Month: April 2010
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Who wants to watch an online lecture?
Maybe the lecture portrayed above is on the way out. Please read this post from the Chronicle of Higher Education. It basically covers the issues, pros and cons of putting your lectures, sessions or training online. Most of us are aware that in the university sector a growing number of lecturers post their lectures online,…
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Training Needs Analysis. It is a SUSPECT process – Part 6
The second last stage of the TNA process (suspect) is to check and analyse the data. This happens over a period of time as the data comes in via our various analysis methods. We need to check that it is consistent and valid and that there are no large inconsistencies. We may need to alter…
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Who are you?
We have had a number of posts on emotional intelligence which is a key part of your overall makeup. Another factor to consider is your own personality. What sort of personality do you have? I am a strong believer of the principle that if you understand your own personality and behaviour you have a…
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A to Z of excellent trainer traits competition – Part 6 (Final)
A very tough round last week with some excellent S words. The winners are Greg 3 points, Stuart 2 points and Lin 1 point. The last round is now upon us and of course there are 6 letters left. The twist for the last round is that all six letters, U,V, W, X, Y, Z…
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Body Language
The area of body language that I want to discuss today is closely related to emotional intelligence. Most of the articles you read are specifically about how to read another person’s body language which is a very important skill to have as an advanced trainer. Just as importantly though is your ability to ensure that…
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Where is it all heading to?
I’d like to direct you to an excellent blog post by Mark Berthelemy at Learning Conversations. He has written a very comprehensive post on the state of corporate learning and development. Do you agree? Is our pursuit of e learning, social learning and the use of the Internet just a cost cutting exercise or a…
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Training Needs Analysis. It is a SUSPECT process – Part 5
The next stage of the SUSPECT TNA process has been posted to all of the usual locations (click here). This stage is Engage the Plan. Of course this is a very important stage where the plan is put into action and if the plan was well constructed a good supply of relevant data will be…
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Good Trainers?
I just read a blog on writing and they had this little joke in it which goes like this: Top One Habits of Amazing Writers 1. They write It occurred to me that the same applies for good trainers. Unfortunately I think that a lot of textbooks and other online articles are often written by people…