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Doris Reeves-Lipscomb

'Searching for Sugar Man' director Malik Bendjelloul dies - CNN.com - 0 views

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    interesting article on young Swedish director who died at age 36 after finishing his low-budget documentary on Sixto Rodriguez on an iphone film app and who won an Oscar in 2014. Talking about inspiring in so many ways!!!! The Looking for Sugarman story led to our becoming fans of Rodriguez and renaming Metro Jethro "Sugarman"!
Doris Reeves-Lipscomb

Website speed test - 0 views

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    Pingdom test of WLS site
Lisa Levinson

6 Powerful Tips to Effective Content Curation | Matthew Collis - 0 views

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    from the Huffington Post Business, 1/20/15. Tips for using content curation for marketing, but also emphasizes that the value of content curation is in the quality of the seek, and the way it is shared. Recommends annotating and repurposing so you are viewed as a good resource by others.
Lisa Levinson

Content Curation - 5 Ways to Succeed...Eventually | Convince and Convert: Social Media ... - 0 views

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    Although this article concentrates on content curation for marketing, there are some great tips to remember such as identifying your audience, focus your sharing, make sure your curation is of impeccable quality, curate consistently, brand yourself not your company. Love this quote: " Jason Falls of Social Media Explorer publicly states his Twitter strategy is "find good shit and share it.""
Lisa Levinson

5 Nonprofit Technology Trends to Watch in 2014 - 0 views

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    From Nonprofit Tech for Good blog, 1/11/14 Interesting to see how this list meshes with the list from 2015 from the business and not for profit side. Top of the list is mobilizing online communications and fundraising campaigns. Although not free and costly to small not for profits, social media and responsive designs for websites, blogs, and e-newsletters will become common. Flat design - making sure everything is optimal for mobile is crucial. Donate buttons on social media sites. Google Wallet will be integrated into Google+ pages. Already on YouTube Channels that participate in YouTube's nonprofit program. Live reporting on social media of org events, maturation of mobile fundraising apps, and increased employment opportunities in new media jobs in the nonprofit sector are the other 2014 trends.
Lisa Levinson

10 Goals for Nonprofit New Media Managers for 2015 - 0 views

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    Blog from Nonprofit Tech for Good 1/5/15 10 processes to turn into goals for the year including: Write LinkedIn Recommendations and endorsements; Add cause awareness days; experiment with at least one new social network; download and study nonprofit mobile apps; refresh your social media training; experiment with crowdfunding; host or participate in a tweet chat; create a social media fundraising success spreadsheet; take an Adobe Photoshop class; take regular breaks from technology
Doris Reeves-Lipscomb

How to Research Blog Topics: A Step-by-Step Process - 0 views

  • Step 1: Set up a system to capture notes.
  • Step 2: Pick your keywords.
  • Step 3: Validate Your Idea.
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  • 1) Competitors’ Blogs on the Same Topic
  • Step 4: Mine for Content.
  • Let’s have a look at some of the types of content you may like to include and where to find them: Images and infographics: Google image search, Pinterest, Instagram, Infographic directories Podcasts and webinars: Search in podcast and webinar directories, or use Google search Video: YouTube, Vimeo, 99U, TED talks Presentations: SlideShare and Prezi Stats and quotes: Google search, or Factbrowser Tools, widgets and resource downloads: Google search, Wordpress plugin directory, Google or Apple iTunes app store
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    By Will Blunt, February 9, 2015, Hubspot. Very useful tips on collecting research for writing blog posts. Tracy linked to this in LinkedIn. HT to Tracy.
Doris Reeves-Lipscomb

Letting go of Twitter's other big number. And learning to listen. - NixonMcInnes - 0 views

  • witter gives us many ways to find relevant conversations. There are a range of searches, lists, groups, hashtags and apps to help us navigate to the people and the comments that need our attention. For most brands, the simple ‘following’ mechanism (great for personal users) is just too clumsy a tool to have much meaning or utility in itself, so more nuanced forms of listening have to take place. To judge an account by a ‘following’ number is to draw conclusions about the ways a person or brand uses Twitter to listen.
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    Very good article on not overinflating value of our followers or what whom we follow says about us. Instead, look for value in other ways such as how those whom you follow/those who follow really listen to what is being said in social media. by Clive Andrews, NixonMcInnes (UK social media firm), 7/4/2012
Doris Reeves-Lipscomb

Why I Would Never Go Back to Offline Teaching | Powerful Learning Practice - 0 views

