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WEB WORKER DAILY | TUESDAY, MAY 22, 2012 Sidecar turns the simple phone call into a media sharefest Once a call a Sidecar session is established, the participants can just have a normal voice conversation, but the client presents them with a several collaboration choices. Yet another app has joined the growing ranks of over-the-top mobile VoIP services, but Sidecar is offering up a twist on the usual VoIP format. or Canadian number. -
VIZTHINK BLOG | MONDAY, MAY 21, 2012 Red Light Go: Mixed Signals in Visual Communication Questions also had to be presented in a non-verbal way, using marker and paper. This is called, “cognitive dissonance” Display signage, traffic and wayfinding signs, web sites navigation, and presentations given using Powerpoint or Keynote can all contain cognitive dissonance, as demonstrated in a series of on-screen examples. -
WEB WORKER DAILY | MONDAY, MAY 21, 2012 ClearSlide offers painless pitching for sales pros, achieves impressive growth Of course, ClearSlide isn’t the only company helping folks share presentations. WebEx, GoToMeeting and SlideRocket offer some of the same capabilities, but ClearSlide is more specifically focused on sales, combining tools for email and in-person presenting, as well as the virtual pitch. ” Plus, ClearSlide offers analytics. -
HAROLD JARCHE | FRIDAY, MAY 18, 2012 “I will never stop learning” Can Anyone Present? Here are some of the observations and insights that were shared via Twitter this past week. gapingvoid – “Marketing is not mathematics. There are no solutions, only experiments.” will never stop learning. won’t just work on things that are assigned to me. know there’s no such thing as a status quo. -
PORTALS AND KM | FRIDAY, MAY 18, 2012 harmon.ie Goes Mobile, Bringing SharePoint to the iPad Now business users can work on a presentation from their desktop, drag-and-drop it to SharePoint, and send a link to colleagues using harmon.ie I have written about harmon.ie several times. See for example - Harmon.ie Provides Social Email to Help Drive Enterprise Collaboration Adoption. in Microsoft Outlook or IBM Lotus Notes.
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KNOWLEDGE JOLT WITH JACK | WEDNESDAY, MAY 16, 2012 Gregory Howell on commitment and collaboration at #LSSC12 It It is embedded in the Macomber / Howell slideshare presentation Five Big Ideas Reshaping Project Delivery (slide 12). Real collaboration happens when we agree to move money across borders. Tuesday opened with a fun, story-filled keynote from Gregory Howell of the Lean Construction Institute. That got my attention. Greg: Great. -
CONVERSATION MATTERS | SUNDAY, MAY 13, 2012 Why Knowledge Management Didn’t Save General Motors: Addressing Complex Issues By Convening Conversation All three elements are present in the story about Johnsonville Food. Could you come to our three day meeting and make a presentation about what makes an effective knowledge management strategy?” And, like my presentation, each of them spoke for only 15 minutes. Starting about 2000 GM put together a vibrant KM program. Convening. -
ACTKM | FRIDAY, MAY 11, 2012 Network Numerology : Demystifying Numbers in Social Network Analysis Information Awareness Month - actKM event - presentation by Graham Durant-Law of HyperEdge at the Canberra Museum and Art Gallery on the 15th of May 2012 - 4pm to 6 pm. In this presentation some of the more common measures used in Social Network Analysis will be demystified. The term is most often used in a derogatory sense. Events -
Curtain Raiser: The CM Summit in NYC Next Week Last year we eliminated panels from our program, the move was met with great success – attendees love our fast-paced approach, which features short, high-value presentations from leaders in digital marketing and technology platforms, interspersed with conversations with CMOs from Fortune 500 brands and entrepreneurs driving change in digital. -
WEB WORKER DAILY | WEDNESDAY, MAY 9, 2012 Hey cloud startups, have we got a treat for you! But this year, we decided to give the final 10 startups that are chosen to present a bit more: We teamed up with venture firm Sequoia to give them a pre-launch hands-on training session at Sequoia HQ. We’ll disclose the finalists on May 29 and you will present on June 20 at the Mission Bay Conference center in San Francisco. -
Jaron Lanier: Something Doesn’t Smell Right Certainly such a link presents a compelling thought experiment as we transition to a profoundly digital world. ” Given my role in that “movement” – I co-founded the Web 2 conferences with Tim O’Reilly in 2004 – it’d be safe to assume that I disagree with most of what Lanier has to say. don’t. -
PORTALS AND KM | TUESDAY, MAY 8, 2012 Nominations for the 15th annual Most Admired Knowledge Enterprises (MAKE) Study are Open used to present at the original ones in the late 90s that were held in London and have written about the award many times. They are now accepting nominations for the 15th annual Most Admired Knowledge Enterprises (MAKE) study. Otherwise you might have to register also. Simply click on this link to the MAKE site. - 8 crowd insights from 8 crowdsourcing workshops
