012 slideset was featured in the Education category – not only in the post itself but in the supporting infographic (embedded below). ¦ [.].
  • DONALD CLARK PLAN B  |  THURSDAY, MAY 9, 2013
    MOOCs: old narratives v new narrative - open, scalable, diverse & relevant
    Reframe away from ’18 year-old undergrad When something new, and let’s even use that word ‘disruptive’, hits a sector, debate erupts, especially on social media and blogs. 'Narratives There’s been a lots of different reactions to MOOCs and a few fixed narratives have emerged: 1. Here’s a thought. The benefits of scale and literally ‘massive’.
  • STEPHEN DOWNES: HALF AN HOUR  |  WEDNESDAY, MAY 8, 2013
    CN1376 AcadMOOC
    04 pm Stephen Downes I can post it on my blog 9:05 pm Caryn N disconnected 9:05 pm Michelle Mansfield disconnected 9:05 pm 9:05 pm Mary Zedeck And, post the chat archive in the course as well. Feel free to post it to you blog as well, Stephen. '7:54 pm Stephen Downes T -5 minutes 7:55 pm Mary Zedeck Hi Stephen! Almost midnight here.
  • BETH KANTER  |  WEDNESDAY, MAY 8, 2013
    The Networked NGO in Australia and New Zealand: Te Ao Maori
    While I’m in transit, I’ve arranged for some exciting guest posts and I will, of course, be blogging and sharing what I learn about NGOs, Networked Nonprofits, and Measurement in that corner of the world. 'Flickr Photo by TomtheJet. I am excited for a return visit to Australia. whiri, whaik?rero, May 13, 2013: Half-Day Workshop.
  • DAN PONTEFRACT  |  TUESDAY, MAY 7, 2013
    Our Three Young Children Blog … Here’s Why
    ” Denise and I, as parents of the three goats (now aged, 10, 7 and 6) happily encourage them to publicly blog at their own domains: www.clairepontefract.com. Why do we encourage (and ultimately allow) three young children who technically aren’t allowed to be on Facebook yet to publicly and openly blog? Creativity.
  • ADAPTIVE PATH  |  TUESDAY, MAY 7, 2013
    Experience Mapping Workshops Coming to SF & Austin
    Use code BLOG when registering for a 10% discount 'When I started sharing insights about the what, why, and how of using experience maps to make sense of cross-channel journeys a year and a half ago, I was completely (and pleasantly) surprised by the positive response. We've been asked a lot of late "where are you teaching it next?".
  • LUIS SUAREZ  |  MONDAY, MAY 6, 2013
    Life Without eMail – 5th Year Progress Report – The Community, The Movement
    And that’s why I thought it would be a good time to put together this blog entry where I could reflect on what has happened since the last update I published over here, where we are moving forward and what surprises do I have reserved for you folks, because I do have a couple of them…. Did I give up on giving up on corporate email?
  • STEPHEN DOWNES: HALF AN HOUR  |  SATURDAY, MAY 4, 2013
    Assessment in MOOCs
    Peer grading can work really well for blog posts and discussion lists, where it can be managed with a simple thumbs-up thumbs-down metric. can see using MOOCs for people who simply have a (non-credit) interest in these subjects, but I can''t see myself marking 5,000 term papers, and a similar number of exams. How large is enough?
  • DOC SEARLS   |  SATURDAY, MAY 4, 2013
    Bringing “Personal Cloud” to Market
    Madalyn Stone blogs an existential question for readers of  SearchCloudProvider. 'In Cloud marketing strategy: Do consumers care if it’s called cloud? ” So, a few thoughts about that, which I’ll list and then unpack a bit: The term “cloud” is still new. As Madalyn says, it has only been around since ’06.
