» Walking the Line Between Web2.0 and Old Skool in Nonprofits
03/07/08 20:37 from Beths Blog
Photo by Kalabird (Michaela Hackner) Johanna Bates, an extraordinary nonprofit technologist, has launched her blog with a very thoughtful post called " Walking the Line Between Web 2.0 and Old Skool in Nonprofits "  This adds beautifu..

» NTEN Project: Week 1 - Module 1 - Are we there yet?
03/07/08 19:04 from Beths Blog
Photo by Travelin' Librarian On Monday, we started down the road to build Module 1: What is Social Media and Why It is Important To Nonprofits .  If you have kids and have ever taken a long road trip, you've heard that question. ..

» Another little thing....
03/07/08 07:20 from Anecdote
One of the things we talk about a lot is the power of 'little things' to make a difference in a complex environment. I saw the sign in the photo on the counter of a cafe earlier this week. If you can't read it, the poem goes like this Smil..

» Jeffrey’s Twitter Updates for 2008-07-02
03/07/08 03:59 from Silence and Voice
So, Starbucks will close 600 stores http://tinyurl.com/66vm2v # The city seems quiet today. I suppose people are already leaving for the long weekend. Lucky! # Just got a triple grande skim latte at Starbucks. Long lines; doubt that one wi..

» NTEN Project Week 1: Not Everyone Understands Social Media - Should They Be Embarassed?
02/07/08 23:24 from Beths Blog
Bill Thompson at 2gether08 from David Wilcox on Vimeo . Been thinking about new names for the NTEN project and enjoying the comments and ideas from all of you!  Tony Molloy made me laugh with his comment .  And while checking out..

» NTEN Be The Media Project Name Change: We Need Your Feedback
02/07/08 15:01 from Beths Blog
If you've been reading this blog, you know that last week I started to work with NTEN on a social media and nonprofits curriculum development project called Be The Media .  Yesterday, Holly Ross, NTEN Executive Director, posted this d..

» Education for a Digital World
02/07/08 13:32 from Webbed Feat
The long awaited book, Education for a Digital World, is now in print and also available for download in sections or in full from Commonwealth of Learning (COL). The 500-page volume is divided into 5 sections: * Part 1: The Impact of Instr..

» Liz Strauss Asks - Are Crayons Social Media?
02/07/08 12:38 from Beths Blog
What does the Internet look like ? Liz Strauss asks if crayons qualify as social media. It made remember the workshops I taught way back in 1993 for arts people about Internet literacy - the web was just getting started.   I hand..

» Matt Moore facilitates a discussion on story work with Madelyn Blair and me
02/07/08 05:41 from Anecdote
This morning Madelyn and I met Matt Moore on Skype to chat about story work. Matt's a fast worker and has already posted the podcast . Here are the show notes: 00:00 - Introductions: Madelyn & Shawn's first introduction to storywork. 04:00..

» Jeffrey’s Twitter Updates for 2008-07-01
02/07/08 03:59 from Silence and Voice
@KT_718 Is this a labor of love (i.e. personal decision) or part of an organized effort for social awareness? # @BronSt yeh, yeh, yeh . . . # @betsyweber Happy Birthday! # I think I feel well enough to go to the office today. # @maniactive..

» Tweets on 2008-07-01
02/07/08 02:59 from wide open spaces
Just added ‘Here Be Dragons An Introduction to Critical Thinking [Andy's Wiki]‘ to Vodpod http://tinyurl.com/5azsuy # Going to bed with Clay Shirky : ) Here Comes Everybody! Clear and focused - a good read # Powered by Twitter ..

» Immediate feedback in the moment
01/07/08 22:13 from Anecdote
The best way to learn a practical skill is to receive immediate, helpful feedback while you are performing the task. I was reminded of this fact this morning at our junior basketball competition. Next to each referee was an apprentice refe..

» NTEN Project Week 1: Not Everyone Understands What Social Media Is? What are the basic ideas and concepts? How do you explain it?
01/07/08 21:32 from Beths Blog
| View | Upload your own NTEN's Social Media curriculum project where the community is the curriculum ! We invite you to join the conversation each week as roll we out a new theme related to social media and nonprofits.  Come join the..

» What do mobile phones, baseball, and pediatric Diabetes have in common?
01/07/08 20:30 from Beths Blog
Photo by Christopher Dale A text to give campaign will make its major league debut at a professional sporting event on the July 13th  “ Children’s National Day at Nationals Park .  This a special day will highlight and suppor..

» Critical Friends and A Reflection Process for Working Wikily
01/07/08 14:38 from Beths Blog
  I'm very interested in learning how different types of networks or communities work in a networked way - this whole notion of working wikily .   The NTEN project is an excellent learning laboratory for reflection and learn..

» Human Resource Management Help Needed
01/07/08 12:30 from Silence and Voice
Are you a Human Resource Management (HRM) professional or manager? If not, do you know one? I am redesigning and teaching a graduate Human Resource class in the Fall, Research Process and Methodology at New York University, and I am lookin..

