I use Twitter a lot. Perhaps too much. I, like many others, have learned the hard way about hashtags, avatars, profiles, “ tweetiquette ” (or ‘twettiquette’), URL shorteners, keeping it real, keeping it professional, keeping it polite (well, I do), etc. Someone coming to Twitter now, all fresh and eager to get stuck in, might find it hard to find their own voice in the noise that the rest of us are making. Think ‘networking event’, it’s OK to greet people, but auto-DMs are not the way. It doesn’t have to be perfect, it does have to be you. MORE >>

At the University I did communication studies as one of my subjects and I always liked non-verbal communication. As someone who is really enormously mirroring others non-verbal behaviours - it made me notice how often I do this. For instance when someone folds her arms and we have an intense conversation, I am also folding my arms. can also listen with lots of attention - I'm the kind of person who at the end of the party didn't notice all the things going on because I was only paying attention to the people I was talking to. So how does this work for online facilitators and trainers. MORE >>

Being on the lookout as I usually am for new resources for eLearning, as I am sure so many of us are, it was a very pleasant surprise the other day to come across the extensive list for elearningindustry.com that details over 200 spread across three lists, the link to Part 1 of the list is here and on the page you will find the others. really useful web linked compilation of resources I feel and even more so when someone else like elearningindustry puts it together for you. That's all for now, and I hope you find the post useful MORE >>

The second installment of the video series that describes Flat Army: Creating a Connected and Engaged Organization is found below. This 2-minute snippet sees me (Dan Pontefract) describe the overall thesis of the book including a brief introduction of the five key frameworks that make up a connected and engaged organization. Related Posts: Flat Army Book Trailer (one minute) flat army book Announcing the Front Cover of Flat Army Here’s to the Crazy Ones sites & sounds. book flat army MORE >>

When our son, Ryan, was born it was somewhat of a difficult delivery. His head was misshapen and some of his features were swollen. Regardless, the first words from everyone who stopped by to see him were “What a beautiful baby.” Nothing could have been further from the truth. But if someone had said, “My that’s an ugly baby,” they most certainly would have been dropped from the “close friends” list MORE >>