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5:29 in length) “How To Stop. Dan's Related Posts: The Essential Creative Thinking Questions To Ask Yourself. Word Cloud: OPEN TO THINK. Sneak Peek Audio Clip of OPEN TO THINK. Three Strategies To Improve Your Creative Thinking. MORE
On LinkedIn, I was asked: “I would like to ask sir, how can I be a world-class educational technologist?” Of course, my immediate response should be “how should I know? ;) But I thought I’d do a bit better. First, I get requests about how to get started as an instructional designer (particularly offers to come work for me). As to skills, make sure you know the major authoring tools, e.g. Lectora, Captivate, and/or Storyline. MORE
With this flow, it’s natural for the speaker to come offstage and talk to people during the break. They’re a chance to keep talking about the ideas that brought us to the event in the first place, which is great. So to close out the week I’d like to offer a few tips on how to interact productively post-stage with someone who’s just given a talk or a presentation. Go ahead and give it to them. MORE
How can people earn an extra gold star with you? The next set of questions were more focused on how we interact with others: How do you coach people to do their best work and develop their talents? What’s the best way to communicate with you? What’s the best way to convince you to do something? How do you like to give feedback? How do you like to get feedback MORE
Primarily, COVID-19 has forced workers to learn in a socially distanced and often remote environment, making instructor-led training (ILT) less popular. COVID-19 has presented unique training challenges for organizations. It has caused a variety of shifts in the corporate training world. MORE
We found a standard formula of how to talk like Hannibal. “Tell me, Will…” Dramatic question about how this random thing relates to Will. For instance, last weekend we went to a potluck and couldn’t stop cracking each other up. “A potluck is an event in which individuals bring a cherished part of themselves to a communal table. Tell me, Will…what will you bring to the table?” MORE
In her 2017 article, The Holy Trifecta: The Secret to Faster, Better, & Cheaper Global Content , translation expert Val Swisher explains that structured content is one of the three factors driving efficiency into the globalization process. Coupled with optimizing translation memory, a system that stores translated words for reuse, structured content is key to keeping translation costs down. It can be very costly to reformat documents to handle language expansion or contraction. MORE
This is the first in a series of three public social online workshop that introduce you to the key ways to promote continuous, everyday, learning in your organisation. The workshop will help you understand how to work […]. Last week I posted about the importance of supporting everyday workplace learning. MORE
On 2 October 2017, I released the results of the 11th Annual Learning Tools survey in the form of the Top 200 Tools for Learning 2017 list. What has become very clear over the last 11 years is that many individuals are now using a wide selection of web-based resources, tools, and … Social learning MORE
Looking back upon my long career , it’s frankly sobering how many once powerful IT companies are no longer around or are shadows of their former selves, e,g, Digital , Wang , Sun Microsystems , BlackBerry. Leaders fail to recognize the new reality and accept it for what it is. MORE
Effective corporate training and development programs are key to improved employee productivity. The right training program will provide employees with technical and soft skills needed to perform at a higher level. MORE
According to the CFPB , employees of Wells Fargo “secretly opened accounts and shifted funds from consumers’ existing accounts into these new accounts without their knowledge or permission to do so, often racking up fees or other charges.”. Furthermore, shareholders are now pushing the bank to investigate “whether the divestiture of all non-core banking business segments would enhance shareholder value, and whether it should divide into a number of independent firms.” MORE
This is a really interesting project that allows you to write posts in markdown, MS Word or Jupyter notebooks and publish them in a blog using GitHub pages. Login to GitHub. If you don't have a GitHub account, register for one, then login to it Click this link: [link] This gives you an option to create a new repository in your own GitHub account. Click on the link in the instructions: This link is specific to your repository. MORE
were unable to meet demand, per Stanford Social Innovation Review. Few have the resources they need to adapt to new economic realities. Instead, they keep trying to do more with less and maintain services for those in need.”. How to Use LMS LMS benefits NonprofitWhat many nonprofits need more than anything is money. In 2013, over half of all nonprofits in the U.S. 1 A contributor wrote, “Many nonprofits barely break even—even in the good years. MORE
