• TED  |  FRIDAY, MAY 17, 2013
    X marks the spot: TEDx event brings hope after bombing, plus this week’s TEDx Talks
    Still, organizers Furqan Hussein and Sana Nasir boldly tread onward toward putting on a memorable event. These are the lengths some TEDx organizers go to in order to put on great events — dozens of which are held across the world every week. To give hope. Photo: TEDxBahrialUKarachi. Filmed at TEDxSydney.). Filmed at TEDxNHH.).
  • TED  |  FRIDAY, MAY 17, 2013
    Giving It Away: TED Radio Hour examines generosity and philanthropy
    As our consciousness of philanthropy is shifting towards crowdsourcing and justice-centered discourse, people begin to self-organize around the causes they are passionate about. 'How can we give in better and smarter ways? This week’s new episode of TED Radio Hour explores the effects of giving – of your money, your time and your love.
  • TED  |  FRIDAY, MAY 17, 2013
    Our thoughts on using Google Glass so far, plus videos that show what it can do
    In this video, which premiered at TEDxCERN , Vanden Heuvel takes students on a virtual field trip to the European Organization for Nuclear Research and shows them the particle collider that is longer than the island of Manhattan. 'Sergey Brin shows a demo video of Google Glass at TED2013. Photo: James Duncan Davidson. Or it can take … a day.
  • TED  |  THURSDAY, MAY 16, 2013
    Jamie Oliver gears up for Food Revolution Day on May 17
    Anyone is invited to host a Food Revolution Day activity — Oliver recommends organizing a potluck dinner, leading a farmers market tour, planting a community garden or throwing a street party. 'Tomorrow is a holiday, and one you can celebrate simply by eating. Anyone is also welcome to get involved by sharing a treasured recipe.
  • HAROLD JARCHE  |  THURSDAY, MAY 16, 2013
    Shifting work
    Therefore, learning amongst ourselves and sharing implicit knowledge to create intangible value, is the real work in organizations today. The challenge for organizations, institutions and governments is to help as many people as as possible make this shift, and to support those who cannot. Today it is less than 10%.
  • TED  |  THURSDAY, MAY 16, 2013
    I used to think I couldn’t get out of hell: Chicago public school students react to TEDxYouth@Midwest
    At TEDxYouth@Midwest, organizers strove to turn the focus from problems, and keep it focused on the potential. The event was levels better because of the students’ infectious energy, and its potential to really have a life-changing effect on hundreds of kids and teachers,” said organizer Mike Hettwer. You are done!”.
  • ROSS DAWSON  |  THURSDAY, MAY 16, 2013
    Economic structural change is NOT industry compositional change
    In knowledge-based work the primary unit of value creation has shifted from the organization to the individual. 'I am currently preparing a number of keynotes for senior business audiences over coming weeks. In preliminary conversations with one group I encountered a very common and deeply misleading view of how business is changing today.
  • BETH KANTER  |  WEDNESDAY, MAY 15, 2013
    Get the Scoop at the National Conference on Volunteering and Service in Washington, DC in June #NCVS
    Michelle Nunn is the CEO of Points of Light, the largest organization in the world dedicated to volunteer service, and author of Be the Change. 'Note from Beth: I’ve just finished doing some social media workshops in New Zealand with Volunteering Auckland and now in Australia. next month. Housekeeping
  • IRVING WLADAWSKY-BERGER  |  WEDNESDAY, MAY 15, 2013
    Traditional Data Analysis and Data Science
    When experts investigate catastrophic black swan events, be they airline crashes, financial crises, or terrorist attacks, they often find that we failed to anticipate them even when the needed information was present because the data was spread across different organizations and was never properly brought together.  .
  • CLARK QUINN  |  WEDNESDAY, MAY 15, 2013
    Starting Strategy
    However, it occurred to me that this might change depending on the nature of the organization. So, for example, if you are in an organization with lots of new members (e.g. 'If you’re going to move towards the performance ecosystem, a technology-enabled workplace, where do you start? Formal learning really serves novices best.
  • BETH KANTER  |  TUESDAY, MAY 14, 2013
    A Dog Named Red Helps Best Friends Animal Society Get Results on Facebook
    About a year ago, Facebook began rolling out a series of important changes, most notably the launch of Facebook Open Graph , designed to empower app developers (like us here at ActionSprout ) to create tools to help brands and organizations get more out of Facebook. 'Note from Beth: Greetings from the Gold Coast in Australia. Enjoy.
  • TED  |  TUESDAY, MAY 14, 2013
    Meet the translator: Khalid Marbou, who brings you TED Talks in Arabic
    ” Which translates into: “It won’t get organized unless it first gets all messy.” 'TED translator Khalid Marbou at work in the nanotechnology lab. TED Talks are available in 100 languages, from Albanian to Vietnamese, thanks to the tireless work of our volunteer translators. Today, meet  Khalid Marbou. And I did.
