**Warning: naval gazing and more than a little self-congratulation So on Dec 14th 2012 I finally hung up my Mimas boots and went for it. I’d been working freelance one day a week for a year and decided to go…
Photo Credit: Billy Rowlinson via Compfight cc This isn’t an exhaustive list – just a few suggestions that might help. Practice… It’s good to do this in front of a mirror so you can see whether you are looking up…
Toys can be used to appeal to different intelligences and to generate a relaxed atmosphere. Photo Credit: Ryk Neethling via Compfight cc Emma Davidson asked me to talk about how you plan and integrate successful interactive exercises into training sessions. She said, “I’ve…
This is a quick activity that I’ve used in large groups when they were sat around circular tables with about six people at each table. Change game Change your seat. Go and sit with someone you don’t know. Share your…
Many of you will have seen on Twitter last week that I’m going to take the plunge and start freelancing full time from January. I believe this may be momentous decision number 2 in the space of a year… Starting…
Flickr:Photo by zzathras777 Today I met with Janice Tullock (Janice Tullock: Archive and Heritage Consultants) who offered to meet with me to discuss setting up as a freelancer. I’ve met up with a couple of people who freelance already and…
Hello 2012. Happy New Year to you all. Photo courtesey of Lisa Charnock. I’m starting out 2012, incredibly motivated and excited. But then, 2012 is the year of the momentous decision. Well, when I say momentous I really mean incredibly…
I’ve decided to become a chartership mentor. (the title gave it away didn’t it?) I’ve been talking to a lot of people recently about mentoring. About having mentors and about being a mentee. About formal mentoring and informal mentoring and…
I recently did a training event on social media for librarians and I wasn’t particularly satisfied with how it turned out. So I’ve had a think about some of things I did wrong/could have been better and thought I’d blog…
I haven’t written in an age. So I’m stopping beating about the bush and thought I’d quickly share with you a blog post which I just read on how to create engaging elearning with PPT. I’m reading Jane Bozarth’s Social…