Conversation at the Local : You’re NOT on Facebook???

Last night had the rare treat of going to my local.  For those not familiar with the English phrase “local”; “local” = “pub”. Despite piles of work, it was Free Beer Night for Beer Club Members at Emmetts, and I for one will never turn down the chance of free beer! The place was packed (Hello…FREE [...]

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Is Facebook suitable for Training?

I recieved an email from Elliot Masie, as part of my subscription to LearningTown. As we explore the role of Social Learning in organizational development efforts, I would like to invite you to join me (if you have an account) in a new Facebook group:   http://www.masie.com/ext/facebook Having a Facebook account, I followed the link, [...]

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Top 10 Time Saving Tools : #1 SamePoint

Wanting to make my working day more efficient, I often spend a couple of hours at the weekend, searching for tools that can automate or help me in my every day work.   I thought that I would choose my top 10 tools and blog about them each week, so that you too can start to [...]

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How to give to charity without putting your hand in your pocket

At the Brandon Hall Innovations in Learning Conference I had the pleasure of meeting with Joe Didonato one of the founding members of The Orphan Foundation.  The Orphan Foundation’s mission is to find loving homes for the 163 million orphans around the world.  Their programs range from providing financial support to adopting families, to medical [...]

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