Sell tickets to attend online through Zoom, Microsoft Teams, Google Hangouts, Webex, GoToMeeting, Jitsi or whatever conferencing system can supply working tech to the NBA. That’s not much time to prepare, but there’s money in it for the NBA and the companies it hires to pull this off. Obviously Zoom is the one to beat (since so many of us already use it), but Microsoft Teams just said a bunch of stuff that makes me think they could pull this one off. (I’d MORE
Whether or not it receives such a … Continue reading "How To Lead Remote Employees In The Wake Of COVID-19". The post How To Lead Remote Employees In The Wake Of COVID-19 appeared first on Dan Pontefract. As of this writing, the World Health Organization (WHO) hasn’t declared COVID-19 (aka: coronavirus) a pandemic, but the likelihood grows by the hour. MORE
In How To Become A Centaur Case gives blitz history of AI, and of its lesser known cousin IA – Intelligence Augmentation. The insight that digital technology could be a a ‘bicycle for the mind’ (Steve Jobs’ quote) gave us the modern computer, as shown in the 1968 Mother of All Demos which introduced the world to the mouse, hypertext, video conferencing and collaborative working. The article is too good to try to summarise. MORE
From danah boyd’s presentation at ASTD TechKnowledge 2013 , on the future of work: But if you want to prepare people not just for the next job, but for the one after that, you need to help them think through the relationships they have and what they learn from the people around them. Building lifelong learners means instilling curiosity, but it also means helping people recognize how important it is that they continuously surround themselves by people that they can learn from. MORE
And yes, even Baby Boomers don't know how to write a letter. . He used carbon paper (look it up) while typing them to get five copies. So when my son expressed interest (subtly of course, but he tells his mother he reads every one of my letters) in getting letters, I looked back to my father's letters to see how he did it. And nothing to worry your child. They knew how to write a letter. Yes, writing a letter is an art. MORE
How do you persuade somebody of the facts? Asking them to be fair, impartial and unbiased is not enough. To explain why, psychologist Tom Stafford analyses a classic scientific study. One of the tricks our mind plays is to highlight evidence which confirms what we already believe. This matters when we want to make better decisions. How we should to protect our decisions from confirmation bias depends on why, psychologically, confirmation bias happens. MORE
I went to see To Be Takei last night, and George himself was there for an interview afterwards. It occurred to me that I’d like him to autograph his book Oh Myyy , but I only have a copy on my Kindle. So, here’s a proposal for the Kindle, the Nook, and for any other DRM-ed ebook reader: Allow us to embed one and only one photo into our copy of an ebook. PS: To Be Takei was really enjoyable. MORE
can say that Muad’Dib learned rapidly because his first training was in how to learn. It is shocking to find how many people do not believe they can learn, and how many more believe learning to be difficult.”. -Frank Herbert, Dune. Send to Facebook. MORE
Gary Hamel says that we are moving from an Industrial to a Creative Economy , which requires more independent workers with initiative, creativity, and passion. Core ideas about valued work: from producing tangible goods to intangible services; from looking for best practices to constantly developing emergent practices; from standardized jobs to being transparent in changing work practices as one learns while working. MORE
Radio used to be wireless audio on a broadcast band. What used to be called Radio (iTunes’ collection of webcasting radio stations), which had already been pushed down one directory level to “Music,” is now available only under a new button called “Internet.” Worse, it won’t appear unless you open preferences in iTunes and check a box to turn it on. For stations, networks and chains: Normalize to the Net. MORE
» January 06, 2011 HBR on How to Fix Capitalism: A Bandage on a Cancer Michael Porter, strategy guru extraordinaire , and Mark Kramer have an article in the January 2011 issue of Harvard Business Review entitled How To Fix Capitalism. MORE
First, accept that it takes a certain amount of time to travel half way across the country or around the world. Eight hours to get to Denver? Compared to the two-day drive it would otherwise take. Seventeen hours to Istanbul? Airlines have the concept of ''gate to gate'' to take into account for taxi time. You should have the concept of door to door'' to take into account your taxi time. Make sure you''re going to the right terminal. MORE
