My blogging year in the rear-view mirror

As the year draws to a close, I like to reflect on my blog posts.

I invite you to scan the list below and catch up on any that you may have missed. It’s never to late to comment!

• Taking out the trash – My new year’s resolutions. I stuck to them fairly well, actually.

• My Top 10 movers and shakers – Some of my influencers in the Asia-Pacific region. I’m looking forward to Bob Little’s next round of E-Learning Movers and Shakers.

• E-Learning conferences in Australia in 2015 – My annual list of major PD events for e-learning pro’s down under. The 2016 list is currently under construction.

• Game-based learning on a shoestring – GBL can be surprisingly effective, and it doesn’t have to break the bank.

• The dark side of gamification – I’m an advocate of gamification in the workplace, but if done badly it can do more harm than good.

• A way with the fairies – My first dabble with augmented reality.

• A framework for content curation – My somewhat controversial attempt to make content curation more effective.

• 5 papers every learning professional should read – An important academic grounding for L&D folks.

• Collateral damage – The unintended casualty of the war on learning styles.

• The definition of Enterprise Social Network – An esoteric joke.

• The joy of UX – My second dabble with augmented reality.

• Where is L&D heading? – The future of our industry according to yours truly.

• The caveat of content curation – Not everything is googleable.

• Offside – The pride of the nation is still getting licked by the ice-cream cowboy.

Thank you everyone for your ongoing support.

I wish you a merry Christmas and a happy new year!

Offside

Five years ago today, I wrote How not to do social media to express my disappointment at the Football Federation of Australia’s mismanagement of its social business strategy.

As you can tell from the latest graph of Facebook likes, the pride of the nation is still getting licked by the ice-cream cowboy.

The definition of Enterprise Social Network

Taking out the trash

Happy new year!

I’m looking forward to 2015 as a time for exploring, building, experimenting, discovering, and learning.

Many of us like to make New Year’s resolutions in January – which rarely survive February – but this year mine are designed to last forever.

I hereby commit to the following five resolutions.

1. No facey, no connecty.

Humans have heads and names. If you apparently don’t, I won’t connect.

2. Reject the hard sell.

If your first message to me is sales oriented, you’re dropped.

3. Do not feed the trolls.

If you lack an open and collaborative mindset, I won’t engage.

4. Do not feed the bullies.

Bully-boy tactics do not lend credence to your argument; in fact they do the opposite. If you try to force feed me, the conversation is over.

5. Shut the pop up.

If a pop-up interrupts my reading of your article, I won’t bother quitting the pop-up. I’ll just quit your article.

Apologies if this seems like a negative way to begin the new year. However, by taking out the trash, I intend to let the light shine in.

What are your New Year’s resolutions…?

The Comparative Value of Things

This one goes out to all the trolls.