WomensLearningStudio

How one person created a comic book to educate young girls and women about menstrual periods, a topic previously avoided by everyone, including biology teachers in schools in India. Previous ignorance led to girls/women using unhealthy hygiene practices and being isolated from society participation--very good

story of how an app will bring midwives to help each other lower mortality rate by providing better assistance to women giving birth and learn from each other in Papua New Guinea

article by samantha whitehorne, Associations Now on pop-up events--one day high-quality connecting/learning events, May 2016

interesting look at doing away with our reliance on email

interview with Angela Duckworth on leadership qualities that make up grit--passion and perseverance, 29 minutes long

from Future Tense on June 11, 2016 by Teddy Wayne. he posits, with research to back him up, that we are losing the time, ability, and desire for reflection that leads to deeper thinking and learning. As smart phone, computer, and other digital uses increase, our focus on the immediate is replacing the practice and habit of reflection.

From Arun Pradhan on LinkedIn based on the work of Jane Hart, Harold Jarche, and others. Explores the why and how of work and learning, and bursting the training bubble that positions learning as a separate event from the workflow.

Written by Yuhyun Park , the chair of infollutionZero Foundation. Great graphic of the digital literacies children must learn as "they spend, on average, 7 hours a day in front of screens from television and computers to mobile phones and various digital devices." He defines these skills as Digital Intelligence, or DQ: Digital Safety (behavior risks, content risks, contact risks), Digital Security (password protection, internet security, mobile security), Digital Emotional Intelligence (empathy, emotional awareness/regulation, social and emotional awareness), Digital Communication (online collaboration, online communication, digital footprint), digital literacy (computational thinking, content curation, critical thinking), digital rights (privacy, intellectual property rights, freedom of speech), digital identity (digital citizen, digital co-creator, digital entrepreneur), and Digital Use (screen time, digital health, community participation).

good blog on why PDFs fall short on usability by journalists and others who are not looking to print them out

ways to reduce control digital tech use especially mobile phones

ATS and keywords by Liz Ryan

article on what to call remote workers--work in place

good ideas for setting up retainer projects as regular source of income

Phased process for moving communities from one platform to another by James Davidson, June 30, 2016, CMS Wire--start with user profiles, then group structures/pages, then content

column by Elaine Pofeldt, Forbes, June 2016 on how workforce is becoming more freelance based

blog post by Sean Young, Ph.D., on fostering change in behavior through online comunities, September 28, 2013

excellent list of twitter tools for making more effective use of twitter

Free forum and message board platform that allows you to customize the look so it matches your website. They have an example of how they have integrated a forum into a website. Downside to free service are ads on the forum or message board page, but paid service eliminates that.

Can't find the date on this but Quertime lists 15 of the most widely used web forum platforms that we might want to explore. It does list BuddyPress as well. phpBB looks interesting, as does zetaboards, and maybe PunBB.

Yammer site with features, mobile use, admin, and activation info. Trial is free, then you have to pay to use along with paying for office integration.