How do you persuade somebody of the facts? Asking them to be fair, impartial and unbiased is not enough. To explain why, psychologist Tom Stafford analyses a classic scientific study. One of the tricks our mind plays is to highlight evidence which confirms what we already believe. This matters when we want to make better decisions. How we should to protect our decisions from confirmation bias depends on why, psychologically, confirmation bias happens. MORE
Here's how to cut out-of-reach and out-of-reason high college tuition. Colleges reduce or eliminate costs that have nothing to do with learning. Nine Shift has predicted we need to cut tuition in half. MORE
The advent of social technologies brings huge benefits to a work team, including the facility to improve communication, enhance continuous learning and performance improvement and capture organisational knowledge. Next public online workshop: 9 November – 4 December 2015 In the workplace, people learn continuously as a result of working in their teams. MORE
Thank you very much Sarah and I'm still waiting for that invitation to speak in Antarctica. Welcome to our contact North online learning seminar. How to help students succeed by taking ownership of their learning online through personal learning? So I try to gather content from. I organize that I read it first to try to understand it. Thing about you in order to work properly. So we're going to pause here. So check to check that chat. MORE
It wasn’t long into a trip from Vancouver to Washington, DC when my female seatmate asked the flight attendant for a glass of white wine. AM = ante meridian or as I like to say, “aromatic meritage” By 10:00am she was on her third glass and by half past the hour the Chilean Sauvignon Blanc bottle was no more. I also wondered if I might have to perform CPR or at least donate my ‘sickness bag’ But where would I spit out my gum? Her book spoke to me. MORE
Due to COVID-19, working from home has become the new normal for many employees. The Hartford Courant reported that a variety of major employers in Connecticut plan to keep employees working from home through 2020 during the coronavirus crisis. Some companies have moved all of their employee training programs online to accommodate workers’ new training needs. MORE
How many you ask? I ventured over to Bing and repeated the exercise. I’ve no idea why there is a gap of 400 million search terms between Google and Microsoft, but either way there are a lot of opinions and there is a lot of content out there related to the term ’team’. I teamed up with Denise to buy a new car) or you can use it as a noun. (eg. Inside an organization we’re constantly striving to find ways in which to improve a team. It’s over one billion. MORE
I was asked by a colleague to answer some questions for a project on how to learn. I naturally decided to answer in a blog post ;). In your working life, how have you learnt effectively from experience, please provide an example if possible? how have you used intentional practice, learnt from failure, learnt from ambitious projects and/or used reflection). how have you learnt from project teams, mentors, coaches and/or broader social networks). MORE
In other words, they emphasise the need for continuous formal learning, and, in organisational terms, this implies providing more and more training or access to online course libraries. […]. There is, rightly, a lot of talk nowadays about “lifelong learning” and “continuous learning” but more often than not, articles focus on “lifelong education” or “continuous training”. MORE
It is defined in terms of skills or competencies, as how to achieve a certain outcome using technology as a tool. There’s a distinctive way to learn using technology. Identify what you are trying to do. What problem are you trying to solve? Look for how it was done. MORE
A number of studies agree that AI is the biggest commercial opportunity for companies and industries over the next 10-15 years. Two recent reports by McKinsey and PwC respectively concluded that AI has the potential to incrementally increase global economic output between now and 2030 by an additional $13 to $15 trillion. Surveys with thousands of executives, showed that most firms are only using AI in ad hoc pilots or applying it to a single business process. MORE
Start with the heart » December 21, 2010 PBS: How to fix America? PBS has an interesting site entitled “ How to Fix America ” The introduction reads: “Not to overstate the obvious, but America is having a pretty tough go of it these days. MORE
But, “the adoption of digital technologies in business doesn’t come as naturally,” - especially if you’re working in a big, old company. “Inserting digital technologies to enhance operations and create new value propositions has proven extremely challenging.”. While in our personal lives we’ve enthusiastically embraced digital technology advances, many corporations and institutions still struggle to do so. The IT unit is not positioned to design people and processes. MORE
Participating in remote training isn’t as simple as most people believe it to be. Also, some employees may see that logging onto the company learning management system (LMS) is easier to do from work where desktop computers abound. MORE
