4 Books I'm reading this week

Each of these books has sparked some wonderful ideas for me, ideas which will improve my personal and professional life. I'm going to pay it forward by sharing one idea that jumped out at me today.

Nudge : Improving Decisions about Health, Wealth and Happiness, by Richard Thaler and Cass Sunstein

• Research shows that "People become more likely to conform when they know that other people will see what they have to say."  As a presenter, I frequently use a backchannel chat for my participants to share ideas. Backchanneling allows everyone to see each other's comments. Based on this research, this tool seems even more powerful for bringing about change. If you are not yet using a backchannel, consider BackChannelChat or TodaysMeet.

For more ideas, check out my book, Caffeinated Learning.