Remember the last vacation you took? Which parts of the vacation do you remember best: the beginning, middle, or end? How about a story you heard or read? Again, which pieces stand out in your mind Remember the last vacation you took? Which parts of the vacation do you remember best: the beginning, middle, or … Read more
Getting your participants to buy into an activity or game you planned as part of your training materials is essential to add energy, interaction and vitality to any courseware material for any topic you teach. However, your participants will need to be interested before they will feel motivated to join in and take the exercise … Read more
If your learners actively use a messaging tool like Twitter, you might piggyback on that practice by opening an account that learners can follow regarding a specific topic. Here are 10 things that you can do and post to remind learners of their knowledge or skill. 1. All may not be equal. Some participants may … Read more
The availability of new technologies and the adoption of social media within most organizations create a unique opportunity for trainers and facilitators to support learning in an ongoing format. Social media offers a variety of tools, applications, and platforms to provide a wealth of resources and training materials to support both virtual and classroom learning. … Read more
A Quick Response (Quick Response) code is a digital image that can be scanned without the beam of light needed to scan barcodes at the supermarket. It’s used in advertising and marketing for smartphone users. You may have seen QR codes on flyers, subway posters, brochures, and even cereal boxes. They are often accompanied with … Read more
Mobile Learning can be accessed from the palm of your hand. What could be better? M-learning, short for “mobile learning,” can be accessed on smartphones, tablets, laptops, and some wearables. M-learning allows you to pair a tiny but critical (either time or importance) data point with a skill check, giving you a quick connection with … Read more
No matter how well you plan and prepare your training program’s courseware, presentation or training material that you are delivering, more often than not, something unexpected may happen. Sometimes what starts off as a terrific training session turns into a nightmare. Some human behavior, attitudes, or reactions are predictable. It is your job as a … Read more
It’s certainly not uncommon as a trainer to find yourself sometimes in sticky, disagreeable and intimidating situations in a training class. Some of these situations may be because of something you said or did as a trainer but often times it can be traced back to the participants themselves. Their personality and background sometimes plays … Read more
Sometimes you must go slow to go fast The importance of the opening of any training session, retreat or workshop cannot be stressed more. It simply sets the tone for whatever comes after. Just like beginning a conversation, this is the time to build a structure to support the training session and reach clear and … Read more
Getting management commitment to training, to ensure employees are allowed and encouraged to attend, and to support the transfer of training back to the work site can be quite a challenge. Even when the training is indicated by performance problems, and sometimes even when it has been requested by a manager, freeing up staff time … Read more