Friday Finds | November 3, 2017

It has been a very rich week around here. In addition to all the Halloween candy, we’ve got a lot of great stuff for presenters, training pros and other types of digital workers. 59 Theses For the Future of Work Mathias Vermeulen surfaced this article containing 59 theses for the future of work. These areContinueContinue reading “Friday Finds | November 3, 2017”

Create value for others by curating information with ZEEF

While it has gained a lot of attention in recent years, curation has always been an important part of an effective learning and development practitioners toolkit. If you think about it, aren’t courses just another form of searching, organizing, and sharing information? Good instructional designers, trainers, teachers, facilitators, and public speakers are curators by nature.ContinueContinue reading “Create value for others by curating information with ZEEF”

Friday Finds | October 27, 2017

Around here the temperatures are dropping, but things are still hot in the world of learning, technology, and social media. In addition to our regularly scheduled articles and insights, there were several great conferences and events this week. So be sure to carve out a few minutes to take a spin through the backchannels. (ThisContinueContinue reading “Friday Finds | October 27, 2017”

Friday Finds | October 6, 2017

Don’t waste time coming here to find everything. Get these and more right in your inbox by subscribing to my newsletter Jane Hart’s 11th Annual Top Learning Tools Jane Hart (@c4lpt) has been polling learning pros about their top learning for 11 years. This week she published this year’s edition and as always, it isContinueContinue reading “Friday Finds | October 6, 2017”

A Look at Over Ten Years of Top Learning Tools

This week Jane Hart (@c4lpt) published the results of this year’s Top Learning tools survey. If you haven’t seen it yet, you should definitely pop over there and take a good look. Alternatively, I’ve included her slide deck for your convenience. I’ve contributed every year since the first one back in 2007. Here is whatContinueContinue reading “A Look at Over Ten Years of Top Learning Tools”

Marketers Know About the Lizard Brain. Do you?

Are you speaking to the lizard brain? You should be!

Friday Finds | September 15, 2017

I’m enjoying my favorite time of year. The weather is turning cooler but the great stuff in learning, technology, and social media is still as hot as ever. Here are a few of the best things that flew across my radar this week. The college lecture is dying. Good riddance. As you read this, considerContinueContinue reading “Friday Finds | September 15, 2017”

Converting Keynote to PowerPoint

There are so many great designers sharing their work these days. For example, this beautiful Keynote presentation template popped up in my morning reading yesterday. There are times like this when I’d really like to pull this over to use it or some of the elements in PowerPoint. Fortunately, there is a super quick andContinueContinue reading “Converting Keynote to PowerPoint”

Friday Finds | September 1, 2017

It’s a beautifully cool day here in Ohio and I’ve got some even cooler things to share in this week’s learning, technology, and social media roundup. Why Successful People Spend 10 Hours A Week On “Compound Time” By far, the biggest excuse I hear from L&D practitioners is “I don’t have time for that.” InsteadContinueContinue reading “Friday Finds | September 1, 2017”

Friday Finds | August 25, 2017

What a wonderful week! We got to see the eclipse and get into a bunch of fun cool stuff. Here are a few of the good things that passed across my radar.  Cheers! The Difference Between Amateurs and Professionals Why is it that some people seem to be hugely successful and do so much, whileContinueContinue reading “Friday Finds | August 25, 2017”