Posts tagged update
Back To Work
Jan 28th
Even though I’ve never been away really: back to delivering workshops!
January has been a quiet month in some ways, but a good one. It’s also been a really productive time I think. The time in my home office has given me some focus for the things that I want to accomplish over the next year (more on that some other time!), but it’s now time to get out there and get back to some of the the things that I really enjoy: helping researchers improve their skills.
New Year
Jan 10th
In this post: what I have been up to and what I have planned
The blog has been quiet for a few months. I had a busy time on the run up to Christmas; as soon as work things had finished my wife and I switched gears into spending lots of time with family and friends. All of that was lovely of course, but it is only now that the New Year has arrived can I reflect on what happened last year, and what I’m planning for this year.
So what are the highlights?
New Collaboration Course
Jun 14th
In this post: I highlight a new three hour course!
I’m very happy to be able to link to a new course that I am providing: Creating Effective Collaboration. Since finishing NonZeroSum I have been working on developing this session, which has the resource at its heart; this is coupled with plenty of time and activities to get people to unpick what they need to know in order to be an effective member of a collaborative project. More >
World Creativity and Innovation Week
Apr 14th
In this post: what I’m going to be doing for the next week!
As I’ve said a few times recently, April is quite a quiet month for me in terms of going out and delivering; I’ve got things going on in May that I have to prepare for – the Manchester GRADschool, a Viva Survivor session, and another event – but for the most part April, was going to be all about getting NonZeroSum finished off and then just preparation.
I wanted to do something different, in fact I felt like I needed to do something different. When I saw a link on Twitter to World Creativity and Innovation Week, I found what I was looking for. More >
This and That
Apr 13th
Quick thought: what’s been going on.
I took a short break at the end of last week, and spent a lovely couple of days in sunny Blackpool with my in-laws. It felt really good to get away and recharge a bit (apparently recharging for me means plenty of walking, two cinema trips and lots of Ben and Jerry’s ice cream), but now I’m itching to get back to doing something new and innovative with work. More >
NonZeroSum Update
Mar 15th
Quick thought: update on my NonZeroSum Vitae Innovate project.
A short announcement just to say that I’ve updated the page covering my Vitae Innovate project with some details of what I’ve been doing, and with some pictures from the first three pilot sessions that have been completed. It’s still a little light on details of actually what the NonZeroSum resource is, but the project isn’t finished yet, so it’s not quite ready to talk about. Since Vitae announced that I had a few spaces left recently for pilots I’ve had an over-abundance of emails asking if I could go and deliver a session: alas, all of the pilot spaces are filled now, although I am planning to offer a collaboration session in the future which is based on the NonZeroSum resources.
The final pilots will be in the next ten days, and then it will be time for me to compile the resources, analyse the feedback and provide my reports. As and when I have more information about the release of the resources I will share it with you!
First Year Skills Workshop
Mar 15th
In this post: recent First Year Skills Workshops, what they’ve been like and what comes next.
I’ve been fortunate enough to have been asked to direct several more First Year Skills Workshops at the University of Liverpool in the last few weeks; regular readers may recall that I directed three last autumn, and that I really enjoyed the work involved in leading these courses. The last two have been no different, but have also held their own challenges, surprises and delights.
Updating begins!
Mar 7th
Quick Thought: changes that are happening!
I’ve been preparing a lot of things in the background for the site’s updates; I like the overall look of the website, but have decided that really there needs to be a lot more content than there is currently. Separate pages for courses (like Viva Survivor, Creativity in Research and others) are on the way, and will be put up simultaneously. I’m going to update the front page with some new images from the many workshops I’ve delivered over the last year, and also get around to saying something new about my Vitae Innovate project, NonZeroSum. More >
Being Busy
Mar 3rd
Quick Thought: what I’m up to!
So much to do, so little time… Actually, no, there is quite a bit of time, but there really is just so much to do and think about that writing about those things seems like a Herculean task on top of actually getting them done. More >
Coming Soon
Feb 22nd
In this post: what I’ve been up to recently, and what you can expect soon on this site.
I’ve had a busy couple of weeks, and that’s something which isn’t going to slow down just yet. I’m just about to direct my fourth First Year Skills Workshop for the University of Liverpool – I realised at the end of last week that this will be the 20th First Year Skills Workshop that I’ve been involved with as a tutor/director! That’s a lot of interdisciplinary groups working on projects.