1. BEtreat - a party workshop
(Blog/Blog)

Etienne Wenger and I are throwing a birthday workshop in Grass Valley, California.  It's a way of sharing our work together and pushing out the envelope. And having fun at the same time. BEtreat In 2008 ...

2. Communicating on the go
(Blog/Social Media)

... get an incoming call on the room telephone. No-one seemed to know what the room 'phone number was. Reception tried taking the Jajah incoming call and transfering it, but it didn't work. My SkypeIn didn't ...

3. Ten tools I couldn't do without
(Blog/Blog)

... Skype now has SIP Open Beta, so let's see what happens. MPEG Streamclip: I use MPEG for topping and tailing videos and then reformatting them. It has saved me hours of tedious work. Thank you to Stefano ...

4. Identity and boundaries
(Blog/Blog)

... as people ask me to make knowledgeable assertions about "your" country, family or work. Everything in my life is spread out. I instinctively look outside to make sense of what's happening inside. I've ...

5. Integrating facilitation and social reporting
(Blog/Blog)

2009 saw me trying to integrate social reporting and facilitating in face-to-face workshops. My experience is that tools and workshop processes tend to get separated. Contrary to all the hype in our social ...

6. Crummy internet in expensive hotels
(Blog/Blog)

I now spend about half my time on the road so internet access is an abiding concern. I need it for work and for staying in contact with my family.   My experience is that the more stars a hotel has, the ...

7. Launching into 2010
(Blog/Blog)

This year has zoomed by, marked with lots of travel. The blog post I started to write has now turned into four shorter ones. The following four posts probably flag my thoughts for 2010. I'm a Web Worker ...

8. What makes early adopters of social media successful?
(Blog/Social Media)

... the ability to reiterate, experiment, understand what worked and refine what they were doing over time.  ...

9. Challenges of social media to nonprofits
(Blog/Social Media)

The other day I interviewed Beth Kanter, who thinks and writes profusely about how nonprofits can use social media. The interview (on my blog in four parts) was to share at a workshop with local development ...

10. Following the White House
(Blog/Social Media)

... just any old people ... If these tools work for the White House it will be because they are using them in ways that support their objectives - like broadcasting what the President does and opening up ...

11. Not blogging thoughts
(Blog/Meta Thoughts)

... off the blogging - and twitter. There is also a host of fascinating work and life-stuff happening, which will also keep me busy. I'm torn again by the question of many short blog posts or fewer, more ...

12. Communication toolbox - or ode to the pdf
(Portfolio/Toolboxes)

I prepared a toolbox of activities for community of practice events and workshops for the Central Advisory Services on Intellectual Property for a workshop in January, earlier this year. These tools are ...

13. Calling for practical wisdom
(Blog/Meta Thoughts)

... referring to mopping the floor or emptying the trash cans, but how long it takes to be experienced working around patients, their families, the doctors and nurses.   The full talk by Barry Schwartz is ...

14. A social reporting toolbox
(Blog/Designing for Learning)

... from David Wilcox back in 2006 in a post he wrote called "Social media, social web, social networking... time for the social reporter". Then, in the last few months of 2008, David and I did ...

15. Transitioning to 2009
(Blog/Meta Thoughts)

Whew ... arrived. Hello blog. I missed you. The last two months have seen me engaged in exciting projects, wading through reports, getting caught up in life turbulences, spending Christmas in Rio (my daughter ...

16. Social reporter - old school
(Blog/Setúbal Now)

... said, but I never forget to bring a book. Anyway, his father worked in the copper mines which were closed down in 1966. The landscape looks like you are on Mars and the abandoned tiny houses (that housed ...

17. History's eve
(Blog/News)

... owe and email. Sorry friends and loved ones who I promised to call. Sorry all clients I owe a piece of work. But I'm obsessed with a worry that in the end the people in US won't realise how crucial ...

18. Sanity as in smart, sensitive and Silvia
(Blog/News)

... not to, and contacted Silvia and her two-month baby Lucas. Silvia is now working for me, helping me and keeping me sane. She lives in the block next door, so passes here to collect the mail and put the ...

19. Notes on using iMovie for social reporting
(Blog/Social Media)

... using the Ken Burns effect. working out how to fade out the music to the exact moment of the ending of the film. being able to create a title and final slide.  Some questions I didn't resolve: ...

20. Situated social reporting
(Blog/Social Media)

... into session and workshop design.  Social Reporters are one sub-group of several groups with different roles who meet at several points in the programme to plan and review their tasks and responsibilities. ...