Twitter FavesThe Project did not last very long but I learned a few things along the way. First, I saw how England and Scotland are using social media to address the stigma around mental health issues, with Shift and SeeMe. Advocacy and non-profit groups could take some lessons from these organizations, especially Shift’s high quality videos. [...]
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Once again, from the Twitter files this past week: Work: “And what I found out is that talent is much overrated. It is motivation and help that makes the difference. They [HR] talk about ´talent´ as if it is a thing that actually exists, apart from effort, motivation and experience.” @MireilleJansma Dan Pink at TED: [...]
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Mark Sylvester hosted a web conference today on the role of an online community manager. Here are some highlights from my notes: The session used tweetchat.com for the text chat, but this medium was very slow. Alternatives to Twitter should be used if you want online chat. An integrated chat was not available with the [...]
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Over the years of writing this blog I’ve reorganized, added tags, categories and the Key Posts & Toolbox pages in order to help make sense of over 1,500 posts. A major theme in my writing has been our shift to a networked society and what that means in how we work and learn. I’m especially [...]
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In Become a meta L&D Manager (requires free registration), my colleagues Jay Cross & Clark Quinn advise that it’s time to take a broader look at learning in the organization: Your charter as head of L&D [learning & development] is to optimise learning throughout the organisation, not just in the pockets that once belonged to [...]
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Matthew Hodgson asks at The AppGap what participation and engagement really mean and he refers to the IAP2 core values of public participation. These values, based on “the belief that those who are affected by a decision have a right to be involved in the decision-making process” are important for a participative democracy but I [...]
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From the twitter files this past week: Many US films don’t even bother to register in Canada and they complain about copyright infringement? via @michaelgeist The Search Engine Optimization scam via @jonhusband The corporation is so clueless … that sometimes [change] really does depend on a single individual Our collective challenge: how to empower workers [...]
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I’ve called my blog my persistent presence on the Web. It’s the one place that hasn’t changed over the years; it’s just got a bit bigger. As more social media applications come and go and we see value in some of them and maybe even use them more than our blogs, it becomes even more [...]
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I have little doubt that industrial management and all that it has created (chain of command, human resources, line & staff, production, etc.) are the wrong models for the emerging, networked workplace. This is a workplace with increasing numbers of free-agents and permanent employees who don’t have a job for life, especially as the average [...]
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This week I made the leap back to Identi.ca, so who knows how many more Friday’s finds on Twitter I’ll be posting. From the past week: An open letter from an actual Starbucks front-line employee (good read for all leaders) via @AmandaFenton When it comes to social media, military is anything but uniform – Hint [...]
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