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Like this article written by Susan Wojcicki in July 2011 on how to stay innovative. Found it today via my twitter feed. 1. Have a mission that maters 2. Think big but start small 3. Strive for continual innovation, not instant perfection 4. Look for ideas everywhere 5. Share everything 6. Spark with imagination, fuel with data 7. Be a platform 8. Never fail to fail

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

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Hootsuite offers a Pro package for $9.99 a month (f you pay a year in advance, otherwise $15 a month) that allows the host and one other user to coordinate and initiate scheduled tweets in advance. Also does RSS feed on new blog posts. Also works for other social media such as LinkedIn and Facebook.

Adam Rogers, Science, Wired, 8.6.15, writes about how the Google tanking algorithm of positive and negative stories on the candidates could affect major elections 25% of the timer. This is the tyranny of the algorithm. They tested the impact in mock voter labs before elections in Australia and India where the impact of feeding positive stories about a candidate first shaped voters decisions between 24 and 72 percent of the time with certain voter groups. Voters in towns in the US that watch a local a Fox channel vote more conservatively because of recency and placement issues. While the numbers in real live do not add up to the impact achieved in the test research, when elections are decided by 1 or 2 percentage points, it's enough to turn the tide in favor of a candidate.

Talia Shani from 2010, Kissmetrics, writes about tools that enhance the Twitter reach: bitly, Buffer for scheduling and spreading out tweets, Cotweet for marketing, Hootsuite for managing multiple social media, scheduling tweets for later release, tracking results, and multiple collaborators. Paper.li for curating tweets into newspaper format. SocialOomph for scheduling tweets, tracking keywords, extending Twitter profile, and more. Triberr is an invite only community of like-minded bloggers. Tweetdeck--similar to hootSuite but now part of Twitter. Twitterfeed uses RSS feeds to automatically share your blog and others every time there is an update to them. Visibli shares any links you want along with custom share bar and ability to customize.

blog by George Siemens reflecting on his first week of a dual-layer MOOC, October 28, 2014. "I'm biased toward learners owning their own content and owning the spaces where they learn. My reason is simple: knowledge institutions mirror the architecture of knowledge in the era in which they exist. Today, knowledge is diverse, messy, partial, complex, and rapidly changing. What learners need today is not instructivism but rather a process of personal sensemaking and wayfinding where they learn to identify what is important, what matters, and what can be ignored. Most courses assume that the instructor and designer should sensemake for learners. The instructor chooses the important pieces, sets it in a structured path, and feeds content to learners. Essentially, in this model, we take away the sweet spot of learning. Making sense of topic areas through social and exploratory processes is the heart of learning needs in complex knowledge environments. " Though I am biased toward learner-in-control, I do recognize the value of formal instruction, particularly when the topic area is new to a learner. Even then, I would like to see rapid transitions from content provision to having learners create artifacts that reflect their understanding. These artifacts can be images, audio, video, simulations, blog posts, or any other resource that can be created and shared with other learners. Learning transparently is an act of teaching.

blog post by Belinda Gannaway, NixonMcInnes, Creating Meaning in Business. 8 Ways to Spot a Collaborative Organization.

Really good blog post by Brook Manville, 9/5/14, HBR on how the "thin we" becomes the "thick we" excerpt: To borrow language from the philosopher Avishai Margalit, the web is a "thin we" type of network. Participants tend to belong for individualistic reasons. They have little in common with other members, and they're reluctant to do much for the network. A big goal requires a "thick we" network - a community of people who feel responsible for collaborating toward a shared purpose that they see as superseding their individual needs. Members of a community - as opposed to a simple network - expect relationships within the group to continue, and they even hold one another accountable for effort and performance. When networks develop into communities, the results can be powerful. Look at the accomplishments of Wikipedia contributors, open-source software developers who find and fix bugs in Linux, or doctors who help each another with difficult diagnoses as part of the Sermo social network.

Compelling blog post by Stephen Downes on free vs. not free resources, especially the distinctions made by educational institutions and OERs, November 27, 2012

Fascinating article on Baylor research on how internal social networking sites supported and managed within the workplace helps newcomers (younger people usually) to connect and learn from each other, interact directly with more senior people, and inadvertently cause problems for middle managers who did not want to mentor new hires and who did not necessarily have the social/technology proficiencies to participate in the SNS, Science Daily, 1/29/2013. Their conclusions showed that a "company can improve morale and reduce turnover." Researchers are Hope Koch, Baylor, Dorothy Leidner, Ph.D., Ferguson Professor of Information Systems at Baylor; and Ester Gonzalez from Washington State University. Excerpt: he study centered on a financial institution's efforts to reduce IT employee turnover by starting a social and work-related online networking site. Under the supervision of executives, the IT new hires developed and managed the site's content. Since most new hires had moved hundreds of miles to start their new jobs with the institution, they initially used the social pages as an introduction to the community. After a year or so with the organization, the more senior new hires began using the system to acclimate and mentor incoming new hires. All study respondents worked in the institution's IT department and included new hires, middle managers and executives. With less than three years of experience, most new hires and interns were men between 21 and 27 years old. The middle managers and executives were baby boomers or members of generation X. The internal social networking site helped the new hires build social capital in several ways, according to Koch. "It gave them access to people who could provide useful information and new perspectives and allowed them to meet more senior new hires and executives. These relationships set the new hires at ease during work meetings, helped them understand where to go for help and increased their commitment to the financial

Look at the "SOCIAL" acronyms--collaboration shows up in both. Guest blog written by Kriss Deiglmeier, ED of the Center for Social Innovation at Stanford, appearing on Beth's Blog on 2/28/12. Believe these help define WL Studio's raison d'etre.

Beth's Blog, June 4, 2012 Excellent ideas on leading a blog carnival to ensure that key blog posts and discussions are viewed by large #s of people. Think this is very relevant to Studio's work.

interesting post by Gwen Teatro, August 4, 2013 about how "nice" behaviors could show up in leadership through displays of kindness, truthfulness, respect, generosity, clarity, empathy, and civility. Like her blog and signed up to follow her

Unusually good assessment IMO by Jane Hart of how modern learning differs from traditional training practices, 4/28/2014. She identifies six key features: autonomy small and short continuous on demand social anywhere, anytime, on any device Are these features then the new standards for learning concierges, learning coaches, learning stewards and facilitators? As well as for the learners themselves?

very nice infograph on workplace learning

study by Jane McConnell, Digital Workplace advisor and researcher. In the comments section by Rachel Happe, principal and co-founder of the Community Roundtable. "Awesome and congratulations on getting this out Jane. A must read for everyone in our extended network. In my area, community management, your assessment is spot on. We have long held that 1) community management is the future of all management 2) community management is like teaching - everyone does it and some people do it professionally and 3) it's a critical 21st century skill. Thank you for "

great blog post by Jane on working independently but learning interdependently via the web/internet.

algorithm cartoon by Rob Cottingham, August 2015

really good interview with Jane Hart on learning workers--what it means in real terms, June 24, 2015