Category: Training Videos
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Your Career – Are you making good art?
It was a rainy Sunday and I had plenty of spare time so I spent (was going to say wasted) some time watching random YouTube videos. You can learn a great deal by doing that. You can also watch a lot of really crappy stuff. I came across a great speech by Neil Gaiman. I…
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Sunday Zephyr – Your Future
I hope you are having a great, relaxing Sunday. While you are relaxing today drift off and think about what is the future of your job, your role and your organisation and business? Is it going to remain the same over the next few years? Most likely not. What can you do to re-invent your…
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Busy Week
Sorry, my posts got delayed this week. It has been a busy one. Predominantly I was delivering a very important program and I spent more time than I usually do being prepared and ready for anything. Always a good thing to do anyway but in this case I had to make that extra time to…
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Presentation Anxiety
An early photo of me The new year is in full swing now and I have started delivering new trainer and presentation programs. One of the key concerns of the brave people who enrol to do these courses is how do I overcome my anxiety? There is no easy answer for that except it is…
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Sunday Zephyr – Teacher Confessions
We are often challenged in our roles by the people we train but one of the key requirements is not revealing what we at time might be thinking. We have to display understanding and patience even when that is difficult. Here is a short video of some teacher confessions. On this lazy Sunday have a…
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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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Creative Training
How do you become a creative trainer, educator, teacher? Basically hard work, belief and lots of practice. Don’t worry about mistakes and failures. That is part of the process of getting better as long as you learn from them. The video says it all. Can’t see the video – click here
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The new workplace
Many of us train people in management basically following well established management theories. The workplace has changed though and it is important to think about what our participants need to do their jobs more effectively. If your not a management trainer this video is good to watch anyway so that you can check your organisation…
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Sunday Zephyr – All about the Wind
I recently spent a week in NZ training trainers. I always go for a few runs when I am away training and NZ (Auckland) is always a favourite running spot with endless water, bays and large running/cycling tracks. This time it was windy plus. Still good running but to the point where at times I…
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Good Presentations
I like showing my training participants (when I get the time) good and poor presentations. Here is one of the good ones. I might have blogged this before but I honestly can’t remember. A great presentation is funny, serious, makes its point and never gives you a chance to drift off. There is also a…