I recently discovered an unexpected benefit to having my students blog about their learning experience in my Leadership and Communication Class this summer. As part of this class, students work in teams over the entire term on a significant course project. The objective of the project is to provide experiential … Continue reading
In our ongoing pilot of Wordpress as a Personal Learning Environment (PLE) platform, I have asked my students in my summer BA 352 – Leadership and Communication class to each set up a blog site. I wanted to explore a few questions this summer:
How could I get students engaged in ongoing reflection through their blog […] Continue reading
Grown Up Digital – this is a great talk by Don Tapscott, author of Grown Up Digital from Big Ideas on TVO.org. From their website: The author of Grown Up Digital, Don Tapscott, refutes the belief that the internet is turning today’s youth into “the dumbest generation”. Tapscott illustrates how … Continue reading
The authors of the excellent book on persuasion, “Made to Stick“, wrote a piece for Fast Company in which they argue against interviewing as an accurate means of judging talent. They say: “Imagine if baseball GMs, in recruiting potential players, ignored past batting statistics and instead had a beer with … Continue reading
I have been trying out various Web 2.0 tools for sharing documents and collecting feedback on those. Two promising new tools have come to my attention – Embedit.in and Backboard. Embedit.in allows the user to upload any document and get an “embed” code for placing on a webpage. Backboard allows … Continue reading
Thus far in BA 352 SPR09 you have been working diligently on a complex problem in the hopes of persuading others to make changes in their organization. You have undoubtedly struggled with the ambiguous nature of the project. You have been through rounds of feedback with each other and me … Continue reading
Here is a real life example of the 5 Practices of Exemplary Leadership and Emotional Intelligence in action. http://www.nytimes.com/2009/04/26/business/26corner.html Can you indentify the elements of Emotional Intelligence and the 5 Practices he is alluding to in his answers?
After the presentations on Resumes Thursday, I would advise your group to have a conversation about your project. As you move along, your task is to gain clarity and focus on your objectives. You have all done some individual research, so it will be useful for you to discuss what … Continue reading
The Project Implicit project at Harvard measures unconscious biases. This site demonstrates that we often engage in biased thinking, even when we are aware of what the study is trying to measure. I encourage you to go to the site and participate in the research project. It will really impact … Continue reading
How Obama Is Using the Science of Change – TIME Very interesting article from Time magazine on the science of getting people to change their behavior. Consider how these ideas will relate to your proposal and persuading others.
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