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Clay Shirky: How cognitive surplus will change the world | Talk Video | TED.com - 0 views

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shared by Lisa Levinson on 29 Aug 14 - No Cached
  • Lisa Levinson on 29 Aug 14
     
    TED talk that goes with his book, Cognitive Surplus. Very good talk about how we can now use internet and smartphones to really impact not only local but global political structures and systems, as well as get information out in real time that benefits everyone.
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If We're At the End of Email, What's Next? - 0 views

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  • Lisa Levinson on 11 Jul 14
     
    A blog from Workintelligent.ly about how intranet, based on social media concepts but for working within a company, could supplant email. I found the comments very interesting - issues such as most projects are by independent contractors who don't benefit from intranets, etc.
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Charles Jennings | Workplace Performance: Embedding Learning in Work: The Benefits and ... - 0 views

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  • Doris Reeves-Lipscomb on 17 Nov 14
     
    Charles Jennings, November 17, 2014 "This type of learning is 'designed' by the individual (sometimes with input from their manager), it is self-managed, and the measurement is in terms of outputs - not by passing a test or some form of certification but by demonstrating the ability to do work better, faster, more accurately, with greater agility and levels of innovation if needed."
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Accenture Newsroom: Accenture Research Finds Listening More Difficult in Today's Digita... - 0 views

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  • Doris Reeves-Lipscomb on 01 Apr 15
     
    Press release reviewing 2014 Accenture study on #listenlearnlead, good findings on benefit/drawbacks of internet connections/multitasking during conference calls, etc.
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http://www.tandfonline.com/doi/pdf/10.1080/00461520.2015.1124022 - 0 views

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  • Lisa Levinson on 09 Feb 16
     
    Interesting article in Educational Psychologist 50(4), 313-334, 2015 Constructivist Gaming: Understanding the Benefits of Making Games for Learning by Yasmin B. Kafai and Quinn Burke. Although the research is about k-12, there are implications in this article for all learners.They used existing research (using specific criteria to choose appropriate research) about gaming use and principles, and then used constructivist theory to posit a new way of gaming design. Gaming is very effective in building coding and computational concepts, practices, and perspectives as identified by other researchers, but the authors go further in applying the constructivist theory of personal, social, and cultural tenets to these categories. They argue that student-designed gaming is an effective way to build social networks around a work purpose, and that iterative processes are going to be the norm.
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The Health Benefits of Journaling | Psych Central - 0 views

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  • Lisa Levinson on 26 Feb 16
     
    by Maud Purcell. States that scientific evidence supports journaling accesses your left brain, which is analytical an rational, but also allows your right brain to be free to create, intuit, and feel. This removes mental blocks and allows one to use all of your brain.
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Now available: The Open Organization Field Guide | Opensource.com - 0 views

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  • Doris Reeves-Lipscomb on 07 Dec 15
     
    Overview of the Open Organization Field Guide by Bryan Behrenshausen, December 2015, and benefits of community produced resources from stories of projects.
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Buffett and Bill Clinton Are Now on Twitter: Why Not You? - Next Avenue - 0 views

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  • Doris Reeves-Lipscomb on 09 Dec 15
     
    great article on Twitter's benefits, 2013, Jennifer Davis, NextAvenue, to boost your career or find work or just have fun
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8 Ways to Improve Your 'About Us' Page | Inc.com - 0 views

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  • Lisa Levinson on 28 Apr 13
     
    Tips for having an about us page that really gets people interested in doing business with you.
  • Lisa Levinson on 28 Apr 13
     
    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."
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Strategies for Retaining Female Engineers - IEEE Spectrum - 0 views

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  • “Creating workplaces that have a lot of flexibility, that allow for people to work in a way that fits best with them, boosts creativity and job satisfaction,” Metcalf says, and these are the settings where women stay and thrive.
  • No matter what type of organization women work for, large or small, public or private, their relationships with their immediate bosses are critical to whether they feel engaged and content. The ideal supervisor is committed to his or her subordinates’ advancement and development, assigns stretch projects, and provides necessary support and feedback to help them be successful, Bilimoria says. And workplaces that employ women in higher levels are more apt to retain women at the lower levels. “There need to be multilevel champions [of women] from the top as well as from the bottom and the middle, because women are more sensitive to dealing with gender bias,” she says. Workplace initiatives that offer leadership development, mentoring, and networking for women reap the benefits by retaining women, Bilimoria’s research shows.
  • Doris Reeves-Lipscomb on 14 Jul 16
     
    good lock at women with sTEM credentials and why they haven't stayed in field
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What Are the Differences Between Project Based and Regular Employees? | Chron.com - 0 views

