HPI Trainer vs Consultant

Here is a infographic comparison to help one understand the differences between a Professional Trainer and a Performance Consultant. I used infogr.am to create the infographic.

Trainer vs Consultant | Create infographics

Dr. Ackerman's Performance Consultant Model

Here is my explanation of Dr. Ackerman's Performance Consultant Model. I created this screencast using Camtasia Studio 8 and is hosted on my Youtube channel.

HPI PLN - Symbaloo

I created my personal learning network for my Human Performance Improvement graduate course at Stockton University, using Symbaloo. Use the link to view on symbaloo, or use widget below but you will need to scroll to the right to view all tiles.

What would you do? HPI Scenario

Here is my What would you do Scenario for my Human Performance Improvement course. What would you do? by kelleestatt on GoAnimate

Team Development Inforgraphic

Here is an infographic that I created using www.infogr.am on Tuckman's Development Group Model. Demonstrating the steps of Teamwork...
Inforgr.am is a great free web2.0 tool that you can try for free to create your own interactive Infographics!

Use this this interactive link if code below doesn't display correct!

Website Design Tech Blog - Parallax.js

I was so happy that Jung took the time to fit in the instruction on creating and working with Parallax website design. While working on mine more I found this site that gave me some extra clean code, options and downloads. Take a look at it as it will definitely enhance your Parallax.js learning experience!

Its free and I tested some of the code and everything worked great... Happy coding!

http://pixelcog.github.io/parallax.js/

Simple parallax scrolling effect inspired by Spotify.com implemented as a jQuery plugin

Parallax.js

Simple parallax scrolling effect inspired by Spotify.com implemented as a jQuery plugin
http://pixelcog.com/parallax.js/

Installation

Download and include parallax.min.js in your document after including jQuery.

<script src="https://ajax.googleapis.com/ajax/libs/jquery/1.11.0/jquery.min.js"></script>
<script src="/path/to/parallax.min.js"></script>

Usage

Via data attributes

To easily add a parallax effect behind an element, add data-parallax="scroll" to the element you want to use, and specify an image with data-image-src="/path/to/image.jpg".

<div class="parallax-window" data-parallax="scroll" data-image-src="/path/to/image.jpg"></div>

Via JavaScript

To call the parallax plugin manually, simply select your target element with jQuery and do the following:

$('.parallax-window').parallax({imageSrc: '/path/to/image.jpg'});

Notes

What parallax.js will do is create a fixed-position element for each parallax image at the start of the document's body. This mirror element will sit behind the other elements and match the position and dimensions of its target object.

Due to the nature of this implementation, you must ensure that these parallax objects and any layers below them are transparent so that you can see the parallax effect underneath. Also, if there is no other content in this element, you will need to ensure that it has some fixed dimensions otherwise you won't see anything.

.parallax-window {
    min-height: 400px;
    background: transparent;
}

Also, keep in mind that once initialized, the parallax plugin presumes a fixed page layout unless it encounters a scroll or resize event. If you have a dynamic page in which another javascript method may alter the DOM, you must manually refresh the parallax effect with the following commands:

jQuery(window).trigger('resize').trigger('scroll');

Options

Options can be passed in via data attributes of JavaScript. For data attributes, append the option name to data-, as in data-image-src="".

Note that when specifying these options as html data-attributes, you should convert "camelCased" variable names into "dash-separated" lower-case names (e.g. zIndex would be data-z-index="").

Name	type	default	description
imageSrc	path	null	You must provide a path to the image you wish to apply to the parallax effect.
naturalWidth	number	auto	You can provide the natural width and natural height of an image to speed up loading and reduce error when determining the correct aspect ratio of the image.
naturalHeight	number	auto
position	xPos yPos	center center	This is analogous to the background-position css property. Specify coordinates as top, bottom, right, left, center, or pixel values (e.g. -10px 0px). The parallax image will be positioned as close to these values as possible while still covering the target element.
positionX	xPos	center
positionY	yPos	center
speed	float	0.2	The speed at which the parallax effect runs. 0.0 means the image will appear fixed in place, and 1.0 the image will flow at the same speed as the page content.
zIndex	number	-100	The z-index value of the fixed-position elements. By default these will be behind everything else on the page.
bleed	number	0	You can optionally set the parallax mirror element to extend a few pixels above and below the mirrored element. This can hide slow or stuttering scroll events in certain browsers.
iosFix	boolean	true	iOS devices are incompatable with this plugin. If true, this option will set the parallax image as a static, centered background image whenever it detects an iOS user agent. Disable this if you wish to implement your own graceful degradation.
androidFix	boolean	true	If true, this option will set the parallax image as a static, centered background image whenever it detects an Android user agent. Disable this if you wish to enable the parallax scrolling effect on Android devices.
overScrollFix	boolean	false	(Experimental) If true, will freeze the parallax effect when "over scrolling" in browsers like Safari to prevent unexpected gaps caused by negative scroll positions.

