The importance of backing up or how not to avoid tears of a 4 year old while not pissing of Uncle Dave

  This poor little 4 year old learns about deleting beloved photo of Uncle Dave (see video clip below). I’m about to start teaching a new Social Media course for UNON here in Nairobi.  I’m soooo looking forward to sharing new tips, tools & techniques for using Social Media to learn, research, ‘listen,’ get organized, […]

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Training & development learning well June blog post round up

If you didn’t catch all the posts this month simply peruse & click what’s below. Here’s the Rock.Paper.Scissors’ monthly training & development round up for the month of June. Learn well in the training & development learning well. Dive deep into the learning well or take a small sip. Shower yourself in training & development […]

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A social media training treasure hunt

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.) […]

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3 resources for harnessing social media for training. Lights, camera, action!

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 […]

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3 steps to harnessing social media for training. Lights, camera, action!©

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 […]

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A social media training treasure hunt

Today is the first day of a brand spanking 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 ….. […]

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The Rock.Paper.Scissors newsletter is out: Resources for transforming workplace learning through Social Media

Want to focus on how you too can become a Social Media training space cowboy (we’re in the wild west of new galaxies here)? Check out the resources below from the latest Rock.Paper.Scissors e-newsletter which has a manifesto on how to be a space cowboy (aka how Social Media is transforming workplace learning): Jane Bozarth’s […]

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10 tips for trainers part one: bumblebee butts & booty

It’s my birthday tomorrow and as tomorrow’s not a usual day for posting I thought I’d give you a gift today. Ever since I hit the earth some 4+ decades ago I’ve not had to wait for Christmas to open gifts so I thought I’d share the bounty with you, my dear blog reader, with […]

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Do you recognize this sound? It’s the sound of change

Ahh the sound of change.  A similar clip was played by Graeme Codrington of tomorrowtoday.uk.com at the recent W.I.N. conference in Paris.  While he was playing the clip his 11 year old daughter walked into the room and asked what it was. I can guarantee you that my 9 and 13 year old kids wouldn’t […]

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Learning means converting & translating

I was recently in Turkey doing program evaluation training for the United Nations, which meant carrying a variety of ubiquitous plug adapters.  I laughed at the above combination of plugs – all feeding into one that would fit the hotel outlet, allowing computer and IPhone to charge. The need to convert, change or adapt in […]

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