This light never turns green (& other complaints from Go Life Lenses™)
Posted by Lee-Anne Ragan | Filed under Communication
This photo made me laugh out loud – it’s a perpetual complaint self-assessed Go Life Lenses™ have of Stop Life Lenses™. Do you know someone who always wants to think things over for a loooooong time before taking action? Wants to read just 5 more reports before making a decision? Needs to ruminate, debate, theorize […]
Tags: communication, go lens, self-assessment, stop lens
Rock paper scissors in an infographic
Posted by Lee-Anne Ragan | Filed under Communication, Creativity & innovation, Training & development
Not that, ahem, I’m biased, but you gotta love this rock paper scissors infographic (Nathan the nerd even got the order of the words right). It’s a great example of the power of visual learning. It’s fun. It’s creative. Three things that our brains love, making it easier to be creative, to communicate & to […]
Tags: compfight, creative commons, graphics, infographics
Pickled perspective on powers of persuasion & assimilation
Posted by Lee-Anne Ragan | Filed under Communication, Diversity & culture
Chances are you have a jar of pickles buried at the back of your fridge. Did you know pickles were once at the heart of immigrant identities and cultural tension? If we can be so far off the mark with pickles, imagine how else our perspectives might be narrow and constricting. A century ago in […]
Tags: assimilation, immigration
A social media training treasure hunt
Posted by Lee-Anne Ragan | Filed under Business & organizational development, Communication
Today is the first day of a new course I’m teaching called ‘Transforming Workplace Learning through Social Media’ and I thought I’d let you in on some of the treasures to be found when you incorporate Social Media into your training and development work. (And yes, Social Media deserves to be capitalized ….. pun intended.) […]
Tags: astore, blog, delicious, doodle, facebook, flickr, google, googlel doc, linkedin, newsletter, social media, twitter, youtube
3 funny resources for harnessing social media for training. Lights, camera, action!
Posted by Lee-Anne Ragan | Filed under Communication, Humor & comedy, Training & development
In this month’s Rock.Paper.Scissors’ newsletter I look at how we can harness social media for training purposes. See the this blog post for the full social media post, this one for social media resources or keep reading for some funny social media resources. Read the entire newsletter here or download a hard copy of the article. […]
Tags: coca cola, etsy, regretsy, social media, twitter
What’s behind door #1? Self-awareness & perspective
Posted by Lee-Anne Ragan | Filed under Communication
My friend Michelle once said in an email … “‘Go where the door is open’ and it occurred to me – that – that’s what you did Lee-Anne – you opened the door.” And as I’m sitting here writing this post, from my new home in Kenya, I’m thinking a lot about doors. Which to […]
Tags: dyana valentine, perspective, self-awareness
3 resources for harnessing social media for training. Lights, camera, action!
Posted by Lee-Anne Ragan | Filed under Communication, Training & development
In this month’s Rock.Paper.Scissors’ newsletter I look at how we can harness social media for training purposes. See the last blog post for the full social media post, this one for social media resources or stay tuned for the next blog post where I’ll share some resources related to social media, with tongue firmly planted in […]
Tags: delicious, marketing grader, search grader, social media
3 steps to harnessing social media for training. Lights, camera, action!©
Posted by Lee-Anne Ragan | Filed under Communication, Training & development
In this month’s Rock.Paper.Scissors’ newsletter I look at how we can harness social media for training purposes. Stay tuned for the next two blog posts where I’ll share some resources related to social media, both serious & tongue in cheek. Read the entire newsletter here or download a hard copy of the article. Not already receiving […]
Tags: blogs, delicious, flickr, google, hootsuite, jeff bulla, linkedin, media bistro, netvibes, pedagogy, social media, youtube
Facilitation means to bring ease- Speed Geeking, Dotmocracy anyone?
Posted by Lee-Anne Ragan | Filed under Communication, Training & development
When I was doing some research on Un-conferences, I came across a Wikki page that listed a number of facilitation styles, some of which I hadn’t heard of before. It’s a handy resource to take a peek at for those that might be familiar to you & those that may be new. Here’s a few […]
Tags: birds of a feather, dotmocracy, facilitation, pecha kucha, speed geeking, teachmeet
Oh, that I could shrink the surface of the world (for some perspective)…
Posted by Lee-Anne Ragan | Filed under Communication
Wang Chien (AD 756–835) eloquently wrote the above when he heard his friend was coming back from the war. It came my way from a friend (thanks Michelle for your muse). It got me thinking about what creates distance and what creates closeness. Distance is more than being physically far apart, it’s: not feeling understood or […]
Tags: communication, life lenses, perspective