  • Online discussion forums and bulletin boards provide a means to share our ideas in a format that is not constrained by time, that saves all our thoughts, and that allows students to return to their contributions and even change them once they’ve read others’ posts.
  • I cannot imagine returning to a non-collaborative environment. I find that everyone learns so much more this way.
  • The technologies of online learning serve many purposes for me. My main loves are the organization of the material, the easy access to web-based tools, and the ability to building bridges for collaborative learning.
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    one teacher's adoption of collaborative learning online and value she sees in it
Doris Reeves-Lipscomb

Employee Training Isn't What It Used To Be - IBM - The Atlantic Sponsor Content - 0 views

  • In Axonify’s platform, assessment and training are directly tied together. Because many employees use Axonify regularly, the platform is able to constantly track employee knowledge and intelligently provide the information needed to close an employee’s individual knowledge gap, says Leaman. The app also leverages learning research to optimize retention by repeating the questions in specific time intervals. Even after an employee “graduates” out of a specific topic, the questions will still be revisited about seven months later to help lock in the knowledge.
  • Tin Can, on the other hand allows companies and employees to record more common learning events: attending a session at a conference, say, or researching and writing a company blog post. “Companies are starting to recognize how employees actually learn and allowing them to do it the way they wish to, rather than forcing them into a draconian system,” Martin says.
  • more open environments.
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  • integrated social collaboration tools into their talent management and learning system
  • IBM has found that employees learn and retain more when they’re working socially.
  • “The opportunity is not to use analytics to control but to give employees meaningful data about the way they’re operating within an organization so that they themselves can do things to improve their working lives and their performance,” he says.
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    great article in the Atlantic on how employee training has evolved to include much more self-directed, outside-in kinds of learning
Doris Reeves-Lipscomb

IBM100 - A Commitment to Employee Education - 0 views

  • Encouraged by Watson Sr. and his executive team, employees often formed their own study groups. One, known as the Owl Club, allowed employees to study any subject they wanted at company expense. Such programs evolved into adult learning classes, and eventually into grants for employees to pursue college credits and degrees
  • Today, industry specialists around the world in IBM Global Business Services use an array of e-learning tools—including podcasts and Twitter—customer on-site classes, and IBM conferences and classrooms to educate customers on everything from the use of social media and cloud computing, to how to build a smarter rail system. And IBM employees worldwide take advantage of their networked community to draw upon each other’s skills day and night to solve customer problems and develop the capabilities clients value most.
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    interesting history of employee education at IBM including an early commitment to train college educated women in the 1920s
Doris Reeves-Lipscomb

5 Steps for Creating Healthy Habits | The Chopra Center - 0 views

  • Step 1: Set Goals by Baselining Your Health
  • Step 3: Identify Harmful Patterns
  • Visualizing your desired outcome is a useful tool in your journey. “Seeing” yourself as you wish to be has helped smokers quit, obese people lose weight, and sports champions achieve their goals. In order to change the printout of the body, you must learn to rewrite the software of the mind.
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  • Step 4: Make Steady Changes
  • One way to break that cycle is to reward ourselves in a different way. Instead of eating cake, we can go play a game or listen to music.
  • Some of the choices that trigger dopamine's release: eating sweet foods, taking drugs, having sex.
  • So begin with a victory you can define and which means something to you.
  • How long does it take to form a new habit? An average of 66 days, according to a 2009 study from University College, London. Repetition and giving yourself time to adjust are the main factors in forming a new behavior pattern.
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    Deepak Chopra offers 5 steps for creating healthy habits
Doris Reeves-Lipscomb

6 Steps To Creating Learning Ecosystems (And Why You Should Bother) - 0 views

  • . SUPPORT AN ENGAGED, GROWTH MINDSET
  • Learning can only happen when a child is interested. If he’s not interested, it’s like throwing marshmallows at his head and calling it eating.” – Katrina Gutleben
  • 2. ACTION MAPPING TO FOCUS ON PERFORMANCE
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  • We don’t learn from experience… we learn from reflecting on experience.” – John Dewey
  • CREATE REAL VALUE ON SOCIAL PLATFORMS
  • 5. WIN OVER & EMPOWER MANAGERS
  • . USE FORMAL AS SCAFFOLDING
  • This might include linking it to projects that participants care about; leading discussions that actually help address issues of concern; and using the platform to distribute key resources and information. Similarly, other events or tools can promote a social aspect
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    guest post by Arun Pradhan for Learnnovators on learning ecosystems
Doris Reeves-Lipscomb