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  • specific project often work for a specific number of weeks or months
  • They may or may not work at your location, use your equipment, or work full time on your project
  • an independent contractor should not be given set hours, told exactly how to perform his job, or be told he can only work for you.
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  • A project-based worker usually signs a contract to work on one aspect of your business. For example, you may hire a financial person to re-do your accounting systems, a graphic artist to update your marketing materials, or a human resources professional to develop an employee benefits package
  • With a project-based contractor, you pay only the agreed-upon fee you negotiated.
  • Doris Reeves-Lipscomb on 02 May 16
     
    helps define project-based employees, Sam Ashe-Edmunds
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Communities of Color Capacity Building Program | Nonprofit Association of Oregon - 0 views

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  • participating organizations and their leaders completed a series of structured peer learning exchanges that allowed for information sharing and skill building.
  • Participants in the program benefited from opportunities to hear from nonprofit experts and consultants, and to learn from each other as they shared their experiences and challenges in the field. The Nonprofit Association of Oregon continues to provide logistical support to this cohort of community leaders so they can continue to meet for mutual support and ongoing learning.
  • Doris Reeves-Lipscomb on 31 Mar 16
     
    example of structure peer learning exchange
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Don't Forget Volunteers as Part of the Solution to 2017 Nonprofit Challenges | Energize... - 0 views

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  • “Staffing, workflow, finance and fundraising will be the trends to watch in nonprofit operations during 2017 when it comes to charities and associations.”
  • “The Limitations of Seeing Volunteers Only as Unpaid Staff,”
  • volunteers are seen as ancillary, not central.
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  • direct invitation, not a Facebook post.)
  • clustering” – banding together to share resources or determining specialties.
  • Skilled volunteers can be integral to these developments, both to guide the learning management systems necessary and to present a wide array of professional development and public education programs.
  • support prevention rather than “bandages.” Point funders to volunteer work that brings about change and the finances needed to grow that work.  
  • screen applicants with experience solely in the corporate world for whether or not they also have a history of charitable giving and volunteering?
  • NPTimes foresees a surge in new training programs and certification opportunities, as well as nonprofits moving towards offering education to the general public to generate revenue.
  • Separate tasks that can legitimately be delegated to competent volunteers as their only role
  • Volunteers, however, can be advocates. They can speak out and be heard in more effective ways because (most of the time) they do not personally benefit from the outcome.
  • Marching and public protest are core activist tactics. But, the true potential for volunteerism is that many people are looking for how they can have a voice and affect decisions to come.
  • Doris Reeves-Lipscomb on 06 Feb 17
     
    blog post by Susan J. Ellis, Energize, February 2017, great post for helping volunteers thrive in moving org mission
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How Freelancers Could Determine The Next Presidential Election | Fast Company | Busines... - 0 views

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  • 53 million voting-age Americans
  • Politicos, meet freelancers.
  • More than one in three Americans (34%) is doing some type of freelance work
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  • freelancers’ economic reality is so different from what most politicians understand. Freelancers are simultaneously entrepreneurs and precarious workers. They’re small business owners and workers. That’s why you’re starting to hear echoes of their concerns in the rhetoric of both Rand Paul and Elizabeth Warren.
  • Up-and-down income. Double taxation. No benefits. No safety net. And a government and culture that still doesn’t understand them or the way they work.
  • The bottom line is that this type of gig work is here to stay, whether we choose to embrace it or not.
  • Doris Reeves-Lipscomb on 12 Jun 15
     
    Sara Horowitz, founder and Ed of Freelancers Union, speaks to economic realities of freelancers who make up 53 million adults, who are also voters. May 8, 2015
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10 Reasons Why You Should Have a Blog - 0 views

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  • Doris Reeves-Lipscomb on 27 Aug 15
     
    nice short blog post by Lisa Endlich in Next Avenue, featured on Huffington Post 50+
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Top Ten Reasons People Start a Blog - 0 views

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  • Doris Reeves-Lipscomb on 27 Aug 15
     
    blog post by Susan Gunelius, about tech, on why people blog
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Reality Check Reveals Ed-Tech Challenges - Education Week - 0 views