Ketchum Pleon Amsterdam client presentation. In Andrew Keen’s presentation following mine he said that it is individual brilliance and not crowds that drives progress. Ketchum Pleon London presentation. [This post first appeared on the Getting Results From Crowds book website ]. There is much to share. -
FUTURE OF WORK | SUNDAY, MAY 6, 2012 What’s Happened/Happening (May 2012) Other notable presenters include Cornell University Professor Frank Becker , researcher Susan Stucky of IBM, Professor Alexi Marmot of London Business College, Philip Ross of Unwired Ventures (and the Worktech conferences), and Noborro Konno of KIRO (Knowledge Innovation and Research Office) in Japan. Recent Activity. Raising the Bar". -
WEB WORKER DAILY | THURSDAY, MAY 3, 2012 Is remote work bad for introverts? Do you think remote work presents special challenges for introverts? Traditional business culture, with its emphasis on networking, meetings and pitching, doesn’t generally favor introverts. Is remote working the solution to the problem? That’s the question an interesting post on Workshifting by Natalya Sabga tackled recently. -
No, we can’t do it all Learning objects certainly provide libraries the potential for providing instruction to many more people than we can with one-shots or any physically present instruction, but they’re not always a substitute for face-to-face instruction. So many of us struggle with determining priorities in teaching. But can we? Is a deeper (embedded?) -
WEB WORKER DAILY | TUESDAY, MAY 1, 2012 Tales from the Trenches: Harvest So worry about how you present yourself, but not your location. Remote working is often about practicing what you preach. Sell an online meeting product? Of course your workers should put it to the test by working while traveling. Have a brand that’s all about breaking the mold and getting outdoors ? For the answer, just ask Harvest. -
ANECDOTE | MONDAY, APRIL 30, 2012 Telling Stories Puts Our Brains in Sync Greg Stephens, Lauren Silbert and Uri Hasson are Princeton University neuroscientists who in 2010 conducted a series of experiments showing that an audience's brains light up (imagine they are all in a fMRI machine) the same way as the presenter's brain when she tells a story. More on that later. But let's start with what they did. Hasson, U. - Report from the LILAC conference: in Second Life: May 1st
This is the major British conference on Information Literacy: the website with powerpoint presentations is at [link] A Sheffield iSchool Centre for Information Literacy Research event Hear first hand accounts of the UK's information literacy conference: for the 5th year running we will have an hour of reports and discussion in Second Life! -
Video of TheNextWeb keynote on The Future of Crowds It doesn’t show all of my full motion graphics presentation, though it frequently cuts to show segments of the visuals through my keynote. will create and share a full video of my motion graphics presentation along with the audio of me speaking, however as I’m travelling it may take a little while to complete. Capitalism. -
WEB WORKER DAILY | FRIDAY, APRIL 27, 2012 Freelancers Union to New York State: Stop letting independent workers get stiffed In May this massive invoice will be presented to New York State lawmakers in Albany to urge them to take action. The aim is to spur the government to take action to protect the growing ranks of independents workers. The Freelancers Union hopes the final bill will exceed $1,000,000 to reflect the scale of the problem. Sign up for a free trial. -
INFORMATION LITERACY WEBLOG | THURSDAY, APRIL 26, 2012 Presentations from LILAC #lilac12 The powerpoints from the 2012 LILAC (information literacy) conference are online at [link] - too many to take in easily, lots of good stuff! resources lilac12 UK Information Literacy - Why Andrew Keen is fundamentally wrong about crowds
Yesterday in specific response to my prior Summit presentation on The Future of Crowds Andrew said that all innovation, all new ideas of value, come from brilliant individuals. . Internet dystopian Andrew Keen , author most recently of Digital Vertigo, has just spoken at TheNextWeb Summit and Conference. . Crowdsourcing Social trends -
REFLEXIONS | WEDNESDAY, APRIL 25, 2012 Another Good List about Leadership They are presented in the context of Asian needs and, perhaps, Asian philosophy as a set of seeming contradictions. The study interviewed key personnel from five "best practice" organizations in Singapore. Too often, leadership is considered in isolation," says Dr. Mano Ramakrishnan, HCLI's head of research. Delta Blues (leadership & change -
