http://www.jarche.com Strategies for learning & working on the Web Sun, 06 Jul 2008 01:13:04 +0000 http://backend.userland.com/rss092 en In his Valence Theory of Organizations, Mark Federman identified "several specific forms of valence relationships that are enacted by two or more people when they come together to do almost anything; these are economic, social-psychological, identity, knowledge, and ecological." Recently Mark has posted on why bureaucracy and collaboration are mutually exclusive, ... http://www.jarche.com/2008/07/collaboration-versus-teamwork/ When I was in the Canadian Forces Medical Services much of my work was in preparation for mass casualty situations, such as would happen in a conflict. Hospitals and medical personnel train for mass casualty situations because the rules are a bit different from the standard admission process. You are ... http://www.jarche.com/2008/07/learning-professionals-as-first-responders/ John Diefenbaker, Prime Minister of Canada, in 1960, while referring to the Canadian Bill of Rights: “I am a Canadian, free to speak without fear, free to worship in my own way, free to stand for what I think right, free to oppose what I think wrong, and free to choose ... http://www.jarche.com/2008/07/i-am-a-canadian/ I had the opportunity/chance/pain of being on a social media panel for our Third Tuesday Meetup, so I couldn't resist a post called Ten Questions Not To Ask A Social Media Panel. It's a humourous post with much truth between the lines. I've found that just about everybody today is ... http://www.jarche.com/2008/06/the-business-of-social-media/ I finally got around to reading Everything Is Miscellaneous: The Power of the New Digital Disorder by David Weinberger. I thought that I understood the premise and contents fairly well from my readings on the Web but I was pleasantly surprised by this book, which is now available in paperback. ... http://www.jarche.com/2008/06/negotiating-the-mesh-of-social-meaning/ The Australian Broadcasting Corporation has hit some success with a program that gets viewers to create mash-up advertisements that spoof traditional advertising. The number of ads made for a range of fictional products - a beer, an anti-ageing cream and a bank - and the number of times they have been ... http://www.jarche.com/2008/06/your-market-is-laughing-at-you/ Two meetings in one day. One was traditional. Use the telephone; get everyone on the same page through lengthy discussions; follow up with e-mail; work several iterations; many phone calls and lots more e-mail. No one uses social media in their work flow. Getting paid for this work. Conference call ... http://www.jarche.com/2008/06/meetings/ For the next month I'll be a co-editor of Stephen Downes' OLDaily newsletter, with Barry Dahl and Gary Woodill. This will probably mean fewer posts on this blog. I'm looking forward to the challenge of an enforced daily posting. My own blog averages about a post per day but if I ... http://www.jarche.com/2008/06/oldaily-summer-edition/ This week I attended the Social Media Meetup in Moncton and had the opportunity to spend some time with guest speaker Jevon Macdonald and several other folks, hosted by Steve in his new business digs. I met Steve Mallett over five years ago when I gave a presentation on open ... http://www.jarche.com/2008/06/monctons-open-source-community-is-growing/ Bill Brantley responded to my post on work literacy: In fact, as the rise of social network-based learning has demonstrated, employees no longer need the company to develop their knowledge, skills, and abilities. This is the conundrum for those of us who would like to help organisations [and get paid] in enabling ... http://www.jarche.com/2008/06/pitching-work-literacy/