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  • That, ultimately, is the challenge: to identify digitally driven, innovative practices that work and scale them up. Schools can look to a growing number of models to meet that challenge, as well as the lessons that can be learned from others' mistakes.
  • many schools are turning to open educational resources. They're convinced that the free, malleable, and shareable academic content offers advantages that traditional commercial materials cannot match.
  • administrators and teachers are learning to embrace the eclectic jumble of student-owned devices, in the belief that taking a flexible approach will benefit instruction.
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  • "Bring your own device," or BYOD, programs have also proved to be cost-effective and flexible options for 1-to-1 computing goals
  • "Learning to use the right tool for the right purpose that's a life skill."
  • Doris Reeves-Lipscomb on 29 Jun 15
     
    article by Kevin Bushweller, June 10, 2015 in EdWeek, good guidance for adult ed programs and informal adult learning as well IMO.
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Let's Embrace Our Open-Source Overlords: Associations Now - 0 views

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  • Open-source software often gets derided for its downsides—maintenance concerns, the need for development resources, concerns about security—but its huge transparency and collaboration benefits typically get missed.
  • (It’s worth noting that you may be using open-source software without realizing it: Most major content management systems, including WordPress and Drupal, are based on open-source code bases. Not that you’d immediately think of them in that context.)
  • Open source tends to follow current standards. The reason Mozilla Firefox gained so much momentum on Microsoft’s Internet Explorer about a decade ago has everything to do with programming strategy. IE, being proprietary and without much competition, didn’t have a reason to keep innovating quickly. Firefox, on the other hand, was in a spot to iterate relatively quickly and drive online development—and when Google Chrome came into the picture, this process moved even faster. This is true of a lot of open-source software. It can ensure you’re working with this year’s model.
  • Doris Reeves-Lipscomb on 29 Jun 15
     
    good article on value of open source software by Ernie Smith, Associaitons Now, June 16, 2015
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Rethinking Assessment to Meet the Demands of the 21st Century Workforce - Vander Ark on... - 0 views

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  • exponentially increases the power of assessment by increasing assessments, giving students a firsthand account of what they understand, and giving instructors the opportunity to intervene before a student falls behind. Assessment should mirror good instruction, happen continuously as part of instruction, and provide educators with information about students' level of understanding.
  • By reaching students at the exact moment they are trying to understand and requiring full comprehension before they move on, we can help prevent students from falling through the cracks later on in their education.
  • To accelerate their completion of remedial courses and stay on track to complete a certificate or degree program, students should take advantage of personalized learning technology that provides assistance outside of classroom time, such as online self-paced learning and assessment tools. These resources help students test their knowledge to determine areas of strength and struggle. Then, students can work at their own pace to master difficult concepts, and monitor their progress along the way.
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  • Generation Do-It-Yourself students are exploring new learning opportunities that's changing the roles of educator. Teachers will undoubtedly benefit from investing time and energy into becoming well versed in effective educational technology tools that create learning experiences that are personalized, and continuously adaptive. Understanding how students are actually performing and offering data-driven guidance will help learners better absorb course material and understand challenging concepts. Tools that provide teachers with actionable data enable educators to monitor each student's progress in a course, evaluate the achievement of learning outcomes, and intervene when needed
  • Doris Reeves-Lipscomb on 08 Jul 15
     
    Don Kilburn/Tom Vander Ark blog post on how formative assessment made possible by technology is helping GenerationDo-It-Yourself students (and teachers?) remediate while still in high school. Pearson is behind this article (remember Barb McDonald's mention of this in a CPSquare discussion).
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Traditional creativity is thriving in the internet age - Telegraph - 0 views

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  • There’s a good story to tell here, though, because the internet is often an enabling force for good
  • Most of us struggle to concentrate for as long as we used to because of the demands on our time but we can all be drawn in by a good story.
  • the connectivity from which we all now benefit is behind the resurgence of what we are seeing in local communities and special interests.
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  • people pursuing arts and crafts now have the means of distribution to sell their goods online.
  • If just a few people every day can make their passion into their profession, that’s a good start and will help us to recognise that the disruption that we see all around is actually a force for good.
  • Doris Reeves-Lipscomb on 07 Oct 15
     
    article by Jonnie Goodwin, founding partner of Lepe Partners, August 2014 on how the internet fosters traditional arts and crafts and passions that might turn into professional work opportunities
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