In a previous post here, From “knowledge worker” to “learning worker”: what this means for an organisation I’ve written about the concept of a “learning worker” that Jacob Morgan believes is one of the 7 principles of the future employee. Knowledge is a commodity, to be the smartest person in the room all you need is a smartphone. MORE
I spent some time this morning happily browsing advice from famous writers on how to write, thanks to Maria Popova’s [twitter: Brain Pickings ] own writings on those writers writing about writing. piece that also contains links to famous writers on said topic. Some of these pieces were familiar, some not, but all convinced me of one thing: writers should re-label their advice on how to write as “How I Write.” Welcome to my blog.) MORE
So what can you do to bring workplace more in line with modern day personal, independent learning? In the last 10 years there has been a big change in the way that many people now learn – I’ve written about the 6 key features here. There are four main ways: Do the same things but differently – update your existing approaches […]. Social learning MORE
Click here to read part one. Go to the GitHub repository, as illustrated below. It's a way to design web pages that is easier to use than HTML. Edit the Page Text Click on the page title to open the display window : Then click on the edit button (I've highlighted it) to enter the editing window. These won't appear on the page, but will tell GitHub how to process the page. Markdown I don't want to write a Markdown tutorial here. MORE
How To Related Topics Stephen Downes: Half an Hour
FEBRUARY 13, 2020
It is defined in terms of skills or competencies, as how to achieve a certain outcome using technology as a tool. There’s a distinctive way to learn using technology. Identify what you are trying to do. What problem are you trying to solve? Look for how it was done.
Irving Wladawsky-Berger
DECEMBER 2, 2019
Looking back upon my long career , it’s frankly sobering how many once powerful IT companies are no longer around or are shadows of their former selves, e,g, Digital , Wang , Sun Microsystems , BlackBerry. Leaders fail to recognize the new reality and accept it for what it is.
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Dan Pontefract
MARCH 7, 2020
Whether or not it receives such a … Continue reading "How To Lead Remote Employees In The Wake Of COVID-19". The post How To Lead Remote Employees In The Wake Of COVID-19 appeared first on Dan Pontefract. As of this writing, the World Health Organization (WHO) hasn’t declared COVID-19 (aka: coronavirus) a pandemic, but the likelihood grows by the hour.
Stephen Downes: Half an Hour
FEBRUARY 25, 2020
This is a really interesting project that allows you to write posts in markdown, MS Word or Jupyter notebooks and publish them in a blog using GitHub pages. Login to GitHub. If you don't have a GitHub account, register for one, then login to it Click this link: [link] This gives you an option to create a new repository in your own GitHub account. Click on the link in the instructions: This link is specific to your repository.
Stephen Downes: Half an Hour
FEBRUARY 28, 2020
Click here to read part one. Go to the GitHub repository, as illustrated below. It's a way to design web pages that is easier to use than HTML. Edit the Page Text Click on the page title to open the display window : Then click on the edit button (I've highlighted it) to enter the editing window. These won't appear on the page, but will tell GitHub how to process the page. Markdown I don't want to write a Markdown tutorial here.
Clark Quinn
FEBRUARY 25, 2020
On LinkedIn, I was asked: “I would like to ask sir, how can I be a world-class educational technologist?” Of course, my immediate response should be “how should I know? ;) But I thought I’d do a bit better. First, I get requests about how to get started as an instructional designer (particularly offers to come work for me). As to skills, make sure you know the major authoring tools, e.g. Lectora, Captivate, and/or Storyline.
Doc Searls
NOVEMBER 30, 2013
Radio used to be wireless audio on a broadcast band. What used to be called Radio (iTunes’ collection of webcasting radio stations), which had already been pushed down one directory level to “Music,” is now available only under a new button called “Internet.” Worse, it won’t appear unless you open preferences in iTunes and check a box to turn it on. For stations, networks and chains: Normalize to the Net.
Irving Wladawsky-Berger
SEPTEMBER 30, 2019
A number of studies agree that AI is the biggest commercial opportunity for companies and industries over the next 10-15 years. Two recent reports by McKinsey and PwC respectively concluded that AI has the potential to incrementally increase global economic output between now and 2030 by an additional $13 to $15 trillion. Surveys with thousands of executives, showed that most firms are only using AI in ad hoc pilots or applying it to a single business process.
