Category: professional development
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Gen Y – why the fuss?
I have read a great deal about the different generational groups and it is interesting reading but should we be concerned as trainers about what this means to learning and education? I think that maybe there is too much emphasis on the generational differences at time. We all have brains and we all learn essentially…
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Technology and Terminology
Apart from trying to keep up with technology it is difficult to keep up with the terminology and jargon. Every time you turn around there is a new word (jargon) for an old term or a completely new term for something you didn’t even know existed. In training and assessment I often get the feeling…
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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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Time and Education
Please watch this great little video. I love the guy who does the illustrations. That in itself is entertaining but there are a collection of very good points made here on a wide range of topics and time. For educators and trainers hang in there as the education section comes up about half way into…
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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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Why teaching or training?
I have been listening to a series of podcasts over the last few days from the Aspen Ideas festival. One in particular caught my attention on What makes a great teacher. It was very school education centric but they still had some very good comments about great teachers which relate to trainers and other educators.…
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Free MBA
In my last post I provided a link to a free management library. This post I want to point out another free resource from the same organisation. This is a Free Micro-eMBA. Like a recent post on a free MBA from the London School of Business and Finance this program is free unless you want…
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Why teach or train or educate?
I think I have everyone covered in the title above. Why do it? It is an interesting question and I am sure there are many answers which I am really keen to hear about. Me? I like doing it. I think that I do it well. I think that I have some information, knowledge and…
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Learning – How?
We have all sat through at least one lecture or session on learning theory. I hope so anyway. I think it is very important. If you haven’t there are miles of good resources online that will help you and just about any recent text on educational psychology will assist as well. The interesting thing is…
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Setting Goals
As trainers we have to be good at setting goals and often we have to train students how to set goals. I think it is one of those fundamental skills that everyone should be good at and be able to utilise throughout their life. As a trainer you have to be even better than most…