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Intrinsic and Extrinsic Influences on our Digital Identit(y/ies)
Great reflection piece by Andy Coverdale about Digital Identities. I’m convinced that both the intrinsic (critical practice) and extrinsic (confessional practice) influences are necessary for properly forming identity. I’m still wondering what the particular influences are in the digital realm. I might have to dig out Sherry Turkle’s Life on the Screen In researching approaches…
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Strategically Implementing Microblogging in your Organization To Boost Efficiency
In a recent blog post, Harvard Business Review’s Jeanne C Meister and Karie Willyerd advocate using microblogging to enable the members of an organization to communicate and share information with one another more rapidly and efficiently than ever before. So what exactly is microblogging? It is the practice of posting very short statements, commonly 140…
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How to Use Skype as a Community Platform
This is absolutely a fantastic tutorial on Skype which goes beyond functionality and looks at applicability by Community of Practice expert John David Smith. You probably already know that Skype is a great tool – especially for community leaders. If you are a technology steward, it’s not only a great tool but it’s also a…
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How to Avoid Presentation Overload
I’m a huge fan of clean, streamlined presentations with just a few key points. Not yet an expert myself, I have made huge efforts in reducing the amount of content in my presentations, as well as on my support slides. So how exactly does one go about fighting the urge to overload their audience with…
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Joining the Brandon Hall Workplace Learning Today Blogger Team
Brandon Hall Research has invited me to join their group of bloggers. Workplace Learning Today is a group effort by senior Brandon Hall Research analysts Janet Clarey, Richard Nantel, Tom Werner, Gary Woodill, and now yours truly, to provide readers with a daily summary of news, events, commentary, and research on all aspects of workplace…
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Filters to Avoid Being Flooded by a Wave of Content
When I was approached two weeks ago to be part of the Workplace Learning Today team, I was both flattered and thrilled to take on a new challenge. In preparation for delivering weekly insights, I decided to do a major cleanup of my Google Reader Feeds. And before I knew it, the wave of content…
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Defining Moments are Born from Uncertainty
This is a great piece by Tsun-yan Hsieh is Director Emeritus at McKinsey & Company about how to let yourself be vulnerable and embrace uncertainty to acheive breakthroughs. Are You Prepared for Your Next Defining Moment? These critical moments are often characterized as “moments of truth,” but in real-time, they’re usually a moment of uncertainty,…
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KM Adoption and Engagement Strategy
It’s pretty upfront, but sometimes we tend to ignore the basics. I’m sharing this piece by Simon Goh more a reminder of the steps we need to take for engaging individuals. It also has some interesting tips. So what’s adoption and engagement… Adoption is ingrained in an organisation when people say “We need to do…