  • DOC SEARLS   |  TUESDAY, MAY 14, 2013
    Long-form never stopped working
    ” There are also business advantages: …In fact, we’re not the only organization betting on long form quality. 'Fashions come and go. Verities do not. If you want deep, and you’re writing prose, more of it will work better than less of it, given an equally strong work-over by a good copy-edit. Getting Flat, Part I.
  • TED  |  FRIDAY, MAY 10, 2013
    The guerilla astrogardener: Fellows Friday with Louisa Preston
    It’s either very, very hot or very cold — places where humans couldn’t survive without lots of help, but some organisms can live perfectly happily. And I study nearby rocks as well, because as these are forming they trap the organisms in them. Tell us about your Kickstarter campaign for the AstroGardening project.
  • TED  |  THURSDAY, MAY 9, 2013
    From communism to the threat of cats: This week’s TED Conversations
    So I think that instead of looking for the BIG answers from the failure of Communism (like dictatorships, organizing labor differently, the Chinese interpretation of communism or whatever) it would be much better for the all mankind to look for more seemingly minor answers, which are actually the real true answers. It had noble ideals. link].
  • TED  |  THURSDAY, MAY 9, 2013
    The secrets of TED’s (award-winning!) design
    “That’s reflected in everything we do, from staging and hosting our conferences, to filming and publishing our speakers’ talks, to building  TED.com  and our apps, to creating TED-Ed animations, to helping TEDx organizers put on independent events. Slide design: WORKSHOP/staff. Photograph: James Duncan Davidson. The key?
  • HAROLD JARCHE  |  THURSDAY, MAY 9, 2013
    The new enclosure movement
    For a society, a country, or an organization, this is the end of evolution and the beginning of stagnation. 'ENCLOSURE : In English social and economic history, enclosure or inclosure is the process which ends traditional rights such as mowing meadows for hay, or grazing livestock on common land formerly held in the open field system.
  • TED  |  THURSDAY, MAY 9, 2013
    7 talks for inspiring transformed curriculums
    Shimon Schocken: The self-organizing computer course Shimon Schocken: The self-organizing computer course. Educators across the globe have begun to look at ways of transforming curriculum to suit different kinds of learners, and to make education more active for all involved. Takeaway: homework doesn’t have to involve worksheets.
  • BETH KANTER  |  THURSDAY, MAY 9, 2013
    Transmedia — Making Change Across Mediums
    The more people we reach on digital platforms, the more attitudes we will impact and the more boots we’ll have on the ground to organize and advocate. He graciously agreed to pen this guest post while I was in transit to “down under.” ” Enjoy. Today, it’s a whole new ballgame. … Read More Fundraising
  • STEPHEN DOWNES: HALF AN HOUR  |  WEDNESDAY, MAY 8, 2013
    CN1376 AcadMOOC
    how to grow a really great crop, or organizing a grass-roots movement, etc) 9:00 pm Stephen Downes But you don''t need to register, all the materials (including videos and recordings) are available on the website 9:00 pm Caryn N I should have put "practical" in quotes. '7:54 pm Stephen Downes T -5 minutes 7:55 pm Mary Zedeck Hi Stephen!
  • BETH KANTER  |  WEDNESDAY, MAY 8, 2013
    The Networked NGO in Australia and New Zealand: Te Ao Maori
    This workshop is for intermediate organizations and will focus on strategy, measurement, and best practices for managing and implementing social media. 'Flickr Photo by TomtheJet. I am excited for a return visit to Australia. I delivered the keynote there in 2008 and taught a workshop, “ Take Me To The Social Web.” whiri, whaik?rero,
  • IRVING WLADAWSKY-BERGER  |  WEDNESDAY, MAY 8, 2013
    The New Center for Global Enterprise
    He has continued to pursue his interest on the subject over the past year by organizing the Center for Global Enterprise (CGE).  The CGE is a private, nonprofit research institution devoted to the study of the contemporary corporation, globalization, economic trends, and their impact on society.  As summarized in its  website :  .
  • TED  |  TUESDAY, MAY 7, 2013
    Bosons, bicycles and big data: 7 things I learned from TEDxCERN
    When you’re a scientist, what you think you’re looking for isn’t always what you find, and Marc Abrahams — organizer of the Ig Nobel Prize, the annual celebration of “improbable” science — thinks this is awesome. So what did we at TED HQ learn at TEDxCERN? But to make things easy, here are seven takeaways from TEDxCERN: 1. Really.
  • ADAPTIVE PATH  |  TUESDAY, MAY 7, 2013
    Experience Mapping Workshops Coming to SF & Austin
    All of this has helped further evolve what we know and share about using experience maps effectively in organizations. We’ll explore how every occasion where your organization touches or connects with a person’s life is appropriate, relevant, meaningful, and endearing. Well, how about in Austin and San Francisco next month?
