Last week I wrote about receiving a wonderful email from a Learning and Development Roundtable member asking me for my top Learning and Development books. It gave me a great opportunity to dive into 30+ years of my learning resources and share them with you. Last week I shared fifteen … [Read more...] about My top Learning and Development books – 30+ years worth (Part Two)
I had a wonderful email from a Learning and Development Roundtable member recently asking me for my top Learning and Development books. She wrote: “I wanted to ask if you have any recommendations for books/ training manuals for working with vulnerable youth (in an international context) or any … [Read more...] about My top Learning and Development books – 30+ years worth (Part One)
Need to give a workshop? A presentation? Sales pitch? Do yourself a favour and use the four C’s from The Moth - one of my all-time favourite resources. If you’ve not heard of them before, the Moth is all about live storytelling done incredibly well about almost any topic you can … [Read more...] about Like moths to a flame – draw your audience in with these Four C’s
Hybrid. Does the mere term cause you to grind your teeth and send shivers down your spine (and not in a good way)? I’ve got your back and your spine. Now that you’ve got a handle on Zoom meetings and/or MS Teams, it’s time to up your game with a hybrid. I shared the … [Read more...] about Hankering for hybrid events? Here’s how, part two 
I know, I know. You just got the handle on Zoom meetings and/or MS Teams and now we’re faced with the multiple challenges of hybrid. The learning curve never ends. Which can alternately be energizing and exhausting. There’s hope and even loads of opportunities with hybrids. Note: … [Read more...] about Hankering for hybrid events? Here’s how, part one
Last week I shared an easy opportunity to leverage your training design, how to get three for the price of one, in fact. To recap, most of us focus only on delivering our training. You know, that ________ hour (insert the training length) workshop on ________ (insert your topic) to … [Read more...] about How to design more bang for your training buck (and get three for the price of one) part two
What if I told you that there was an easy opportunity to leverage your training design, three for the price of one, in fact. Most of us focus only on delivering our training. You know, that ________ hour (insert the training length) workshop on ________ (insert your topic) to ______ … [Read more...] about How to design more bang for your training buck (and get three for the price of one)
Would you hire a plumber to sew you a suit? What about hiring a gynecologist to teach you violin? No? It sounds absurd, right? Yet many people erroneously believe that being a subject matter expert is enough to be able to teach. In other words, if I know a subject, that … [Read more...] about Three wildly important components for powerful trainings
