A Learning Log
Blog Action Day - Blog about poverty with thousands around the world
Just saw this posting at Osocio, one of my favourite blogs ever, and wanted to share it:
BLOG ACTION DAY
Blog Action Day is an annual nonprofit event that aims to unite the world’s bloggers, podcasters and videocasters, to post about the same issue on the same day. The aim is to raise awareness and trigger a global discussion. This year's Blog Action Day will be held October 15 and it's all about poverty.
Bloggers can participate by publishing at least one blog post, podcast or video about poverty [...]Mapping your mind - and tools that will help you do it
At Collaborative Leadership in May, participants created mind maps of the capacities, competencies and behaviours of collaborative leaders on four massive sheets of paper. This was the first time the work had been articulated this way in Canada.
We wanted to capture the maps electronically, and so we searched for some free mind mapping software and used it. Now, others don't have to do as much trial and error as we did - the fine folks at the Wild Apricot Blog (a technology blog [...]Poor No More - A film about poverty reduction
Liz Weaver shared this link with me - www.poornomore.ca
This exciting new project will see three Canadians, who are struggling to make ends meet, travel to Ireland, England, and Sweden to see how those countries are tackling poverty and what might be possible in Canada. Their journey will be filmed.
The documentarians and producers behind the project are trying to tell a new story of poverty in Canada - one that goes beyond statistics to show the challenges and realities of life for those living [...]Want to write a book?
Writing and publishing a book has been a life long dream for me.
As a child and young adult, I would spend hours in my room, writing stories that mattered to me. The characters I created, and the world they lived in, came alive for me. But I never took the step of sitting down to write a book - I suppose I never thought that I knew enough about writing or about anything to write an entire book.
But what if you didn't have to write the book yourself?
Two young women, one from Victoria BC and one [...]Social Media - what's the fuss all about?
I get seriously giddy each time the folks at Common Craft release a new video. It's because I know that whatever they release will help me get beyond the hype of Web 2.0. Using plain English and great graphics, they de-mystify technology and technical terms. Essentially, they make Web 2.0 accessible.
Check out their latest video: Social Media in Plain English if you're unsure what all the fuss is about.
