Beth Kanter

Beth Kanter is a consultant, author, influencer. virtual trainer & nonprofit innovator in digital transformation & workplace wellbeing.

Using Social Media for Professional Learning: Seek, Sense, and Share

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For 2011, my three words are:   Seek,  Sense, and Share inspired by Harold Jarche's model for networked learning. How these words will guide me in 2011: Seek: Seeking is the process of keeping up to date in your field.   Over the past decade, the Internet and social media have been one of my primary sources for professional learning.  To me,  seeking represents the topics or content that I'm curious about and that will help me be more effective at my work as a social media and nonprofit … [Read more...]

My New Year's Resolution: Balancing Solitude and Connectedness

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One of my New Year's resolutions is to reduce distractions.  It's about curating your network but allowing time for strategic serendipity.    I'll be writing about that topic in the weeks and months to come. I've discovered some wonderful discussion threads about one of my favorite topics:  Information Overload and Strategies for Coping.  As George Siemens points out the issue of information overload is not new.   His definition of the problem is that it gets in the way of sustained mindfulness … [Read more...]

Social Media Measurement Roundup

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The  Zoetica Salon is a free online space for informal peer learning about nonprofits and social media.    It is a place to share resources and ask and answer questions.   We also identify a monthly theme to discuss in more in depth.    We want to distinguish the salon from the informal knowledge sharing that happens daily on the web or behind pay walls by offering a regular synthesis of the stories, knowledge, tips, resources, and wisdom shared in real time in the salon. This month's theme … [Read more...]

A Reflection on Networked Professional Learning

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Many years ago before digital cameras and children, my husband and I used to spend many hours combining two past times: birding and photography.   Over the holidays, we picked out some of the  best to scan.      Looking at these photos reminds me of how much focused attention we gave to setting up the shot,  shooting during the best time for light, debating the rule of thirds, taking photos at different angles, f-stops, and timings, etc.      There was a slowness to it that we don't have with … [Read more...]

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