Author: Darren
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Training venues
Last week I had the great fortune to be training an indigenous group from UnitingCare near Campbelltown. I stayed at the Rydges which was very nice and had dinner at the Catholic Club that is on the same patch of ground as the Rydges. Great food and a really nice place. The reason for saying…
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Sunday Zephyr – Good speeches
Photo by Greg Rakozy I love a stirring, motivational speech and below is a video showing 10 great ones. Enjoy them and your Sunday. Can’t see the video – click here
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Your comfort zone is stopping you!
As we head into the weekend I’d like you to read this interesting article on your comfort zone. Some good advice here. Read the article here.
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2016 World Champion of Public Speaking
Here he is Darren Tay (like the first name) Toastmasters 2016 World Champion of Public Speaking. Can’t see the video – click here
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Facial Recognition
How well do you recognise the participants in your groups when you see them later in life? Here is a very interesting test that measures how accurate you are at recognising faces. If you elect to do the second part of the test just be ready for a really rigorous test and allow a fair…
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Sunday Zephyr – Back Pain
How’s your Sunday and how’s your back. If you have a bad back like me (and like millions of others) then you often find that you can’t do what you would like to be doing on the weekend due to back pain and spasms. I have been trialling this weird little exercise over the last…
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Play time
Do you have a little bit of time to play around with some new software today or tomorrow? Try out this new way of doing powerpoint (online). You can upload your powerpoint slides and play with them. The software is Slides. Try Slides out here
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More learning futures
On Monday I posted a video on the future of education. Due to the pervasive nature of the internet it threw up another video on the future of learning. Here it is: Can’t see the video – click here
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The Future of Learning
I don’t know what the future of learning is but these people (on the video) have some thoughts. Enjoy. Can’t see the video – click here
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Sunday Zephyr – Learning Styles
I hope your Sunday is going well. On a few occasions I have written about how we need to to stay on top of the changes in learning theory. Two things that stand out for me over the last few years are that learning styles are rubbish and that right and left brain is an…