WomensLearningStudio

value of admitting and learning from mistakes in executive and group situations--easier said than done

review of chat systems' value such as Slack for communities

Ernie Smith, AssociationsNow,argues for tweets and other social media to bring people closer, while Sherry Turkle, MIT, was saying that we spend too much time on social media. It's not either or but both imo.

Jane Hart's list of 50 workplace learning/training and elearning people to follow on Twitter. Linked to her blog on continuous workplace learning--now, new, next. December 2015

Nice post by Ritika Puri on her efforts to run her small business and set aside blocks of time for learning in 2016

slide deck from docs.com/officetraining for running more effective meetings with Skype. everything from finding and adding people to your contact list to share your screen to record your meeting to using OneNote to take notes

Nice visual presentation of workshops by Nicole Valentin in Tampa, with Hispanic Professional Women's Association

cute infographic on engaging elearners

very nice infographic on netiquette in discussions

interesting infographic on why cloud based LMS is the way to go--lower costs, less setup/management time, mobile, accessible anywhere anytime...

blows training out of the water with this infographic

"Group administrators can change a group's privacy settings at any time by visiting the group's Admin tab > Group Settings. Group roles BuddyPress group members have three roles available to them. Members: By default, when a user joins a group, he or she has the role of member. What does it mean to be a member of a BuddyPress group? That depends on what kind of group it is. In a public group, members are able to post to that group's forums, as well as submit content to other parts of the group (for instance, group members can upload documents in conjunction with the BuddyPress Group Documents plugin). When a user posts to the discussion forum of a public group, the user automatically becomes a member of the group. Additionally, being a member of a group means having the group's activity aggregated in your Activity > My Groups activity stream. In a private group or a hidden group, members have all the same privileges as members in a public group. Additionally, being a member of a private group means that you get to see who else is a member of the group, and that you're able to send invites to other users. Moderators: When a group member is promoted to be a moderator of the group, it means that the member receives the following additional abilities: Edit group details, including the group name and group description (see: #4737) Edit, close, and delete any forum topic or post in the group Edit and delete other kinds of content, as produced by certain plugins Administrators: Administratorshave total control over the contents and settings of a group. That includes all the abilities of moderators, as well as the ability to: Change group-wide settings (Admin > Settings). For instance, administrators can turn group forums on or off, change group status from public to private, and toggle on or off various other group functionality provided by plugins Change the group avatar (Admin > Group Avatar) Manage group members (Admin > Manage Members). More specifically,

importance of using projects to isolate work experience, team, real world, time with colleagues, practical skill use, responsibility for project, research skills, project management skills, etc.

PAR statements--problem, action, results

Development Dimensions International DDI

tips on making group video calls on Skype--10 people are the maximum #

Fascinating story from New Yorker in 12/2015 led me to this foldscope--microscopy for everyone. no longer distributing microscopes but if they become available later, might be interesting to try out.

HSN with Mindy Grossman's leadership has women as 40% of its board members. Tampa Bay Business Journal, November 30, 2015.

Great, as usual,blog by Beth Kanter. She reproduces TopNonprofits list of social media tips for marketing your message. Simple, good graphic icons, easy to use.

post by Chris Fields, Work4labs.com October 30, 2014 on preference for job boards