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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.

by Kelly Wallace Finding work life balance needs to be reframed as a person, not working Mom, issue, especially since we are all connected 24/7. Companies are becoming less flexible, not more, especially after Yahoo banned working from home. Men want flexibility as well, and statistics show more men than women telecommute, which defies the popular conception of working moms being the highest percentage of telecommunters. Until the conversation includes everyone, not just focuses on women, there will be no change in perception of the issue in the c-suite.

A series of slideshares that explores issues in leadership on both a national and international stage. According to the report, most leadership development programs are stagnant, and leadership development both on the organizational and academic levels are not keeping up with needs to develop competent, confident, and committed workers.

Interesting approach to conveying information that we should think about for our work. Great use of Slideshare to disseminate report findings.

Learning forward is a professional teachers organization dedicated to improving teaching that impacts student success. They have recently created standards that include professional development standards where learning communities are the focus of continuous improvement to engage in inquiry, action, research, data analysis, planning, implementation, reflection and evaluation.

A digital journal of learning, teaching, and technology that is peer reviewed. Also houses discussions that are networked and participant-driven

Edutopia blog on web tools to help students collaborate. Some fun principles for collaboration including: shut up and listen; action beats inaction; there are no mistakes. Worth viewing the old Carol Burnett show YouTube with Tim Conway.

Blog by Ben Werdmuller, one of the creators of Known, a new platform designed to encourage connectivist learning. He explains the platform in this blog and why he created it instead of a LMS such as Blackboard that has terrible usability. This is much lower cost and is open source.

Blog by Ben Werdmuller, one of the creators of Known, a new platform designed to encourage connectivist learning. He explains the platform in this blog and why he created it instead of a LMS such as Blackboard that has terrible usability. This is much lower cost and is open source.

In this blog Jarche combines his work, David Ronfeldt's work, Stephen Downes work, and Dee Hock's work to look at how work gets done in various traditional, and also new networked ways. Good diagram of collaboration and cooperation from Goal-oriented to opportunity-driven (serendipitous)

Clear blog on cooperation trumps collaboration in networked working and learning

Lorenzo Grandi is founder of Startupbootcamp Amerstam. He outlines what makes a successful crowdfunding campaign. Ask: what do you or can you offer? Who is your competition? What has worked well for them? Feature a video - more likely to get funded if you have one. Although this is geared toward business, it has a lot of good tips and links to other blogs and sites (including Kickstarter and their help area), and is easy to understand and practical.

A network of regional leaders committed to serving the common good in Silicon Valley. They have created a Fellows program that brings together demonstrated leaders to explore process of collaborative leadership that can strengthen their capacity to address difficult issues. Graduates of the program are called Senior Fellows and they act as networked servant leaders

"This leadership is less about current position, authority, management, or control, and much more about facilitating the work of others: engaging, connecting, and catalyzing people, and helping them to self-organize and innovate around shared goals. It requires new mindsets, tools, and skills" This leadership is less about current position, authority, management, or control, and much more about facilitating the work of others: engaging, connecting, and catalyzing people, and helping them to self-organize and innovate around shared goals. It requires new mindsets, tools, and skills. nice graphic of ALF journey to impact

"What You'll Learn: In this highly interactive three-day workshop, we'll take a deep dive into transformative leadership for social change. Employing the framework if "I/We/It" What you'll learn: Why mindfulness is a critical leadership skill How to shift from "ego" to "eco" or system-awareness The difference between organizational and network leadership How to identify your allies, build relationships, and map your network What "systems-change" is, and how to scale social impact   Why design-thinking is a critical skill for change-makers Case-studies of organizations and networks that have achieved impact at scale "

Graphic depiction of the ALF Leadership process of I/WE/IT from Beth Kanter's blog of 2/18/15

The authors Peter Senge, Hal Hamilton, and John Kania in this magazine article from Winter 2015 outline their belief that the deep changes necessary to accelerate progress against society's most intractable problems require a unique type of leader - the systems leader, the person who catalyzes collective leadership. They use Nelson Mandela as the supreme example of this, but state that they have met many systems leaders on a national, regional, and local level. Systems leaders have the ability to see the interconnection of all the moving parts of a problem, issue, or crisis and develop interventions designed to bring diverse views and standings together in supportive and structured ways to address differences. "The simple idea that you could bring together those who had suffered profound losses with those whose actions led to those losses, to face one another, tell their truths, forgive, and move on, was not only a profound gesture of civilization but also a cauldron for creating collective leadership. Indeed, the process would have been impossible without the leadership of people like Bishop Desmond Tutu and former President F. W. de Klerk."

got to this through Stephen Downes's Daily. This blog by Tim Rayner makes a distinction between sharing and gifting on social networks. He considers gifting as sharing with a purpose. Mindful sharing as opposed to sharing for sharing's sake. His argument is that gifting is the real power of social networks.

ebook on personalizing professional development for K12 Educators: 5 Strategies and a Checklist to Get Started Nice layout, clear problem statement, easy to read, good checklist at the end. Good template for ebooks for us to push out our content?

Nick Corcodilos, a job coach and contributing writer challenges the stats that say job boards are robust sources of hire. He parses the stats available and comes to the conclusion job boards account for less than 10% of all hires.

"Applicant Tracking System Tools for Job-Seekers" has a list of resources for ATS optimization of resumes including articles, blog posts, and tools.

Advice from career consultant Alison Doyle, About.com's resident job search expert, about being specific in our resume for both ATS and human screeners

Great checklist and do's and don'ts for optimizing your resume for ATS including formatting, keywords, fonts, sections, and others.