Daily life can often be a massive challenge. From overloaded to-do lists to crunched time, and from feeling like we’re being pulled in every direction to the dizzyingly fast pace of life - it’s enough to make even the most patient person have a meltdown (or multiple meltdowns). Added … [Read more...] about Learning and Development Roundtable: Easy, peasy tech tools to save your sanity in work and at home

Bubble, bubble toil, and (no!) trouble. Tech bubbles, that is!
I did a Learning and Development Roundtable on How to really engage people for lasting listening, light-hearted learning, can-do, collaboration, and clever creativity. It was based on member requests, as everyone is looking for ways to engage people. And by engage I mean … Engagement … [Read more...] about Bubble, bubble toil, and (no!) trouble. Tech bubbles, that is!

How to do Hybrid Meetings and Events without Headaches
Just when we’ve gotten the hang of online meetings and online events, now we’re being asked to add another new beast to the mix. That beast being hybrid events and hybrid meetings. A hybrid event/meeting is one where some participants are in a virtual room (such as MS Teams or Zoom) and … [Read more...] about How to do Hybrid Meetings and Events without Headaches

Your easy peasy checklist for better, more interactive online meetings
Online meetings. Love them or hate them or somewhere in between, they’re here to stay. Here’s an easy peasy checklist to make sure your online meetings are as good as they can be and, even better, one of the first steps to ensuring you have interactive online meetings. This is part of … [Read more...] about Your easy peasy checklist for better, more interactive online meetings

Ten Easy Peasy Tech Tools to Save Your Sanity
Tech tools. Do you cringe in fear, overwhelm and/or exhaustion from trying to keep up when you hear the words tech tools? You’re not alone. It’s no surprise we’re overwhelmed. “Constant frustration with bad tech experiences affects how staffers handle their daily … [Read more...] about Ten Easy Peasy Tech Tools to Save Your Sanity

Six pronounced pros and six chaotic cons to working online, part two
I was jamming with a colleague, digital marketing expert Jeff Travilla from JCM Media Group, a while back about the pros and cons of working online, which inspired me to flesh out a list of six pronounced pros and six chaotic cons. I shared the pros in a previous post. In this post, I'll … [Read more...] about Six pronounced pros and six chaotic cons to working online, part two

Six pronounced pros and six chaotic cons to working online, part one
I was jamming with a colleague, digital marketing expert Jeff Travilla from JCM Media Group, a while back about the pros and cons of working online, which inspired me to flesh out a list of six pronounced pros and six chaotic cons. I’ll share the pros in this post and the cons in an upcoming … [Read more...] about Six pronounced pros and six chaotic cons to working online, part one

Ten easy tech tools for you, for fun, for your team and for social change
On the heels of my recent Learning and Development Roundtable -Tools to build community and engagement online, and as we’re all Zoom weary, I thought I'd keep this post short and sweet with some fun, engaging, inspirational examples of tech used well. For you One second every day - the … [Read more...] about Ten easy tech tools for you, for fun, for your team and for social change