Friday 5

Welcome to the inaugural edition of my Friday 5 posts. During the course of a normal week I read a lot and cover a pretty good size bit of the online world related to learning design, technology, presentations, elearning and other similar topics. I share a lot of these on Twitter (from Feedly via Buffer -Continue reading "Friday 5"

PowerPoint: Mac vs Windows

In my now, not so new role at Mindset Digital we have both Mac and Windows people. Both doing a LOT of work in PowerPoint.  In general, it seems that the odd of needing to share slide decks between Mac and Windows computers are much higher today than ever before. If you've ever compared PowerPointContinue reading "PowerPoint: Mac vs Windows"

Keep Up With Your Twitter Lists (and a whole lot more) in Flipboad

You know about Flipboard right? The super visual, great looking way to keep up on all the things you love and discover other new sources of news and learning? (If not, get over there now and check it out! )  Their iPad app is how I usually browser my Flipboard magazines, but you can callContinue reading "Keep Up With Your Twitter Lists (and a whole lot more) in Flipboad"

An ‘Edgee’ Way to Curate & Share Your Best Stuff

I've been experimenting with a new online tool called Edgee that is a different type of platform. Think of a cross between visual bookmarks ala Pinterest and a blog. This overview video below, gives you a good idea of how it works. https://vimeo.com/118015574 I like how easy it is to assemble a page around aContinue reading "An ‘Edgee’ Way to Curate & Share Your Best Stuff"

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 informationContinue reading "Connecting & Collecting Info the Easy Way"

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 usedContinue reading "Get Things Done Faster With This Handy PowerPoint Toolbar"

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"