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Seven different participant are smiling as they respond to a learning response system.

Tip #870: Gesturing Increases Learning

“Why do people always gesture with their hands when they talk on the phone?” Jonathan Carroll We’ve discovered that movement contributes to greater learning and

April 26, 2021

Tip #860: A Virtual Training Nightmare

I recently conducted a full day virtual class using the WebEx Training platform and it was a virtual training nightmare. It didn’t go well. The

February 15, 2021

Tip #854: A Learning Toolkit

“Coming together is a beginning, staying together is progress, and working together is success.” Henry Ford Volunteers from the Madison Chapter of the national Association

January 4, 2021

Tip #833: Interactive Virtual Activities

This Tip considers seven interactive virtual activities, six of which come from Cindy Huggett in her books. I added the seventh. “The planned activities are

August 3, 2020

Tip #810: Learning Experience Design

“Learning experience design is the process of creating learning experiences that enable the learner to achieve the desired learning outcome in a human centered and

February 17, 2020

Tip #762: The GROW Model and Coaching for Performance

This tip discusses the GROW model that provides a simple framework for structuring a coaching session: Grow, Reality, Options, and Will. Coaching for Performance Coaching

March 4, 2019

Tip #747: Why Care About SCARF?

“Many great leaders understand intuitively that they need to work hard to create a sense of safety in others. In this way, great leaders are

November 12, 2018

Tip #672: Learning Response Systems. Do You Kahoot?

“My goal in the classroom was always to make sure they were having so much fun that they didn’t realize they were learning.” Rick Riordan

May 23, 2017

A black male employee is seated at a table with three other employees. He looks doubtful, as if he is failing to learn how to learn.

Tip #628: How What You Know Can Curb Learning

“Two quite opposite qualities equally bias our minds- habits and novelty.” Jean de la Bruyere There is a lot that can interfere with a willingness

July 5, 2016

Tip #577: A Business Was Lost For Want of a Daily Talk

“Management is about arranging and telling. Leadership is about nurturing and enhancing.” Tom Peters We want employees to be engaged and effective in their jobs.

July 13, 2015

For learning to occur, participants need to be able to ask questions, which does not occur in lectures alone. The lectures need to be augmented with active learning activities.

Tip #568: Incorporating Participatory Learning Activities

“If I see an ending, I can work backwards.” Arthur Miller My experience as a curriculum designer to date has involved working with subject matter

May 11, 2015

Tip #564: The Power of Two in Training

“Only two things are infinite, the universe and human stupidity, and I’m not sure about the former.” Albert Einstein It is interesting how often the

April 13, 2015

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