Month: February 2015
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Your Song
I forgot to put this post up last week when it was my birthday. A fun little website that tells you what song was number one when you were born. It could be a fun way of saying happy birthday to a participant in your group. It also links to the song on Youtube if…
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Toxic Leadership
I was talking to a number of groups last week about poor leaders, toxic workplaces and lousy employees. I am doing a great MOOC at the moment on inspiring leadership through emotional intelligence and thought that some of you would benefit from a video I watched awhile ago on Toxic Bosses. Can’t see the video…
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Better Person, Better Trainer
Logically follows that if you are a better person then you will most likely be a better trainer. Watch the video below to see how you can become a better person and trainer. Can’t see the video – click here
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Career Choice
My last post was about my 25 years in training but that is not where I started. I didn’t have a clue when I left school what I wanted to do and even though I eventually got into the career that was right for me there were many wrong turns and diversions. Check out the…
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Twenty Five Years of Training and 11 Tips
Yesterday I turned 52 and realised that I have been training in some shape or form for about 25 years. That has ranged from Infants school to Primary to Secondary school, to outdoor education and wilderness training to corporate, not for profit, public, government training, years of instructional design, elearning design, development and facilitation. And…
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Real Psychology
I am fascinated by people, what they do and why. I was close to doing psychology at one point but went down the training/education path which did involve some psychology. I have read many books and blogs on psychology and I am often confused as to what is right and what is myth. The video…
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Sunday Zephyr – Getting Creative
I was talking to a group on Thursday about creativity and innovation and we discussed some basic tools and processes that would assist them and their project teams to be more innovative. Sunday is a great day to relax and that is also another way to get creative. Look at some of the creative processes…
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Future of Learning Videos
I am constantly fascinated by where learning will go in the future. Predictions for years have been essentially wrong in their timeframe and outcomes but it is slowly getting there. I found a good video which had an interesting view of the future of learning, at least a structure for what it could be. The…
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Time to change those bad habits
We all have at least one bad habit we would like to get rid of. I certainly have a few. Make this week the start of getting rid of one of those bad habits. The slideshow below might help and if you want a great book on habits then read The Power of Habit by…
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Sunday Zephyr – Exploring Google
I hope your Sunday is going well. Google is much more than just a search engine. Below is an article about 15 different services they offer that most people do not know about. I was not aware of Keep which I will use in the future and the graph service allowing you to construct 3…