INFORMATION LITERACY WEBLOG | WEDNESDAY, APRIL 25, 2012 Survey on professional development needs Findings may influence ACRL Instruction Section’s support of professional development in this area and will be presented at the 2012 ALA Annual meeting in Anaheim, CA." The survey of 12 questions is at [link] The deadline is May 11 2012 and you can contact alael2012c@gmail.com with any questions. -
PORTALS AND KM | WEDNESDAY, APRIL 25, 2012 Alfresco Now Offers Cloud-based Open Source Document Management Todd actually had me download a version of the cloud app and for it I was able to easily download his presentation and the screen shots you see, taking email out of the equation. It contains a full set of content management features such as document and records management, workflow, version control, etc. would certainly agree. -
CLARK QUINN | TUESDAY, APRIL 24, 2012 Mobile Work Certainly you could have a focused directory that knows who knows about this context, and perhaps an app that presents different options for context-sensitive trouble-shooting or repair (e.g. It’s a slightly different take than my previous meta-mobile post where I looked at performance support, formal learning, and meta-learning. -
CLARK QUINN | MONDAY, APRIL 23, 2012 Kapp’s Gamification for Learning and Instruction This statement really strikes me as wrong: “The goal of gamification is to take content that is typically presented as a lecture or an e-learning course and add game-based elements…” Given my focus on ability , not content, this predictably irks me. With that caveat, I think there is a lot to like here. ” Exactly! -
Keynote at TheNextWeb: The future is motion graphic presentations However one of the most interesting aspects of my keynote is that my visual presentation will consist entirely of motion graphics, 3D, and video – there will be no still images. first started experimenting with using Flash in presentations in the 1990s, and often use a variety of videos and flash embedded into my presentations. -
CONVERSATION MATTERS | FRIDAY, APRIL 20, 2012 Are On-line Discussion Forums Conversations? Conversation is a topic I often present about. On those occasions I am frequently asked, “Do you consider on-line discussion forums conversation?” I usually fumble and hedge my answer. But now, thanks to a study done by Yongsuk Kim , when he was a doctoral student at the University of Texas, I have at least a partial answer. - Presentations from Missing Link conference
Powerpoints and a short abstracts from presentations at the Missing Link conference held at Birmingham City University in March 2012 are available. link] Photo by Sheila Webber: Spring ivy, April 2012. UK academic sector Information Literacy -
Future of Crowdsourcing workshop at Crowdsourcing Summit in Cologne Presentation of frameworks and discussion. On April 28, immediately after my keynote at TheNextWeb conference in Amsterdam, I will travel to Cologne to run a workshop on the Future of Crowdsourcing. Unfortunately I will miss what looks like an excellent Crowdsourcing Summit on April 27 as I will be speaking in Amsterdam that day. Agenda. -
BOXES AND ARROWS | WEDNESDAY, APRIL 18, 2012 Driving Holism in Cross-channel Projects ” Notes Follow Patrick on Twitter ”@ptquattlebaum”:https://twitter.com/ptquattlebaum Find “his presentation”:[link] from the IA Summit on Slideshare. Show Time: 29 minutes 29 seconds. Download mp3 (audio only) Download m4a (with visuals, requires iTunes, Quicktime, or similar). iTunes. -
PORTALS AND KM | MONDAY, APRIL 16, 2012 TIBCO Upgrades tibbr with GEO and Other New Capabilities As tibbr users approach these places, they’re automatically presented relevant in-stream information. I have covered TIBCO before (see: TIBCO Spotfire Brings Self-Service Data Analysis to the Enterprise with a Social Twist ). TIBCO has been a leader in making the digital world connect for quite some time. could not agree more. -
GREEN CHAMELEON | MONDAY, APRIL 16, 2012 Blog>> Visual Collections for Sharing and Collaboration The links in these collections can be anything from intranet pages, policies, discussion threads, manuals, presentations, people profiles and additional resources from the public web like articles, online tools, etc. when doing research for a new concept or a presentation; and these collections could be shared with the target audience. -
Some more LILAC links #lilac12 Here are some more links to reports and content from the LILAC information literacy conference last week. 2nd photo by Ruth Stubbings (on Flickr) showing the LILAC team with speaker Tara Brabazon. target="_blank". lilac12 Information Literacy -
Georgia International Conference on Information Literacy: presentations from 2011 19 Presentations from the 2011 Georgia International Conference on Information Literacy can be found at [link]. The students also take pictures and produce quick presentations on their findings. that they discover. Photo by Sheila Webber: Parrot tulip, April 2012. resources USA academic sector Information Literacy -
