Learning Cloud
Agile Blog Challenge Change Collaboration Communication Community Community of Practice Creative Culture E-Learning Effectiveness Engagement Experience Formal Spaces Informal Spaces Knowledge Learning Learning Design Learning Technology Meaning Mobile Learning Narrative Reflection Social Learning Social Media Stories Storytelling Uncategorized Writing-
Recent Posts
- 7 traits of the Social Leader
- Learning and working in the #SocialAge. Starting the journey
- My new, free, eBook “Learning, Knowledge & Meaning – the Singapore Diary”
- A place for everything and everything in it’s place: creating an environment for learning
- Navigating the space between process and excellence. Is your organisation agile enough?
Blogroll
- Anthony Wilson: Poetry, Education, Research
- Catherine Burke – music
- Clay Shirky's blog
- E-Learning network
- Finite Attention Span – Chris Atherton's blog
- Hypergogue – Simon Bostocks site
- James Stodd's radio blog
- John Stepper's learning blog
- Julian Stodd Photography
- Julian Stodd's Learning Forum
- Julian's poetry blog
- Marton House plc
- The Work Social
Twitter Updates
Error: Twitter did not respond. Please wait a few minutes and refresh this page.
Archives
- May 2013
- April 2013
- March 2013
- February 2013
- January 2013
- December 2012
- November 2012
- October 2012
- September 2012
- August 2012
- July 2012
- June 2012
- May 2012
- April 2012
- March 2012
- February 2012
- January 2012
- December 2011
- November 2011
- October 2011
- September 2011
- August 2011
- July 2011
- June 2011
- May 2011
- April 2011
- March 2011
- February 2011
- January 2011
- December 2010
Tag Cloud
Blog Blogging Books Change Collaboration Communication Community Context Creativity Culture Design e-learning Engagement Exploration Facebook Formal Spaces Informal Spaces Inspiration Interpretation iPad Knowledge Language Leadership Learning Learning Design Meaning Methodology Mobile Learning Motivation Museum Music Narrative Reflection research Sharing Social Age Social Learning Social Media Stories storytelling Technology Time Trust Twitter Writing
Tag Archives: Communication
Authenticity
It was a long day yesterday: up at five thirty, then after delivering the workshop we went for a drink, and i finally got home from London about nine. I have to say that i was exhausted, which drove my … Continue reading
Posted in Attention to Detail, Blogging, Communication, Craft, Culture, Engagement, Experience, Integrity, Learning, Mediocrity, Narrative, Personal Learning Network, Responsibility, Social Learning
Tagged Authenticity, Communication, Dominos, Honesty, Integrity, Learning, Pizza, Relevance, Tone of Voice
3 Comments
Communication at times of organisational change: relevance, amplification and community
Change is the normal state for organisations, but one that many are ill equipped to deal with. As it’s friday, i’ve decided to play with some new ideas: in this case a model to explore the role of social communities … Continue reading
Posted in Agile, Authority, Change, Communication, Community, Connections, Control, Disturbance, Effectiveness, Engagement, Formal Spaces, Gangs, Group Dynamics, Hierarchy, Informal Spaces, Leadership, Management, Personal Learning Network, Social Capital, Social Learning, Support, Town Hall Meetings
Tagged Amplification, Change, Communication, Filtering, formal hierarchies, Nodes, Organisational Change, Relevance, Social Learning
4 Comments
Communicating
I’m writing in the apartment in Amsterdam today, up on the fourth floor, looking out over the city. It’s a bright day, clear views. This morning i’ve been communicating with colleagues in the UK, the US, Germany, Ireland and Asia. … Continue reading
Posted in Authority, Communication, Community, Conformity, Connections, Contact, Control, Conversation, Culture, Dialogue, Diversity, Edgelands, Formal Spaces, Global, Graffiti, Informal Spaces, LGBT, Narrative, Personal Learning Network, Rapport, Social Learning, Tone of Voice, Voice, Words
Tagged Communication, Graffiti, LGBT, Society, Trust, Understanding, Voices
1 Comment
Informal technology: social learning
Those who know me well are familiar with my tendency to anthropomorphise technology, to assign it with traits and personality: my car has a name and distinctly mischievous identity. Some technology is ‘friendly‘, whilst other is far more formal. Even … Continue reading
Posted in Accessibility, Collaboration, Community, Conformity, Connections, Control, Creative, Facebook, Formal Learning Spaces, Informal Learning Spaces, Informal Spaces, Social Learning, Social Networking, Spaces, Yammer
Tagged Technology, Communication, Informal, Mobile Learning, Social Learning
8 Comments
Busking it: how the desire to communicate transcends language
Royal Festival Hall is a prestigious venue on the South Bank of the Thames in London, noted for it’s innovative programme of dance and music and frequented by people like me for it’s free WiFi and comfortable sofas. Normally it’s … Continue reading
Posted in Adaptability, Agile, Communication, Language, Learning Design, Writing
Tagged Busking, Communication, Deaf, Deafness, free wifi, Hearing, Music
Leave a comment
Communication: harder than you might think
It would be nice to think that ‘message sent’ is always ‘message received’, but it is, of course, not the case. Our ability to miscommunicate is only matched by our certainty that our communication skills are superb. Finding our what’s … Continue reading
Posted in Attention to Detail, Broadcast, Communication, Difference, Journalism, Language, Learning Design, Words, Writing
Tagged Communication, Effectiveness, Harold Jarche
6 Comments
Unopened mail: getting your learning communications right
As i sit here, the pile of unopened mail in front of me on my desk must be eight inches high. We have a shelf by the front door where the mail gathers and i emptied it the other day, … Continue reading
Posted in Communication, Learning Design
Tagged Comms, Communication, Learning, Letter, Post, unopened mail
Leave a comment