21st Century Collaborative

Without a doubt some of my best personal learning lately has been done in the company of two Australians: Sofia Pardo  and Richard Olsen of ideasLab in Melbourne. Over the past three years I have spent countless hours online and in person with these two brilliant minds thinking about the knowledge construction that happens in [...]

Qualities, Attributes and Characteristics of an Online Community Leader Once you decide that an online community will be of value in helping to accomplish your project or company goals the first task to accomplish is to hire a fantastic community leader. This will be the most important decision you make for the community. The success [...]

This is the second post in a series on community building. The following is a “laundry list” of recommendations Community Developers should consider in the creation of their social community. Adopt a paradigm that views the community construction process as one of co-design that compliments and enhances your organization’s mission and values. As you make [...]

Much of my life for the last 10 years has been spent thinking about, working with/in, developing, and leading online communities of practice. I promised the folks who co-lead with me at Powerful Learning Practice that I would create a series of posts this year that captured the knowledge, skills, dispositions and values I have [...]