  • STEPHEN DOWNES: HALF AN HOUR  |  TUESDAY, MAY 7, 2013
    Open for business: Refocused NRC
    Essentially, NRC is now making public its transition from the old model to a program-based Research and Technology Organization. By refocusing the NRC into a research and technology organization, our Government is ensuring that Canadian firms have the instruments and tools they need to become even more successful on the global stage.”
  • BETH KANTER  |  TUESDAY, MAY 7, 2013
    Some Thoughts About Remote Presentations: Mekong ICT Camp
    The camp was organized by  Thai Fund Foundation in partnership with  Opendream , ,  Thai Netizen Network , Frontier Foundation and  Tactical Technology Collective. 'I was invited to present a key note at the Mekong ICT Camp in Thailand about nonprofits, social media, and measurement. The camp took place in Cha-am, Petchburi, Thailand.
  • TED  |  TUESDAY, MAY 7, 2013
    Op-Ed: Moving beyond dropout statistics and toward solutions
    Over the past two years, more than 75 public media stations in 33 states have worked in partnership with 1,000+ community and national organizations to create content that engaged with their communities. 'John Legend hosts TED Talks Education—tonight, May 7, on PBS at 10/9c. Photo: Ryan Lash. By Patricia Harrison.
  • HAROLD JARCHE  |  TUESDAY, MAY 7, 2013
    This is my work
    'The ability to learn is the only lasting competitive advantage for any organization. Hyper-connected work environments require people with better sense-making, collaboration, and cooperation skills. Social learning plays a significant role in this. Democratic workplaces that foster trust can share knowledge better and faster.
  • ADAPTIVE PATH  |  MONDAY, MAY 6, 2013
    SF Public Design Jam: Make a Difference in 48 Hours
    The SF Public Design Jam is part of a 48-hour global initiative called GovJam 13 that aims to bring together people from government, non-profit organizations, designers, students, and local citizens to 'jam' on real solutions to public sector problems. You come together, bringing your instruments, your skills, your open mind. June 6.
  • TED  |  MONDAY, MAY 6, 2013
    7 tech tools now available in the classroom, for better or worse
    The Boston-based startup BetterLesson , founded in 2008, is a social media platform that educators can use to organize and share their curricula. 'The analog-to-digital shift that has seen e-readers booting out books, smartphones trumping landlines and tablets making desktops look fuddy-duddy is also bringing new tech tools to the classroom.
  • BETH KANTER  |  MONDAY, MAY 6, 2013
    Arts Organizations Digital Strategies Master Class and Train the Trainers
    'I’m teaching a master class today in San Francisco for arts organizations for Theatre Bay Area. The third year now expands the program into a “train the trainer” model.    The master class is part of  a, NEA-funded experiment being conducted by arts service organizations like Theatre Bay Area all across the country.
  • DAN PONTEFRACT  |  MONDAY, MAY 6, 2013
    WHY I Wrote Flat Army: The Flat Army Golden Circle
    I’m fed up with current levels of disengagement in the organization. I’m fed up with pervasive levels of command and control in the organization. Whether employees, leaders or anyone in between, I believe the organization needs to become a mecca of togetherness. But you really should buy the book. hope you do too.
  • HAROLD JARCHE  |  SUNDAY, MAY 5, 2013
    The new work
    Learning to better deal with intangibles is the next challenge for today’s organizations and workers. How organizations can support Thinking and Building should be the focus of Organizational Development and Human Resources departments. 'All work today can be reduced to just four basic types of jobs, according to Lou Adler.
  • ROSS DAWSON  |  FRIDAY, MAY 3, 2013
    The latest in 3D printing trends: guns, ears, body parts, and now in your local store
    “In the future, these sorts of devices will be able to recreate parts of people’s joints and bones, conceivably, in the future, even organs.” Creating organs using 3D printers is a recent advance; several groups have reported using the technology for this purpose in the past few months.
  • TED  |  FRIDAY, MAY 3, 2013
    The journey is its own reward: Fellows Friday with Kellee Santiago
    This offers an organic way of players finding players who are similar to them. 'TED Fellow Kellee Santiago has won numerous awards for the video game, “Journey.” ” Here, we talk to her about her craft. Bonus: we ask what’s next on her own horizon. This is a lot of awards  at once, isn’t it? How does it feel? Any regrets?
  • TED  |  FRIDAY, MAY 3, 2013
    Collapse of faith: Mohammad Tauheed on the Savar garment-factory disaster
    When building a factory, you need to get additional approval from a factory-building construction-related authority, and if it’s a garment factory, you need a license and permission from the non-government organization BGMEA , an association of garment owners that regulates the industry in Bangladesh. What happened? News TED Fellows
  • TED  |  FRIDAY, MAY 3, 2013
    TEDxCERN is about to begin — watch along
    'For the past 59 years, the European Organization for Nuclear Research — better known as CERN — has been a nucleus of innovation, bringing us both the World Wide Web in 1983 and last year’s discovery of what appears to be the Higgs boson. TEDxCERN will not be a closed door event. Watch here ». Read 6 reasons to tune in ».
