“…the world impoverishes itself by spending half a trillion dollars a year in preparations for war and by employing perhaps half the scientists and high technologists on the planet in military endeavors. How would we explain all this to a dispassionate, extraterrestrial observer? What account would we give of our stewardship of the planet earth? […]
Author Archives: davin
Related to nothing
I forgot that I enjoy writing. I just remembered that yesterday, while writing. So, hello again. I am writing here more, at least for now.
Social Media tools for Learning Practitioners
With social media, we have the potential to learn a lot from one another, take those learnings, and transfer them en-masse. As a learning practitioner, you may find that this skill will or has already become critical to your success in building knowledge capacity in others. What is a learning practitioner? For the purpose of […]
Creating content for a web based environment
With the advent of widely deployed content management systems (CMS) and higher use of the web to present content than ever before, a lot of users are finding themselves in front of a variety of tools to present content on the web. There’s one recurring problem, however: how do you get the job done in […]
Audio of Davin, Dylan & Carol-Lynne on The Zone talking TEDx
Here is the audio from from the February 12th morning show on The Zone 91.3 FM with Dylan Willows and Jason Lamb – myself, Carol-Lynne Michaels and Dylan Wilks talk about TEDxVictoria and TED. Thank you for the audio, Bud! On a random note, I am now part of the Camosun Alumni board and the […]
Hike at Gowland Tod Provincial Park
View towards the Malahat
Fog town
sun flower
Movember 2012
I am so pleased that our Movember team, Momentum Men, has raised over $1000 to aid prostate cancer and mental health research. This is thanks everyone who contributed by taking money out of their wallets/purses/visas to support the Movember cause. There were a lot of creative people on the team and they all pulled off […]
Ask me a simple question
So the other day I posted on my twitter account and FB account “Ask me a simple question.” There are a few reasons I did this. I had been thinking about consulting and TED talks simultaneously, and how the DNA for success in both hinged on the ability to do one thing really well (i.e. […]