Category Archives: learning

Working Out Loud & Learn Camp

Over the past three summers, I’ve run a self-directed, online learning program called Learn Camp. Based on the 23 Things project created by Helene Blowers. Originally created as a way to help others get up to speed with newer digital tools by actually using those same tools in the process. Although the topics have evolvedContinueContinue reading “Working Out Loud & Learn Camp”

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Friday 5: Curation, Visual Inspiration, Presentation Book, Animated Online Videos & Windows Shortcuts

Thanks for stopping by. Here are the top 5 things I’m noodling on this week. I share a whole lot more things like this on Twitter and save the better ones over in Diigo. Feedly Share Collections Feedly introduced a new feature called “Shared Collections” (paid pro feature) that lets you choose to share what you readContinueContinue reading “Friday 5: Curation, Visual Inspiration, Presentation Book, Animated Online Videos & Windows Shortcuts”

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Friday 5 – Team knowledge sharing, Interactive presentation polling, Excel Fill magic

Thanks for stopping by. Here are the things I’m noodling on this week. I share a whole lot more things like this on Twitter and save the better ones over in Diigo. Guru Guru is a browser extension that facilitates knowledge sharing among teams. I’m giving it a try to see how well it works. IfContinueContinue reading “Friday 5 – Team knowledge sharing, Interactive presentation polling, Excel Fill magic”

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2015 Top 10 Learning Tools

It’s that time of year again. Time to round up my top 10 learning tools for Jane Harts annual Top 100 list. Twitter – The best way to find, follow and connect with an amazing network of people. I am @tmiket PowerPoint – There is SO much you can do in PowerPoint, even including creatingContinueContinue reading “2015 Top 10 Learning Tools”

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Connecting & Collecting Info the Easy Way

This post was originally published on my weekly tips blog which you can get in your inbox every Friday via email by registering here. There are a lot of us who at one point or another need to collect information from a number of different people. Traditionally, you send out an email asking for the informationContinueContinue reading “Connecting & Collecting Info the Easy Way”

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Get Things Done Faster With This Handy PowerPoint Toolbar

If you’re anything like me,  you love anything that enables you to do things more efficiently. (And who doesn’t like that?) So with that in mind, I’d like to share the Quick Access Toolbar (QAT) that I use in PowerPoint. The QAT is basically your own personalized toolbar that puts all your favorite and most usedContinueContinue reading “Get Things Done Faster With This Handy PowerPoint Toolbar”

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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 thatContinueContinue reading “20 Free Tools For Creating An Awesome Online Portfolio”

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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 styleContinueContinue reading “Free Skitch Inspired Icon Set”

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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 withContinueContinue reading “My 2014 Top 10 Tools for Learning”

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