Category Archives: Community of Practice

Creating and sharing: why we are all curators in the Social Age

Posted on November 4, 2013 by

I read a study this morning from the Pew Research Centre’s Internet Project. They interviewed a thousand American adults on their internet habits: 54% of them had posted original photos or videos to websites and 47% shared content they found … Continue reading →

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Learning tribes

Posted on August 16, 2013 by

It’s been a good week: i’ve been in New York, working with a small team, sharing ideas and learning. Most of the sessions have been around leadership, with me trying to bring a perspective of the Social Age, exploring the … Continue reading →

Posted in Blogging, Collaboration, Communication, Community, Community of Practice, Conversation, Engagement, Knowledge, Learning, Learning Culture, Networking, Personal Learning Network | Tagged , , , , , , , | 10 Comments

Creating an environment for #learning: collaboration and community

Posted on July 12, 2013 by

As i sat writing this morning, an elderly gentleman came to the table and asked me if he could lay out the International papers without disturbing me. I’m in the Icebreaker cafe, by the Amstel, one of my favourite writing … Continue reading →

Posted in Choreography, Coffee, Collaboration, Community, Community of Practice, Conversation, Culture, Environment, Formal Spaces, Group Dynamics, Informal Spaces, Learning, Learning Culture, Personal Learning Network, Reflection, Sharing, Social Learning, Spaces | Tagged , , , , , , , | 34 Comments

Manifesto for the Social Age: A first draft of the narrative

Posted on July 2, 2013 by

I had two conversations yesterday that prompted me to think a little. I was talking about Social Leadership and Social Learning with Sarah, in the UK and Marissa in the US. There was a common narrative to both conversations, so … Continue reading →

Posted in Adaptability, Agile, Authority, Challenge, Change, Collaboration, Community, Community of Practice, Control, Culture, Ideas, Informal Spaces, Leadership, Learning, Learning Culture, Learning Technology, Meaning, Mobile Learning, Narrative, Personal Learning Network, Social Learning | Tagged , , , , , , , , , , | 28 Comments

Growing your social learning strategy: 11 key questions on authority and expertise

Posted on June 26, 2013 by

Knowledge management is a tricky thing. Expertise and authority may exist, but you can’t find it. In social learning, we want to engage with these experts, we need to build emergent communities with the power to make a difference, the … Continue reading →

Posted in Adaptability, Agile, Authority, Broadcast, Collaboration, Community, Community of Practice, Control, Curation, Engagement, Learning, Partnership, Personal Brand, Personal Learning Network, Social Capital, Social Learning | Tagged , , , , , , , , , , , | 34 Comments

Drawing upon the wisdom of the group: developing ideas of Social Leadership

Posted on May 28, 2013 by

Over the last week or so, i’ve been developing ideas around the Social Leader. I’ve been trying to adopt social learning approaches to this design exercise, exposing different parts of the ideas to different communities and individuals and making the … Continue reading →

Posted in Agile, Choreography, Collaboration, Community, Community of Practice, Curation, Formal Spaces, Introspection, Knowledge, Leadership, Learning, Learning Culture, Learning Journey, Personal Learning Network, Social Capital, Social Learning | Tagged , , , , , , , , , , | 11 Comments

A place for everything and everything in it’s place: creating an environment for learning

Posted on May 17, 2013 by

I have a routine: table by the window, the one with the plug next to it, coffee on the right side of the table at the back, phone on the left. This is the best table as it has a … Continue reading →

Posted in 'Just in time' learning, Accessibility, Agile, Book, Collaboration, Community, Community of Practice, Connections, Contact, Environment, Formal Spaces, Informal Spaces, Learning, Learning Culture, Learning Technology, Mobile Learning, Personal Learning Network, Social Learning, Support | Tagged , , , , , , , , , | 6 Comments