  • TED  |  FRIDAY, MAY 3, 2013
    X marks the spot: This week’s TEDx Talks
    And, some of this week’s highlights from the TEDx blog: 5 big TEDx Talks about little things. 'TEDx as seen from space, with help from Google Earth (Image: DigitalGlobe and Google). It’s TEDx … from space. This unique vantage point of TEDxSanaa’s amazing mountainside signage is brought to you with some help from Google Earth. News TEDx
  • LUIS SUAREZ  |  FRIDAY, MAY 3, 2013
    Radical Transparency in the Era of Open Business
    Finally, there are plenty of rather insightful blog posts , articles and other relevant writings and info-graphics  around openness and transparency and the impact they are having within the corporate world. See 'In a work context, I have always been fascinated by transparency. And, lately, even more about  radical transparency. And it shows. Over
  • TED  |  FRIDAY, MAY 3, 2013
    The journey is its own reward: Fellows Friday with Kellee Santiago
    There’s also a Tumblr blog actually called Journey Stories , where people post their experiences of playing and try and find each other if they’ve had a particularly moving experience with someone. 'TED Fellow Kellee Santiago has won numerous awards for the video game, “Journey.” ” Here, we talk to her about her craft.
  • LUIS SUAREZ  |  THURSDAY, MAY 2, 2013
    One Month Anniversary on the New Job as Lead Social Business Enabler
    Not to worry, I will be reflecting plenty more on this one in an upcoming blog post that I am already working on after I share the yearly progress report from last year, which will come along with a couple of lovely surprises to celebrate that 5th anniversary of #lawwe. Goodness! One full month already?!? Where did April go? Meetings galore.
  • TED  |  THURSDAY, MAY 2, 2013
    Two ways of thinking about social media: digital tattoos and virtual shadows
    Words were meant to be spoken, Socrates believed, rather than written down,” Brown tells the TED Blog. Digital tattoos: “People don’t understand how quickly this has changed,” Enriquez tells the TED Blog. he says to the TED Blog. Yes, by recording the full show, you get to watch it later. Here, a deeper look at the two concepts.
  • BETH KANTER  |  THURSDAY, MAY 2, 2013
    Making Data Visualizations: A Survival Guide And Other Resources
    The author writes the flowing data blog. 'As part of my work as Visiting Scholar at the Packard Foundation this year, I’m facilitating a peer learning group based on “ Measuring the Networked Nonprofit ” and the next session we are focusing on the sense-making step of measurement. Here’s what I discovered. Visual
  • TED  |  THURSDAY, MAY 2, 2013
    When our private lives become public online … will it make us more or less tolerant?
    The Boston-based entrepreneur and many-time TED speaker  is mulling the impact of social media and new technology in an interview with the TED Blog yesterday. '“I’m not arguing that this stuff shouldn’t exist,” says Juan Enriquez. Enriquez is not arguing that Ms. Benitez should have been free to exploit her father’s status.
  • ROSS DAWSON  |  THURSDAY, MAY 2, 2013
    Relaunch of Advanced Human Technologies Group website and new blog
    The launch of a blog on the AHT Group website as well as the forthcoming launch of more online publications by the group means that I will shift my blogging activities, tending to write more on other sites than here, though also pointing to those posts from this blog. Exciting times ahead!
  • HAROLD JARCHE  |  WEDNESDAY, MAY 1, 2013
    The subject of education
    Self-expression could be shown through writing, blogging, art, drama, mechanics, etc. 'I mostly focus on workplace learning here, but I want to put together some of my previous thoughts on public education. If we change how we think about public education, we may also be able to improve how we support workplace learning. Learning
  • IRVING WLADAWSKY-BERGER  |  WEDNESDAY, MAY 1, 2013
    Some Early Lessons from the Boston Marathon Bombing Investigation
    ve worked closely with Steve since last April when CIO Journal started posting my blogs.  'On April 22, CIO Journal deputy editor Steve Rosenbush published a column on the Boston Marathon bombing investigation.  We discussed the Boston investigation as he was writing his column and he quoted some of my comments.  They were ready. 
