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great article on open access to educational and research resources

Focus at Will--a new music service that helps people focus on their writing, editing, researching, etc. by Natalie Houston, 12.3.2015

From the Harvard Business Review November 23, 2015 blog by Steve King and Gene Zaino. This article cites some of the studies we have used to illustrate how the "gig economy" of high level contingent workers is called. They cite the Ardent Partners study, Deloitte 2015 study, the McKinsey study on Connecting Talent with Opportunity in the Digital Age study as well as the HBR research. 6.4 million Americans report they provide professional services to corporations, and is growing at 3x the rate of overall employment.

Interesting post on heightened presence of the Girl Scouts at the Consumer Electronics Show in Las Vegas in January 2016; they have a Cookie 2.0 personal website and app to assist cookie sellers/buyers and encourage girls to go into STEM fields.

list of reasons offered by academics on why Twitter is useful to them, February 19, 2012, Julie Northam 

excellent report by IFTF and University of Phoenix Research Lab on six drivers of ten work skills needed in 2020, from 2011.

great article on research showing how mastering a difficult new skill and regular exercise not only delay brain declines but can increase brain volume and its functioning

article by Caitlin Fitzsimmons in the Sydney Morning Herald, August 22, 2017,on hot-desking, having to find a new work space every day

by Eric Barker on building good habits based on research by Dr. Sean Young at UCLA, a behavior change specialist

Women having been knocking at the gates of men's power for decades. But while the gates may be open, the number of women reaching top positions of power is disappointingly low.

In October I released my new Performance-Values Assessment and invited readers (from my blog, Twitter , Facebook , and LinkedIn ) to respond. The initial responses are in. Last week's post began our look at this data; this post continues that analysis. In addition, I present recommendations for boosting the health and effectiveness of your organization's culture.

Dana Theus presents important and valuable information about women and the impact they have on working groups. Through a discussion of the tragic queen and the underdog princess, she shares a TedTalk that provides an important look at women in the workplace.

This article describes the best fonts to use and presents some valuable research information to support his suggestions.

Good information on who's using social media by age group and gender, and race/ethnicity. Looks like Facebook at 67% is the highest (and at its prime?). Pew Internet and American Life Project. December 2012.

Excellent paper by Jan H. Kietzmann, Kristopher Hermkens, Ian McCarthy, and Bruno Silvestre, Science Direct on social media.

This Slideshare provides useful information for researching and improving one's online presence.

Edudemic survey of online learning participation, 4/2013

Next to last page has good graphic of pd model they are using.

I am collecting models of professional development processes as research for our about us process re-design

excellent article by Terry Anderson, Athabasca University--Canada's Open University, October 2003, IRRODL, on creating optimum learning conditions online. Makes me want to see an update.