Interview transcript and comments thread
Asking Big Questions
If it were only that easy…
Wow, who knew creating successful associations and certification programs was sooooooooooo easy. According to this YouTube video and website, anyway. http://youtube.com/watch?v=aqYf-CPvzOc http://www.associationsforinfomarketers.com/ Seriously? It disheartens me to know that someone is out there advocating that individuals create “associations” and “certifications” as revenue generating machines for their businesses…and based on the testimonials, that people are buying it (figuratively and literally).
Carbon Fasting
In Sunday’s Washington Post, there was a short news item on the increasing trend toward eco-evangelism by organized religion, including two Church of England bishops who are promoting a Lenten ‘carbon fast,’ offering their congregations an energy-saving tip each day…
Course Evaluation
In today’s Learning Trends, Elliott Masie suggests a new twist on face-to-face course evaluation. Instead of the traditional smiley sheet, he suggests you “Ask your learners to, in small groups, re-design the program. Give them 10 minutes and ask them to do a rapid re-design of the Sequence, Scope and Activities in the class.” This approach sounds like a great one for limited attendance seminars - much more engaging and meaningful….but what about big multi-session…
Establishing Priorities
When converting to a new data management system, you are faced with many decisions regarding priorities. There is so much going on at once that you'll have to decide where you'll focus your time first and what can be held for later. (I call these issues "phase two issues" because they can wait for phase two, […]
More on the Digital Curator
I’m still in the midst of a lot of travel, so I had planned on following a path similar to my last posting on the Digital Curator, etc. and pointing to interesting things that other bloggers are doing. As it happens, though, that post and number of others out there are beginning to form into […]
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For the Love of Money…
What was she thinking???
I’m cramming for a deadline and have the TV on for noise on some weird show called “The Moment of Truth.”
Contestants are asked progressively personal question with one’s family and spouse sitting around to hear the results of the lie detector machine.
I don’t understand why someone would want to embarrass or […]