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Tip #840: Meeting a Virtual Challenge

“Life is about accepting the challenges along the way, choosing to keep moving forward, and savoring the journey.” Roy T. Bennett I had an interesting

September 21, 2020

Tip #798: How to Get Closure on a Learning Activity

“What was closure if not a clock? Not an end as everyone imagined, but a beginning.” Celeste Chaney An article by Susan Landay identifies two

November 11, 2019

Tip #783: How to Write Plain Language

“The chief virtue that language can have is clearness, and nothing detracts from it so much as the use of unfamiliar words.” Hippocrates “The shorter

July 29, 2019

Tip #744: The Power of Counterarguments

“In contests of persuasion, counterarguments are typically more powerful than arguments.” Robert Cialdini According to Cialdini, the superiority of counterarguments “emerges especially when a counterclaim

October 22, 2018

Tip #743: Attention Magnetizers

“The communicator who can fasten an audience’s focus onto the favorable elements of an argument raises the chance that the argument will go unchallenged by

October 15, 2018

Tip #742: Attention Attractors

“Certain cues seize our attention vigorously. Those that do so most powerfully are linked to our survival. Sexual and violent stimuli are prime examples because

October 8, 2018

Tip #739: Only three hours

“All we have to decide is what to do with the time that is given us.” J.R.R. Tolkien Imagine that you are asked to convert

September 17, 2018

Tip #735: Prompt Learners to Think

“Efforts to develop critical thinking falter in practice because too many professors still lecture to passive audiences instead of challenging students to apply what they

August 20, 2018

Tip #709: How to Set Learners Up to Fail: Part One

“Success does not consist in never making mistakes but in never making the same one a second time.” George Bernard Shaw I just attended a

February 20, 2018

Tip #708: I have a dream- and it’s killing me!!

“A dream doesn’t become reality through magic; it takes sweat, determination and hard work.” Colin Powell Imagine rocket firecrackers going off around a cartoon head.

February 13, 2018

Tip #643: Skill Sets for Classroom Versus Web-Based Training

“Specialization, concentration and consistency is the key to outstanding performance…Love your zone!” Israelmore Ayivor I constantly see recruitment notices for organizations seeking individuals with expertise

December 10, 2016

Tip #645: How to Receive and Incorporate Feedback

“My greatest strength as a consultant is to be ignorant and ask a few questions.” Peter Drucker There is a real difference between how an

October 31, 2016

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