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Tip #878: How to Describe Our New Normal

”No matter what anybody tells you, words and ideas can change the world.” John Keating Our new normal is very complex. I thought I would

June 21, 2021

Tip #874: How to Engage Meeting and Workshop Participants

“A dialogue leads to connection, which leads to trust, which leads to engagement.” Seth Godin Whether you are conducting a meeting or facilitating a workshop

May 24, 2021

Tip #873: Soft Skills are Hard!

“Let’s call them real skills, not soft.” Seth Godin I’m tired of the false distinctions that are often made between soft skills and hard skills.

May 17, 2021

Tip #818: Leading Infection Response with Liberating Structures

“You cannot cross the sea merely by standing and staring at the water.” R. Tagore I recently became aware of group facilitation and problem solving

April 13, 2020

Tip #816: A Satisfying Challenge

“All progress takes place outside the comfort zone.” Michael John Bobak I shared in last week’s Tip that my partner and I were very nervous

March 30, 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 #774: Make training decisions with the learner in mind.

Good training is never static. Instead, it is “a constant stream of professional decisions made before, during and after interaction with the learner; decisions which,

May 27, 2019

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 #730: MUCH Better Evaluation Questions

“Information useful to training professionals typically relates to Levels 1 and 2. You want to ensure that the training resulted in learning, and ultimately, that

July 16, 2018

Tip #722: Overlooking the Obvious

“It takes an extraordinary intelligence to contemplate the obvious.” Alfred North Whitehead I’ve facilitated train the trainer and presentation skills workshops both nationally and internationally

May 21, 2018

Tip #711: Introducing The Peer Learning Institute

“The capacity to learn is a gift; the ability to learn is a skill; the willingness to learn is a choice.” Brian Herbert In past

March 5, 2018

Tip #689: Why Was Classroom Training Rated So Poorly?

“Speaking for myself, I spend a good ten minutes a day deciding whether or not to read the results of new surveys, and, once I

September 19, 2017

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