» Jeffrey’s Twitter Updates for 2008-06-30
01/07/08 03:59 from Silence and Voice
Stayed home today; felt awful this morning. Spoke to the doctor and he changed my meds. Just got up again and feeling a bit better now. # @KT_718 I felt trapped, so got out of there as quickly as I could. Not enough “official protect..

» Tweets on 2008-06-30
01/07/08 02:59 from wide open spaces
Just added ‘University of Manitoba: Information Services and Technology - Michael Wesch and …' to Vodpod http://tinyurl.com/5djejm # back in the city…playing with Google sites and pages # Powered by Twitter Tools . ShareT..

» Be The Media: Week 1 - How Can Your Organization Avoid Drinking the Web 2.0 Kool-Aid ...
30/06/08 23:43 from Beths Blog
Flickr Photo by Mike Monteiro NTEN's Be The Media : where the community is the curriculum ! We invite you to join the conversation each week as roll we out a new theme related to social media and nonprofits.  Come join the smart peopl..

» Be The Media: Week 1 - Why Should Nonprofits Be The Media? The why of social media
30/06/08 15:27 from Beths Blog
But Why?  Flickr Photo by Liquid Lucidity Why Not?   Flickr Photo by MPR529 Today we start NTEN's Be The Media journey where the community is the curriculum !  We invite you to join the conversation each week as roll ou..

» Employee engagement interest in storytelling
30/06/08 12:32 from Anecdote
A few weeks back, Alex Manchester from Melcrum interviewed me on various issues around storytelling. He approached me following the large amount of interest in storytelling shown at the Employee Engagement conference in late May. The inter..

» People
30/06/08 08:37 from Community Capers
My research findings suggest that there the five core conditions within the people component of community in IMCoPs; roles, profiles, leadership, sponsorship and time, were all impacted by enabling design and actions of the community manag..

» Jeffrey’s Twitter Updates for 2008-06-29
30/06/08 03:59 from Silence and Voice
Driving back to the city. Strong rains. # Forgot how busy the traffic is aroind Gay Pride. # Too many people congrerated in the park along the river in the Village. Unsafe. # So many people could hardly move. Kind of scary, as a matter of ..

» Tweets on 2008-06-29
30/06/08 02:59 from wide open spaces
Going to the countryside to meet hubby and family after whole day of discussions at Educacamp in Sao Paulo. It was great to meet the others. # @ gsellart enjoy, rest and have fun …going to the countryside and will do this as well # P..

» Recognition, praise, credit
29/06/08 22:39 from Anecdote
"Credit is infinitely divisible. Give it away every chance you get, and there's always plenty left for you." Don Berwick, Head if Institute of Healthcare Improvement 100,000 lives campaign (I see it is now 5 million lives), quoted in Influ..

» Jeffrey’s Twitter Updates for 2008-06-28
29/06/08 03:59 from Silence and Voice
Long drive. Done for the day. Night, Twitterverse. Hope the infrastructure rests for a big day tomorrow. # Long drive. Done for the day. Night, Twitterverse. Hope the infrastructure rests for a big day tomorrow. # Walking the dogs and enjo..

» Jeffrey’s Twitter Updates for 2008-06-27
28/06/08 03:59 from Silence and Voice
Had a hair cut and will try a new style tomorrow. Hey, have to enjoy while I still have something to style! # @KT_718 Very right about that. However, now is the longest my hair has been since I was 21. More interesting the second time arou..

» An Interview of Me in GEO Magazine in Italy - Anyone Understand Italian?
28/06/08 03:40 from Beths Blog
GEO magazine writer Marta Mainieri did an interview with me recently for the magazine.   She just skyped me to let me know it's on newstands now (in Italy).  Anyone speak or read Italian?

» Tweets on 2008-06-27
28/06/08 02:59 from wide open spaces
going to bed wearing socks. Cold! Have been too long online today hubby snoring - will he wake up with light on? Good book tempting me # I'm really pissed with Twitter because you can get people's older posts but cannot access your own or ..

» CPsquare Newsletter: events, conferences, and books
28/06/08 00:45 from Learning Alliances
I'm posting this here because CPsquare's blogs are broken (soon to be moved & updated). CPsquare book club: We'll be reading selected chapters from Communities of Practice: Creating Learning Environments for Educators , edited by Chris Kim..

» Where is the sweet spot between network and community?
27/06/08 20:13 from Beths Blog
Click to see larger image . What you are looking at is a tag cloud created with Be The Media Project description and  the highly addictive WRDL (hat tip to Tom Watson ).  I think it perfectly illustrates how we will build the mod..

» Allison Fine asks, "Is it time for nonprofit leaders to extol the virtue of government service?"
27/06/08 18:28 from Beths Blog
Flickr Photo by Dogs New Cloths Allison Fine, who authored " Social Citizens" , a paper recently released by The Case Foundation on the intersection of Millennials, social change and social media, wonders whether  it time for nonprofi..