Niche Recruiting for Hiring Specialized Talent | Work4 - 0 views

  • There are millions of people trolling the major job boards everyday just blindly applying for jobs. However if you only want the best of the best who will fit your organizational needs, then consider going with a niche approach. Using a niche job board or a social media network as a niche recruiting tool could be just what you need to target your idea employee.
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    post by Chris Fields, Work4labs.com October 30, 2014 on preference for job boards
Doris Reeves-Lipscomb

What Men And Women Are Doing On Facebook - Forbes - 0 views

  • While women often use online social networking tools to make connections and share items from their personal lives, men use them as means to gather information and increase their status.
  • three-quarters of women use online communities to stay up to date with friends and family, and 68% use them to “connect with others like me.”
  • Women are online solving real-life issues.
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  • Girls learn to build relationships by sharing social information. Boys learn to compare and compete with others, always striving for more success.”
  • use each other as resources
  • Today, women are still more likely to be forthcoming and verbose than men, she says, a difference that is reflected online.
  • men leverage social media for broadcasting their ideas and skills vs. women who find connections with others by sharing the ups and downs of their daily lives.
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    article by Jenna Goudreau, Forbes staff, April 26, 2010 on how women are more social and specific action oriented while men are more strategic in their use of blogs, networks, etc.
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    article by Jenna Goudreau, Forbes staff, April 26, 2010 on how women are more social and specific action oriented while men are more strategic in their use of blogs, networks, etc. 
Doris Reeves-Lipscomb

Twitter Tools and Twitter Tips Blog - 0 views

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    page by Garin Kilpatrick on twitter usage success
Doris Reeves-Lipscomb

9 Tips To Apply Adult Learning Theory to eLearning - eLearning Industry - 0 views

  • While one adult learner may be well versed on how to search for resources online, another may have very little experience using the Internet.
  • Survey your audience beforehand to determine any technical knowledge limitations they may have, as well as to assess their education levels.
  • As we get older, we tend to gravitate more toward learning experiences that offer some sort of social development benefit.
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  • Create activities that encourage adult learners to use sites like LinkedIn and Google Plus as invaluable tools. This can help them to not only build their social network, but collaborate with those who share the same interests.
  • However, mature learners prefer to engage in eLearning experiences that help them to solve problems they encounter on a regular basis (in the here-and-now, rather than the future).
  • Motivation is key with adult learners. As such, you will need to motivate them to learn by offering them a reason for every eLearning activity, assessment, or eLearning module they'll need to complete.
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    nice article
Doris Reeves-Lipscomb

Online Communities Depend on Online Volunteers - NTEN - 0 views

  • “online communities” – the thousands of discussion forums allowing like-minded people to find one another, keep in touch, and share information. Most often these online communities are started by one or two highly motivated and unpaid individuals (aided by the amazing availability of free platforms to host such groups), and participation by all subscribers is intentional and voluntary. They operate on the principle of exchange, since if everyone lurks and never posts, no helpful ideas can emerge.
  • I asked them about how they worked with online volunteers and at first they said they didn’t have any.  Naturally, I soon changed their perception. In fact, NTEN depends on the freely donated time and skills of its involved members.
  • Why is it important to recognize this quasi-invisible workforce? Because seeing and valuing the volunteer nature of this service will let you appreciate and strengthen it. Further, it’s possible to apply the principles of volunteer management to make such volunteer participation easier and more productive. For example:
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  • Recruit More Volunteers
  • Give Volunteers the Information and Tools They Need
  • Monitor Work
  • Say Thanks Often and Sincerely
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    article by Susan Ellis on virtual volunteering, 2014. Emphasizes that nonprofits do not recognize that they have virtual volunteers writing blog posts, maintaining websites, and doing many other tasks at a distance.
Doris Reeves-Lipscomb

Just get started - Mike Taylor - 0 views

  • Date: August 21, 2017Author: tmiket 3 Comments If you know me, at some point you’ve heard me talk about working smarter instead of harder. In all the years I’ve been talking about that I’ve never had anyone disagree. Yet, far too often when the conversation progresses to exploring new ways of working I hit the “I don’t have time for that.” objection. Or “We can’t do that here.” Or “I would love to do that but our people would never go for that.” Or a bunch of others that you’ve probably heard yourself. Don’t fall into that trap if you want to be a valued contributor to your organization. To steal a term from Jane Bozarth, be a “Positive Deviant”. “While there are individual positive deviants who work alone, a key factor is working with the community to surface, spread, and sustain solutions rather than try to force outside-in answers—as is so often the case with training. … Leveraging social tools and workplace communities, and encouraging people to show their work, can help to surface and spread solutions and to sustain application of new learning to the workplace” Anyone, anwhere can surface, spread, and sustain learning in the workplace.
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    the importance of getting started, August 21, 2017, on learning
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