Category: Education & Training Management
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Frustration
I have attended Education conferences for twenty plus years and essentially they talk about the same things. The speakers are often very good but the message is the same. Are they wrong or is the audience not listening. Collaboration. Innovation. Cooperation. Change. Unfortunately last week my perception was that people liked what they heard…
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Training for real jobs
What type of training are you delivering? Most of it is probably work based which means it either enables someone to get a job (includes promotion), enhance their current role or enable them to increase their effectiveness. Does your training really do this? I have added a link to an interesting article about Google and…
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Free Workshops
I thought some of my readers may be interested in attending the free Business seminars run by the Australian Government. In particular the Marketing and Presentation Skills Workshop and the How to write tenders that stand out and win. To find out about the dates and how to book go to this website: Click Here
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Deeper Learning
I like the article below not because it is about something new but that it is about something we know to be true but have neglected. The article is titled deeper learning but is really about how we have tended to forget about good training principles in the pursuit of quicker more ‘efficient’ qualifications. The journey…
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Future skills
As trainers we are training people for the future, often without knowing what that future really looks like. Below are the most important skills for 2020. Maybe we should be training these skills? Source: Top10OnlineColleges.org
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Training Boom
Watch the video below. It sets out the future workforce crisis, which though daunting, is also exciting from a training point of view. One of the strategies that will get us through the crisis is training and development. Two things trouble me about the video though. One, Australia is not represented which surprises me, but…
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Leadership Programs
I have been writing and delivering a lot of leadership programs this year and it appears next year. Apart from my delivery work with the Australian Institute of Management I have worked with Rabobank, Western Health, Nikon, Leighton Contracting and as of next week Coca Cola. Fortunately they have all chosen customer built learning material…
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Training and your future
The training industry is going through a reasonably rough period I think. Many have been saying that for a while and I haven’t been convinced as I am very busy but I have started to notice a few small signs of unrest. Maybe to secure your future as a trainer you need to start your…
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Google insight
Google fascinates me. It’s cool, smart, growing and often fails. They are involved in education and their involvement is only going to increase. Do you want to know how they do it? Watch the slide show below. It’s from Google so it must be right. How Google Works from Eric Schmidt
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The signature
Why do I need to sign assessments about 3 to 5 times. Really, what is so special about my signature that it appears to be required every time I do something in relation to training and more so when I am assessing. I should be bale to just mark the assessment, put a c or…