Many years ago, I read a quote that fundamentally changed my life, time, and time, again… “Don’t Go Where Paths may Lead, Blaze New Trails.
Looking back over the years, I’ve always thought “Outside The Box” …So exploration into new ideas and innovation has always fascinated me. So much so, that I dedicated my life’s work to this endeavor with a focus on education and corporate training over the past 20 years.
Enter TED!
“TED” stands for Technology, Entertainment, Design ( www.ted.com ). It started out (in 1984) as a conference bringing together people from those three worlds. Since then its scope has [...]
July 18th, 2008, Author: karlnewman
Tags: Jeff Han, Technology
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I have found this to be a to be a complement to traditional face-to-face networking.
Businesses are expanding globally and online social networks make it easier to develop business, promote, communicate and share resources around the world. It has helped make it easier for small and medium sized companies to grow their networks and compete in the global market place.
Where to start? That is indeed a great question, one I had in the beginning. I started with one of my favorite internet resources, about.com.
They had several articles to point me in the right direction. The first Online Business Networking Tip: Be [...]
July 16th, 2008, Author: Tawny Press
Tags: Networking, online social networking
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This is a very interesting video, “Learning to Change – Changing to Learn”. It was created by Pearson Education, Inc. is an international publisher of textbooks and other educational material, such as multimedia learning tools.
It begins with this statement:
“The US Department of Commerce ranked 55 industry sectors on their level of IT intensiveness. Education ranked number 55, just below coal mining.”
Please watch, consider and let me know your thoughts, in both school & business education changes.
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July 15th, 2008, Author: Tawny Press
Tags: Education, eLearning, Networking
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