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Doris Reeves-Lipscomb

AmazonSmile: The Inevitable: Understanding the 12 Technological Forces That Will Shape ... - 0 views

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    new book by Kevin Kelly (Wired) praised by Godin, coming out June 7. Looks like equivalent of new "digital literacies" to me in terms of understanding how our futures will be affected by technological forces
Doris Reeves-Lipscomb

New Rules for the New Economy - 0 views

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    Godin commends this 1998 book by Kevin Kelly (Wired), said those who read got ahead of others in the connected marketplace
Doris Reeves-Lipscomb

The Pros and Cons of Contract Jobs - WAHM.com - 0 views

  • Pros of Contract Jobs
  • Cons of Contract Jobs
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    pros and cons of contract jobs
Doris Reeves-Lipscomb

Dissecting the Pros and Cons of Contract Employment | Envision - 0 views

  • Contract Positions
  • often defined at the project level or on a specific time frame.
  • seasonal needs or staffing needs (such as when a critical employee takes paternity leave) or during special projects
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  • website redesign, or
  • someone to help during a transitional period
  • Right to Hire Positions
  • Direct Hire Positions
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    Envision is a company specializing in contract workers, right to hire contracts, or direct hire contracts
Doris Reeves-Lipscomb

freelancers - Randstad Belgium - 0 views

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    Randstad offers four contract types: temp work, permanent work, project basis, freelance. Looks like each carries different conditions.
Doris Reeves-Lipscomb

What Are the Differences Between Project Based and Regular Employees? | Chron.com - 0 views

  • 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.
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    helps define project-based employees, Sam Ashe-Edmunds
Doris Reeves-Lipscomb

Understand the Blockchain in Two Minutes - YouTube - 0 views

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    IFTF explains blockchain
Doris Reeves-Lipscomb

9 Tips for Putting Your Best Foot Forward Every Day (Without Breaking a Sweat) - 0 views

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    interesting, short blog post on positioning yourself for success
Doris Reeves-Lipscomb

Timeline JS3 - Beautifully crafted timelines that are easy, and intuitive to use. - 0 views

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    free tool for making timelines, have great examples of finished products
Doris Reeves-Lipscomb

Boomer World: Things Will Never be the Same-Digital Impact - Patricia Hatley Inc. - 0 views

  • With Gen Ys and even more so with their younger colleagues, the Plurals, socialization occurs through digital devices and platforms, i.e. social media, texting, etc.   Nearly since birth, they have had the freedom to socialize with the world with a few clicks from a wireless device.  They do not like to “talk” on the telephone, even when in the same proximity as the people they are “talking” to. Plurals are said to be the most social group of people in history, yet they socialize almost entirely via digital devices. Younger generations have had control of and access to the world nearly since birth through the Internet. They live in a very autonomous world—a world where they have had a “voice” to the world nearly since birth.  As a result, they like freedom of expression and autonomy.   Instant gratification is a must! They want everything “now” and to move fast.
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    Patricia Hatley assesses how digital speed and communications affect leadership style and workers' expectations, January 11, 2016.
Doris Reeves-Lipscomb

The No. 1 Reason Most Personal Development Plans Fail - Forbes - 0 views

  • most see it as a paper-passing, bureaucratic practice with little real value.
  • managers don’t see the process as doing much to really develop talent. For them, it’s another check-the-box exercise that siphons valuable time. But these aren’t the reasons these plans ultimately fail.
  • Development plans fail because they are not driven by the individual
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    article by Joseph Folkman, March 31, 2016, Forbes, on why IDP plans fail: because they are not driven by the individual. 
Doris Reeves-Lipscomb

Applying The SAMR Model To Create An Effective Blended Learning Strategy - eLearning In... - 0 views

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    SAMR model--Substitution, Augmentation, Modification, Redefinition to introduce technology into learning processes by Christopher Pappas, March 3, 2016
Doris Reeves-Lipscomb

What does the future of education look like? | - 0 views

  • Action is the most important thing of all. Everything in CAPA — everything — is driven by the question: how is this changing your capacity to engage the world effectively? If you can’t answer that question, it’s not a CAPA course.
  • We keep looking for seminal issues — places to work — where if you can work there, you’re going to really have a way of seeing what matters.
  • CAPA operates under a pedagogy of discovery, not a pedagogy of consumption. You have to find out what you don’t know. The
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  • only difference between the faculty and students is that the faculty know how to be students.
  • What I’m saying is that disciplines don’t ring. We have to see the world through issues and action
  • I think that what I see is increasing avoidance of complexity, which is a problem because the world is complex. I think there’s a fundamentalism about technology. Technology itself isn’t going to save us. Technology is wonderful, but it’s a tool.
  • There’s a wonderful line: “Don’t just do something, stand there.” That’s the essence of CAPA. If you really want to be effective, you have to stand there and take it in and learn and figure out and bring the resources that you bring to other things. You need to do it with other people — don’t try to do it alone.
  • We can also think about adult education as a place to create an activist citizenry.
  • How can we organize a way for adults to talk to each other about things of common concern? We’re very good at having people talk to each other about things that matter — when we do it.
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    excellent interview with Liz Coleman, former president/reformer of Bennington College on action, engagement, learning, real-time issues, etc.
Doris Reeves-Lipscomb

Parent-Managed Learner Profiles Will Power Personalization | Getting Smart - 0 views

