Knowledgepreneur

I admire this team for what they are doing and fully support the mission. This is what society, humanity, and technology can accomplish when used together - KONY 2012 - Make it Happen

How to ‘make’ people share knowledge! « Theknowledgecore's Blog

Time to put my money where my mouth is; I’ve been challenged a few times now to show how you can ‘make’ people share knowledge or take part in organisational knowledge and learning (KM) processes – this is building on our past blog, “For KM’s sake, get the people factor right!“.

via theknowledgecore.wordpress.com

This is a good post about sharing knowledge with some great comments being shared. This topic is a biggie and has been for a very long time - how do you get people to share knowledge? Society and organizations have not done a great job at promoting the benefits of sharing one's knowledge - in fact - we have almost promoted the opposite, knowledge hoarding.

What everyone needs to understand is that for any individual to be truly valued within an organization or society - you need to share your knowledge. If you keep it too yourself saving it for a rainy day - then the only one that knows how skilled or smart you are is YOU. If you are the only one that knows you have all this great knowledge - how much value do you think is given? I would predict little or none.

One of the best lines I have read regarding knowledge sharing comes from Guy Kawasaki "Poop like an Elephant and Eat like Bird". What Guy means by this is that we need to share more and read/digest less - the more we share the greater our value to those around us. Trust me - I know :-)

What are your thoughts?

How Video will Fix the Education System

After watching this video from a TED talk by Salman Khan I am inspired and excited that there are technology based solutions being made available to help our education systems, regardless of where you live.

I have long been concerned about our education systems and how they are failing the developed nations. The system has become a machine that spits out human lives without much concern for their actual preparedness to survive reality. The continuous pushing down of the curriculum, forces kids to learn more information than we ever had to and at a faster pace. The reality of this approach is that all those small gaps that students develop based on information they did not quite get, become serious knowledge gaps as they progress further through the system. The overall result of this approach leads to a higher number of students graduating that cannot read properly, write complete sentences, or handle math concepts at an adult level. The depreciating value of our knowledgebase in developed countries continues to grow based on this system - we need a new approach - Salman Khan is on to something with his Khan Academy.

Check out the website at www.khanacademy.org The site is free and can be used by Parents and your kids or I even challenge the school system to take a look at this and perhaps incorporate the Khan academy approach into your teaching.

Check out the video below of Salman Khan speaking at the TED conference - Love this!

 

Who thought knowledge work would be dangerous?

Ran across this info graphic today and just had to pass this one along. All these years I thought I was safe working in my basement and playing on my computers. The good news is I am active playing hockey and mountain biking, but I still sit on my tushy alot during the day. Would love to hear about others insights after looking at this.

Via: Medical Billing And Coding

The Productive Online Business Toolbox: My Must-Have Tools » Techipedia | Tamar Weinberg

As many of you know, I’m a work at home mom who operates as a consultant, ad sales manager for Mashable, and soon-to-be startup founder all from one single Dell laptop which I use as a desktop. Having a home office is both a blessing and a curse; the ability not to commute makes my life easier and saves me about 3-4 hours per day. However, that also means I’m working from morning until night. While some would like to have a defined 9-5 schedule, I do not, and I actually thrive in this environment.

via www.techipedia.com

Here is a good blog post outlining Tamar Weinberg's tools for a productive business and personal life. Her list is quite extensive and while I am familiar with most of the tools, I would liek to add the following;

1) Producteev or Podio for project management (I also like Smartsheet)
2)Mindmanager and Personal Brain - cannot live without these
3) I use Netvibes versus Google Reader
4) I use Box.net versus Dropbox
5) Gotta have Evernote

Why don't you share your personal favourites?

XYDO Launches to Prioritize & Organize News

Social news site XYDO, launching publicly Tuesday, aims to prioritize and organize online news based on each user’s social graph and interests.

via mashable.com

A good portion of our days is about seeking out information and also trying to manage that information. For all you Facebookers and Tweeters XYDO can perhaps help on both fronts.

Xobni Opens App Store for Outlook

Xobni for Outlook, an inbox plugin offering social intelligence and relationship management inside email messages, is opening an app store to users and developers Tuesday.

via mashable.com

I have talked about Xobni before on this blog and they have been keeping busy. Recently they launched their Gmail plugin which I love and now they are launching their app store.

I look forward to deepening my xobni experience with Outlook. Xobni is the main reason I still use Outlook and it looks like I will not have a reason to give it up anytime soon.

Why Online News Revenue will Never Equal Newspaper Revenue | Digital Equilibrium - Finding the balance between average revenue per user and total number of users

via blog.scoutanalytics.com

The numbers are in - technology and the internet are having an impact on viewership and revenues for traditional news outlets. This writing has been on the wall for some time - why do traditional industries fight off these changes?

People will continue to use the internet as their primary source for news and info consumption - it is just more convenient. The onset of tablet computing will only fasten the pace at which this change happens.

The Staggering Size of the Internet [INFOGRAPHIC]

The Internet is a big place. How big? Try gigantic. The infographic above, from the folks at Focus, attempts to visually represent some of the mind-boggling numbers that defined the Internet circa 2010 — the result is certainly pretty, but still not very easy to wrap your head around.

via mashable.com

Ever wonder how big the Internet is - well here is the perfect infographic to help you figure that out.

Should I work for Free?

I have been an entrepreneur since 1999 and have evolved my business over the years to it's current focus - web and social media. Over those years I have  certainly provided services to prospects, existing customers, and friends without charging them for my time.

Most of the time, I felt that doing some work would lead to a better opportunity, a bigger sale. Well, my experience shows that if you do something for free it rarely leads to the bigger sale. In fact, it has the reverse effect, in that , it creates an expectation of Free.

Obviously, Free and running a business does not go hand in hand (unless you want to get out of your business). I learned that you must charge for your services at all times. People will value your service much greater and will respect your time as well - it was the best decision I made.

In any event check out this link from Designer Jessica Hische if you are looking for some more insight on whether you should be charging for your services.

Let me know your thoughts.