THE BAMBOO PROJECT BLOG | THURSDAY, APRIL 12, 2012 "Preying on Our Own Better Selves" In the aggregate, our preferences are savagely at odds with our expectations; the future we want is at odds with the present we choose. -- Umair Haque. We hunger for inspiration, purpose, exhilaration — but mostly, we settle for lives of annihilating boredom, alternating with sheer panic. Don't believe me? -
WEB WORKER DAILY | THURSDAY, APRIL 12, 2012 Women make up the majority of online freelancers, study says If you’re interested in further details, check out the presentation below. In the past we’ve pondered whether the flexible, more location independent future of work is better suited on average to the talents and preferences of women. So are they holding their own? As is the sector as a whole. Are you surprised by these findings? -
THE BAMBOO PROJECT BLOG | TUESDAY, APRIL 10, 2012 Stop Asking the Wrong Questions Pay attention to how your question points you toward a positive future rather than away from a bad present. To me, the most energizing questions are those that involve people's values, hopes and ideals--questions that relate to something that's larger than them where they can connect and contribute. Follow the energy. -
Reflecting through a digital lens: how can Libraries support learning? 11th May On 11 May at Leeds Trinity University College , UK, is the event Reflecting through a digital lens: how can Libraries support learning? Cost £20 (includes lunch). Organised by the Yorkshire Universities Information Skills Group To book the event email Janice Lavigueur at j.lavigueur@leedstrinity.ac.uk events - Georgia International Conference on Information Literacy, cfp
The deadline for proposals for workshops and presentations is April 15, 2012. September 21-22 2012 is the date of the 9th Annual Georgia International Conference on Information Literacy , held in Savannah, Georgia, USA. The keynote speaker is Joyce Valenza. Full information at [link]. cfp events -
HAROLD JARCHE | TUESDAY, APRIL 10, 2012 CSTD Montreal Symposium Please note there are two Harolds as keynote presenters! I will speaking this week in Montréal at CSTD ‘s Symposium. My topic is The Future of the Training Department. Here’s the set up. Most training activity for the past century assumed that you could prepare people for the future by training them in what had worked in the past. - Facebook Buys Instagram, Checks Off A Swath of 2012 Predictions In One Move
In any case, congrats to the team at Instagram, who presented just last month at our Signal SF event. Perhaps they’re presenting at our event next month in NYC… Media/Tech Business Models Internet Big FiveWaaaay back in January, I rolled out my annual predictions. Facebook won, with a billion dollar price tag. - Facebook Buys Instagram, Checks Off A Swath of 2012 Predictions In One Move
In any case, congrats to the team at Instagram, who presented just last month at our Signal SF event. Perhaps they’re presenting at our event next month in NYC… Internet Big Five Media/Tech Business ModelsWaaaay back in January, I rolled out my annual predictions. Facebook won, with a billion dollar price tag. - Up to my neck in… well, everything.
made some small progress towards that and will be presenting on building a culture of assessment at LOEX of the West in June. I’ve got a bunch of conference presentations coming up and I hope I’ll see some of you at them. presentation at the Oregon Virtual Reference Summit. The lovely Megan Oakleaf was the PI. -
PORTALS AND KM | MONDAY, APRIL 9, 2012 Blue Highways Quotes Two calendars: Only if fish trophies present. Spending a month on the Greek island of Samos, I have been thinking about travel writing. On the left you see the view from the top of a mountain I went to with some Samos guys in a jeep today. There was a little Greek church on the top. His observations and curiosity, they make and remake him.” -
WEB WORKER DAILY | SUNDAY, APRIL 8, 2012 BYOD is unstoppable. Smart companies must build apps Redrawing the borders between the presentation, logic and data tiers. During the internet explosion, applications settled on three tiers: presentation, logic and data. The Bring Your Own Device (BYOD) movement has gained unstoppable momentum. They want an attractive user experience tailored to their devices. Sign up for a free trial. -
HAROLD JARCHE | FRIDAY, APRIL 6, 2012 Notes from a Paretian world Tensions, I wrote, “are present all the time; both leaders and members of a network should be aware of how these tensions impact the health of a network. Here are some of the observations and insights that were shared via Twitter this past week. Why Thinking About Averages Can Be Disastrous - by @timkastelle. Think about outliers instead. -
The growing appetite for learning how to crowdsource It was a sell-out audience, and the question session following our presentations showed a strong eagerness to learn about how to use crowdsourcing effectively. [Originally posted on Getting Results From Crowds book website ]. As awareness of crowdsourcing increases, there is a rapidly increasing appetite for learning how to do it well. -
