Month: March 2010
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Internet facts – wow
Thank you to all of the people who have got involved with the competition started yesterday. But I know there are more of you out there who read the post. I also know that you have an opinion so try it out. I was running an elearning workshop on the weekend and we did discuss…
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The A to Z of excellent trainer traits competition – Part 1
This is the first of six blog posts which will be made on each Monday covering the A to Z of excellent trainer traits. Of course there will be four letters each Monday but one of them will be left up to you, the reader, to comment on. I will leave the comments open for…
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A different conference
Every now an then you have to do something that is a little different to what you are used to. The Virtual Worlds Best Practice Event is one of those events. Its free to attend and of course it is held in a virtual world. To do this you do need to become a resident…
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Ask Logicool 2 Video
The second Ask Logicool video has been released and in this episode I am looking at the appropriate rate of speech and what video camera shouldou y use when shooting training videos. Hope you enjoy the answers and information. I am really looking forward to more questions so that I can start planning the next…
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Trainers are planners
This week’s Training Tips 56 video series is devoted to planning. Trainers can fall into three categories. Trainers who are good planners, trainers who are bad planners and trainers who think that planning is someone else’s job. Let’s make it quite clear, all trainers must be good planners and training is a highly planned process.…
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The A to Z of excellent trainer traits competition
Next Monday I am going to start a six part blog post which will look at four letters of the alphabet per post and describe what I believe are the twenty four traits of excellent trainers. But, personally,I am going to only cover three per post. The fourth one I am going to leave to…
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Are you different?
Watch this short video from TED. The speaker is Temple Grandin who I knew nothing about but it appears they have made a movie about her. She is different and proud of it. She has autism but due to this disability it has allowed her to achieve remarkable success in a number of fields. It…
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Learning by doing
Learning by doing is not a new concept in fact it was most likely the first teaching technique invented apart from demonstrating. Many of you (not all) know that I deliver a Diploma in Training and Assessment program. It has taken a while to develop the overall strategy and structure of the program and I…