Category: professional development
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Small, small groups
One training group I don’t really like training and I know many don’t as well are the small, small groups. This occur form time to time. By small I mean somewhere between 4 and 8 people over a period of weeks. Some new trainers might think this is great. Small group, less hassles, less to…
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Electronic textbooks
The digital wave keeps rolling on and with it we all have to confront certain changes. Some of those changes will be great and some will take a little bit of getting used to. How do you feel about digital textbooks? I am a big fan even though I am surrounded as I write this…
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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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Your Brand
I did a post a week or so ago about getting work, some or more of it. I have been reading about this new aspect to job seeking for a while but a recent graphic reminded me of the importance of having your own brand. It’s not something I think about much but it is…
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Productivity, in or out?
I’ve been really busy lately. Really busy. I have still wasted a lot of time during that busy period so I could have been even more productive if I had tried a little harder and had even more discipline. Or not. Maybe I am working too hard. I have watched a few trainers around also…
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Work – Getting it!
I have been approached by a number of trainers recently about how to get work, more work, working for self, any many more work options. It’s always a difficult questions and not one that I really believe I know the answer. I do know that I am really busy and works just seems to keep…
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Free course
Here s a free course in social media & open education. As a non-credit participant you will get access to a lot of the resources and webinars and the program format looks very interesting. The goals of this course are as follows. Participants will: better understand the historical role technology and media have played in…
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Practice Makes Perfect – well almost!
I watched this video the other day and it reminded me of the importance of practice. Too many program participants just assume that after the program they will be competent and that’s it. No more effort involved. Of course this is rubbish. It takes lots of intense, good quality practice before you become truly competent.…
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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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Trainers who have failed
A few days ago I posted an article titled Trail and Error Training. Basically I was saying that to improve as a trainer you have to try new things and expect some to fail. I came across this post which outlines 10 great failures. It is an interesting read about how some great people…