If-Then and Antiquities of the Future The original promise of my next book is pretty simple: I’m trying to paint a picture of the kind of digital world we’ll likely live in one generation from now, based on a survey of where we are presently as a digital society. So here we go. So what might that look like thirty years hence? That’s a pretty tall order. -
If-Then and Antiquities of the Future The original promise of my next book is pretty simple: I’m trying to paint a picture of the kind of digital world we’ll likely live in one generation from now, based on a survey of where we are presently as a digital society. So here we go. So what might that look like thirty years hence? That’s a pretty tall order. -
WEB WORKER DAILY | TUESDAY, APRIL 3, 2012 The iPad gets its own VPN with iSimplyConnect And tablets are not just tools for checking corporate e-mail — they’re for creating presentations, charts, reports, documents, data visualizations, filling out forms and much more more. The latest example is iSimplyConnect, a pay-as-you-go VPN service specifically built for the iPad and aimed at smaller companies. with No. -
ANECDOTE | MONDAY, APRIL 2, 2012 Story triggering - reinforcing beliefs After a round of drinks, the CEO began our presentation. He hadn't got more than a few slides in when the Chairman stood up from the floor, and took over the presentation, leaving the CEO still standing at the podium looking like a deer in the headlights. few years back, I attended a reception at Parliament. Leadership - Themes of the day: Consumerization of IT, Crowdsourcing for small business, Crowdsourcing in PR
Yesterday I gave three presentations, and I’d love to write (at least) a full blog post about what we covered for each one. At lunch I presented on a webinar on Crowdsourcing: how your SME can benefit from the outsourcing boom , run by Business Spectator and supported by Amex. My topic was The Future of IT Consumerization. -
VIZTHINK BLOG | THURSDAY, MARCH 29, 2012 Next VizThink Paris Community Community Events Events Presentations & Story Telling Tools & Technology UpcomingWe’ll be playing with visual dices at the next VizThink Paris to trigger creative thinking and engage story telling. All details on www.vizthink.fr. Liked this article? VizThink Toulouse. VizThink Lille. -
CLARK QUINN | MONDAY, MARCH 26, 2012 Scaling They introduced us to the context the night before the conference, with a series of presentations indicating the scope of the issue. Downes reviewed the potential problems of their model of MOOCs in his presentation including the issues I had raised. One fact kept recurring; the scope was trying to raise 350-500 million learners. -
WEB WORKER DAILY | MONDAY, MARCH 26, 2012 Tales from the Trenches: GitHub When it comes building a distributed company, some bosses do it to demonstrate the usefulness or their product , many to get the best talent and some simply because they want to live somewhere they can surf. But that wasn’t why the company got its start as a distributed team. At first, they simply lacked an office. Talent. ” Tools. -
CLARK QUINN | THURSDAY, MARCH 22, 2012 Erik Wahl #LSCon Mindmap It’s hard to capture Erik Wahl’s dynamic presentation at the Learning Solutions conference (e.g. he painted three separate artworks during the presentation as music videos played). Still…: design meta-learning -
Social Media Strategy Framework: Explanation and guide Many people have told me that they have used the framework with their own organizations or clients to develop effective social media strategies, or have shared it in presentations or online. have used the framework extensively as a starting point to help executives understand the space and clients to develop social media strategies. -
INFORMATION LITERACY WEBLOG | WEDNESDAY, MARCH 21, 2012 Children searchers; First year students This paper presents the results of a large-scale, qualitative study conducted in the homes of children aged 7, 9, and 11 investigating internet searching processes on Google. Other trends are described and selected to present a view of the whole child searcher. et al. and Latham, D. 2012) "What's skill got to do with it?: -
KNOWLEDGE JOLT WITH JACK | TUESDAY, MARCH 20, 2012 QOtD: classic KM from 1950 saw the original in a slideshare presentation by Richard Vines ]. Robert Heinlein is quoted from his essay, "Where to?" in an essay collection, Expanded Universe: The New Worlds of Robert A. Heinlein. The greatest crisis facing us is not Russia, not the Atom bomb, not corruption in government, no encroaching hunger, not the morals of young. -
HAROLD JARCHE | TUESDAY, MARCH 20, 2012 Thoughts on perpetual Beta I’ve called these presentations visual calling cards. Does the music and flow enhance or detract from the presentation? View more presentations from Harold Jarche. Tweet I’ve been putting together a series of thoughts on slides to share my perspectives on work and learning in the network era. -
