train the trainer Archives - Laurel and Associates Ltd

Tip #1000: Stop Scrap Training!

There are still trainers who only lecture, boring their participants and themselves. They’re frustrated. No one is learning new skills. It’s a waste of everyone’s

October 31, 2023

Tip #997: The Consequences When Manufacturers Think Anyone Can Deliver Safety Training

Manufacturing jobs have the highest rate of workplace injuries, according to the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics. There are 2.6 million nonfatal workplace accidents and injuries

October 10, 2023

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 #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 #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 #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

Tip #857: Kinesthetic Activities for Virtual Training Programs- Part One

“The corpus callosum facilitates more efficient learning and recall for both verbal and visual information.” Lynn K. Paul By its very nature, the virtual world is static. We spend

January 25, 2021