  • BETH KANTER  |  WEDNESDAY, MAY 1, 2013
    Does Your Nonprofit Need (free) Help from A Data Scientist?
    Google Fusion Tables was one of several tools mentioned in this blog post, “ Data for Good:  A Beginner’s Guide for Nonprofits and Social Ventures.” More about the project and this opportunity to get free help with your data over at the GuideStar Blog.
  • JANE HART'S PICK OF THE DAY  |  WEDNESDAY, MAY 1, 2013
    My favourite blog posts from April 2013
    'To find out what they are, please read my post here
  • DAVE SNOWDEN  |  WEDNESDAY, MAY 1, 2013
    Walking & conversation as therapy
    However the nature of a blog is that its personal so I have. 'I went for a walk with my daughter on the weekend. Originally she was coming home for the weekend and I was planning a further section of the North Downs Way to be in the area of Brighton to give her a lift home. Now this is one of the great walks as the pictures here show.
  • JANE HART  |  WEDNESDAY, MAY 1, 2013
    My favourite blog posts from April 2013
    'At the end of every month I review the blog posts and articles that I read during the month, and identify those that I have particularly enjoyed – for me this is a key part of curation.â?¦ ¦ [.]. Pick of the Month
  • DAWN OF LEARNING  |  TUESDAY, APRIL 30, 2013
    Want To Know What Personalized Learning Looks Like? It's Hitting You Right in the Face!
    'Post Type: Blog post. If you ask a learner how they want to learn, taking a high-gloss eLearning course is rarely mentioned. Instead, what we all consistently hear is that people want personalized learning - a term easy to throw out there but not so easy to define. Learning & Development
  • BETH KANTER  |  TUESDAY, APRIL 30, 2013
    Content Curation for Nonprofits – Notes from #13ntccur8
    This blog post offers reflections and resources from the session. I’ve been a content curator for many years , using the techniques to help me develop curriculum materials for workshops and blog posts – as a form of professional development. The session was designed to balance content delivery with peer interaction.
  • DOC SEARLS   |  MONDAY, APRIL 29, 2013
    Identity systems, failing to communicate
    In a blog post last year, Devon Loffreto in  Moxy Tongue  laid out  Why sovereign source authority matters. 'There is  a great scene in Cool Hand Luke  where the prison warden (played by Strother Martin), says to Luke, (played by Paul Newman), that he doesn’t like it when Luke talks to him as an equal. Yet we must. None are yours.
  • ADAPTIVE PATH  |  MONDAY, APRIL 29, 2013
    UX Week 2013 Speaker Preview
    Register and use code 'BLOG' for an additional 10% off. '[UX Week 2012 attendees enjoying lunch outside on one of the workshop days]. We're still putting the finishing touches on the program for UX Week 2013, but here's a taste of what you'll see in San Francisco this August. Yes, a workshop on workshops.
  • BETH KANTER  |  MONDAY, APRIL 29, 2013
    Advancing Social Media Measurement for Foundations – Reflections & Notes
    His thoughts are shared in this follow up blog post and I captured the main points as Tweets in this Storify. 'Last week, I was lucky enough to be invited to participate in a meeting organized by the Robert Wood Johnson Foundation called “ Advancing Social Media Measurement for Foundations.” Our networks strengthen and diversify.
  • DOC SEARLS   |  SUNDAY, APRIL 28, 2013
    Outlining vs. Formatting
    Right now, for example, I’m coping with designing a couple of new WordPress blogs, and the choices I face are all between different piles of complexity. 'Dave makes a profound distinction in his post this morning titled Outliners and Word Processors. Dave explains, What they called outlining was more like outline formatting. Still is.
  • TED  |  FRIDAY, APRIL 26, 2013
    Your weekend reading: The wrong kind of Caucasian, the graduate school question, and how the Internet ruined everything
    New Yorker Blog ]. 'A weekly round-up of interesting, weird and useful reads from around the interwebs. In “The wrong kind of Caucasian,” Sarah Kendzior critiques the media for its tendency to demonize an entire country based on the violent acts of a few individuals. Al Jazeera ]. Just watch it. The Poke ]. ” ». Pop Sci ].
