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From jobsearch.about.com. Interesting that listening to your gut is on this list, as is a toxic work environment, going back to school, getting another job, changing careers.

Interesting article in the NYT by Taffy Brodesser-Akner from Dec. 28, 2013 about the life coach, Martha Beck, who has built a multimillion-dollar business on helping executives, and others, find their passion and what they want to do with their lives. Her biggest money maker is her certification process for her method of life coaching. She trains others and they pay for the courses, pay for the certification, pay to have her seal on their websites.

Very interesting article from the NYTimes on how mindfulness has taken hold in Silicon Valley encouraging tech workers and beyond to take time out, meditate even for a minute, and creating new apps to help you do it. Google has a course on mindfulness that sells out whenever offered. Rebranding mindfulness from groovey discipline to way to clear your head to increase productivity, prioritize to do lists, unclutter your work life.

Interesting workshop on using instagram, pinterest, infographics for visual storytelling in your business. Thought we could look at this as a model for these types of workshops for us.

Blog post by Meenoo Rami, October 22, 2013. "How can you make the most of social networks? The main thing: Explore. Whether you choose to use Twitter, Pinterest, Facebook, blogs, or other forms of virtual communities, read a lot and let the good stuff lead you to more good stuff (and good people). The second thing: Look for community-and if you don't find it, build it. When I realized there was no Twitter chat for English teachers, I launched (and have maintained for past three years) #engchat, which has given me many rewards for the time and effort I put into it. Every Monday night at 7 p.m, ET, dozens of teachers of English come together to discuss topics such as social justice education, teaching grammar and vocabulary, and balancing the canon with contemporary fiction in our classrooms. Even outside our Monday night chats, the hashtag #engchat helps teachers to pose questions, share lesson ideas, and exchange relevant resources with others who share similar interests. "

This article on Resource Link, September 21, 2011, captures the learning environments we wish to bring to businesses, nonprofits, and membership associations. "Social Media - what do you need to know? In the 21st century, learning networks are richer than ever before. Social media, including tools such as Facebook, Twitter and LinkedIn allow connections with professionals to be developed in offline and online worlds in new and exciting ways. No longer are we limited geographically. Social media allows us to connect not only to those we know, but also to those who we don't know, but who share our passions, our interests and our profession. Despite never having met in the physical sense, it is now possible to share links, comment on educational research, debate, collaborate and create new knowledge with individuals no matter where they are working." Another excerpt: So….Social Media and Professional Learning Communities? What is the connection? A school which is a professional learning community focuses upon removing the walls between classrooms (metaphorically, in all cases, physically in some!), encouraging collaboration, dialogue, ready access to colleagues and an openness to challenge understandings and current 'accepted' knowledge. Excerpt: Roberts and Pruitt, in their book Schools as Professional Learning Communities (p3, 2009) quote research that suggests that the major obstacle for schools who wish to develop as learning communities is the provision of resources such as time to collaborate, leadership support, information and ready access to colleagues. Social Media is not the total answer; but in schools where money and time are in short demand (and which school isn't in this situation?), they can go part of the way in meeting these needs. 1. social media providing to time to collaborate 2. social media providing leadership support 3. social media providing information 4. social media providing access to colleagues

Great post on Resource Link, October 19, 2011, on value of twitter to professional learning community building. Found it via my Twitterers. Research has identified six 'common patterns of participation' for users of Twitter: Sharing Knowledge and Resources - sharing links to blogs, images or video clips of interest. Monitoring Educational New Sources - sourcing professional readings and research Digitally Attending Important Conferences - sharing thoughts and reflections from professional development sessions or conferences. Encouraging Reflection - engaging in a reflective conversation with others Gathering Instant Feedback - turning to Twitter as the first point of call when needing answers about their practice Mentoring Colleagues - turning to Twitter to find a digital mentor for yourself or a peer. (From Ferriter, W. M., Ramsden, J. T., & Sheninger, E. C. (2011). Communicating and Connecting with Social Media. Bloomington: Solution Tree Press.) How to get started: 1. Set up a Twitter account 2. Find people to follow 3. Learn some hashtags #_____ 4. Manage your posts

Fabulous 2 minute video of 9 year old girl in Holland who taught herself how to sing opera from YouTube videos

interesting blog post, lots of food for thought about PD for compliance reasons and how to support growth long-term, Peter DeWitt, August 18, 2015

Interesting list of bloggers who specialize in workplace learning who have more than 2,000 followers each

interesting article by Facebook co-founder on how tech start-up expectations/long hours result in diminishing returns and ageism and sexism

Interesting article on the age divide between new guard (Stripe) and old guard companies (Cisco) and why that is so, Yiren Lu, March 12, 2014

interesting list by Lee Odden from TopRank Online Marketing Blog on content discovery tools for curation, engagement, and sharing.

Amazing blog post by Kevin Hodgson (dogtrax), July 22, 2015, on edublogs on how the internet, once nodes and networks, and little hierarchy, is changing and is becoming owned by the algorithm-exercising interests of Facebook, Twitter, etc. Instead of a flooded plain, we have streams controlled by specific owners, in which we can not escape.

interesting assessment of algorithmic limitations in providing us with access to the online information we really want, Jarno M. Koponen, June 25, 2015. reminds of comment I saw "tyranny of algorithms"

Interesting book. Chapter 17 - Computer Networks of Global Civil Society begins with a suggested charter document of human communications.

interesting take on seven skills of knowledge work; a joint blog post by Fred Nickols, CPT and Joel Gardner, professor at Franklin University. June 1, 2015. From LinkedIn Community of Practice group. 1. thinking skills 2. communication 3. teamwork & leadership 4. lifelong learning/self-direction 5. technology use 6. ethics and professionalism 7. personal management

interesting take on learning concierge services by Edtech, June 2015. First time I have seen this term used by a big company.

Interesting article on value of remote video exams

interesting take by Margaret Manning on boomers' and even older adults' reliance on technology, great comparison picture showing how many tools that we used to buy are now available in a smartphone.