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Maren Deepwell Posts

CEO’s Report, Summer 2022

This report was originally published on the #altc blog. Dear Members We are deep in preparation for our Annual Conference in September, our AGM and upcoming Trustee elections, while the awards judging and CMALT summer assessments are underway as well. This is the busiest time of year for our Association and my report to you includes important information for you as Members and our wider community. A special mention to begin with, to celebrate the…

Enough with… Never Enough

Setting out on a month of celebrating daily successes. I am a (lapsed) 80s goth and a lifelong fan of The Cure. They were my favourite bands in the early 90s and I am going to see them live twice later this year (covid permitting). One of the songs by the band is called Never Enough, and recently a sense of never enough-ness has crept into my mind. ‘However hard I try… it’s never enough..’…

Leading Virtual Teams: Team chat & bake

Whilst I have been focusing on editing the book on Leading Virtual Teams, I have blogged a little less about what we have actually been up to as a Virtual Team… So this is a post about a great activity we have recently done: Team chat & bake. We chose a mail order baking kit for vegan & gluten free lemon cakes, which should be made easily and quickly within an hour which we set…

Designing a hybrid conference programme

This post is cross-posted from the #altc blog. Preparations are in full swing for ALT’s Annual Conference this September, and we are working hard to design a hybrid conference programme that reflects our values and the needs of our Members. In the past we have openly shared ALT’s expertise designing and delivering innovative online events, and during the early days of the pandemic we published resources about running events online. This blog post continues this practice, sharing our thinking…

Coaching news – July 2022

As we head into summer, I have been taking a break from work and headed to the Welsh coast for a well earned break. I am continuing my work with a number of clients over the summer, but having just completed my current coach training I will also have time to focus on other aspects of my practice including catching up on a whole host of books I am hoping to read.  Whatever your plans…

How to… enter the ALT Awards and gain professional recognition

Over the past year I have started to enter awards, and I realised that it can be a helpful process to get a new perspective on one’s progress and gain some much needed professional recognition along the way. This post is all about ALT’s Awards, which I can’t enter, but I hope that you will. The Awards celebrate achievement in the field of Learning Technology and are peer-reviewed by a panel of ALT Members from…