Month: June 2010
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Tim Ferris – The updated book
I read Tim Ferris’s book “The 4 – Hour work Week” somewhere back in 2009. I wrote a blog post referring to it as great book that I read that year. I have recently completed the expanded and updated edition and it is bigger and better> The concepts are the same but there is a…
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Lifelong learners
Most of the people who are reading this, I assume, are already life long learners. Some of you definitely are as I am currently teaching you. Maybe you know some people who need to get back into learning or you are struggling yourself. This short video is a very good introduction to the overall topic…
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E – Tool of the week: PowerPoint add-in
How many times have you been running a training session using PowerPoint and you have had to flick to your web browser to show something on the web, generally using alt-tab, and then you get lost and can’t find you way back to your slide or you accidentally close the slideshow which means you have…
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Something different
This topic has nothing to do with training, teaching or assessment. It is Sunday and I normally don’t post anything on Sundays but my new website has gone live and I thought I would let you have a first look at it. If you want to go to the blog which is a good starting…
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Interview with Coach of the Year 2010
I finally got the technology in order and managed to interview the ANZI 2010 coach of the Year Debbie Hogg. Debbie is a professional trainer, facilitator and life coach and obviously from the award she is very good at it. This is the first part of the interview and the second half will be…
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Motivation, work & learning
I have discussed motivation in this blog before. If you missed the motivational videos check out this link. This is another video on motivation. This is by Dan Pink and it is based on his book Drive. I haven’t had the chance to read this book yet but it is a big seller and it does…
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PowerPoint Power Tips
PowerPoint is a great resource for most trainers. But for others it can definitely be their downfall. The real trick is knowing when not to use it. I wrote a link piece to PowerPoint a while back if you want to check it out. It was time to condense this information down though into 56…
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ELearning is still tough going
The majority of elearning articles are very up beat about the possibilities, enjoyment and interaction but often leave out the problems, technical issues and frustration. Personally I think that elearning is the future and it will greatly enhance our training capabilities but it is still early days and it doesn’t always work the way…
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Human resource management, training and getting a job
I lot of people ask me for career advice. In particular, how do I get into training, full time. This is always a difficult question to answer as there are so many different pathways based on the person’s qualifications, experience and their chosen area of expertise. Maybe I should do a more detailed blog to…
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Sir Ken, Again
I have written a few times about Sir Ken Robinson. You can check these posts here, here and here. I notice now that I never posted his now famous TED speech. I can highly recommend it. Watch it here. The reason I am bringing this up now is that four years on Ken has made…