  • DAVE SNOWDEN  |  FRIDAY, APRIL 26, 2013
    Citizen Engineers
    Recently I assisted Ryan in preparing a blog post on the Engineering for Change website to help raise awareness of our drive to gather stories. For further background on the this initiative watch this interview with Ryan and review the Engineering for Change blog post by Ryan and me.
  • TED  |  FRIDAY, APRIL 26, 2013
    X marks the spot: This week’s TEDx Talks
    And here, some highlights from the TEDx blog this week: Why is Super Mario Bros so popular? 'Photo: Kris Krüg. Designs for rethinking the toilet, how to overcome tragedy and a look at “soft,” flexible robotics — these topics are all covered in featured TEDx Talks this week. Below, this week’s talks, given on three continents.
  • DOC SEARLS   |  FRIDAY, APRIL 26, 2013
    On cities and networks
    So I decided to blog it. 'I’m in Boston right now, and bummed that I can’t attend Start-up City: An Entrepreneurial Economy for Middle Class New York , which is happening today at New York Law School today. ” The mail was to a list. Here goes: Fast and reliable infrastructure of any kind is good for business. Bonus link.
  • TED  |  THURSDAY, APRIL 25, 2013
    10 adorable animated characters from the first year of TED-Ed
    For an adorable look at more stats from TED-Ed’s first year, head to the TED-Ed blog. Find out why the animators chose yarn (and seeds and candy) to bring this lesson to life in this how-to blog post. 'A year ago today, the TED-Ed website launched. Here’s how.). How is chemistry like dating? Mmmm, pizza.  Why the name?
  • TED  |  THURSDAY, APRIL 25, 2013
    8 great talks about cars
    Read up on 5 cars of the future in this TED Blog piece ». 'Jennifer Healey remembers totaling her car as a teenager. She was cruising down the highway, when she noticed the brake lights on the car in front of her go on. She assumed the car was slowing down, but it came to a halting, abrupt stop. You can’t really sense the world around you.
  • TED  |  WEDNESDAY, APRIL 24, 2013
    Meet the translator: Elena Montrasio, who brings you talks in Italian
    To celebrate this huge accomplishment, every week the TED Blog will be bringing you a Q&A with one of our most prolific translators. 'TED Talks are available in 97 languages, from Albanian to Vietnamese, thanks to the tireless work of our translators. So far, more than 8,800 volunteers have created the upwards of 34,000 translated talks.
  • IRVING WLADAWSKY-BERGER  |  WEDNESDAY, APRIL 24, 2013
    The Evolution of Online Learning
    Blogging Complex Systems Economic Issues Education and Talent Innovation Management and Leadership Society and Culture Technology and Strategy 'Where will good jobs come from in our emerging digital economy?  Unfortunately, we don’t have very good answers. Workers without a post-secondary education face a contracting set of job opportunities. 
  • DAWN OF LEARNING  |  WEDNESDAY, APRIL 24, 2013
    When It Comes To Performance Support, The Cloud Changes Everything
    'Post Type: Blog post. am incredibly excited to announce that yesterday afternoon, at the Bersin by Deloitte research conference, IMPACT 2013: The Business of Talent, Xyleme was recognized for winning the prestigious WhatWorks® Award in the Delivering Innovation category. read more. Cloud
  • HAROLD JARCHE  |  WEDNESDAY, APRIL 24, 2013
    The Nature of the Future – Review
    This book provides probably the best background, and foreground, reading for most of the ideas discussed on this blog: complexity; the changing nature of work; the need to integrate learning into our work; and the primacy of cooperation in networks. 'What will the future look like? Here are some glimpses. BioCurious : Hackerspace for biotech.
