Month: October 2012
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Social Media and Education
If you haven’t noticed social media and education are becoming the same thing. They will still have different purposes but while being educated you will use social media tools and while participating on social media you are being educated. When you realise this you drop the whole social media is a waste of time and…
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It’s all in the face
Following on from a recent post on remembering faces and names here is another online facial test. This time it is body language. I have said many times before that one of the important skills of trainers and facilitators is the ability to read people and then make intelligent judgements about their sessions and what…
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Sunday Zephyr – Ready For Monday?
Every workplace should have one of these on a Monday morning. Hope your Sunday is going down well. The Great Office War from Runawaybox on Vimeo.
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Who is in your session?
I have written about the importance of body language and reading your audience in a number of posts. Another important related skill is quickly remembering faces and names so that you can engage each person in the training group. Washington University is conducting some research into facial and name recognition and you can test your…
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Get Your Theory Right
Every now and then every good trainer should go back to basics and check that their teaching/training/facilitating is meeting sound learning theory principles. I don’t care what you call yourself, trainer, coach, teacher, educator, facilitator…etc (will eventually write a post about this) if you are not adhering to the foundations of learning theory then you…
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Google and Education
Starting this month Google has established a whole series of live hangouts for educators on a vast array of topics relating to teaching, elearning, technology and of course Google products. You can register at this site and also view the schedule from here. Yes it is school orientated but as I have always found…
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Sunday Zephyr – Smashing!
Hope your smashing your way through a great Sunday. Gallagher in Slow Motion from FCTN on Vimeo.
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Great Training Takeoffs
My new training tips 56 video has been published and can be found at all of the usual locations or you can just watch it below. It’s all about the first 30 seconds of a training session. It is often this zone that sets up a great flowing session or you stumble, mumble and fall.…
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Stanford elearning course
I have enrolled in this short program offered through Stanford Uni on Designing a New Learning Environment. I though that some of you might be interested. The price is great – free. Course details are located here.
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Being Extraordinary
Do you want to be an extraordinary trainer? I’d like to be. I am still working on it. I read this blog last week and I like the simple approach on how to be extraordinary. I think the only thing that the author left out was heaps of effective practice in a wide range of…