Good editing = increased engagement

October 27, 2010

This is cool. Engagement increased by 30% across a set of web pages that were edited. Not spell check editing. EDITING damn it. Like…. “…honest-to-God, get-to-the-point, don’t-waste-my-time editing. That means establishing a focus up front, pruning verbiage, clarifying the organization, looking for meaning beneath jargon, and thinking more about the reader’s needs than the writer’s [...]

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Planning an audience-friendly presentation

October 27, 2010

Haven’t clicked all the links on this post by Olivia Mitchell but it seems like a terrific resource for people who present and train online. Note the free book on this site too “How to Present with Twitter (and other backchannels.) Thanks Olivia!

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Relatively normal

October 27, 2010

Nick Jones writes about a supermarket mess up and says… People who produce consumer-facing technology have a responsibility to make it usable by relatively normal human beings. He suggests putting a big red button on the company’s web site that says “press me if we messed up” and includes a stream of promises that the [...]

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Using the social web to mop floors

October 27, 2010

To file under ‘haves” and “haves not”… Googlers get credits on TaskRabbit, an online service for odd jobs, as a perk. Among the odd jobs…” take shoes to the cobbler…” Cobbler? COBBLER? I guarantee you will waste five minutes browsing tasks. Much like Dobby the house elf, of Harry Potter fame, I do this type [...]

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Twenty-ten has kicked ass alright

October 23, 2010

It all started with an email in February with the subject line: “Your future role.” I know, right? Foreboding. Oddly (viewed now) I had just written a post called 2010: The Year of Kicking Ass. When I wrote about challenges, plans, and predictions back at the beginning of the year, I would not have thought [...]

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Yes, I do in fact follow 616 blogs

October 14, 2010

Ricky: We’ve got to use our brains. Lucy: Well, let’s see .. Ricky: You stay out of this. Seriously, it’s no wonder my feed reader is overwhelming right now. Over time, I’ve messed this up pretty good. Look at these categories and you’ll see how I ended up with duplicates in various folders. And “other”? [...]

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New Book: The Mobile Learning Edge

October 7, 2010

I’ve been reading Gary Woodill’s newest book The Mobile Learning Edge. This is an important book for a number of reasons. First, it provides a solid foundation for truly understanding mobile learning – it’s unique characteristics. In true Gary Woodill form, it first provides a well-researched background on mobile learning which will inform you’re thinking [...]

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Random observation

October 6, 2010

If a course is free and open, the facilitator may have a lower tolerance for complaints. If a course is free and open, speakers may have a lower tolerance for criticism. If a course is free and open, attendees may have a lower tolerance for excuses. I imagine the third bullet is the same for [...]

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Location-based services and L&D

October 5, 2010

When “checking in” via FourSquare at an iconic roadside BBQ and at an after-school soccer game (and even at Dunkin’ Donuts) I can’t help but scratch my head and wonder about location-based services and their use for L&D. Perhaps I can’t imagine their use because I post mundane information. (Basically, location-based social networking means you [...]

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Elearning! Summit

October 5, 2010

As I may have mentioned in the past, I’m now working as Technology Editor for Elearning! Magazine and Government Elearning! Magazine. We’re hosting an online summit on November 4, 2010. I hope you can join us. It’s a FREE event. Here are some details: eGovernment Roundtable hosted by Jay Allen, Chief Collaboration Officer, ADL Co-Lab, [...]

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