Category: Tips
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Remembering what to say in your next presentation
How do you remember what to say in a presentation? It is a difficult question really and most likely the best results will come from different techniques for different people. Here is a good article covering this topic but it is not really how I would do it. It is important to clarify here that…
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Big File Transfer
As a trainer and particularly as I design and develop training programs, videos and elearning resources I often have to transfer large files to clients. This once meant travelling to their location and hand delivering the resources or mailing CD’s or DVD’s to them. Over the last few years there have been some very handy…
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Elearning Tips
There are a truckload of tips and hints on how to design and deliver elearning. Most of it is useless and a waste of time, much of it is just an attempt to sell you something. Here is a quick little slideshare resource which I think is great for people getting into elearning and it…
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Long weekend dabling
What are you doing on the long weekend? Dabling in something I hope. I am often talking to trainers about the importance of what they do when they aren’t training people. It’s your hobbies and interests that allow you to relate to your widely varied participants. This doesn’t mean you have to do everything but if…
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More storming of the brain – but in a fun way
I have featured on a number of occasions some very good brainstorming and mind-mapping e-tools. Here is a list of five brainstorming tools from Makeuseof. The only on here that I can personally vouch for is Scribblar which is an excellent online drawing tool but also great for communication. It is currently free but with…
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Project Management Software (e-learning tool of the week)
I have written in previous posts that all good trainers need to have at least some basic project management skills. The whole process of training from TNA to actual delivery is a quite a complex project. On the really big training roll-outs a full on project management approach is required. The standard software in the…
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More Great E-Tools
During the break I had a chance to play around with some Internet based tools to see if they worked and were worth the effort involved. Here are two great tools that will assist any good trainer to do their job more effectively. 1. VDownloader I have tried a number of YouTube download programs…
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Brainstorming & Mind Mapping
What is the difference between mind mapping and brain storming. Well you have two links there that should tell you. I am not sure that I have it right so I am interested in what you think. Here is my take on the difference. Brainstorming is a group activity where you list options, items etc.…
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Training Magic
Please watch the clip below. One, because it’s just good fun. The second reason though is that the presenter or entertainer here is doing a number of things that make this short performance memorable. Can a trainer be this memorable? Of course they can but you need to really work on it. While your watching…
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People watching and training
This might seem like a odd topic to bring up in a training, education and assessment blog but I came across this post the other day called How to begin people watching and it reminded me that I have recommended to new trainers and other groups that I have delivered to that one of the…