In-person, online, hybrid: the future
Recovering from online Opportunities for meeting face to face - for people in Europe and North America - are slowly opening up. Although we've been forced into more online encounters, it has been an opportunity for many people to discover new possibilities for...
Finally – I’m seen!
Systems conveners: essential workers long term In 2014, we wrote a chapter on what we called “systems conveners,” people who work to increase learning capability across a whole social landscape that includes many practices, institutions, and stakeholders. It’s not...
Creating community online
The other day we did a BEtreat workshop, originally scheduled to be face-to-face, online and over three days. It was with clients who were preparing to launch an online community of practice. The workshop generated some of the same feelings of camaraderie and joint...
Can you hear me?
Virtual meetings and events can be invigorating and a full learning experience…
In-person and online events
What are some good practices for running events with in-person and remote participants?
2020 BEtreat workshops
We're excited (really excited) to share that we have found a new home for our BEtreat workshops for social learning leaders. More pics to come when we've finished painting and restoration work. The house was built in the '60's by a Mexican architect and the high...
Designing for change – a book
“We believe students can change the world.” That’s what they say on their website…
BEtreat Portugal – how was it?
It's embarrassing to be so tardy with blog posts, but here goes... Our workshops for social learning leaders in Setúbal, Portugal were a great success - at least that was the feedback and most people signed up to come again! We worked together round the table in the...
Save the date: BEtreat Portugal
You asked for it! We’re doing it. We’ll be running a retreat for leaders of social learning, including communities of practice and networks, in Setúbal (50 kilometers south of Lisbon) from June 5 - 8, 2018. Hold the date, we’ll be...
Video snippets – social learning
In April 2016, we visited the Academic Enhancement Center at Xi’an Jiaotong-Liverpool University in Suzhou, China. We did a keynote at their Learning and Teaching Colloquium and participated in a series of activities. The team created a great video report of our...