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Tip #883: The Walking Tree

“In a tree there is a spirit of life, a spirit of growth, and a spirit of holding its head up.“ Robert Henri We typically

July 26, 2021

Tip #881: How to Communicate Under Pressure

“…When people do not have the right balance of candor and curiosity, we make bad decisions keeping us from the results and outcomes we need.”

July 12, 2021

Tip #880: I had an epiphany!

“Epiphanies are never convenient, and often arrive too late.” Neal Shusterman Knowledge was originally the first learning level in Bloom’s Taxonomy. I have believed and

July 6, 2021

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 #877: Five Steps to Make Learning Stick

“Knowledge, skills, and experiences that are vivid and hold significance, and those that are periodically practiced, stay with us.” Peter C. Brown 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

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 #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 #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

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

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

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