Training Assessment Education

Category: Communication

  • Being Funny

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    When you ask a group of people what attributes they want a good trainer to have you will inevitably get a good sense of humour as one of those critical attributes. Ok, but how do you get a good sense of humour or how do you become funny. I generally go with self deprecating humour…

  • Interesting People

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    I am sure that at times in your training sessions you have the occasional interesting participant. No, I’m not talking about the painful participant. I mean the ones that are just a little different. Who often see things differently or have a different way of operating around other people. Maybe your one of them. Here…

  • Social media statistics

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    I have been doing a little bit of research for a program on social media that I am conducting for NSW Health next week and I came across this gem of stats regarding digital, social and mobile for 2015. Even if your not going to be delivering a program like me it is worth scanning…

  • Excellent writing

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    As trainers, we all need to be able to write. Hopefully we should be able to write clearly and concisely. If you want to test your writing skills out copy some of your lesson text into the website below and see how it scores. How good are you? (I got a good rating with this…

  • Sunday Zephyr – Remember the people

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    I hope you had a great Christmas and New Year. Now we are getting back into the swing of things after the usual break it is time to do some planning for the year. Many of us are going to be using the internet, social media and other online tools to purchase items, teach, assess…

  • New Year Challenge

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    Here is an interesting challenge for those who need a challenge for 2016. Buy the 1 Second Everyday app (this is the iphone one) and take a short video each day in 2016. The app compiles it all into a video of your year. I am going to do it and you will see the result…

  • Merry Christmas

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    I actually hope you are not reading this post as Christmas time shouldn’t be spent online but if you see this over the next few days I hope you had a great Christmas Day.

  • Enchantment

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    I’m not sure why I haven’t ever referenced this video in my blog before. I have watched it a number of times. Guy Kawasaki is a great speaker and even if you don’t get anything from the his speech you will enjoy his speaking style. The video is a reminder of the fact that all…

  • Behavioural Interviewing

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    I have had a few questions lately from participants about behavioural questioning. I assumed that everyone who was doing job interviews knew about this process but apparently not. So for those who need to know and for those who want to know because you are going for a new job here is an excellent resource.…

  • Thinking Style

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    How do you think? What is your preferred approach? If you aware of your thinking style you can optimise your effectiveness and you can also practice the types of thinking you generally avoid making you a more flexible person. Check out the article below from Harvard Business Review and analyse your thinking style. I am…