by Kare Anderson | Aug 17, 2008 | conference, Learning, Meetings, Member
It takes a tenth of a second to form an impression. So imagine how difficult it is to hold their interest for five minutes. That’s a short time for you and a looooooong time to them. For practice in being memorably brief, find or start an Ignite group. They are...
by Kare Anderson | Jun 29, 2008 | Book, conference, Learning
In art class we were asked to draw a familiar object. I picked something simple. A tire. No one could recognize it. And yet, after reading The Back of the Napkin: Solving Problems and Selling Ideas with Pictures I was able to draw a description of SmartPartnering...
by Kare Anderson | Jun 4, 2008 | Collective Intelligence, Learning
Did you enjoy sitting in a classroom, listening to the teacher in front of the room? Farvood Nivi is betting you didn’t. (I daydreamed a lot.)Nivi has a bleak view of education: “The established method of applying manufacturing assembly methods to students is not...
by Kare Anderson | Jun 3, 2008 | behavior, Book, Learning
Those mortifying accidents. Stephen J. Dubner unleashed a pent-up flood of guilt and shame from readers of his New York Times column last month. Ever written an email, then sent it in haste … to the wrong person? Or cc’d people who shouldn’t have seen your candid...
by Kare Anderson | Apr 15, 2008 | behavior, Book, collaboration, Friendship, Learning, Research
When we first fall for someone, we become enamored with everything about that person. We gush. We create things to commemorate their specialness. We feel so connected, we fill in the blanks about what we don’t know. We assume we will like the rest of that person just...
by Kare Anderson | Mar 16, 2008 | collaboration, Collective Intelligence, community, conference, Learning
Our trend towards more collaborative conferences and other modes of knowing and learning has happened largely through the use of new technology. The pace of change in online tools is overwhelming even for geek gurus (no I am not one). From three of my heroes on making...
