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Tip #883: Cashapona, The Walking Tree

This tip looks at the cashapona, a walking tree, that serves as an excellent metaphor for learning and development. We typically think of trees as

July 26, 2021

A black gentleman in shirt sleeves is smiling as he reads the new words that describe the new normal on his computer.

Tip #878: How to Describe Our New Normal

weOur new normal is very complex. I thought I would try to describe it using some of the new words that I’ve learned (Remember how

June 21, 2021

Tip #877: Five Steps to Make Learning Stick

This tip discusses five steps to make learning stick so that 80% of training participants will retain and apply what they learned. Is it enough

June 14, 2021

Tip #876: Four Steps to Learning Maturity

“To be successful in a knowledge economy, firms need to create learning organizations.” Don Tapscott There is a lot of discussion about the need for

June 7, 2021

Tip #875: There is a New Gogy in Town

“Learning is not the product of teaching. Learning is the product of the activity of learners.” John Holt Pedagogy focuses on how children learn best.

June 1, 2021

Participant engagement is missing in this picture of three students who look bored and distracted.

Tip #874: How to Establish Participant Engagement

It doesn’t matter if you are conducting a meeting or facilitating a workshop that is face to face or virtual. Its success depends upon participant

May 24, 2021

Tip #869: How to Build Motivation to Learn

“Student engagement is the product of motivation and active learning.” Elizabeth F. Barkley In his book Drive, Daniel Pink identifies three key components necessary for

April 19, 2021

Participants in a training room with pipe cleaners at their table to play with.

Tip #865: The Magic Key to Learning Transfer

“You, your leaders, and your investors are interested in learning only insofar as it improves performance and gets business results.” Michael Dulworth and Frank Bordonaro

March 22, 2021

The white male student is enjoying virtual learning activities on his computer.

Tip #864: Great Virtual Learning Activities- Part Two

In the last Tip, I shared virtual learning activities for developing preprogram content, starting-before-you-start, and helping participants minimize distractions. All were drawn from Cindy Huggett’s

March 15, 2021

Tip #862: Another Instructional Design Model

“Think about what your learners need to do with that information after the course is finished and design around that.” Matthew Guyan I just became

March 1, 2021

Six training participants are giving a standing ovation as one kinesthetic activity for virtual training.

Tip #858: Kinesthetic Activities for Virtual Training Programs- Part Two

There are kinesthetic activities that can be used to get participants up and out of their seats during virtual presentations. Six that immediately come to

February 1, 2021

Tip #851: Collaboration Triumphs!

“Great discoveries and improvements invariably involve the cooperation of many minds.” Alexander Graham Bell I can’t believe how smoothly and effortlessly we collaborated on the

December 7, 2020

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