David Weinberger
NOVEMBER 24, 2013
I spent some time this morning happily browsing advice from famous writers on how to write, thanks to Maria Popova’s [twitter: Brain Pickings ] own writings on those writers writing about writing. piece that also contains links to famous writers on said topic. Some of these pieces were familiar, some not, but all convinced me of one thing: writers should re-label their advice on how to write as “How I Write.” Welcome to my blog.)
Doc Searls
JULY 12, 2020
Sell tickets to attend online through Zoom, Microsoft Teams, Google Hangouts, Webex, GoToMeeting, Jitsi or whatever conferencing system can supply working tech to the NBA. That’s not much time to prepare, but there’s money in it for the NBA and the companies it hires to pull this off. Obviously Zoom is the one to beat (since so many of us already use it), but Microsoft Teams just said a bunch of stuff that makes me think they could pull this one off. (I’d
David Weinberger
SEPTEMBER 10, 2015
We found a standard formula of how to talk like Hannibal. “Tell me, Will…” Dramatic question about how this random thing relates to Will. For instance, last weekend we went to a potluck and couldn’t stop cracking each other up. “A potluck is an event in which individuals bring a cherished part of themselves to a communal table. Tell me, Will…what will you bring to the table?”
Clark Quinn
SEPTEMBER 27, 2016
I was asked by a colleague to answer some questions for a project on how to learn. I naturally decided to answer in a blog post ;). In your working life, how have you learnt effectively from experience, please provide an example if possible? how have you used intentional practice, learnt from failure, learnt from ambitious projects and/or used reflection). how have you learnt from project teams, mentors, coaches and/or broader social networks).
Stephen Downes: Half an Hour
JULY 30, 2020
Thank you very much Sarah and I'm still waiting for that invitation to speak in Antarctica. Welcome to our contact North online learning seminar. How to help students succeed by taking ownership of their learning online through personal learning? So I try to gather content from. I organize that I read it first to try to understand it. Thing about you in order to work properly. So we're going to pause here. So check to check that chat.
Kevin Wheeler
MARCH 21, 2013
can say that Muad’Dib learned rapidly because his first training was in how to learn. It is shocking to find how many people do not believe they can learn, and how many more believe learning to be difficult.”. -Frank Herbert, Dune. Send to Facebook.
TOPYX LMS
NOVEMBER 7, 2019
were unable to meet demand, per Stanford Social Innovation Review. Few have the resources they need to adapt to new economic realities. Instead, they keep trying to do more with less and maintain services for those in need.”. How to Use LMS LMS benefits NonprofitWhat many nonprofits need more than anything is money. In 2013, over half of all nonprofits in the U.S. 1 A contributor wrote, “Many nonprofits barely break even—even in the good years.
Xyleme
JULY 9, 2019
In her 2017 article, The Holy Trifecta: The Secret to Faster, Better, & Cheaper Global Content , translation expert Val Swisher explains that structured content is one of the three factors driving efficiency into the globalization process. Coupled with optimizing translation memory, a system that stores translated words for reuse, structured content is key to keeping translation costs down. It can be very costly to reformat documents to handle language expansion or contraction.
Dan Pontefract
OCTOBER 18, 2018
5:29 in length) “How To Stop. Dan's Related Posts: The Essential Creative Thinking Questions To Ask Yourself. Word Cloud: OPEN TO THINK. Sneak Peek Audio Clip of OPEN TO THINK. Three Strategies To Improve Your Creative Thinking.
TOPYX LMS
SEPTEMBER 9, 2020
Participating in remote training isn’t as simple as most people believe it to be. Also, some employees may see that logging onto the company learning management system (LMS) is easier to do from work where desktop computers abound.
Jane Hart
OCTOBER 24, 2017
On 2 October 2017, I released the results of the 11th Annual Learning Tools survey in the form of the Top 200 Tools for Learning 2017 list. What has become very clear over the last 11 years is that many individuals are now using a wide selection of web-based resources, tools, and … Social learning
Steve Denning
DECEMBER 21, 2010
Start with the heart » December 21, 2010 PBS: How to fix America? PBS has an interesting site entitled “ How to Fix America ” The introduction reads: “Not to overstate the obvious, but America is having a pretty tough go of it these days.
