Last week I wrote about seven reasons why you REALLY need to add interactive activities to your workshops and twelve examples of easy peasy engaging and fun activities. This week I’m back with twelve more. Remember, adding interactive activities to your workshop isn’t as hard as it … [Read more...] about Easy peasy activities to make your workshops more interactive Part Two
We’ve all been there. You’re in a workshop and you’re desperately trying to stay awake. As the instructor drones on and on and on, despite your best efforts, you feel like you’re about to fall into a deep coma. Not anymore you rockstar you The next time you need to design … [Read more...] about Easy peasy activities to make your workshops more interactive Part One
Why did the chicken cross the road? Who knows, and more importantly it doesn’t matter because the ability to tell jokes is not a requirement for the effective use of humour in today’s workplace. Fun fact. Did you know that Rock.Paper.Scissors Inc. used to host an annual … [Read more...] about Seven reasons to use humour in your workplace
Imagine you’re pregnant. Imagine you’re pregnant with triplets. Imagine you’re considered a high-risk pregnancy and you’re in the hospital and you’ve just discovered that your regular doctor isn’t available and you’re giving birth six weeks early. You’re about to give birth with a … [Read more...] about Massaging almonds – a critical skill for conflict resolution, communication, teaching, and more
I was teaching a workshop on conflict resolution and I was at the part where we talked about AA. Not that AA. Rather an attitude adjustment. It was part of my Learning and Development Roundtable - Resolve conflict with confidence and clarity using these six simple skills. I created the … [Read more...] about Is it time for AA? (It’s not what you think)
As I described in last week’s post, I’m a seasoned, passionate, deliberate, strategic learner. I have been all my life. And you are too. Think of how much learning you’ve done since you were a wee baby. If we didn’t learn we wouldn’t be able to walk, talk, socialize, work, play, … [Read more...] about Have you read any of these, my top favorite reads from 2022? Part two
The opportunities to surprise, delight, and make a real difference are everywhere. From hiding critical secret messages in pop songs to radios playing only out of the right speaker in order to raise awareness of a specific health issue opportunities are everywhere. Case in point 1: A critical … [Read more...] about From morse code to wonky radios, the opportunities to make a difference are everywhere
Do you know how your memory works? What makes it easy to get things into your brain, remember those things, and use that information when needed? And how can you do that for people you’re designing workshops for? Easy. Use these six tips, based on how our memories work, to help you … [Read more...] about Six things to help you design a training that will actually be remembered
As I usually do, I was listening to a podcast before nodding off to sleep. This time it was Debbie Millman’s Design Matters, and she was interviewing Adam Grant, an organizational psychologist. She was talking to him about regret. That perked my interest. Who wants to talk about … [Read more...] about What good is regret? Adam Grant can tell you
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
The trick is for the (scissor) blades to learn to work smoothly together, so as not to cut each other.
— Mary Jo Putney
The most difficult thing is the decision to act, the rest is merely tenacity. The fears are paper tigers. You can do anything you decide to do. You can act to change and control your life; and the procedure, the process is its own reward.
— Amelia Earhart
There will always be rocks in the road ahead of us. They will be stumbling blocks or stepping stones; it all depends on how you use them.
— Friedrich Nietzsche
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