Category: Creativity & Innovation
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More storming of the brain – but in a fun way
I have featured on a number of occasions some very good brainstorming and mind-mapping e-tools. Here is a list of five brainstorming tools from Makeuseof. The only on here that I can personally vouch for is Scribblar which is an excellent online drawing tool but also great for communication. It is currently free but with…
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Virtual Opportunities
I am constantly amazed by how we can now experience different environments without actually being there in person. To a certain extent this is not an expensive process and can be turned into some very powerful learning opportunities. Check out this 360 degree view of a A380 flight deck. This could be further enhanced with…
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Busy, Busy, Busy!!
I am really busy at the moment. It is always difficult getting back into the new year and often as a trainer we are planning new courses and setting up programs and gathering people. I had a long list of things I wanted to read over the holidays and a heap of stuff (Internet tools)…
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Keep your brain active
I have written a number of posts on creativity and it’s importance to the trainer. To be creative you do have to have a creative brain. Fortunately you can exercise your brain just like any muscle in your body. You can become more creative as well as increase you overall intelligence. Most of us now…
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Education Predictions for 2011
Hello. It is great to be back from a good break and I look forward to providing my readers with the best information on training, education, teaching, coaching and anything else in between. I have been reading online a host of 2011 predictions for everything and anything including education and I thought it was only…
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Wow learning activities!
One of the most time consuming areas of good training design and session planning is coming up with appropriate learning activities that link to the knowledge, skill or behaviours being taught, are appropriate for the learner group and are fun, interesting and stimulating. Tough ask for anyone. Hours can be spent flicking through books, racking…
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Training Magic
Please watch the clip below. One, because it’s just good fun. The second reason though is that the presenter or entertainer here is doing a number of things that make this short performance memorable. Can a trainer be this memorable? Of course they can but you need to really work on it. While your watching…
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Creativity – escaping the box
I thought the whole creative series was over until I found this website. A great resource, lots of useful information and plenty of links to follow up. And to top it all off here is a recent post in wikihow on “how to think outside of the box“. The video at the end is a…
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A different view of creativity?
Where does creativity come from? Does it comes from an external source, a muse or is it something we are born with? What makes someone think differently? Could it actually be a defect? What makes someone want to create the world’s biggest barbecue – check out the story? What mind even thinks of creating a…
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There isn’t a Creativity Crisis
Please read this article. It was a rebuttal post to the article that I posted on the 29th stating that there isn’t a creativity crisis. I tend to favour this authors argument, but that is just my opinion. What do you think? While we are at it check out this guys webpage. He is…