Jane Hart
OCTOBER 22, 2015
In a previous post here, From “knowledge worker” to “learning worker”: what this means for an organisation I’ve written about the concept of a “learning worker” that Jacob Morgan believes is one of the 7 principles of the future employee. Knowledge is a commodity, to be the smartest person in the room all you need is a smartphone.
Jane Hart
JUNE 5, 2019
In other words, they emphasise the need for continuous formal learning, and, in organisational terms, this implies providing more and more training or access to online course libraries. […]. There is, rightly, a lot of talk nowadays about “lifelong learning” and “continuous learning” but more often than not, articles focus on “lifelong education” or “continuous training”.
Steve Denning
JANUARY 6, 2011
» January 06, 2011 HBR on How to Fix Capitalism: A Bandage on a Cancer Michael Porter, strategy guru extraordinaire , and Mark Kramer have an article in the January 2011 issue of Harvard Business Review entitled How To Fix Capitalism.
Stephen Downes: Half an Hour
SEPTEMBER 5, 2016
How can people earn an extra gold star with you? The next set of questions were more focused on how we interact with others: How do you coach people to do their best work and develop their talents? What’s the best way to communicate with you? What’s the best way to convince you to do something? How do you like to give feedback? How do you like to get feedback
Irving Wladawsky-Berger
NOVEMBER 4, 2019
But, “the adoption of digital technologies in business doesn’t come as naturally,” - especially if you’re working in a big, old company. “Inserting digital technologies to enhance operations and create new value propositions has proven extremely challenging.”. While in our personal lives we’ve enthusiastically embraced digital technology advances, many corporations and institutions still struggle to do so. The IT unit is not positioned to design people and processes.
Jane Hart
JUNE 3, 2014
So what can you do to bring workplace more in line with modern day personal, independent learning? In the last 10 years there has been a big change in the way that many people now learn – I’ve written about the 6 key features here. There are four main ways: Do the same things but differently – update your existing approaches […]. Social learning
David Weinberger
NOVEMBER 4, 2014
I went to see To Be Takei last night, and George himself was there for an interview afterwards. It occurred to me that I’d like him to autograph his book Oh Myyy , but I only have a copy on my Kindle. So, here’s a proposal for the Kindle, the Nook, and for any other DRM-ed ebook reader: Allow us to embed one and only one photo into our copy of an ebook. PS: To Be Takei was really enjoyable.
TOPYX LMS
SEPTEMBER 11, 2020
Primarily, COVID-19 has forced workers to learn in a socially distanced and often remote environment, making instructor-led training (ILT) less popular. COVID-19 has presented unique training challenges for organizations. It has caused a variety of shifts in the corporate training world.
Jane Hart
OCTOBER 18, 2015
This is the first in a series of three public social online workshop that introduce you to the key ways to promote continuous, everyday, learning in your organisation. The workshop will help you understand how to work […]. Last week I posted about the importance of supporting everyday workplace learning.
Mind Hacks
FEBRUARY 6, 2017
How do you persuade somebody of the facts? Asking them to be fair, impartial and unbiased is not enough. To explain why, psychologist Tom Stafford analyses a classic scientific study. One of the tricks our mind plays is to highlight evidence which confirms what we already believe. This matters when we want to make better decisions. How we should to protect our decisions from confirmation bias depends on why, psychologically, confirmation bias happens.
Mind Hacks
FEBRUARY 6, 2017
How do you persuade somebody of the facts? Asking them to be fair, impartial and unbiased is not enough. To explain why, psychologist Tom Stafford analyses a classic scientific study. One of the tricks our mind plays is to highlight evidence which confirms what we already believe. This matters when we want to make better decisions. How we should to protect our decisions from confirmation bias depends on why, psychologically, confirmation bias happens.
