This is a great example of an emerging way to explain something by visualizing it on a whiteboard. Taking notes like this is so much more engaging for the brain to remember and connect with what was spoken or read. This is one of the best visualizations or animations of a book talk that I
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This is inspiring and engaging. I’m impressed with what technology can do to make a classic speech sound new, different, and current. The autotune videos from The Gregory Brothers accumulate millions of views (The Bedroom Intruder song has over 66 million!). I’m glad they are remixing some classics and educating as well as entertaining. It
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Neil Pasricha started the 1000 Awesome Things blog. It is a great visual blog that helps us to have the right perspective–a perspective that lets us see that there are many awesome things in our world–and we can focus on those to be happy. Many of these things are simple and make us laugh. In
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Educators, researchers, and leadership professionals have been contacting me about how to purchase a copy of my leadership development programs dissertation. Typically the way to do this has been to purchase the pdf from ProQuest for $42. You can now purchase directly from me for $29 through the paypal button below and the complete 316
Conferences for leadership educators have been growing the past 10 years . There is ILA, NLS, LEI, and ALE. The 2011 ALE conference is happening in Denver July 10-13. Here is some of the pertinent information for leadership educators from the ALE website. The Association of Leadership Educators is proud to invite you to the
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You may have to do a “year in review report” for your job, department, or organization at the end of each year. Why not do one for your own life? What if you were to take assessing and improving your own life as important as you do your work? You probably spend 40 hours each
If I really want solutions, decisions, or insights I will sleep on the challenge, dream on it in the morning while half awake and half asleep, shower on it, bike to the woods with it in mind, and then hike through the trees and sit on a tree stump to visualize the challenge. I do
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Put the rubber to the road and experience life and this amazing land for yourself. In a plane you don’t get to stop along the way. We need more “drive” in our lives. Driving allows you more control than flying. It is not faster. It is slower. Slower is better sometimes. Plus, when you drive
Ideas, Insights, Decisions, & Direction. Learn about yourself. Take a road trip. Read More »
I’ve been developing a lot of online workshops and webinars over the past few years but nothing is better for innovating than a LIVE group of people. Many organization know innovation systems and processes but they need to increase innovation soft skills. This new interactive and inventive program I’ve been developing is launching at the
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My favorite innovation articles are those that focus on which capacities we need to cultivate to become better innovators personally. Innovation processes and systems are excellent but learning how to develop our own innovation skills is truly compelling because it is personal. Plus, much of the innovation chatter in organizations now is shifting from adopting