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Tip #860: A Virtual Training Nightmare

“You never run out of things that can go wrong.” Murphy’s Law I recently conducted a full day virtual class using the WebEx Training platform.

February 15, 2021

Tip #815: A Nightmare or Challenging Opportunity?

“Don’t watch the clock; do what it does. Keep going.” Sam Levenson So, you create a highly participatory two-hour learning experience for an estimated 30

March 23, 2020

Tip #677: Getting Over Excel Phobia

“You gain strength, courage, and confidence by every experience in which you really stop to look fear in the face. You must do the thing

June 27, 2017

#593: An Email Workaround for Large Files

“No matter how complicated a problem is, it usually can be reduced to a simple, comprehensible form which is often the best solution.” An Wang

November 2, 2015

Amman and Dubai Travelogue – 2015

January 15-16, Travel to Amman This is my third trip to Amman and, as with all of my international travels bar none, it came with

January 15, 2015

Tip #547: What I Did On My Thanksgiving Vacation

“Travelers, like poets, are mostly an angry race.” Richard Francis Burton This is a story about an air travel nightmare. Future flyers, take note! My

December 8, 2014

Nairobi, Kenya Travelogue – 2014

Nairobi, November 30 Hello. As you can see, I’m on the road again. This time, I will be piloting ten days of business management training

November 30, 2014

Zambia Travelogue – 2013

Amsterdam, August 30, 2013 I am on my way to Lusaka, Zambia to conduct 8 days of business management training to owners and staff of

August 30, 2013

Amman Travelogue – 2013

February 1, 2013 I’m back in Jordan for two weeks to conduct three train-the-trainer programs for the Jordan Civil Society Project (also funded through US

February 1, 2013

Tip # 419: Markers, Stickers and a Long Table: A “Just-in-Time” Learning Activity

“Creativity involves breaking out of established patterns in order to look at things in a different way.” Edward De Bono The Jordan travelogue will definitely

May 29, 2012

Tip #398: One Surefire Way to Fill a Training Gap

“Your problem is to bridge the gap which exists between where you are now and the goal you intend to reach.” Earl Nightingale It is

October 31, 2011

Tip #328: An Independent Training Consultant’s Nightmare: When You Can’t Please a Client

“Anytime you suffer a setback or disappointment, put your head down and plow ahead.” Les Brown Over the past thirty years in conducting training programs,

June 21, 2010

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