  • BETH KANTER  |  WEDNESDAY, APRIL 24, 2013
    Now That’s A Spreadsheet!
    Tumblr blogs are very focused on a topic and the  best ones border on being a little bit nerdy and obsessive.And, viola – the perfect learning project for Tumblr!     A tumblr blog called “ Now That’s A Spreadsheet.” ” Why is this such an awesome digital marketing/social media measurement spreadsheet?
  • DAVE SNOWDEN  |  WEDNESDAY, APRIL 24, 2013
    KM Europe and a respondent
    Probably the main area was when one should introduce conversation into the decision process but that will be a subject for a future blog as well as the related issue of participation in a crisis and non-crisis situation. 'A flying visit to Amsterdam (well train in from Nice then a flight home) to speak at KM Europe. In this case Nancy Dixon.
  • DOC SEARLS   |  TUESDAY, APRIL 23, 2013
    CISPA roundup
    Blog it. Bonus link pile: The fine print of privacy , by Linzi Oliver on the SpiderOak blog. 'Last week, while most of us were busy watching the Boston Marathon bombing events unfold, an icky bill called  CISPA , or  HR264 ,  was passed by the U.S. Please get the word out. Fight this thing. This is unaccepatble. Fight CISPA. Tweet it.
  • DAN PONTEFRACT  |  TUESDAY, APRIL 23, 2013
    The Organization as a Cycling Peloton
    deets on tweets 6 Use Cases for Enterprise Micro-Blogging. 'As it turns out, cycling is beginning to take over North America as an extra-curricular athletic hobby. According to the National Sporting Goods Association the number of Americans who ride bicycles is greater than all those who ski, golf, and play tennis combined. Sharing the load.
  • LUIS SUAREZ  |  TUESDAY, APRIL 23, 2013
    Social Business Adoption – The Laggards, The Critics and The Skeptics
    'A couple of years back, Giovanni Rodriguez  put together a guest blog post over a ReadWriteWeb  on the topic of Enterprise 2.0 My good friend, the always rather insightful and smart Ana Silva , captured this shift rather nicely at her #e20s highlights blog post. Adoption: Does It Have To Be So Hard? Well, it should well be. All along.
  • DAWN OF LEARNING  |  MONDAY, APRIL 22, 2013
    Pastiche 2.6 from Xyleme now available
    'Post Type: Blog post. Pastiche 2.6 is an offline player for iPad and Android tablets that tracks and reports scores from interactive courses to the LMS. This new feature of Pastiche allows your nomad and field learners to download and take courses on their tablets and complete them on their time, regardless of connectivity. read more.
  • TED  |  MONDAY, APRIL 22, 2013
    Texting as a “miraculous thing”: 6 ways our generation is redefining communication
    But in recent years, they’ve started to populate blogs and articles, standing in for written descriptions, often to hilarious effect. After the talk, he sat down with the TED Blog for this short Q&A ». 'John McWhorter asks us to think of texting less as “written language” and more as “fingered speech.”
  • BETH KANTER  |  MONDAY, APRIL 22, 2013
    #npfail Share Your Nonprofit Fail Story and Win A Microsoft Surface!
    That’s the summary of a post I wrote last week for the Harvard Business Review Blog called “ Go Ahead Take A Failure Bow.” 'Place a little bet & or share your #failure story… you could win a Surface! 13ntcbets ow.ly/k24ok. k24ok. Case Foundation (@CaseFoundation) April 13, 2013. 13ntcbets ow.ly/k24ok
  • HAROLD JARCHE  |  MONDAY, APRIL 22, 2013
    Cooperation in the networked workplace
    Like other activity stream, or micro-blogging, platforms, Yammer enables serendipitous connections by making work more transparent. '* This post is sponsored by Microsoft Office 365 *. This is my second post on productivity tools for the networked workplace. First, I want to elaborate a bit on collaboration and cooperation.
