Whether you are freelance, self-employed, running a small business or one of the growing numbers of people developing a ‘portfolio’ career, going it alone can be tough going. I’ve forged my own path for over twenty years so I can say this from the bottom of my heart. On the plus side, it’s a great […]
It’s International Coaching Week so it seems timely to launch my three new coaching packages – all available via Skype: Let the Light Back In – for people on the brink of, or going through, a major life change More details. Future-proof your Career – for people who want to survive and […]
Over the past couple of months I’ve had the good fortune to work on a project about Aesop’s Fables for Alison.com, the free global online learning platform. It has been a mother and daughter project, with me providing the text and Aysha Tengiz doing the illustrations. Aysha is now in her second year of her illustration […]
This post is all about Evernote, so it makes sense to write and share it in Evernote. Launch my post. (Tip – if you are asked to create an account and do not want to sign up, choose ‘skip’).
One of the joys of working for yourself is that you can direct the course of your own career. I think this is a combination of being willing to try new things and an ability to stay true to what keeps you motivated. I am fortunate to love the work that I do but […]
I have now clocked up twenty five years working for myself and if anyone asked me what has kept me afloat, I’d say it is constant reinvention. Reinvention – taking stock By reinvention, I don’t mean I wipe the slate and start anew. It’s more a process of ‘taking stock’ which is generally preceded by […]
I hope you like the new website. It’s part of my plan to reinvigorate my work. It was built in a day with the delightful Jamie at PootlePress on his WordPress Xpress option and it features the wonderful illustrations of the talented Aysha Tengiz. Find more of her work on her blog: ayshatengiz@wordpress.com. I should […]
In this post, I’m going to take a look behind the scenes and scrutinise the process of consultation and collaboration that takes place between me and my specialist nurse subject experts. I want to do this because this is the part of my work that no-one sees and I hope that, by making it visible, […]
I have just been awarded my Moodle Course Creator Certificate. Yay! This is the end of three years’ work and I’m delighted. What is the Moodle Course Creator Certificate? The Moodle Course Creator Certificate (MCCC) demonstrates that you have achieved a standard of practice in using Moodle to create courses. The content of the certification […]
Creating online learning means collaborating with subject matter experts – SMEs in the jargon of elearning. If you frequent the elearning discussion boards, you’d be forgiven for thinking that SMEs are the thorn in the side of elearning authors and developers. There are countless discussions about how to ‘manage your SMEs’, about how they do […]