  • What is a learner profile?  A learner profile includes three elements: Learning transcript: grades, courses (and/or learning levels), state and district achievement data Personalized learning information: supplemental achievement data, record of services received, feedback on work habits, record of extracurricular activities and work/service experiences. Portfolio of student work: collection of personal best work products.
  • What about children with disconnected parents? As the number of learning options expands many students and families would benefit from a chosen guide. The Donnell Kay Foundation imagines a new system of education where learners create customized paths with advocates who work with them to connect their present learning to their desired future. This role of mentor/advocate/coach could benefit all students but particularly students without the benefit of engaged parents. In some cases, parents/guardians will choose to allow designees (e.g., mentors, relatives) to manage learner profile privacy settings. Young people in the foster care and juvenile justice system may have a court (or state) appointed guide that would manage privacy settings.
  • Data Quality Campaign recently noted, “With access to current education data child welfare staff can help the highly mobile students in foster care achieve school success by providing support such as the following: helping with timely enrollment and transfer of credits if a school change is needed, identifying the need for educational supports, working with school staff to address attendance and discipline issues, and assisting with transition planning to post-school activities such as higher education.”
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  • How would postsecondary profiles work? LinkedIn founder Reid Hoffman said a 21st century diploma, “Would accommodate a completely unbundled approach to education, allowing students to easily apply credits obtained from a wide range of sources, including internships, peer to peer learning, online classes, and more, to the same certification.” This “dynamic and upgradable” machine readable profile, “Should allow a person to convey the full scope of his or her skills and expertise with greater comprehensiveness and nuance, in part to enable better matching with jobs.” Hoffman obviously has interest in LinkedIn serving as the preferred market signaling platform.
  • “Own the student record.” The Lone Star pilot was a good start. With foundation support a small state or group of school districts could pilot a parent controlled learner profile.
  • Online profile management is becoming important in every aspect of life, it’s a new digital literacy competency that every young person must learn to exercise. That starts with empowering parents to take charge of education data with a portable learning profile.
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    excellent explanation by Tom Vander Ark on why parent-managed learner profiles are becoming more important all the time for young people.  Is the corollary true for adults owning their learning in portable, digital carry-alongs for sharing with potential employers, etc.  
Doris Reeves-Lipscomb

10 Things To Know about the Future of Blockchain in Education | EdTech Strategies - 0 views

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    Doug Levin, EdTech Strategies, March 10, 2016 writes about blockchains in education.  Puts the brake on using blockchain technology for student enhanced records and informal learning because of other issues that need to be resolved first.  Good overview of issues.
Doris Reeves-Lipscomb

Why Women Lose Ambition | Shelly Darnutzer | LinkedIn - 0 views

  • As I reflected on my own experience over a 25-year career in technology, I realized that there is more to it than an oppressive male dominated environment and an unconscious bias in corporate cultures that hold us back. 
  • Personal power is the energy behind all your actions. 
  • It’s the way of putting your ideas, visions and inspirations out in the world.  When you’ve internalized negative beliefs and disempower yourself, you are shutting down the flow of energy to do meaningful work, to take action on your own behalf, and to trust your decision making process because you begin to live in a state of constant self-doubt and frustration.
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  • The costs of self-doubt are huge: think of all the opportunities that have been lost, ideas not shared, important questions not raised, and the ways you’ve held back from experiencing life on a bigger scale.
  • Over time, the result is a self-imposed limitation and loss of connection to why you are doing what you’re doing.  It is not uncommon to experience a certain amount of “deadness”, a loss of confidence in your abilities, a reluctance to try new things, and even a loss of health and vitality.
  • Internalization is the unconscious mental process where characteristics, beliefs, feelings and attitudes of other people are assimilated into your own self identity.
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    nice article on why women lose ambition from toxic environments and never fully recover, Shelly Darnutzer, March 9, 2016, LinkedIn Pulse via Twitter
Lisa Levinson

How to Network With Important People - The Muse - 0 views

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    by Lily Herman who was named one of Glamour magazine's Top 10 College Women in 2015. She writes about the awards ceremony, and being seated with some famous, accomplished women she admires. Here are her tips: treat them like real people; don't be afraid to get a little personal; don't skip the follow-up
Lisa Levinson

How to Network: 8 Tricks to Make Connections That Will Pay Off | Inc.com - 0 views

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    from Inc.com by Minda Zetlin. Here tips: figure out who matters most - id a critical few; pick your next tier of 50 - 100 contacts; find easy ways to engage everyone else; if you want to connect - find a way to help that person; be intriguing by arousing that person's curiosity with something unexpected; think people, not positions; give before you ask; be generous.
Lisa Levinson

Six Tips for Successful Networking | CareerCast.com - 0 views

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    by Taunee Besson, CareerCast.com senior columnist about David Bell who successfully used networking to land a new job. His 6 tips: Ask people for info, not a job; start with people you know, then who they know, and finally strangers after you have practice; know what you want to say ahead of time, but don't have a canned speech; recognize you will have good and bad days; prepare a specific topic for each discussion; if your contact refers you to other people, let them know how it turned out.
Lisa Levinson

How to Network When You're an Introvert - 0 views

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    from Entrepreneur.com. Another article on how to network when you are an introvert. First suggestion is network and make connections online to develop relationships on LinkedIn, Twitter, Facebook and other social media platforms. This is especially helpful if you are going to a conference or event as you will "know" people before you get there, and they will know you. Arrange to meet up with them ahead of time. Talk about your accomplishments to better connect with others so they know what you have done and what connections you have with them. Discuss your goals and ideas to join or jumpstart the conversation, and ask for others' goals and ideas. Don't overthink it and go over and over your interactions. Concentrate on the positives you get out of the interaction. Maintain strong relationships when they develop and keep in touch regularly. Take Notes - remember faces, names, and what they said. Send an email to them to continue the conversation and remind them of who you are.
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