  • TED  |  THURSDAY, MAY 2, 2013
    This week’s best questions, ideas and debates from TED Conversations
    It may be hard to keep the organisms alive in a way that mimics Purell, because nutrients may become limited quickly. In what other ways could we expose ourselves to these organisms, without having to worry that the culture will die? Coal, natural gas and oil all have detrimental effects on the environment. ” ( Source ).
  • TED  |  THURSDAY, MAY 2, 2013
    Does documenting your life online keep you from actually living it?: An excerpt from the new TED Book, Our Virtual Shadow
    Twitter status is 140 organized symbols that, for you, trigger a particular idea. 'By Damon Brown. The morning of our wedding, my wife and I only had one major discussion: Should we bring our cell phones? We wanted those who couldn’t make it to the wedding to feel connected, too. But we decided to put the smartphones away. was fully present.
  • TED  |  WEDNESDAY, MAY 1, 2013
    6 reasons to watch TEDxCERN this Friday
    You have probably heard of CERN — the European Organization for Nuclear Research and the home of the Large Hadron Collider (LHC), the world’s largest and most powerful particle accelerator that is longer than the island of Manhattan. 'TEDxCERN will be held inside CERN’s world-famous Globe. Photo: TEDxCERN. ” 5.
  • IRVING WLADAWSKY-BERGER  |  WEDNESDAY, MAY 1, 2013
    Some Early Lessons from the Boston Marathon Bombing Investigation
    This should be simpler in business, since in principle everyone is part of the same organization that eventually reports to the CEO.  But, as we have seen over and over again, many companies have dysfunctional organizations that are not able to come together and address complex problems even when their very survival is at stake.  .
  • TED  |  WEDNESDAY, MAY 1, 2013
    The language of photography: Q&A with Sebastião Salgado
    When I was photographing the workers, I was looking at how this process of industrialization was modifying all the organizations of the human family. organized a project, an eight-year project, to photograph Genesis. Well, I organize these projects like a guideline for a film — I write a project. 'By Ryan Lash.
  • BETH KANTER  |  WEDNESDAY, MAY 1, 2013
    Does Your Nonprofit Need (free) Help from A Data Scientist?
    It is the result of a collaborative data and data visualization project undertaken by the  Nature Conservancy scientists,  working with governments, scientists and conservation organizations around the world. Here’s two: Sumall Foundation :  SumAll.org is a non-profit organization dedicated to doing social good by analyzing data.
  • JAY CROSS  |  TUESDAY, APRIL 30, 2013
    13 books on learning, people, organizations, corporate culture, and change
    'This morning I conducted a webinar on Making Learning Stick. Funny, isn’t it, that we invest so much to help people learn and so little to help them remember? Lots of what we learn goes down the drain before becoming converted to action. To encourage participation, I gave away my favorite books for making the most of learning. It’s
  • BETH KANTER  |  TUESDAY, APRIL 30, 2013
    Content Curation for Nonprofits – Notes from #13ntccur8
    Will Coley , comes to the topic understanding how activists and activist organizations are using the techniques as part of their content and engagement strategies. That the curator selects, describes, filters, organizes, and present resources. This blog post offers reflections and resources from the session. ” Content
  • CLARK QUINN  |  TUESDAY, APRIL 30, 2013
    Types of thinking
    was intrigued by one comment which I thought was relevant to organizations. 'Harold Jarche reviews Marina Gorbis’ new book  The Nature of the Future,  finding value in it. It has to do with the nature of thinking. Social and emotional intelligence. Novel and adaptive thinking. Moral and ethical reasoning. mobile strategy technology
  • NINE SHIFT  |  TUESDAY, APRIL 30, 2013
    Great Debate: Does Location Matter?
    Does where you live, and where your company is headquartered, matter economically for both your work organization and for you?  'Does physical location matter in today''s economy? . Enrico Moretti, author of The New Geography of Jobs, says yes.  We''re skeptical. Our initial reaction: he''s wrong. What do you think?  . Moon over Minneapolis. 
  • DAN PONTEFRACT  |  MONDAY, APRIL 29, 2013
    The Star Wars Mentoring Program
    What does mentoring look like in your organization? Related Posts: Virtual Worlds in an Organization are not a Time Waster (and Five Uses for Virtual Worlds in the Workplace Whose Your Brian Reid? 'We could learn a thing or two from Star Wars. Take for example what happens when you forget to brush your teeth, floss or use mouthwash.
  • BETH KANTER  |  MONDAY, APRIL 29, 2013
    Advancing Social Media Measurement for Foundations – Reflections & Notes
    '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 foundation is viewed a valuable information source. Our foundation is viewed as transparent. Our networks strengthen and diversify. Elizabeth R.