Contributing

If you have a pull request you would like to submit, please ensure that you update the minified version of the library along with your code changes. This project uses uglifyjs to perform code compression.

Please use the following command:

uglifyjs parallax.js --comments -m -c -o parallax.min.js




Website Design Tech Blog - Free Web Templates

For my presentation I am demonstrating Dream Weaver, and wanted to find a FREE template that everyone could download. I found a site called: FreeWebTemplates.com that has a ton of different templates that you can download for free, with almost 4,000 different templates to choose from. 

Search for a specific type or by style to find a template that is perfect for your final project. We will be using this site for my demonstration of Dream Weaver on Tuesday. 

Free Web Templates: The biggest free and community-contributed collection of web designs for sites, blogs, and a whole lot more!

Website Design Tech Blog - Responsive Websites

For my second blog I would like to share the AWWWARDS.com site. The site showcases websites and designers that lead in design, creativity and innovation on the Internet. You can browse through the sites to get inspired, but what I would really like to share are the sites that won for their Responsive Design. 

Responsive design means that the site was designed to fit and work on any device. Check out this link directly for the award winning Responsive Design Sites by the AWWARDS

1. Responsive design is an approach to web page creation that makes use of flexible layouts, flexible images and cascading style sheet media queries. The goal of responsive design is to build web pages that detect the visitor's screen size and orientation and change the layout accordingly.

Website Design Tech Blog - Template Monster

For my first blog, I would like to talk about TemplateMonster.com this website is my go to site when trying to get ideas or look/ browse through new templates. You can search through templates that use: HTML5, Flash, Muse, Wix, Wordpress, PSD, Facebook, Turnkey, Moto and more!

They have thousands of categories and styles to choose from, some are less expensive than others, but their pricing is pretty good and their support is even better. You can choose to by server-space and domain names through them as well at a discounted price when purchasing a template. Check them out!

http://www.templatemonster.com/

Project Management Tech Tools - Google Analytics

I think that Google Analytics is a great tool to mention for the end of this class. Google Analytics is a evaluation tool to help measure the success of your website and gauge the response and interactions you have had with the public. This is the perfect tool for a project manager when working with websites and has the need for evalulation. There are standard and premium accounts that you can purchase. You can sign up for free!

• All they need is some basic info about what site you'd like to monitor.
• You'll get a tracking code to paste onto your pages so Google knows when your site is visited.
• In a few hours you'll be able to start seeing data about your site.

Turn insights into action.

Improve performance across your sites, apps, and other marketing channels. Google Analytics and related products can help you turn customer insights into actionable solutions for your business.

Get more value from your data.

Google Analytics Premium was built with large organizations in mind, with data that’s accurate, integrated, actionable, and fully supported by our expert account management and training teams.

Project Management Tech Tools - Fundbox

For my 5th Tech Blog I would like to share Fundbox. 

Fundbox puts you in control of your cash flow

• Clear invoices as low as $100.
• Cash upfront. Use the funds for whatever you need.
• No Hidden Fees. Fair & Transparent pricing.
• Get started in as little as 30 seconds
• Get 100% of the invoice value.
• Your clients continue to pay directly to you as usual.
  

Create a Free Account in under a Minute, 100% Online, just need to enter an email and password to get started. 

Register & select your bookkeeping app and you’re done. Your outstanding invoices instantly appear in your Fundbox dashboard

Is there any cost to set up my account?

No- it’s FREE.
There’s no cost to setup your account, no paperwork, and we don’t require any personal guarantees. Once you set up your account, it’s ready and waiting with no cost or obligation.

How much does Fundbox cost?

You’ll see the full cost before you advance an invoice.
The reasonable fee varies by the amount you advance. Only pay for what you use. The faster you pay it back, the more you’ll save.

Say goodbye to 
Net-30/60/90 payments.

Fundbox will advance you cash for your outstanding invoices. Sign up, connect your accounting app and start clearing invoices.

Project Management Tech Tools - Lynda.com

Lynda.com is a website that I have learned so much from, so I decided it would be a good share, even though it isn't directly related to project management you can all learn a lot from this site in building some of your projects.

Do you have a question about something? Would you like to learn a new skill or about a new technology? Then give www.Lynda.com a try. This site holds thousands of courses and video tutorials. I use it all the time to learn new skills at work. 

Courses range from development, design, web, photography, business, education, 3D animation, video and audio. 

Get started now you can try a free trial by clicking here. 

New skills. Improved skills. Now.

Learn technology, creative and business skills you can use today