What does it mean to work smarter? Jay Cross defines working smarter, in The Working Smarter Fieldbook, as follows:
"Working smarter is the key to sustainability and continuous improvement. Knowledge work and learning to work smarter are becoming indistinguishable. The accelerating rate of change in business forces everyone in every organization to make a choice: learn while you work or become obsolete."
Would you like to find out more about how to use a range of social media tools to work smarter? This resource looks at 30 ways to use social media to
- find things out on the Social Web
- keep up to date with new content on the Social Web
- build a trusted network of colleagues
- communicate with your colleagues
- share resources, ideas and experiences with your colleagues
- collaborate with your colleagues
- improve your personal and team productivity
This resource is now available online both as an ondemand resource (to dip in and out of as you like) or as a 30-day uncourse (where you can work alongside others on the materials). The next uncourse starts 1 October.
Whichever option you choose, remember: use of this resource is totally under your control; you decide
what you want to spend time on and when you do it. No one is
monitoring, tracking or managing your learnng!
Over 200 people have already accessed the materials, and here is just one email I received from a participant:
"I am a current participant in the September some4job ‘uncourse’ and have to say I am quite enjoying it. I really like the idea of a short pre-determined time but no requirements to keep up or hand things in. Your topics are great too and of interest to me. I will be recommending my faculty join the next round."
Find out more about the resource here, and how to access it: 30 ways to use social media to work smarter.
