Training Assessment Education

Author: Darren

  • Measuring business in a different way

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    Photo by Caju Gomes on Unsplash Interesting video below on measuring the intangible stuff in business. The guy, Chip Conley also wrote a book on this. The link below has some great points but check out the Emotional Equations. I have used some in training. Useful and fun. Link to emotional equations. Can’t see the video – click…

  • Sunday Zephyr – When?????

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    Photo by Alex Iby on Unsplash How’s your Sunday going? I’m getting closer and closer to retirement and I am really confused. I have read a few books and done some research but the big question still arises. How much money do you need to be able to retire? Can I retire early is also a very relevant…

  • Gestures

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    Photo by Jakob Owens on Unsplash Yes, another comms video. I like this one as it does point out some interesting differences in gestures across the world. Can’t see the video – click here

  • Sunday Zephyr – Amazing

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    Photo by David Treadwell on Unsplash How is your Sunday going. Hopefully you are enjoying a great long weekend due to Easter. If you are relaxing today and need a little bit of Adrenalin to get you going watch the short video below. Amazing! Can’t see the video – click here

  • Brainstorming

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    Photo by Kristopher Roller on Unsplash I have been talking about brainstorming a lot over the last few weeks. I think it is a great process if you can do it properly ie with no filters. The video below though points out many of the dangers of poor brainstorming. Can’t see the video – click here

  • Communication Structures

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    Sorry for the delay in posts recently. I was having some trouble with WordPress but it appears to be sorted now. My last few posts were on communication as I was writing a communication program. I found the article below to be quite useful. It outlines a number of communication structures. I knew some of…

  • Communication Tips

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    Photo by Davide Cantelli on Unsplash I’m doing a lot of communicating this week. I’ll be in Sydney, Nowra, Queanbeyan and Wyong. All of it involving communication. Below is a video you might like to use when talking about communication or it might just provide you with some good tips. Can’t see the video – click here  

  • Sunday Zephyr – Funny Business Videos

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    Photo by Nicole Harrington on Unsplash How is your Sunday going? I am hoping to have a little bit of time off today. I have been flat out lately (sorry about lack of posts) facilitating, marking assessments and writing programs for a range of clients. Fortunately I found some funny video’s while putting together a communication program. I…

  • Fear of public speaking

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    Photo by Marcos Luiz Photograph on Unsplash Yes, I still get a little nervous before every training session and I have delivered many, many sessions, speeches and presentations. I get over it pretty quick though. I know that many people get quite stressed out by making a presentation. Maybe the article below will assist you. For the trainers…

  • Emotional Intelligence Assessments

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    Photo by nikko macaspac on Unsplash I wrote a short program on EI recently and I needed to locate some free assessments. The article below is a good intro to the topic and also has a list of useful tests at the end of the article. Read the article here