  • CLARK QUINN  |  MONDAY, APRIL 29, 2013
    Designing Higher Learning
    It sounds good, but it’s a hard argument to an organization that’s been doing it in a particular way for a long time. 'I’ve been thinking a lot about the higher education situation, specifically for-profit universities. realize that in many cases they’re caught between a rock and a hard place.
  • DOC SEARLS   |  SUNDAY, APRIL 28, 2013
    Outlining vs. Formatting
    The choices the designers made make it a relatively strong formatter and a weak organizer. Fargo is an organizing tool, good for lists, project plans, narrating your work, presentations, team communication. You could organize a conference with an outliner. Numbers on the second and so on. Word is a word processor. Still is.
  • HAROLD JARCHE  |  SUNDAY, APRIL 28, 2013
    Connected leadership
    With life in perpetual Beta as a guiding perspective, networked organizations have to learn how to deal with ambiguity and complexity. Organizations need to learn as fast as their environments. 'How is leadership in a hyper-connected workplace different? Too often there are organizational barriers that prevent this. Leadership
  • ADAPTIVE PATH  |  THURSDAY, APRIL 25, 2013
    on Service Design
    And it reflects the practice work we’re delivering week in and week out as we tackle systemic problems in organizations looking to provide better and more human experiences to their customers. ” The resulting talk, on Service Design, is a mixed tape of sorts. on Service Design from Patrick Quattlebaum. So stay tuned.
  • DAVID WEINBERGER  |  THURSDAY, APRIL 25, 2013
    [eim][misc] Too big to categorize
    They also get in the way of people who are searching with a different way of organizing the topic in mind. 'Amanda Filipacchi has a great post at the New York Times about the problem with classifying American female novelists as American female novelists. Amanda makes both points. Wikipedia’s categories have been broken for a long time.
  • TED  |  THURSDAY, APRIL 25, 2013
    10 adorable animated characters from the first year of TED-Ed
    Because her organs and body are literally made of yarn – some crocheted, some knitted, some simply balled. 'A year ago today, the TED-Ed website launched. Teachers have used the site to create roughly 2,000 lessons per month around YouTube videos. Here’s how.). How is chemistry like dating? Mmmm, pizza.  Why the name?
  • DOC SEARLS   |  WEDNESDAY, APRIL 24, 2013
    TV 3.0
    How we organize what we watch should be up to us, not to cable systems compiling their own guides that look like spreadsheets, with rows of channels and columns of times. 'We’re not watching any less TV. In fact, we’re watching more of it, on more different kinds of screens. Does this mean that TV absorbs the Net, or vice versa?
  • TED  |  WEDNESDAY, APRIL 24, 2013
    9 ways that sound affects our health, wellbeing and productivity
    The World Health Organization Europe’s 2011 report, “ Burden of disease from environmental noise ,” analyzes the relationship between environmental noise and health. 'Julian Treasure takes the stage at TEDGlobal 2009, sharing the shocking fact that — when you can hear others talking in an open office — productivity dips by 66%.
  • IRVING WLADAWSKY-BERGER  |  WEDNESDAY, APRIL 24, 2013
    The Evolution of Online Learning
    In mid-April I visited the University of Wisconsin - Milwaukee (UWM) where I was the keynote speaker at a Workshop on Entrepreneurship and Technology Management organized by Professor Satish Nambisan.   . 'Where will good jobs come from in our emerging digital economy?  Unfortunately, we don’t have very good answers. He took several.
  • BETH KANTER  |  WEDNESDAY, APRIL 24, 2013
    Now That’s A Spreadsheet!
    The challenge is not finding the perfect metrics tool, but how you pull the right data into excel – and work with it to clean and organize it. ” Why is this such an awesome digital marketing/social media measurement spreadsheet? The spreadsheet captures strategy, outcomes, tactics, and Key Performance Indicators or metrics.
  • ROSS DAWSON  |  TUESDAY, APRIL 23, 2013
    Crowdfunding creates a new layer of capital markets and new layers of value
    Mechanisms such as sharing in defined ways in future cash-flows of individuals or very small organizations could prove to be viable for both entrepreneurs and investors. 'Yesterday ABC News featured a story on crowdfunding , providing a quick overview of the space for a broad audience. Click on the image to see a video of the news segment.
  • DOC SEARLS   |  TUESDAY, APRIL 23, 2013
    CISPA roundup
    34 Civil Liberties Organizations Oppose CISPA | Electronic Frontier Foundation twaddle.newsvine.com ). '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.
  • BETH KANTER  |  TUESDAY, APRIL 23, 2013
    Advancing Social Media Measurement for Philanthropic Outcomes #sm_re
    use low tech tools first – paper, markers, sticky notes, and sticky dots.    Participants spend time working together to draw their networks — people and organizations who are important to reaching their organization’s outcomes. These are people or organizations that are strongly connected within a network.
