Very nice blog post by Vicki Halsey on six ways to energize work relationships, February 20, 2014, Blanchard Forum to discuss leadership and management issues.
SPRING stands for Smile, Personalize your conversations, Relate your commonalities, Inspire, Notify and Gratitude (express it to show others impact they have on people around them).
Very nice list of before, during, and after actions for learning in college seminars at the University of Notre Dame. Believe these tips have value for our Learning Labs, too.
Before class--do the reading, don't expect to understand, make notes on the readings, write an outline, bring in ideas
During class--add your point of view, be the devil's advocate, ask questions, say wrong things, check the facts and look up the quotes, expect discussion to wax and wane.
After class--let things gel, then mix them up again (reflect, write to explain your view and that of someone else), don't make up your mind, write a blog post, talk to other experts, revisit old readings.
Nice differentiation between mentor, advisor, coach and supervisor on AWIS blog.
"As the largest cross-disciplinary organization representing women in STEM, mentoring is a topic we've been addressing for decades. Donna J. Dean, PhD, past AWIS President and Fellow, has authored a book on mentoring women in STEM. (Which everyone in STEM should read. Men can definitely gain insight from Donna's wisdom, too.) So, what is the difference between mentoring, coaching, advising and supervising? Donna sums it up this way:
A mentor is a wise and trusted person who guides, protects, and promotes the protégé's (mentee's) career.
An advisor is someone who offers advice, from a perspective of wisdom or authority.
A coach helps with specific skill and ability development, often on a fee basis.
A supervisor ('boss') has the official task of overseeing your work."
article by Tim Wu in NYT weekly magazine, June 3, 2014 in Culture.
Maintaining your brand
The euphemism is "sharing," but Klein would probably just call it selling a personal brand, whether you consider yourself the pretty young thing with literary tastes and a traditional side, the family man who brews his own beer or the tough lawyer with a sense of humor. It can be nice to share, but brand maintenance takes constant work and demands consistency. A serious self-brand should have some presence on Facebook, Twitter, LinkedIn, Instagram, Foursquare, Google+ and Tumblr; keeping it all up can feel like working as an unpaid intern for a Z-list celebrity known as Oneself.
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Any old-timer will tell you that anonymity online is nothing new, but how things originally were. There has, of course, always been an anonymous culture, usually tied to deviancy or dissidents. In the '80s and '90s, anonymity was indelibly linked to online culture, concurrent with getting at stuff that was otherwise hard to find or illegal. It was kind of the point really, to go where, as one early adopter wrote, "no one knows you're a dog." It allowed users to escape to a place with few restrictions, where you could say things, and maybe do things wholly without social consequence. In the early days, there was no need for any consistency with the rest of your life, and that's what was so great about it.
Shows examples of an infograph resume, a video resume, a resume on SlideShare (very nice), and interesting examples of video resumes and taking advantage of LinkedIn (could not get the link to show anything interesting)
from elearning infographics.com. Nice infographic on the 7 characteristics of a digitally competent teacher. Used this instead of the other infographic - seemed more relevant to the MAEA audience, and is simpler.
Nice Slideshare by Lyn Ross. teacher, of New Zealand, September 2013.
Slide 9/29 distinguishes between 18th 19th 20th centuries and 21st century on learning and teaching focus (teacher led vs. student centered), approach (content driven vs. process driven), emphasis (knowing that vs. knowing how), and teacher role (expert and boss contrasted with fellow learner and facilitator). Are you the sage on the stage or the guide on the side?
Slideshare on why content curation is the new form of communication, and professional content curators are the new superheros. Nice graphics and a clear message about information overload and how people will capitalize and monetize this.