Tag Archives: Twitter

Co-Creating a live learning narrative

I’m at a conference today where we’re using a live Twitter stream to co-create a shared learning narrative, using a range of media to explore innovation and creativity. There’s poetry, presentations, yoga and films, interviews, a book festival and conversations … Continue reading

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Amsterdam Diary – Day 2: spontaneous learning cultures – popup learning

I’ve taken this week out to think, research and write about learning culture: how is it formed, what are the challenges in global learning spaces and who owns it? Yesterday we looked at how the culture is created, with a … Continue reading

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Using multiple channels of communication in learning. A rich mix of media in formal and informal spaces.

Yesterday, i presented a webinar on mobile strategy. As i was doing it, people were using the chat forum that’s built in to ask questions. We were also using a private chat channel to ensure we kept on time and … Continue reading

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Social media mistakes. How your ‘tone of voice’ needs to resonate with your core values to give a coherent message.

Social media give an immediacy to communication that is fundamentally different from what we are used to in the more formal and traditional world of work. WIthin learning environments, this immediacy can allow debate and discussion to take place, it … Continue reading

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Speaking with many voices. Is one Twitter account enough?

I’ve been having a dilemma about Twitter. You see, of all the channels, it’s proving surprisingly popular, and i seem to be gathering followers apace. This is all well and good, but i don’t really have a very clear tone … Continue reading

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How influential are you in the social media space? What do we mean by ‘success’?

An excellent article today around tools that measure your social influence (or at least, around tools that measure activity, which, i guess, can correlate with influence…). Mike Johansson has provided a concise summary of a sites that offer some measure … Continue reading

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Blogs, Wikis and where to spend your time. What’s the best tool for collaboration?

Yesterday i was asked the question about what would be the best way to support dissemination and discussion around conference in the Autumn. Essentially, the aim is to make it more interactive, to create a channel for communication that will … Continue reading

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The Haiku of Twitter. Are integrated photos an upgrade, or a change in what micro blogging is all about?

I’ve just uploaded my first photo enabled Tweet. You can see it here if you like: https://twitter.com/julianstodd/status/77657166902870016. It’s not very exciting, just a picture of my ‘office’ as i write about Twitter, but it represents a fundamental shift in what … Continue reading

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Selling out Social Media. The corporate invasion of social spaces and why the people fight back.

The term ‘Social Media’ is becoming pervasive in many conversations about learning and development, but it’s not entirely clear that there is agreement about what it is, or whether it’s available to be sold. In tune with the theme, today’s … Continue reading

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Excuse me, is that really you? Reality and identity in social media OR How Avril turned out to be John

Well, it’s official, 50Cent didn’t write his own Tweets (but it’s ok, he’s learnt his lesson and he does now http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/magazine-12676791) To get started, i think it’s worth mentioning that in many ways 50Cent, that’s ’50′ to his friends, and … Continue reading

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