Category: Motivation
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Sunday Zephyr – Getting fit at the office
I’ll be doing a lot of writing over the next few months for clients and that means sitting down a lot. I like a run in the morning but that doesn’t really keep me going all day. I tried a few months ago a process of working for 55mins then exercising for 5mins…
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Inspirational Monday
Do you need a little bit of a pickup to get the week started? Here is Muhammad Ali on fire. Can’t see the video – click here
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Sparking learning
How to get a spark? How to get people to learn? Watch the video. Can’t see the video – click here
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Why we do it?
There are some odd ideas out there about why teachers teach or trainers train. I often here about the money, holidays and easy workload. Rubbish of course. Some of us just enjoy it. Many love the feeling of being able to help people learn and develop. Watch the video and get ready to answer that…
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Participant Motivation
I am fascinated by motivation particularly when applied to participants in a course. Unfortunately I often get the feeling that the only thing motivating some people and groups is the piece of paper at the end to say they finished and passed the program. You can get very cynical at times when you see this…
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Motivation
Just about every training program that I write and deliver has a component of motivation in it or should. It is critical in everything particularly learning and hence all trainers should have some understanding of it. There are many video’s on the internet but I always recommend the one below. Also enjoy the infographic below.…
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Pedagogy Wheel
Check out this Pedagogy Wheel which relates to apps and motivation and …….Open the PDF file as it is worth looking at. Watch the videos. What do you think? Read the article here.
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Sunday Zephyr – Simple Sunday
Please enjoy this beautiful video and enjoy your Sunday. How many things do you recognise and truly enjoy? The pleasure of from Vitùc on Vimeo.
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Are you an Entrepreneur?
Many of you who read this blog are self employed. The contractor or small business owner has many challenges. Are you suited to it and what are your strengths and weaknesses. I love a good self assessment and I found this site recently. You do need to submit your email address but they are using…
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They still don’t get it!
I have been a trainer for many years now and it still surprises me when organisations still don’t get the importance of training and supporting their staff. Currently in NSW we have the State Government making thousands of people redundant. The sad truth here is that many of the departments are over staffed but that…