» The Community is the Curriculum: NTEN's Be The Media Project - Nonprofits and Social Media - Come Join the Fun!
27/06/08 17:00 from Beths Blog
Be the Media Logo ( Remix of this Flickr Photo ) Over the next six months, I will have the pleasure of working with NTEN and Holly Ross on a new community-driven project called " Be the Media " funded by the Surdna Foundation.   ..

» Leaders need to listen
27/06/08 13:12 from Anecdote
Deborah May provided the following account in her recent newsletter. Most leaders want to engage their team in planning processes but don't always do so effectively. Recently I facilitated a session with a group of executives. The conversa..

» What Walruses Can Teach About Learning
27/06/08 11:50 from Silence and Voice
The New York Times had a recent article entitled Who Is the Walrus? that I have been thinking about and processing for the past few weeks. The more I reflect on it, the more I realize how assumptions quietly sneak back into preparation a..

» Jeffrey’s Twitter Updates for 2008-06-26
27/06/08 03:59 from Silence and Voice
Still have a sore throat. Was home sick all day today, and do not feel much better yet. # Just got some cake for dessert. Wow, I am exhausted. Off to bed. # @aroberts Good way of mentioning this, Andy. WIth so many social network apps out ..

» Vital behaviours for communities of practice
27/06/08 03:59 from Anecdote
Over at the Influencer blog David Maxfield has written a four post series on improving teamwork based on one of the key insights from his co-authored book, also called Influencer , which is simply changing a few behaviours can drive a lot ..

» Tweets on 2008-06-26
27/06/08 02:59 from wide open spaces
@ buthaina is this good news and what is the way? # getting stressed out with Twitter's much too frequent stresses..cannot even see my replies - I need a massage! # Powered by Twitter Tools . ShareThis

» Educacamp
27/06/08 02:48 from wide open spaces
The first Educacamp in São Paulo which will bring together edubloggers takes place at Espaço Gafanhoto next Saturday, June 28th. It has been organized by Lucia Freitas (read Ladybug ), Ceila Santos and Cybele Meyer. It will be a good opp..

» Web 2.0 Ennui Season, no? or yes? Is it just me?
27/06/08 02:20 from Beths Blog
Confession.    Before I focused on music performance in college, I was on a path of creative writing and poetry.   I took a course on French poetry and Baudelaire's Flowers of Evil was on the reading list.  He is o..

» Guide to anecdote circles
27/06/08 00:04 from Anecdote
I've just realised that our Guide to Anecdote Circles has been kind of hidden on our website so I have popped a copy of the guide in the Whitepapers section of the site. anecdote+circles

» International Educational Perspectives (3)
26/06/08 22:48 from wide open spaces
The two other presentations took place in the afternoon after lunch and Praxis members were invited to meet the presenters “en petit comite” for a round of questions at the end of the e-Learning event at WTC the following day. ..

» Some reflections in between
26/06/08 18:00 from wide open spaces
Blogging about these presentations makes me go over my very brief notes à la Twitter and is a formal exercise I have imposed on myself. I describe the sequence of events/what I have heard as objectively as one possibly can so as to later ..

» Arts 2.0: Brooklyn Museum Click Exhibit Results: It's not a contest, it's a study in curation of the crowds ...
26/06/08 16:26 from Beths Blog
In April, I taught a social media workshop for artists and arts nonprofits and did some research on how different arts organizations using social media effectively .  The Brooklyn Museum kept coming up as a stellar example, particular..

» A super-tweet: autoethnography at work
26/06/08 15:35 from Learning Alliances
Woke up thinking about all that could be done — and that had to be done today. Before walking the dog, at 6:15, I went through the previous night's email on Outlook, looked at my schedule and made some plans: A workshop payment mix-u..

» Exclude (Twitter) Feeds from Overwhelming WordPress’s Front Page
26/06/08 11:36 from Silence and Voice
Do you use Twitter Tools , the wonderful WordPress plug-in that integrates Twitter feeds into and out from a blog? I do, and the main reason I like it is that it allows me to capture my Tweets on a daily basis as a single blog post. Why, i..

» International Educational Perspectives_2
26/06/08 04:21 from wide open spaces
The first International Education and Educational Technology Meeting was opened by Marcos Teles, from Mentat , who introduced, welcomed the international guests and announced the common structure to be covered: context, main educational in..

» Jeffrey’s Twitter Updates for 2008-06-25
26/06/08 03:59 from Silence and Voice
Do not feel too well today. Have been feeling worse and worse all week. Sore throat, lost voice, week - the whole bit. # I have been having a lot of problems using Feedburner. The feeds have not been going through for the last month. Has a..

» Effective Online Networking Skills: Adam Cohen's Personal Networking Icebreaker ... What's yours?
26/06/08 01:40 from Beths Blog
Photo by Wally G What's your best personal networking conversation starter at a networking event? Background This week I am an online mentor on the topic of " Effective Online Networking " as part of the Networking for Success project at t..

» Best Vacation Email Auto Responder Message EVER!
25/06/08 23:54 from Beths Blog
I'm on vacation at a family reunion!  I'll be back on 7/1. Like any email addict, I will feel compelled to read your messages when my family is not looking.  However, I may not have time to respond before they take my phone away ..