BOXES AND ARROWS | MONDAY, MARCH 19, 2012 Das Design Revolution Keep your engagement to carefully planned walkthroughs, making sure the number of solutions to be presented is pre-arranged so there are no surprises. Experience design comrades, I speak to you today because I have a vision. vision where one day the person who really matters is back at the heart of our design processes. Client management? -
London LibTeachMeet #ldnlibtm People share ideas through 2 or 5 minute presentations. Presentations will be about ways of teaching or technology used to support 'diverse learners'. London (UK) LibTeachMeet 2012 is on 14th May 2012 6.00 - 9.00pm. This year's theme is Supporting Diverse Learners. Go to [link] to register. ldnlibtm events - Teaching and Learning in Second Life as Part of a Blended Approach: Reflections and Lessons learned #vwbpe
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WEB WORKER DAILY | FRIDAY, MARCH 16, 2012 Tips for virtual team leaders: Teach your employees to manage up Managing a virtual team is like managing a traditional team on steroids. If miscommunications and blurry understandings of responsibility will hurt you in an office-based team, they’ll torpedo your work if your team is hundreds of miles away. What are these essential tweaks for managing virtually? The blog suggests: Tell them how to manage up. -
INFORMATION LITERACY WEBLOG | THURSDAY, MARCH 15, 2012 16th March: talk and Journal Club in Second Life @ #vwbpe Presentation with Ridvan Ata: Teaching and learning in Second Life as Part of a Blended approach: reflections and lessons learnt. The Virtual Worlds Best Practices in Education Conference takes place in the virtual world, Second Life, starting now and continuing until Saturday. The location is [link] 2. and Vilelle, L. The location is [link]. -
WEB WORKER DAILY | THURSDAY, MARCH 15, 2012 Workers to pollsters: Widespread remote work is imminent While telecommuting is often presented as a good idea whose time has not yet come due to entrenched institutional skepticism , Wrike’s findings suggest we may soon be turning a corner on a future where remote work is far less fringe, even for those in the least hip organizations. Management will have to take heed, won’t it? -
WEB WORKER DAILY | WEDNESDAY, MARCH 14, 2012 Tools for the future of work: Salesforce bets on social Or to think of the same question from a different angle, what tools will help speed our present toward that future? If the future of work is mobile and independent, featuring more accountability but less loyalty and rigidity, then what sorts of tools will this new reality demand? More global, more agile. Why did it take so long to get there?” -
PORTALS AND KM | WEDNESDAY, MARCH 14, 2012 SXSW Notes: No Brochures: Digital Storytelling for Nonprofits Donors are expecting to see complex, layered data presented in the form of colorful, entertaining, easily digestible media. Here is another in my series on SXSW events. am pleased to be attending SXSW for the first time. am grateful for Adobe Acrobat for enabling me to attend. will be attending a number of Adobe sponsored sessions. -
Insights and real-life case studies in effective crowdfunding for change Below are live notes from the event, capturing what I could of the presentations and conversation. This evening I spoke at the Crowdfunding for Change event run by Avis Mulhall ‘s Think Act Change. Adam started with a Crowdfunding basics session. IndieGogo recently helped to crowdfund the IVF required for to create a baby. - In the future libraries may die, but they will be reborn
Patrons will digest information from large screens geared toward more visual presentations, or read from handheld digital devices small enough to fit in backpacks or pockets. The future of libraries is a rich and fascinating topic. sparked by discussion of the need for big new library projects in the region. -
FUTURE OF WORK | SUNDAY, MARCH 11, 2012 Measuring Office Space for the Agile Worker By creating a variety of spaces such as team rooms, collaborative areas, individual workstations, presentation rooms, private offices, and traditional conference rooms, we are essentially enabling performance flexibility for each of the many individual and group work styles. by Bob Fox, Fox Architects and Workspace Design Magazine. Share It! -
FUTURE OF WORK | SUNDAY, MARCH 11, 2012 What’s Happened/Happening (March 2012) Typically they involve four to five FutureWork Forum partners, presenting and interacting on issues as diverse as the future of the workspace, integrating technology, and employing the NEXT generation. This post is a monthly feature in Future of Work Agenda, our free monthly newsletter. Talking About Tomorrow. Occupiers Journal Limited. -
FUTURE OF WORK | SUNDAY, MARCH 11, 2012 The Future of. (March 2012) We are as upbeat about the power of collaboration as anyone we know, but when we came across this provocative report of a presentation by Susan Cain at TED2012, we stopped to think. Apple’s Impact on Silicon Valley. Whether or not you approve of Apple’s design for its own workplace of the future, it’s getting closer to reality every day. -