  • DAN PONTEFRACT  |  TUESDAY, APRIL 23, 2013
    The Organization as a Cycling Peloton
    This got me thinking about one of my favourite personal passions (cycling) and our corporate organizations. Maybe if we were to act like a peloton in our organizations, we might see higher levels of employee engagement. It would be nice if our organizations thought like and acted similar to a cycling peloton. Sharing the load.
  • ADAPTIVE PATH  |  MONDAY, APRIL 22, 2013
    Three Trends Driving Healthcare Experiences
    According to the Temkin Group, and to the surprise of few, organizations that lag in customer experience can be found more commonly in the airline, Internet service provider and healthcare industries. In order to remain competitive, organizations across all industries should focus on: Delivering a consistent and/or cohesive experience.
  • BETH KANTER  |  MONDAY, APRIL 22, 2013
    #npfail Share Your Nonprofit Fail Story and Win A Microsoft Surface!
    Some smart organizations are helping their people make failure not only productive, but also fun. '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. You’ve heard the mantra: Learn from failure. 13ntcbets ow.ly/k24ok
  • TED  |  FRIDAY, APRIL 19, 2013
    Welcome to the pleasuredome: Fellows Friday with Antonio Torres
    'Squishy, vivid, frozen, frothy – architect and artist Antonio Torres’s wildly colorful and whimsical built spaces are often created using membranes filled with gases, liquids and organic materials, inviting people to crawl in, jump, touch and play. Here, we ask him about his incredible works and where his inspiration comes from.
  • TED  |  THURSDAY, APRIL 18, 2013
    This week’s best questions, ideas and debates from TED Conversations
    Given that the heart and other organs are frequently excluded from intellectual discussion, I would like to ask the TED community, how do these new findings affect how we view intelligence? do agree that we do not fully understand all the interactions between all our organs (I think the possible permutations are staggering).
  • BETH KANTER  |  THURSDAY, APRIL 18, 2013
    Unlocking Data for Philanthropy: Notes from Global Philanthropy Forum Session
    ”   He also talked about how the need to package the data better for the sector to use it, especially organizations that do not have the skills, capacity, or resources to hire a data scientist. What is philanthropy was held accountable for stewarding the data – how it has been collected and organized. Notes from Session.
  • BETH KANTER  |  WEDNESDAY, APRIL 17, 2013
    How Do We Balance Measuring Outcomes with Measuring to Learn and Improve? (#SM_RE)
    In some organizations, measurement is this thing done at the end to justify or validate social media. At SXSW,  I did a workshop with Carie Lewis and David Neff who assessed their organization’s measurement practices along the Crawl, Walk, Run, Fly continuum. Click to See Larger Version. Measurement
  • DAN PONTEFRACT  |  TUESDAY, APRIL 16, 2013
    An Example of the Flat Army CLAM in Action: BC Ideas2Action
    Related Posts: Virtual Worlds in an Organization are not a Time Waster (and My Network is my Net Worth – Part II Flat Army Graphics on Slideshare Flat Army: Chapter 8 Overview Don’t Be a FOOL: Fear of Open Leadership. book collaboration communication Culture engagement flat army organization BC Government CLAM Tanya Twynstra
  • JAY CROSS  |  TUESDAY, APRIL 16, 2013
    Informal Learning – the other 80%
    This paper addresses how organizations, particularly business organizations, can get more done. Because organizations are oblivious to informal learning, they fail to invest in it. The metrics of our scale are the organization’s core objectives: Reducing time-to-performance. wrote the paper that follows. It’s real. link].
  • TED  |  TUESDAY, APRIL 16, 2013
    Thomas Insel’s insights on mental health: a tale of two TED playlists
    In this talk , Insel reveals why he believes we are about to turn a corner in understanding the brain, which he calls an “organ of surreal complexity.” 'In the past 30 years, major advances have been made when it comes to treating several serious diseases. Sadly though, Insel says, the news isn’t good across the board.
  • BETH KANTER  |  TUESDAY, APRIL 16, 2013
    #npfail Reflections and Call To Action from NTC Plenary on Failure
    We discussed what needs to happen inside of organizations and in the funder community to help nonprofits embrace failure and learning.    And yes, as promised there were a few f-words dropped (Brian started it). We kicked it off with some framing about what exactly is a failure? More about that later. npfail #13ntcbets. Failure
  • HAROLD JARCHE  |  TUESDAY, APRIL 16, 2013
    The risky quadrant
    Are you unacknowledged prophets , with a manager or executive who understands that you need to change, but the organization lags behind? If you are the only person in your organization without rose coloured glasses , I would try to become a lone unacknowledged prophet, preparing for the inevitable crisis. Everything is just fine.
  • TED  |  MONDAY, APRIL 15, 2013
    We can make our government work: A Q&A with TED Books author Lawrence Lessig
    started an organization called Rootstrikers — inspired by Thoreau’s quote: “there are a thousand hacking at the branches of evil to one striking at the root” — which recruits citizen teachers: people who recognize the corrupting influence of money and who are willing to help spread this message. organization.
