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Want to conquer change and complexity? Then you’ll have to out-learn it. On that score, a personal learning network is your best friend. Find out why PLNs are so important — and how to start building your own.

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October 27-28, 2014

PresenterBill Sheridan, CAE

Personal Learning Networks

Learn your way to the top with …

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Today’s agenda

Why?

What?

How?

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Why?

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4x = 18907x = 1670

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Top 5 issues impacting CPAs

1.Keeping up2.Information overload3.Doing more with less4.Being proactive vs. reactive5.Complexity

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What?

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L>C

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“Thinking about information overload isn’t accurately describing the problem. Thinking about filter failure is.”

Clay ShirkyNew York University new media

professor, writer, and consultant 

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The age of adaptation

“The need to constantly adapt is the new reality for many workers.”

Serial mastery

These workers “are often left to figure out for themselves what new skills will make them more valuable, or just keep them from obsolescence.”

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How?

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The people and resources from whom you learn.

What is a PLN?

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What is a PLN?

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What is a PLN?Personal knowledge networks: 3 keys

1. Follow the right people.

2. Use the right tools.

3. Know when to pull the plug.

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What is a PLN?1. Follow the right people

Follow smart people.

Ask yourself: Who are they following?

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What is a PLN?

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What is a PLN?

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What is a PLN? 2. Use the right tools

To organize.

To filter.

To curate.

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What is a PLN?

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What is a PLN?

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What is a PLN?

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What is a PLN?

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What is a PLN?

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What is a PLN?

Delivers your news to one convenient location.

Integration with Evernote, Pocket

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What is a PLN?

“Leadersare readers.”

-- Tom Peters

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What is a PLN?The CCH Book Club"Resilience: Why Things Bounce Back," by Andrew Zolliand Ann Marie Healy

"Flip! How to Turn Everything You Know On Its Head and Succeed BeyondYour Wildest Dreams," by Peter Sheahan

"Leadershift: Reinventing Leadership for the Age of Mass Collaboration," by Emmanuel Gobillot

"Follow the Leader: The One Thing Great Leaders Have that Great Followers Want," by Emmanuel Gobillot

"Linchpin," by Seth Godin

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What is a PLN?The CCH Book Club"The Likeability Factor," by Tim Sanders

"Today We Are Rich," by Tim Sanders

"Love is the Killer App," by Tim Sanders

"Escape Velocity: Free Your Company's Future from the Pull of the Past," by Geoffrey Moore

"I Love You More Than My Dog," by Jeanne Bliss

"Give and Take," by Adam Grant

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What is a PLN?The CCH Book Club"Quiet: The Power of Introverts in a World that Won't Stop Talking,”by Susan Cain

"Flash Foresight: How to See the Invisible and Do the Impossible," by Daniel Burrus

"The Silent Language of Leaders," by Carol Kinsey Goman

"The Power of Habit: Why We Do What We Do in Life and in Business," by Charles Duhigg

"Positivity: Groundbreaking Research," by Barbara Fredrickson

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What is a PLN?The CCH Book Club

"The Platinum Rule: Discover the Four Basic BusinessPersonalities and How They Can Lead You to Success,” byTony Alessandra and Michael J. O'Connor

“Drive,” by Daniel Pink

“Start With Why,” by Simon Sinek

“Innovative Intelligence,” by David Weiss and Claude Legrand

“Regeneration: A Manifesto for America’s Next Leaders,” by Rebecca Ryan

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What is a PLN?The CCH Book Club

“Trust Your Vibes: Secret Tools for Six-Sensory Living,”by Sonia Choquette

“Trust Your Vibes at Work and Let Them Work For You,” by Sonia Choquette

“The Seven Habits of Highly Effective People,” by Stephen Covey

“Life’s Golden Ticket: An Inspirational Novel,” by Brendon Burchard

“Lean In,” by Sheryl Sandberg

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What is a PLN?3. Know whento pull the plug.

Eat.

Sleep.

Move.

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What is a PLN?Eat rightMake your eating decisions before you get hungry.

Graze throughout the day.

Make healthy snacking easy.

Fruits and vegetables.

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What is a PLN?Sleep right

Increases productivity.

Increases innovation.

Reduces stress.

Naps = increased alertness, learning, memory, creativity, productivity.

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What is a PLN?Exercise right

Increases happiness, intelligence, energy.

Increases brain cells. Makes you smarter.

A little goes a long way.

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What is a PLN?“Everything that happens in our lives – every misfortune, every slight, every loss, every joy, every surprise, every happy accident – is a teacher, and life is a giant classroom.”

-- Arianna Huffington

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What is a PLN? Questions?

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