This post collects the resources shared via the backchannel of the Up To All Of Us event, held February 24-27 in Sedona, Arizona. It’s a law of nature. There are always three things. Trust me on this. Think of an event — a workshop, a class, a meeting, or a presentation. Something always comes before and there’s always an aftermath. All too often, we neglect the Beginning and Next phases. This limits our thinking to the event and blinds us to the larger process. Here are the three phases of the Up To All of Us workshop I attended in Sedona last week: Beginning. Middle. MORE >>

It’s why next week I’m taking a week+ off from work and organizing a unconference of my own in Sedona, Arizona. Several months ago, I participated in a unconference in Santa Clara, California, called Overlap. did it on my time as an investment in my growth. came away with a renewed sense of purpose and energy that has improved my professional life. It also sparked a change in my awareness of what I do, professionally, and it inspired me to take different risks. Of late, what I’ve done more and more of is experience design. couldn’t be more elated about the event. MORE >>

met with a crew from Instructure when I was at Arizona State University for a conference. I’ve been using Instructure for several weeks for a course that I’m teaching with Tecnológico de Monterrey on networked and connected learning. I’ve used a large number of learning management systems over the last several years, and Instructure presents one of the more impressive educator and end-user experiences. It took me about two hours to setup and organize my first course in the platform. can see why: setting up a course, adding content, assessment, etc. MORE >>

Jack Ring  lives in Arizona and has 50+ years of experience as an intrapreneur and executive in a variety of businesses. Few people ever recall who finished in second place. This is most evident in automobile racing, whether it is the international Formula 1, the annual “greatest spectacle in racing” at Indianapolis, the thundering NASCAR circuit, or the more than 250,000 dirt tracks around the United States. Automobile racing draws more spectators than any other sport. It’s not because of the danger, although the prospect of a crash certainly holds the crowd’s interest. MORE >>

Chandler, Arizona. Fourteen of us spent Friday evening and all day Saturday exploring how to create better organizations. Group Synthesis. collective movement focused on humanity at work (and elsewhere). Systemic problems require radical change. Experiments with gift/grant economy & integrative power (Love!). Purpose beyond self as a condition of self organizing. Sense of urgency: Things are broken; we need new thinking. Emotion and acknowledging influence of emotion, more powerful than rationality and logic. k: “Without love, you cannot attain mastery.” BIG TENT. MORE >>