  • TED  |  MONDAY, APRIL 15, 2013
    Talking s**t with Rose George: A Q&A about the global health issue no one wants to bring up
    The first I came across was the World Toilet Organization. 'At TED2013, Rose George talks about a major global health problem—the 2.5 billion people who live without toilets. Photo: James Duncan Davidson. For people who have flushing toilets, this is something that they rarely have to think about. But for the 2.5 Consider these other numbers.
  • DAN PONTEFRACT  |  MONDAY, APRIL 15, 2013
    Don’t Be a FOOL: Fear of Open Leadership
    'There are a lot of fools in our organizations today. Why else do we see senior leaders failing to adopt social collaborative technologies inside (or outside) the organization? collaboration flat army leadership managing organization teams fear FOOL Why else is employee engagement at deplorable levels? They are the FOOL.
  • HAROLD JARCHE  |  MONDAY, APRIL 15, 2013
    The Connected Workplace
    But if we agree that complex and creative work are where long-term business value lies, then learning amongst ourselves is the real work in organizations today. Becoming a successful social organization will require more than just the implementation of enterprise social technologies. But both require greater implicit knowledge.
  • TED  |  SUNDAY, APRIL 14, 2013
    New playlist: Listen up
    In these eight talks on the value of listening, Treasure gives 5 ways to listen better, Ernesto Sirolli talks about listening to the beneficiaries of aid organizations, and Neil Harbisson uses an “eyeborg” to “listen” to color. This weekend, a new playlist is available: Listen up. Culture playlist
  • DAN PONTEFRACT  |  SATURDAY, APRIL 13, 2013
    Flat Army Graphics on Slideshare
    'Flat Army revolves around five key frameworks that leaders and organizations need to consider if they want to improve employee engagement and business results. They are: Connected Leader Attributes. Participative Leader Framework. Collaborative Leader Action Model. Pervasive Learning. Collaboration Technologies. What is a FLAT ARMY?
  • TED  |  FRIDAY, APRIL 12, 2013
    The future unfolding: Fellows Friday with Skylar Tibbits
    Video above: Watch Tibbits’ recently posted TED-Ed animaation: “Self-assembly: The power of organizing the unorganized.” 'Skylar Tibbits  makes things that assemble themselves, with potential large-scale applications from self-adjusting water pipes to self-assembling structures in space. Right. That way or another way?
  • JAY CROSS  |  THURSDAY, APRIL 11, 2013
    Dated best practices
    Organization. 'This appeared on SRI-Business Consulting’s  Learning on Demand page in April 2004. ELEARNING BEST PRACTICES SUMMARY. Nine years later, I find that I disagree with or question most of the Best Practices. That’s the problem: the world changes; yesterday’s best practices persist. Learning. Strategy. and Process. speed.
  • ADAPTIVE PATH  |  THURSDAY, APRIL 11, 2013
    Exploratorium: Mapping the Experience of Experiments
    When was the last time you saw this diverse of a group in any other organization getting together to consider their customer's experience? They help you and your organization see the experience from the outside-in, helping you see and talk about how changes in operations, technology, and organization can bring about a better experience.
  • HAROLD JARCHE  |  THURSDAY, APRIL 11, 2013
    We need more sandboxes
    Organizations should think about building sandboxes as well. The greatest challenge, if organizations did create learning sandboxes, would be resisting the urge to control them. Behaviour change comes through small, but consistent, changes in practice. Play, explore and converse. But first you need to build a space to practice.
  • IRVING WLADAWSKY-BERGER  |  WEDNESDAY, APRIL 10, 2013
    Data Science - the Emergence of a New Discipline
    Similar research and educational programs are being organized in universities around the world. 'Data Science is emerging as a hot new profession and academic discipline.  Data Scientist: the Sexiest Job of the 21st Century is the title of a recent Harvard Business Review article.  Its authors, Tom Davenport and D. What is data science?
  • HAROLD JARCHE  |  WEDNESDAY, APRIL 10, 2013
    Loose hierarchies for knowledge management
    So, for large organizations, not only will no single technology platform meet all your knowledge-sharing, collaboration and cooperation needs, but no single approach will either. knowledge-sharing tools, there is also a need to balance the needs of the central organization with those of external locations. Leadership Work
  • JAY CROSS  |  TUESDAY, APRIL 9, 2013
    IT Doesn’t Matter. Business processes do
    Enterprise Application Integration (EAI), the melding of ERP, SCM, CRM, PLM, and what-not into one all-encompassing application, is a major step forward, but it doesn’t link the organization with those outside the firewall such as partners and suppliers.  Business organizations are moving up the ladder a notch to MetaIT. Peter Fingar.
