Practice 1: collect a set of anecdotes around a topic of interest. One of the entrants, a goldsmith, was Fillipo Brunelleschi who had come up with an ingenious design but he was afraid to present his ideas in detail in case they were stolen. Nick was standing in front of a wall of stories. Imagine answering a phone in an interview. MORE >>

Breaking presentations down into 7-10 minute segments alternated with interactive periods to maintain engagement. mean it in the sense that the presenter so engages us, we are truly listening and captivated.). For a Learntec Event this spring, she decided to experiment with a F2F presentation technique called Pecha Kucha, but ONLINE. MORE >>

This is the nineth in a series of blog posts I wrote for  Darren Sidnick  late last year in the context of communities of practice as part of online learning initiatives. They can be discussion based, or can be a presentation by a guest or tutor combined with time for questions and answers. am finally getting the rest of the series up. MORE >>

October is a month on the road… and one stop is Lyon, France, where I’ll be presenting at the third edition of the fOSSa Conference taking place from October 26 to 28, 2011. Mmmm… collaboration communities of practice community community indicators events technology stewardship canlis4freeWhat is fOSSa? ” Yum. MORE >>

We may think we should adopt best practices , but to be really effective and innovative we need to practice to be best. Jay Deragon talks about how important it is to think about what we do and not just emulate others: Social Doo Doo’s are those that practice and copy, what others do expecting to get the same or better results. MORE >>