  • LUIS SUAREZ  |  MONDAY, APRIL 22, 2013
    Lead Social Business Enabler for IBM’s w3 and www Connections – Job Role and Responsibilities
    Well, this is the blog post that will try to detail somewhat what my job role and responsibilities are in the new gig. Something that, funny enough, did not happen in the past, even though I have always been rather visible all along. But I am sure at this point in time you are probably wondering about what does that mean exactly, right?
  • HAROLD JARCHE  |  SUNDAY, APRIL 21, 2013
    ten years
    When I started, the mainstream media were making fun of blogs. This blog has helped me connect with people all over the world. moved my blogging here in February 2004. In 2003 social media were primarily blogs. would still strongly recommend blogging, especially for freelancers. Many thanks to Chris at tantramar.ca
  • LUIS SUAREZ  |  SATURDAY, APRIL 20, 2013
    My New Cheese – Lead Social Business Enabler for IBM’s w3 and www Connections
    As you may remember from a previous blog post , I mentioned how late last year someone decided to move my cheese and how that turned around into becoming a very good opportunity for me to make the move into the next big thing. Like I said, more to come in an upcoming blog post, but that’s it for now! 'This is it! Bring it on!
  • TED  |  FRIDAY, APRIL 19, 2013
    Your weekend reading: A marathon to remember, income inequality a subway ride away
    NY Review of Books Blog ]. 'It’s been a hard week for many Americans, as the Boston bombings continue to raise more and more questions. Here is some weekend reading as you await answers. poignant ode to the city of Boston, its annual marathon and the victims of the April 15 bombings. New Yorker ] Find out more ». BBC.co.uk ].
  • TED  |  FRIDAY, APRIL 19, 2013
    A visual look at 7 things that make us feel good about work
    The TED Blog responded with the post “ 7 fascinating studies about what motivates us at work ,” rounding up research — from both Ariely and other psychologists — that speaks to some of the surprising factors that influence how we feel about our jobs. And so they created this very cool graphic recap of it.
  • TED  |  FRIDAY, APRIL 19, 2013
    X marks the spot: This week’s TEDx Talks
    And here, some of the week’s highlights from the TEDx Blog this week: Can preschool save the US economy? 'Some Play-doh at TEDxDesMoines. Photo: Holly Baumgartel. The paradox of finding peace in a war zone, and a way to make aid more effective — by decentralizing it and thus speeding it up. Filmed at TEDxWarwick.).
  • BETH KANTER  |  THURSDAY, APRIL 18, 2013
    Unlocking Data for Philanthropy: Notes from Global Philanthropy Forum Session
    2) Curated Blog Posts and Resources that provide context to the discussion or resources mentioned. 'I was honored to be invited to cover this year’s Global Philanthropy Forum , a community of donors and social investors committed to international causes. Notes from Session. Fdns use 3-yr old data to make 5-yr plans.Is new type of CSR?
  • DAN PINK  |  THURSDAY, APRIL 18, 2013
    Is your focus prevention or promotion? 5 questions for Halvorson & Higgins
    Because I know Pink Blog readers love the sort of actionable social science found in this book, I figured out Heidi Halvorson’s and Higgins’s approaches (they’re both promotion-focused) and convinced them they had a lot to gain from answering some questions. * * *. Heidi Grant Halvorson and E. Some of us are red lights.
  • TED  |  WEDNESDAY, APRIL 17, 2013
    10 great talks about talking
    While he couldn’t speak for the last few years of his life, he explained how he found a captive audience on Twitter and through his blog. 'Steven Pinker is one of several TED speakers who’s given a talk about the art of verbal language. Photo: James Duncan Davidson. Because what would TED be without talking? We deeply miss Roger Ebert.
  • BETH KANTER  |  WEDNESDAY, APRIL 17, 2013
    How Do We Balance Measuring Outcomes with Measuring to Learn and Improve? (#SM_RE)
    You can read my first Harvard Business School Review Blog post is about how nonprofits  learn from failure.    And, I’m sponsoring a little bet of a contest to get nonprofits to share their #npfail stories (details here ). think sometimes there is a disconnect between measurement and the actual practice. Click to See Larger Version.