Using network perspectives to visualize changing culture and meaning earlier shared one of his presentations in a post on how the culture of luxury is changing. The slides to his presentation at SXSW today on Culture Networks and the codes that drive them are available below. As usual, they provide a lesson in beautiful slide presentations to accompany the rich content. -
Medical information specialist as a teacher 7, issue 3, there are articles based on prize winning presentations and posters from the previous EAHIL Workshop. In the Journal of the European Association for Health Information and Libraries (EAHIL), 2011, Vol. These include: - Medical information specialist as a teacher: teaching searching skills : by L. Lodenius and M. -
HAROLD JARCHE | SATURDAY, MARCH 10, 2012 Shared thoughts The thoughts in this presentation reflect my perspectives on the work I have been doing for over a decade. View more presentations from Harold Jarche. Tweet Over the years I’ve written a fair number of words on this blog, starting in 2004. You might think of it as a visual business card. Shared thoughts by Harold Jarche. -
PORTALS AND KM | FRIDAY, MARCH 9, 2012 20x2 at SXSW 2012 There were “amazing, poignant, moving, and funny 2-minute presentations by 20 of new media's most creative minds” at Skinny's Ballroom 115 San Jacinto Blvd. This is my first time at SXSW and it takes a while to figure it out. went to an interesting session my first night here. It was 20x2 “a SXSW Interactive tradition!” Several sang. -
WEB WORKER DAILY | FRIDAY, MARCH 9, 2012 Annual off-sites: Time to trade plane tickets for web cams? He writes: I remember people practicing their presentations far into the night, and the next day we’d sit for hours in uncomfortable chairs in a huge room listening to our leadership talk about the future of the business. And while a visit to Orlando may sound pleasant, Ferrazzi recalls the actual events as often less than enlightening. -
CLARK QUINN | THURSDAY, MARCH 8, 2012 Reimagining Learning When I presented this to the groups, there were several questions asked via post-its on the picture I hand-drew. On the way to the recent Up To All Of Us un conference (#utaou), I hadn’t planned an agenda. However, I was growing through the diagrams that I’d created on my iPad, and discovered one that I’d frankly forgotten. -
WEB WORKER DAILY | WEDNESDAY, MARCH 7, 2012 The new iPad has CIOs quaking in their cubicles Apple’s newest iPad has some new elements that could make it a (bigger) hit in the enterprise, such as higher resolution screen for video conferencing and presentations, as well as taking dictation. In general, the number of mobile devices coming into corporate networks has grown to 3.5 devices, up from 2.7 Sign up for a free trial. -
INFORMATION LITERACY WEBLOG | WEDNESDAY, MARCH 7, 2012 Information for Civic Literacy: call for papers Authors must be prepared to give presentations in person at the satellite meeting in Riga. An IFLA pre-conference, taking place 8-10 August 2012 in Riga, Latvia, is Information for Civic Literacy. It is organised by the Access to Information Network - Africa (ATINA) & Information Literacy Section & Africa Section of IFLA. cfp events -
PORTALS AND KM | WEDNESDAY, MARCH 7, 2012 Putting Knowledge Markets in Perspective He covered how from 2004 to the present, KS has documented hundreds of millions of dollars in estimated cash flow for the company. In the initial phase, the contest attracted more than 2,500 entrepreneurs from 104 countries who presented 1200 ideas. heard Dan at the Forrester’s Content & Collaboration Forum last September. -
Phil Bradley on Social Media Phil says by his slideshare presentation Why librarians must use social media that it "Won’t make too much sense without me talking through it, but it does point to various resources": it is 86 slides of useful stuff. Why librarians must use social media View more PowerPoint from Phil Bradley. social networking web 2.0 librarians -
WEB WORKER DAILY | FRIDAY, MARCH 2, 2012 The coffee shop is the future of. well, everything Just compare the experience of shopping at Amazon.com for Christmas presents with braving your local big-box retailer. The future of work, pretty obviously, will include more and more of us moving out of our cubes and into coffee shops and coworking spaces. Yes, says lawyer and futurist Stephen T. Gordon on the blog the Speculist recently. -
University of Bedfordshire TeachMeet, 21 June 2012 You can come along to chat, watch, listen or give a seven or two minutes presentation. You don't need to be working in the education sector to present - everyone is welcome. The University of Bedfordshire , Luton, UK, hosts a TeachMeet on 21 June 2011 10.00-13.00. Free event. events -