Dan Pontefract
SEPTEMBER 17, 2016
According to the CFPB , employees of Wells Fargo “secretly opened accounts and shifted funds from consumers’ existing accounts into these new accounts without their knowledge or permission to do so, often racking up fees or other charges.”. Furthermore, shareholders are now pushing the bank to investigate “whether the divestiture of all non-core banking business segments would enhance shareholder value, and whether it should divide into a number of independent firms.”
Dan Pontefract
NOVEMBER 12, 2013
It wasn’t long into a trip from Vancouver to Washington, DC when my female seatmate asked the flight attendant for a glass of white wine. AM = ante meridian or as I like to say, “aromatic meritage” By 10:00am she was on her third glass and by half past the hour the Chilean Sauvignon Blanc bottle was no more. I also wondered if I might have to perform CPR or at least donate my ‘sickness bag’ But where would I spit out my gum? Her book spoke to me.
Andy McAfee
NOVEMBER 15, 2013
With this flow, it’s natural for the speaker to come offstage and talk to people during the break. They’re a chance to keep talking about the ideas that brought us to the event in the first place, which is great. So to close out the week I’d like to offer a few tips on how to interact productively post-stage with someone who’s just given a talk or a presentation. Go ahead and give it to them.
TOPYX LMS
AUGUST 12, 2020
Due to COVID-19, working from home has become the new normal for many employees. The Hartford Courant reported that a variety of major employers in Connecticut plan to keep employees working from home through 2020 during the coronavirus crisis. Some companies have moved all of their employee training programs online to accommodate workers’ new training needs.
Mind Hacks
FEBRUARY 7, 2018
In How To Become A Centaur Case gives blitz history of AI, and of its lesser known cousin IA – Intelligence Augmentation. The insight that digital technology could be a a ‘bicycle for the mind’ (Steve Jobs’ quote) gave us the modern computer, as shown in the 1968 Mother of All Demos which introduced the world to the mouse, hypertext, video conferencing and collaborative working. The article is too good to try to summarise.
TOPYX LMS
FEBRUARY 20, 2020
Effective corporate training and development programs are key to improved employee productivity. The right training program will provide employees with technical and soft skills needed to perform at a higher level.
Jane Hart
NOVEMBER 2, 2015
The advent of social technologies brings huge benefits to a work team, including the facility to improve communication, enhance continuous learning and performance improvement and capture organisational knowledge. Next public online workshop: 9 November – 4 December 2015 In the workplace, people learn continuously as a result of working in their teams.
Dan Pontefract
FEBRUARY 24, 2014
How many you ask? I ventured over to Bing and repeated the exercise. I’ve no idea why there is a gap of 400 million search terms between Google and Microsoft, but either way there are a lot of opinions and there is a lot of content out there related to the term ’team’. I teamed up with Denise to buy a new car) or you can use it as a noun. (eg. Inside an organization we’re constantly striving to find ways in which to improve a team. It’s over one billion.
Stephen Downes: Half an Hour
JULY 26, 2014
First, accept that it takes a certain amount of time to travel half way across the country or around the world. Eight hours to get to Denver? Compared to the two-day drive it would otherwise take. Seventeen hours to Istanbul? Airlines have the concept of ''gate to gate'' to take into account for taxi time. You should have the concept of door to door'' to take into account your taxi time. Make sure you''re going to the right terminal.
Harold Jarche
MARCH 3, 2013
From danah boyd’s presentation at ASTD TechKnowledge 2013 , on the future of work: But if you want to prepare people not just for the next job, but for the one after that, you need to help them think through the relationships they have and what they learn from the people around them. Building lifelong learners means instilling curiosity, but it also means helping people recognize how important it is that they continuously surround themselves by people that they can learn from.
Harold Jarche
NOVEMBER 7, 2013
Gary Hamel says that we are moving from an Industrial to a Creative Economy , which requires more independent workers with initiative, creativity, and passion. Core ideas about valued work: from producing tangible goods to intangible services; from looking for best practices to constantly developing emergent practices; from standardized jobs to being transparent in changing work practices as one learns while working.
Nine Shift
JANUARY 13, 2011
Here's how to cut out-of-reach and out-of-reason high college tuition. Colleges reduce or eliminate costs that have nothing to do with learning. Nine Shift has predicted we need to cut tuition in half.
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