Nick Leffler

NOVEMBER 3, 2014

Make it easy to use and easy to find answers so they can do their job better. I know for me, my motivation to be more social has been to learn beyond my job description, making myself indispensable in shifting times. As you can see I don’t have a lot of answers on how to motivate people to be more social.

Social 173

Social Yammer DevLearn Twitter 173

Nick Leffler

OCTOBER 16, 2015

Following my real two days vacation, it was back to work at my day job. During those first two weeks back at my day job I had also been slowly getting back into some of my side projects. I just needed to relax, so I did. That took a bit of time to get back into also, let’s just say two weeks a is a bit of time.

Write Blog 100

Write Blog Portfolio Ideas Project 100

Nick Leffler

NOVEMBER 26, 2014

Fostering conversations and curating resources that help employees do their job better is the most important role mobile can play for L&D trying to work with generation mobile. Given a choice, I would rather learn about diversity and inclusion through discussion and exploration over a formal course presented by L&D.

Mobile 160

Mobile Propaganda Predictions Performance Support 160

Nick Leffler

AUGUST 25, 2015

For an employee, getting their job done the best they can is the first priority. When an organization gets worried about lawsuits and starts to shut computer systems down to prevent leaks and errors, people don’t always take part willingly. If something gets in the way then they’re going to find a way around it.

Wiki 100

Wiki Firewalls Security Portfolio 100

Nick Leffler

APRIL 8, 2015

If we all make part of our job to make things easier, everybody wins. Not everybody wants to sit through a 30 minute course, especially if they’re already familiar with the content. Life is complex (and easy) in so many ways, it’s time to think about how to make it easier for others.

Instructional Design 100

Instructional Design Culture Trust Portfolio 100

Nick Leffler

FEBRUARY 15, 2015

This is how we ended up with so much enterprise software that got the minimal job done, but not well. The client is included in the work and can see as much or as little as they want and be part of the process if they find it necessary. It’s this type of process that makes for the best work and the happiest client.

Atlassian 100

Atlassian Social Networks Authoring Tools Enterprise 100

Nick Leffler

NOVEMBER 20, 2014

You’ve done a great job hiding the process and what you’re doing. Besides, users don’t know what they want until we give it to them, nevermind the fact we didn’t think it through. Surprise Them. There’s nothing better than giving involved groups a surprise right? Make sure they’re surprised!

Enterprise 145

Enterprise Problem Adoption Adopt 145

Nick Leffler

JULY 20, 2015

When it comes to training this makes most tasks more complex than they need to be and over complicates the job of L&D professionals. Think about the framework of tell me, show me, let me (this was the beginning framework Ryan Tracey used in his post) and how simple it seems. Telling someone how to do something (or even about it!)

Training 100

Training Train Engineering Portfolio 100

Nick Leffler

APRIL 21, 2015

You can’t shut it off and stop reading and stop learning, jobs demand that you’re a lifelong learner. Sometimes it really does feel like this. Am I alone there? It’s more important than ever to learn how to manage all this information.

Attention 100

Attention PKM Write Blog Movie 100

Nick Leffler

MAY 5, 2015

I had used WordPress a lot on this website and it helped me get some jobs, but I hadn’t taken WordPress to the level I did with this course and beyond. The hard work for this one went on for 3 months. I became a marketer, an instructor, an editor and a lot of other things.

Social Media 100

Social Media Website Write Blog eLearning Consultant 100

Nick Leffler

SEPTEMBER 7, 2015

By sharing ideas at work, I’m able to get better at my job while others also get better at their job. I want to get better at my job and have more skills to transfer to other jobs if necessary and sharing does just that. That can be a challenge to get started figure out who is the best person for each job.

Ideas 100

Ideas Diversity Training Innovation Portfolio 100

Nick Leffler

JANUARY 27, 2015

They also don’t care about it, they just want to finish and do their jobs, what matters to them and what they get paid for. Simple, graphically beautiful, wordless (or very few), and just amazingly easy to follow job aids. Beyond the job aid(s), continue to monitor the effect of it to see if that is improving people’s work.

Write Blog 100

Write Blog Gamification Problem Job 100

Nick Leffler

DECEMBER 30, 2015

Make Someone’s Life Easier — Whatever you can do to make someone’s job, life, day easier, do it. I have secured a few consulting jobs since then but nothing substantial, just very interesting, enlightening, and fun. Increasing Social Awareness in Higher Education — Here I am back at it writing about my consulting job.

PKM 100

PKM Write Blog Wiki Culture 100

Nick Leffler

JUNE 10, 2015

I recently began a new consulting job with the Master’s program I got my degree from. It wasn’t for any typical Instructional Design work which I’ve worked on (even in my side consulting jobs) but with social media skills at the center. It’s the MSIDT program at California State University Fullerton (CSUF).

Instructional Design 100

Instructional Design Social Program Instructional 100

Nick Leffler

DECEMBER 8, 2015

To me the difference needs to be clarified so the job and purpose can be clarified. They’re telling me they were already successful even before anybody participated, even if they did a horrible job. These assumptions have an effect on how we treat people whether it’s obvious or not. A bit of arrogance there?

Culture 100

Culture Training Train Reference 100

Nick Leffler

DECEMBER 30, 2014

Beyond mobile performance support, I think there’s a clear message everywhere that everyone should be doing everything they can to simplify everyone else’s job. As I was trying to gain traction with mobile help overlays in my organization, I also was thinking about their importance in the overall L&D community.

Compliance Training 140

Compliance Training Write Blog Social Networks Learning 140

Nick Leffler

JANUARY 20, 2015

Learn how to be more efficient at a job task. Since the beginning of social media social learning has taken off. People have used it to: Develop their professional knowledge. Learn about their hobbies. Learn about what they didn’t know they didn’t know. Learn about what they knew they didn’t know.

Social Learning 100

Social Learning Social Tools Social Media 100