  • TED  |  WEDNESDAY, APRIL 17, 2013
    Life after the accident: An excerpt from Joshua Prager’s powerful memoir, Half-Life
    And here, read the TED Blog’s Q&A with Prager after his talent search talk ». 'Joshua Prager uses his journalistic eye to tell his own story at TED2013. Photo: James Duncan Davidson. Just 19 years old then, Prag er was in Israel for a year after high school. His neck broke and, in a second, he went from an athletic teen to a hemiplegic.
  • HAROLD JARCHE  |  WEDNESDAY, APRIL 17, 2013
    Activate your knowledge
    My earliest inspiration on the power of personal knowledge management came from Lilia Efimova and her research on blogging as knowledge work. 'PKM is much more than processing information. It’s about ideas, conversations and especially relationships. Most of all, PKM is a framework to actually do knowledge work.
  • KEVIN WHEELER  |  TUESDAY, APRIL 16, 2013
    Hello world!
    Edit or delete it, then start blogging 'Welcome to WordPress. This is your first post.
  • JAY CROSS  |  TUESDAY, APRIL 16, 2013
    Informal Learning – the other 80%
    So the worker checks Google or SlashDot or other resources on the web to see who’s got books or articles or blogs or case studies on her topic. Ability to share information and comments, as with my blog. Build networks, blogs, wikis, and knowledgebases to facilitate discovery. wrote the paper that follows. Execution is the goal.
  • TED  |  TUESDAY, APRIL 16, 2013
    Thomas Insel’s insights on mental health: a tale of two TED playlists
    Also very worth checking out: Thomas Insel’s blog, where he just last week wrote about CLARITY, the newest way scientists at Stanford University are looking at the brain ». 'In the past 30 years, major advances have been made when it comes to treating several serious diseases. About 90% of suicides are related to mental illness.
  • DAVID WEINBERGER  |  TUESDAY, APRIL 16, 2013
    Marathon
    Please remember that according to the official Rules of Blogging, on the Web we must forgive one another’s bad poetry 'Everything happens by ones. Each step. Each cobble. Each mile. Each leg. crossing a line. Then in a moment. we close our eyes. and remember how. the sea’s front edge. paws at its shore. April 16, 2013.
  • BETH KANTER  |  TUESDAY, APRIL 16, 2013
    #npfail Reflections and Call To Action from NTC Plenary on Failure
    agreed to lead a conversation on failure and learning from the nonprofits on this blog – and share those stories.       We invite you to write and openly share your failures using the #npfail hashtag. We kicked it off with some framing about what exactly is a failure? More about that later. npfail #13ntcbets. Failure
  • DAVID WEINBERGER  |  MONDAY, APRIL 15, 2013
    In place of a blog post, please stare into this pretty picture
    I’d be blogging more, but I keep writing stuff and then realizing it’s wrong. So, please just stare into this lovely pattern until you’re convinced you just read a highly insightful and 100% correct blog post… 'From MOillusions.com.
  • DAVE SNOWDEN  |  MONDAY, APRIL 15, 2013
    when engineers run the world?
    'I've fallen behind on this blog over the last week and I have some backfill posts to make on IT Management, the first two parts of the Ring in Berlin and the death of that woman. But those will come during the week as I have time. Today I flew down from Berlin in Krakow where I will keynote tomorrow morning at ACE. Reflections
  • STEPHEN DOWNES: HALF AN HOUR  |  SATURDAY, APRIL 13, 2013
    The Great Rebranding
    'Responding to Michael Feldstein, who on summarizing the recent EDUCAUSE MOOC conference (see my summaries from this blog) represents MOOCs as yet another form of artifact in support of traditional instruction, diagrammed as follows: I was at the same conference of course and viewed it a bit differently. Because teachers matter.”