PORTALS AND KM | FRIDAY, MARCH 2, 2012 IBF on How ConocoPhillips Saved Hundreds of Millions Through Knowledge Sharing Dan is accountable for the strategic implementation of knowledge sharing for the 31,000-person integrated oil and gas company, From 2004 to the present, KS has documented hundreds of millions of dollars in estimated cash flow for the company. ConocoPhillips uses a holistic approach to embed a knowledge sharing culture throughout the company. -
JON HUSBAND | THURSDAY, MARCH 1, 2012 "Go With The Flow". CIO Magazine (NZ & Aus.) Interview There are more risks presented by closing off the flows of information. I was interviewed by IT journalist Beverley Head in the summer of 2007 about the early emergence of social networks and the networked knowledge workplace. This was shortly after the term Enterprise 2.0 was coined, and well before the term "Social Business". -
TRENDS IN THE LIVING NETWORKS | WEDNESDAY, FEBRUARY 29, 2012 Will technology harm or help young people’s brains? A highly nuanced debate The key will be valuing when to be present and when to unplug. Pew Internet & American Life Project’s latest study on the future of the internet examines how young people will be affected by technology. They do not suffer notable cognitive shortcomings as they multitask and cycle quickly through personal- and work-related tasks. -
LINKED INTELLIGENCE | WEDNESDAY, FEBRUARY 29, 2012 Timesaver Tip #11 He wants to talk to Sales Vice Presidents and Sales Managers about presenting workshops for their sales team. Take the sales conversation offline. LinkedIn is the best way to find people who can be good clients and good sources of referrals – your buyers and decision-makers. One of my clients gives workshops for salespeople. Remember. -
HAROLD JARCHE | WEDNESDAY, FEBRUARY 29, 2012 Scientific management yields Scientific schooling However, there is a lot here to foster further discussion and it is presented in clear language. Tweet Work is learning, and learning is the work – that’s what’s currently on this site’s masthead. As is becoming obvious, the network era is here, and Godin reinforces many of the ideas found in Connectivism : 22. The -
CLARK QUINN | WEDNESDAY, FEBRUARY 29, 2012 MOOC reflections The learning comes from content presented by a lecturer, and then dialog via social media, where the contributions of the participants are shared. A recent phenomena is the MOOC, Massively Open Online Courses. Each share running large numbers of students, and laudable goals. The connectivist MOOCs, on the other hand, are highly social. -
BLOG.PODIO.COM | WEDNESDAY, FEBRUARY 29, 2012 See how the world's fastest growing social network uses Podio - Podio Blog It was a simple app, mostly used as a place to put pitch presentations and contact information. Podio. Product. Pricing. Customers. About App Store Log in. What could they be working on? Podio designers @Pollas and @chopeh [link] Follow us on Twitter. See how the world’s fastest growing social network uses Podio. 24.02.12. The impact? -
PORTALS AND KM | WEDNESDAY, FEBRUARY 29, 2012 WebDAM and Box Collaborate to Streamline Digital Asset Management and File Sharing Box users can easily open, edit, share, and save collateral from WebDAM or send files to WebDAM for control over marketing assets, rights management, conduct batch conversions, quick browsing, search, and automated sharing of marketing collateral (brand assets, images, graphics, videos, sales collateral, presentations, and more). -
TRENDS IN THE LIVING NETWORKS | TUESDAY, FEBRUARY 28, 2012 A vision writ large: The future, personality, and hubris Immense hubris will no doubt be present. I have just seen the video of Peter Weyland’s speech at TED 2023, shown below. It is a superb piece, bringing together ideas, performance, and production to create a powerful impression in a few minutes. had to do some research to find what the speech is actually promoting. look forward to it. -
TRENDS IN THE LIVING NETWORKS | TUESDAY, FEBRUARY 28, 2012 New ideas: Building the organizations of tomorrow The format was very stimulating, with three 15 minute presentations, each followed by 15 minutes Q&A and then a ‘disruptive event’, including some awesome satirical musical performances and a planted heckler in the audience. Below are notes from the three speakers. Sports teams also provide a useful model for business. -
INFORMATION LITERACY WEBLOG | SATURDAY, FEBRUARY 25, 2012 LibTeachMeet organised CILIP Sussex They are looking for speakers willing to give a 5 minute or 2 minute presentation on the topic of Outreach, Marketing and Promotion. On Tuesday 20 March 5.30-7.30 there is a TeachMeet organised by CILIP Sussex. The venue is the Audrey Emerton Building, Royal Sussex County Hospital, Brighton, UK. Lurkers are also welcome. cfp btnlibtm events -
HAROLD JARCHE | FRIDAY, FEBRUARY 24, 2012 Humans are ‘naturally nice’ Recent semi-scandals, such as the one Path and others are presently embroiled in (they were uploading people’s address books without permission) would probably not have happened if those organisations had been advised properly by their information security people. ” – via @sandymaxey. “ In the first place, God made idiots. | |