#12×12 Day 1: Learning Tools

I can't tell you how important I think learning is to everyone. Regardless of your age, your career or anything else if you're not continually learning new things, you're falling behind. So in that context, I'd like to kick-off this #12x12 series with 12 of my favorite learning tools. For the past several years I'veContinue reading "#12×12 Day 1: Learning Tools"

12×12 Days of Christmas

Last year I shared my 12 Apps of Christmas and I'm happy to say that those apps have passed the test of time and are still humming along in my browser today. This year I'm challenging myself to kick it up a notch and share 12 items for each of the 12 days of Christmas.Continue reading "12×12 Days of Christmas"

Pimp My PowerPoint

When you're working on building a presentation in PowerPoint you're going to want some really great looking images that are right at your fingertips right? Instead of bouncing back and forth between multiple browser tabs and your slides, wouldn't it be nice if everything you need was right there in PowerPoint? Well, you're in luck!Continue reading "Pimp My PowerPoint"

Free Download: Storyline Menu Template

Recently, while reading some web development articles I came across this cool animated menu and thought it would make a cool elearning course menu. I took a few minutes to recreate it and this is how it turned out. Add a cool, appealing intro slide in front and this could make a nice opening sequence forContinue reading "Free Download: Storyline Menu Template"

A Few Things L&D Should Steal From Marketing

We may not realize it, but as learning professionals, we have a lot of things in common with marketers. We both face one big challenge: How to get people's attention and help them think and act in new ways. So what can we learn from marketing teams? As it turns out, a lot. In today'sContinue reading "A Few Things L&D Should Steal From Marketing"

3 Steps to Build Visibility & Credibility

I've been invited to talk with people currently in the capstone course of my San Diego State Learning Design and Technology graduate program. The main thing I plan to share with them are the three things I think will help them the most as they advance into or further along with their careers. Do the 'Reading'Continue reading "3 Steps to Build Visibility & Credibility"

My Top 10 Learning Tools for 2016

The voting for Jane Hart's 2016 edition of the Top 100 Learning Tools is winding down and here are my own Top 10. It's hard to believe this is my 10th year participating and it's interesting to compare this year's list to my first one back from 2007. 1. Twitter [ Personal & Professional LearningContinue reading "My Top 10 Learning Tools for 2016"

Need a scanner? Try your phone

Once upon a time, people had visions of a paperless society.  At some point, I may even have been one of them. Alas! No such luck. While the number of paper forms, etc we have to deal with is significantly less than it used to be, there always seems to be that odd time that we needContinue reading "Need a scanner? Try your phone"

Friday Finds

It's been awhile since my last post on new things I've discovered. So here are some things that I've collected since then including: Sortd: a super useful task list skin for Gmail Office Lens: a mobile app that lets you translate photos of documents into editable Word and PowerPoint Photopea: a free, online graphics editorContinue reading "Friday Finds"

Converting Keynote to PowerPoint

Every once in awhile I find a great looking Keynote slide deck, like these over at Site2Max, and I think how great it would be to bring it over into PowerPoint to customize it. Fortunately, there is a super simple and free way to do just that - even if you don't have access to theContinue reading "Converting Keynote to PowerPoint"