I have long dreamed of running an interactive Twitter storytelling event with a group of strangers in a Melbourne laneway. Last Tuesday night that dream came true. Laneway Learning, a group of volunteers who make learning, cheap, fun and accessible, hosted the night. The group who signed up for the evening exceeded all of my…
Next week at Laneway Learning I will be leading a class using Twitter to explore the concept of interactive storytelling. The class is Tuesday the 10th of June 2014 at 8 pm. It will be possible to join the live interactions by following #LLStory. I am very excited to see how the story unfolds and…
It is important to understand your own point of view. Your version of what you are doing and why may not translate into something that other people can relate to or understand. Remember that your perception exists within the context of your life. Without proper definition your vision can get lost in fragmented versions of…
What are you passionate about? Last Wednesday evening at Twitterversity I had the pleasure of exploring other people's passions. Twitter is a tool, a conduit for getting your voice out into the world to share our passions. The really wonderful thing about Twitterversity is the connections and conversations that take place after the course has finished.…
Next month I am giving up movies and TV and other online visual entertainment. Why am I doing this? I want to see what happens. This week I have been cramming my head full of TV. That is what you do before giving something up right? You overload till you get sick of it and…
To teach is to learn twice - Joseph Joubert Why do I enjoy teaching? Teaching is empowering people. What is learned can never be taken away. Knowledge is what helps us to collect and curate experiences. Our experiences are what make us extraordinary. The right combination of experience and knowledge are the building blocks to…
A few years ago I documented my tale of my personal transformation on The Bed Blog. I quit my job leaving me a homeless couch surfer who traveled the world and came back to Melbourne with $20 in my pocket. Every night that I was homeless I took a photo of the bed I slept…
Twitter is rolling out changes to how your profile page looks and behaves. Your profile now has a larger header image to capitalise on when telling your business’s story. Popular Tweets will appear larger on the time line and important Tweets can be pinned the to the top of the page. The new images tab…
I had a wonderful lunch this week with a woman who wants to start her own business. In the course of the afternoon we fearlessly tackled the big questions of life, love, death and new beginnings. This exploration was meant to help her understand how to approach the beginning of her business. In the end…
It was Socrates who said, "The unexamined life is not worth living." He was a smart guy. If he thinks it was a good idea, I would tend to agree. But how do you do it? How does one examine anything, where do you start? I think it is easier to start at the end.…
Storytelling Built For Innovation 