Training Assessment Education

Author: Darren

  • Back to work

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    Photo by Joshua Sortino on Unsplash How was your weekend? I actually had a good week – off. Really, the only week I haven’t done any work even during Christmas and New Year. But now I am back with a whole set of deadlines and three days of delivery. It is difficult to keep up with all the…

  • Me and my audience

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    Photo by Kristina Flour on Unsplash Are you competent? Is the audience competent? Do they answer your understanding questions accurately? Watch the video below. Can’t see the video – click here

  • Story Telling

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      If you have ever been a participant in one of my programs you will know that I use a lot of stories to get my point across. That was just a natural thing for me to do. It’s the way I was brought up but many trainers I have found don’t use stories and…

  • Sunday Zephyr – 2018 Yikes

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    Photo by Samuel Zeller on Unsplash How is your Sunday going? By the way I hope you had a great Christmas and New Year. The video below is a bit dark but it is a not too subtle reminder of how we have treated the environment and others over many years. As trainers, educators and assessors it is…

  • Christmas Chilli

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    How did your Christmas go? Mine was good but the break is already over – well at least briefly. I am currently marking assessments and finishing of a RPL project and some content writing. It is unusual for me to be working at this time of the year but Ok, that is the way it…

  • RPL & RCC & RR

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    Photo by Ian Espinosa on Unsplash Ok so you all know RPl – recognition of prior learning, RCC – recognition of current competency, and maybe you didn’t know RR, Rubbish and Ridiculous. I am currently in the process of completing a RPL kit. I have been here before. I have also written about this a number of times.…

  • Speech length calculator

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    Photo by Paul Bence on Unsplash One of the biggest questions I get regarding speeches, presentations and training is how do I know how long it will take. I never really have a good answer for that until now. Below is a calculator that takes how many words you are going to say and calculates the time it…

  • Sunday Zephyr – Happiness or not?

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    Photo by Marion Michele on Unsplash How is your Sunday going? The video below is titled happiness but…….Worth a watch though. It is a not too subtle reminder of the world we live in. Maybe you can change this next year. Can’t see the video – click here

  • Data projectors

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    Photo by chuttersnap on Unsplash I like data projectors. I have one myself but it is far from portable. Fortunately I do not have to take my own data projector as they are normally provided but if you need to you might want to try the one below in the article. I don’t own one but I am…

  • Innovation a science

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    Photo by Joshua Sortino on Unsplash I have been talking to a number of groups about innovation over the last few weeks. I think the word often throws people off as they are looking for that transformational innovation which is a completely new idea, product or service. This actually doesn’t happen very often and is very difficult to…