Pay to play

I was thinking about the awards industry the other week. We almost entered a podcast award but decided against it. Not because Women Talking About Learning isn’t worthy. We hear good things about it all the time. The issue was value. Looking at past winners and shortlists, our chances of even making the long list… Read More Pay to play

Value isn’t obvious

The phrase “you get what you pay for” has never been more relevant. Each month I spend about £20 on books – and for the same amount I subscribe to the Pro version of ChatGPT. The books offer originality and connect me with people, their voices and their thinking. Occasionally, they connect me with the… Read More Value isn’t obvious

Price and value

Tickets for the latest Madonna tour at the 02 arena in London have been released. The prices range from c£100 (a seat in the 4th tier at the back of the arena) to c£450 for a seat on the floor, near to the stage. To me, they seem exorbitant. To people who want to see… Read More Price and value

Get what you pay for

Being in Orlando, I had the opportunity to go to Epcot the other evening. The ticket was graciously provided by the Learning Guild as part of the #Learning22 event. It was drizzly and quite late. I was, to be honest, a little underwhelmed. What I was surprised by was the number of people who were… Read More Get what you pay for

Distributed content

Someone decided the other day to post a link on Facebook to one of my posts on here. I don’t have a Facebook account – I don’t like the data policy or the curation approach to news etc. – so don’t know who or why. I didn’t post it but someone else did and, in… Read More Distributed content