  • ADAPTIVE PATH  |  TUESDAY, APRIL 9, 2013
    Extending Pixar’s Rules of Storytelling to Experience Design
    'Pixar is a creative organization we often draw inspiration from. Aerogramme Writers’ Studio recently captured a list of Pixar’s 22 Rules of Storytelling , a list originally tweeted by Emma Coats , Pixar’s Story Artist. It's a really nice list. They can be very different. Seriously. Do better next time.
  • BETH KANTER  |  TUESDAY, APRIL 9, 2013
    How Nonprofit Leaders Make Time for Social Media and Other Secrets to Adoption
    How can nonprofit leaders help their organizations embrace experimental innovation methods and mindsets as part of implementing their integrated social media strategy?   The best social tools and techniques that leaders themselves and their organization can use to get results. We can learn from leading entrepreneurs. Model the Model.
  • CLARK QUINN  |  TUESDAY, APRIL 9, 2013
    Increasing our responsibility
    It’s going to benefit the organization, it’s going to lead to greater strategic contributions and associated value, and it’s an approach that will likely preclude a long slow march to irrelevance and extinction. 'I ranted a couple of weeks ago about how we need to move out of our complacency and make a positive change.
  • DAN PONTEFRACT  |  MONDAY, APRIL 8, 2013
    Do You Surround Yourself With No?
    engagement Executives leadership managing organization Negative No 'Far too often I come across stories or direct examples of a leader who has surrounded herself with the same general characteristics and behaviours of the leader herself. And not in a ‘geez, this beer tastes great’ way. No, that will never work.
  • TED  |  MONDAY, APRIL 8, 2013
    5 powerful talks about the quest for equality in the United States
    At the time, King was organizing a march for children, and Hrabowski begged his parents to let him be a part of it. 'Photo: James Duncan Davidson. Freeman Hrabowski was a 9th grader in Birmingham, Alabama, when he heard a dynamic, impassioned speaker at church — Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. and MD/Ph.Ds in these fields.
  • EUEN SEMPLE  |  MONDAY, APRIL 8, 2013
    Organisational anarchist or corporate jester?
    Please go and read the whole thing but hopefully Phillipe will excuse this extensive snip: Immanuel Kant describes anarchy as "Law and Freedom without Force" - this idea combined with one school of thought of anarchism - where the focus is on non-hierarchical organizations - was to me a kind of ultimate long term result.
  • BETH KANTER  |  MONDAY, APRIL 8, 2013
    Notes About Mobile, Digital Trends, and Social Media Leadership from Knight Digital Media Center Workshop
    Who shared this “schwag” with the organization’s logo that is a micro fiber phone cleaner that you can attached to your phone case and how many people in the community were using it and raising awareness of the Foundation. Digital Trends. Alois Bell was a diner at AppleBee’s in St. Applebee’s fired Chelsea.
  • TED  |  MONDAY, APRIL 8, 2013
    Five big ideas from TED@Intel
    The final product — TED@Intel, themed “the future in progress” — was a moment for the organization to celebrate and communicate their best ideas. 'TED@Intel brought together 18 speakers from within the tech company. Photo: Shawn D. Morgan. Through a partnership with TED, they received guidance on event production and curation.
  • DAN PONTEFRACT  |  MONDAY, APRIL 8, 2013
    the FLAT ARMY cheat sheet
    'Are you looking for a little insight into the 90,000 word version of my new book Flat Army: Creating a Connected and Engaged Organization ? First off, Flat Army is aimed at three audiences: Those in charge of the organization on the whole. Perhaps a ‘ try before you buy’ approach? Fair enough. It’s a fact. Thanks for reading.
  • CLARK QUINN  |  MONDAY, APRIL 8, 2013
    Games & Meaningful Interactivity
    Too often we err on the side of knowledge instead of skills, because it’s easy, because we’re not getting what we need from the SME, because that’s what our tools do, etc, but we should be focusing on skills, because that’s what’s going to make a difference to our learners and ultimately our organizations.
  • JOHN HAGEL  |  MONDAY, APRIL 8, 2013
    Getting Stronger through Stress: Making Black Swans Work for You
    Taleb points out that the antifragility of a system often comes from the fragility of its components, whether we are talking about the failure of firms that drives the overall success of entrepreneurial regions like Silicon Valley or the death of individual organisms that contributes to the antifragility of nature. Focusing on Black Swans.
  • JAY CROSS  |  SATURDAY, APRIL 6, 2013
    50 suggestions for implementing 70-20-10
    The Coherent Organization.  It organizes itself, buzzes with activity and produces honey for the markets. Unfortunately, a lot of organizations aren’t using online learning to its full potential, and the results at those organizations reflect that. 'Things should be as simple as possible, but no simpler. itashare.
  • JAY CROSS  |  SATURDAY, APRIL 6, 2013
    50 suggestions for implementing 70-20-10 (5)
    You will need to become a champion for the new approach to developing talent in the organization. Pick a few things from the following list and mash them up with your organization’s needs. Instead of maximizing efficiency and avoiding irregularities, managers must create organizations that are more agile and human. Conclusion.
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