A map of learning theories that cover the human lifespan, with connections between them, the developers of the theory, and the discipline (such as education, philosophy) they are included in. An amazing map!
guest blog by Zoe Madden-Wood on creating a healthy and energized network around a particular issue, with lessons learned in her initial efforts to grow her network. She mentions June Holley's Network Weavers Handbook, which has a great checklist to help you grow your network by weaving connections.
Bryan Eisenberg's blog about the About Us page and what to make sure is included in it. Interestingly, he doesn't seem to follow his own advice on his own About Us page!
Susan Greene, a freelance writer and editor of web sites and articles, describes how creating a personal connection with potential customers is crucial on your About Us page. Tell stories, connect with visitors, be creative.
Focus on facts, figures, accomplishments. "Forget what you do. Customers don't care about what you do; they care about what they receive: solutions and benefits."
Techcrunch.com article on how Mightybell is morphing into a more collaborative space from its original design and focus, which was creating step-by-step private guides for anything.
Users create spaces, and "Users in these spaces can post photos, write a note, chat with others via a chat functionality, comment, like an interaction and more. Users can also customize a particular collection and create a these around their space."
from Fast Company.com
Explanation of Mightybell and interview with Gina Bianchini about why she created it. Again, the focus is on groups.
"Today, the number of social networks available to us means there's a surfeit of places to come together online--we share aspirational photos on Pinterest, photos from our lives on Instagram, news on Google+, Internet happenings on Tumblr, and everything else on Facebook. But with so many channels to work with (waste time on?), the things we want to say are easily drowned out in noise, making it hard to establish genuine, intimate relationships with groups of people who aren't close friends and family. Sure, you can like a photo or retweet a clever one-liner as gestures of social solidarity, but they don't go far in making connections that count. Which is why Gina Bianchini, founder of new social network Mightybell, thinks it's time for an AOL chat room renaissance.
Collaboration and action in intimate circles could be her competitive advantage."
Review of the Mighybell platform that Lean In is using, started by Ning CEO Gina Bianchini after she left Ning. She says it is built for collaboration. I wanted to explore it because I was not impressed with it when setting up the Lean In Circle site, and wondered if it was developed for Lean In or was a stand alone product.
Reference cited by Bevan Rogel. Donna Sapolin, the editorial director and general manager of Next Avenue wrote this blog about the nine principles cited by Josh Waitzkin to keep your brain sharp, learn new skills, and sustain employment
Interesting article on free courses vs paid courses, and how charging for specific skill courses and rebroadcasts makes money and is becoming more prevalent.
Facebook exec on women and leadership, and having it all. Her philosophy is: "believe in yourself, give it your all, and don't doubt your ability to combine work and family and thus edge yourself out of plum assignments before you even have a baby." I will purchase the book and read it!
The Table plug in uses CSS for formatting the table: cell width and style, font and background color, etc. Here is a site recommended by the TablePress for beginners to learn to code using CSS.
Temple University's site about creating a table. They also have many topics on using html that we can access. It is not as easy to use as the other sites I have bookmarked, but is valuable non the less.
Temple University's site on creating a basic table. Not as easy to use as the other sites, but still valuable. Offers other html building topics as well.