20 Free Tools For Creating An Awesome Online Portfolio

Last week at the ATD TechKnowledge conference in Las Vegas, I led a session on tools anyone can use to easily create a great looking portfolio. It went really well with lots of great feedback. We covered options for getting your courses online and 20 free tools ranging from super fast personal landing pages thatContinue reading "20 Free Tools For Creating An Awesome Online Portfolio"

Free Skitch Inspired Icon Set

I'm a big fan of Evernote's screenshot tool, Skitch. If you take many screenshots you should definitely check it out - for a free app it is hard to beat. One of the things I like about it, are the great looking, built in icons. For a recent project, I wanted to use a similar styleContinue reading "Free Skitch Inspired Icon Set"

My 2014 Top 10 Tools for Learning

I've participated in Jane Hart's Top 100 Learning Tools survey for several years now. I really enjoy seeing how the top ranked tools are evolving what others are finding most useful.1. Articulate Storyline/Studio2. Feedly - My feed reader to keep track of blogs and other things I want to follow online3.  Twitter - Great way to find, follow and connect withContinue reading "My 2014 Top 10 Tools for Learning"

New Skills All L&D Pros Should Have

I just read Shannon Tipton's post on "10 Ways to Take Your Corporate University Out of Snoozeville " and  she dropped this list 10 things every L&D person should know how to do in at the end. While these might not be the first ten things you should know I totally agree that these typesContinue reading "New Skills All L&D Pros Should Have"

Digital Content: It’s Child’s Play!

Not surprisingly, my kids (7 and 5)  have taken an interest in creating digital content. It is really a natural extension of what they've seen at school and home on the computer, iPads, etc so I'm not surprised. It is cool to see them get excited about things they create. From using PowerPoint like aContinue reading "Digital Content: It’s Child’s Play!"

RSS to Email

While I am not one of them, some people prefer to get news and updates via email instead of checking blogs or using an RSS reader. If you have any sources that you'd like to get in your email instead of your RSS/Feed reader, one easy way to make that happen is by setting up aContinue reading "RSS to Email"

WordPress Presentation Short Code

I just came across this presentation short code for WordPress and wanted to test it out. Learn more about it here.

Do your most popular posts get stuck in “Draft”?

Recently Mark Britz raised the question of whether or not you can benefit even from the posts you do not publish. I have to cast my vote that yes, just going through the thought process and focusing on what you want to say can be beneficial at times regardless of whether or not you ultimatelyContinue reading "Do your most popular posts get stuck in “Draft”?"

Learn & Play With Us This Summer

I've been a big fan of the original Learning 2.0 program  (and it's hundreds of derivatives that have followed), since I first stumbled onto it a number of years ago. The original program was designed by Helene Blowers, currently Community Manager for WorldShare Applications at OCLC right here in Columbus. Helene explains this program asContinue reading "Learn & Play With Us This Summer"

BlogBooker Converts Your Blog Into a PDF Book

Blogbooker is a handy online tool that enables you to generate a PDF document from all your blog's entries and comments. It works for any blog running on WordPress, LiveJournal (and derivatives) or Blogger.  The process is pretty simple and only takes about 3-4 minutes, depending on the size of your blog. Use your blog'sContinue reading "BlogBooker Converts Your Blog Into a PDF Book"