Category: Education & Training Management
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Where are you heading?
A few of my last posts have been about getting work and establishing a brand. Not hard to see where my focus is at the moment. I have always told new trainers that they need work out their own plan for development and work on this as this is the only way they will get…
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Leadership
Might be just me but one of our major problems in education and training is a lack of effective leaders. In this field the person must not only be a great leader but they must also be an excellent educator or trainer themselves so that they can understand what they lead. Unfortunately I have seen…
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Trouble getting students?
I work for a range of different training organisations and they are all having trouble attracting participants. It’s a tough market and there are many players. This little article might help you out and the free e-book that you can download from the site is well worth the read.
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And the resources just keep coming!
I found this resource the other day and I am still digging through it. It provides some great advice and assistance to people who just want to learn but don’t necessarily want to follow the accredited or traditional learning pathways. This would be great for any student and for that matter anyone who just wants…
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Where does all the data go?
Even if you are not that conscious of it occasionally the average person must wonder where all the data is being stored. The growth of the cloud and the amount of posts being made on facebook, twitter and youtube are just a small sample of the daily data that is stored somewhere. The majority of…
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Meetings Bloody Meetings
Having been to a few meetings lately I often wonder why I had to go and what was achieved. There are many other ways that the information the meeting was about could have been disseminated. Don’t get me wrong there is a very good time and place for meetings but as we all know many…
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Learning for what?
What should we be teaching to young people that will equip them for the future? Much of the training I carry out is for a specific purpose, with a specific outcome in mind. Is that useful in a world that is rapidly and constantly changing? The question for everyone is are we gearing people up…
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Teaching and Money – (what’s wrong with this heading?)
Please read this news release regarding rewarding teachers with bonus payments. How many times do we need to see this debate go around, and around. A great idea in principle but there are so many flawes in the performance system that it will not reward the best teachers. It will reward a small hand full…