Category: Training skills
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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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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…
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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…
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A different view of creativity?
Where does creativity come from? Does it comes from an external source, a muse or is it something we are born with? What makes someone think differently? Could it actually be a defect? What makes someone want to create the world’s biggest barbecue – check out the story? What mind even thinks of creating a…
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There isn’t a Creativity Crisis
Please read this article. It was a rebuttal post to the article that I posted on the 29th stating that there isn’t a creativity crisis. I tend to favour this authors argument, but that is just my opinion. What do you think? While we are at it check out this guys webpage. He is…
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Creativity – what does it mean?
I thought I would explore over the next few posts the concept of creativity. It is something that has always interested me. In particular what makes one person creative or more creative than others. What is creativity? I will let you read the article in Wikipedia which gives the full explanation but let us just…
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Simple training tips for anyone
In my continuing struggle to de-complicate training I found a great little post which explains how to keep people learning and growing from a manager’s perspective. Yes, it can be more complex than this especially if you are dealing with large numbers of diverse staff over many different locations but it still does come down…
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Great training is easy!
The 14th episode of Ask Logical has just been released and covers the three simple concepts that ensure great, effective training. It can be viewed at all of the usual locations or by watching below. This carries on from a bit of a theme that has developed in my recent posts of keeping things simple…
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How to complicate training
Just about every time I open a training or educational textbook I am struck by the great lengths that many authors go to in attempt to complicate the training and educational process. Of course you can get very technical if you want to. But lets leave that to the academics. In the day to day…
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Outcomes, objectives or competencies that is the question?
I know that a lot of students are confused about when to use the terms learning objectives, outcomes and competencies. A lot of professional trainers are also just as confused. In this new episode of training tips 56 I hope that I have gone part of the way to clearing this up. Part of the…