  • TED  |  FRIDAY, APRIL 12, 2013
    X marks the spot: This week’s TEDx Talks
    And here, some of the week’s highlights from the TEDx blog this week: 7 TEDx Talks by guys with excellent beards. 'Photo courtesy of: TEDxBend. Each week, TEDx chooses four of our favorite talks , highlighting just a few of the enlightening speakers from the TEDx community, and its diverse constellation of ideas worth spreading. News TEDx
  • BETH KANTER  |  FRIDAY, APRIL 12, 2013
    #13NTC Session: Mindful or Mindfull Social Media?
    This blog post serves as a resource page for a session on mindfulness with Rob Cottingham and Jana Byington-Smith. 'I’m in Minnesota for the 2013 Nonprofit Technology Conference where I am doing a plenary session on Saturday morning and two breakout sessions. Takeaways. Additional Resources. NetSmart: How To Thrive Online. Wisdom 2.0:
  • TED  |  THURSDAY, APRIL 11, 2013
    How technology can empower patients, including 4 diagnostic tools for your iPhone
    Here, a look a TED Blog Q&A with one of its creators. 'Eric Dishman is used to thinking about how technology can transform the world of health care. As an Intel Fellow and general manager of the company’s Health Strategy & Solutions Group, his job is all about finding innovative new approaches to healthcare. Have more to add? The U.S.
  • DAN PINK  |  THURSDAY, APRIL 11, 2013
    Office Hours is back — and it’s sticky!
    If you’re new to the Pink Blog and don’t know what Office Hours is, here’s a quick reminder: About once a month, I’ve been opening the phone lines and a special guest and I take your questions about work, business, technology, personal productivity, and anything else you want to discuss. April 12, 2:30pm EDT.
  • HAROLD JARCHE  |  THURSDAY, APRIL 11, 2013
    We need more sandboxes
    It was just a blog, connected to LinkedIn and other social media. 'Earlier this week I wrote that practices like personal knowledge management (PKM), and its potential for enhanced serendipity can give us the underlying structure to become better hackers and more creative. Play, explore and converse. PKM can be your cognitive sandbox.
  • DAVID WEINBERGER  |  TUESDAY, APRIL 9, 2013
    [berkman] Derek Khanna on connecting the dots
    NOTE: Live-blogging. 'Derek Khanna is giving a Berkman talk on trying to connect the dots so that policy-makers “get it.” ” “How do we even frame discussions about the economy and innovation?” ” Copyright law hasn’t been re-assessed in at least 15 yrs, he says. Worked for Romney and Scott Brown.
  • BETH KANTER  |  TUESDAY, APRIL 9, 2013
    How Nonprofit Leaders Make Time for Social Media and Other Secrets to Adoption
    In the past, I made an effort to visit various blogs, websites, and other online information sources to stay apprised of my field (both philanthropy and the areas where the Irvine Foundation works). The workshop is co-presented by S tanford Center on Philanthropy and Civil Society. We can learn from leading entrepreneurs. Model the Model.
  • TED  |  TUESDAY, APRIL 9, 2013
    From TEDGlobal speakers: 11 websites and links you didn’t know you needed in your life
    Catch up on Chinese memes and culture in this fascinating group blog, curated with the help of An Xiao Mina. 'We’ve spent the past year researching the lineup for TEDGlobal 2013 — and bookmarking some amazing websites and pages along the way. Here are 11 you really didn’t know you needed. But you do. BioNumbers. 11 cells [1.1e+11
  • TED  |  TUESDAY, APRIL 9, 2013
    LittleBits beep and blip from MoMA Design Store window displays
    Bdeir tells the TED Blog that her collaboration with MoMA actually began two years ago, when littleBits were featured in the MoMA exhibit, “Talk to Me: Design and the Communication between People and Objects.” 'Kids marvel at a moving shark, powered by littleBits, in the MoMA Design Store window. Photo: courtesy of Ayah Bdeir.
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