Month: September 2013

  • Participant Motivation

    I am fascinated by motivation particularly when applied to participants in a course. Unfortunately I often get the feeling that the only thing motivating some people and groups is the piece of paper at the end to say they finished and passed the program. You can get very cynical at times when you see this…

  • E Learning Tools

    Many teachers and trainers have a break coming up soon and hence maybe some spare time. Check out this list of 100 elearning tools provided by the elearning coach. Try some of them out and report back here on their usefulness. Good self development activity for an afternoon. http://theelearningcoach.com/elearning2-0/100-elearning-freebies/

  • Sunday Zephyr – Friends

    A touching video below. On this wonderful Sunday I hope you are enjoying a day off and spending time with your good friends. I am fortunate in that I consider many of my participants as friends. maybe not close, good friends but still friends and I know that I put an effort in every week…

  • Friday Review

    It has been a busy week after a week off skiing in NZ. I had everything competed before I left and then bang, Sunday morning I am working on what was to be this week’s work. I wrote a post recently about reviewing your week which I do mentally but not on paper (or digitally)…

  • Change in blog posts

    I am making a small change to my blog posts. I will be posting on Monday, Wednesday, Saturday and Sunday. The purpose of this at present is to try out a weekly review post on Saturday. Hope you enjoy the new format. As there is no post today please enjoy this photo of my recent…

  • I love Chrome

    I do love Chrome. An easy to use and clutter free browser, and fast. Many people do not know that you can enhance the browser with a range of extensions and pluggins. Try out this one, KNEW, which operates when you open a new tab. It contains a range of information that can also be…

  • Monday Mornings

    I have been on holidays for a week in NZ skiing and hence this morning is going to be a struggle. The good thing about training though is that once you kick your brain and mouth into gear and the interactions occur and learning starts tiredness just falls away. I hope you all have a…

  • Sunday Zephyr – Your home network

    On this relaxing Sunday maybe you might like to check how fast your home network is and if there is anything you can do to speed it up. A good use of your time as fast home network keeps you and everybody happy and makes you more productive. Well at least you can stream youtube…