by Beth Cougler Blom | Jul 22, 2014 | Uncategorized
This post has nothing to do with education or technology or facilitation or instructional design. It has nothing to do with work. It has everything to do with life. Earlier this month my family lost my aunt Linda from the world; she will be heartachingly missed. One... by Beth Cougler Blom | Jul 9, 2014 | Business back end
I’ve always loved the motivational phrase “Keep Calm and Carry On” that the Brits used in posters to prepare the public for World War II. But truthfully, over the past few years of owning my own business and balancing it with working for an employer... by Beth Cougler Blom | Jul 5, 2014 | Online facilitation
I’ve taught nine asynchronous online courses over the past two years, all of which were longer than four weeks each, and I learned something useful about online facilitation going through every one of them. As a result, here are “three Ts” –... by Beth Cougler Blom | Jun 23, 2014 | Online facilitation
The other day my daughter came home with six or seven black crow feathers that she had found on an “out trip” at day camp. My first internal reaction was one of the Yuck! variety but she was so excited about the feathers that we talked about how she could... by Beth Cougler Blom | Jun 18, 2014 | Facilitation, Online facilitation
A couple of weeks ago I read Daniel Pink’s new book, To Sell is Human. Pink argues that all of us are in sales jobs these days, no matter whether we think we’re in sales or not. That is, our title might not be “salesperson” but most of us spend... by Beth Cougler Blom | May 5, 2014 | Business back end
A few weeks ago at a dinner I convened for my facilitators group we got talking – as we always do – about the various things that we each do for work. Not surprisingly, many of us have several areas of expertise and it made for interesting introductions... by Beth Cougler Blom | Apr 25, 2014 | Facilitation
It’s funny how sometimes in our culture people can get really down on meetings, saying they’re “not productive”, “don’t allow people to get real work done” or even are “a waste of time.” While there likely are... by Beth Cougler Blom | Apr 19, 2014 | Facilitation
Have you ever heard the expression, “change the room, change the culture”? The quote comes from Peter Block in his book The Structure of Belonging, and I like this post on the CommunitiesKnow blog which used it as a jumping off point in 2011 to talk about... by Beth Cougler Blom | Apr 4, 2014 | Facilitation
Several months ago I stumbled on to the Generosity Network’s site and discovered their resource called How to Plan a Jeffersonian Dinner. As a facilitator and someone who thrives on bringing people together to connect with each other, I was immediately intrigued...