September passed in a blur and you missed out on some Rock.Paper.Scissors' blog posts? No worries. Here they are - laid out like a picnic for your perusing - here's the Rock.Paper.Scissors' monthly training & development round up. You'll find all the blog posts for the month of September … [Read more...] about Training & development learning well September blog post round up
29 ways to stay creative when you're training (part 3 of 3) plus a contest
Note: this post contains a chance to win a free song. Keep reading for how to enter...I came across this great video (see below) from Tofu Design called 29 ways to stay creative. I really like the title because it assumes you and me are creative to start with, which is my mantra. Creativity is … [Read more...] about 29 ways to stay creative when you're training (part 3 of 3) plus a contest
29 ways to stay creative … when you're training (part 2 of 3)
I came across this great video (see below) from Tofu Design called 29 ways to stay creative. I really like the title because it assumes you and me are creative to start with, which is my mantra. Creativity is in our DNA - some of us just have to dig deeper for it if we've been discouraged from … [Read more...] about 29 ways to stay creative … when you're training (part 2 of 3)
A participant's edit to a workshop activity leads to an innovative new twist
It's one of those iffy training exercises. Asking a North American audience to use their bodies to form a picture is risky. Eyebrows tend to head north. Question marks (or the equivalent, #$@#$!) dance above participant's heads. We North Americans, especially corporate North America tend to … [Read more...] about A participant's edit to a workshop activity leads to an innovative new twist
A guide to learning via splattered bug guts
I don't like pumping gas. I always get impatient. I'm not really sure why as it doesn't take all that long to fill up my gas tank but nonetheless it's a task I don't like.That's why, when filling up on a road trip recently, I was delighted to find a reason to chuckle as I pumped the gas yet … [Read more...] about A guide to learning via splattered bug guts
How you teach is how you do everything – part 2: be brave & bold
'How you teach is how you do everything' is the title of a recent blog post written by Jen Louden and Michele Lisenbury Christensen, which I think is hands down, one of the most eloquent pieces on teaching I've read in a long time.The post covers 8 points about teaching, which I'm following up … [Read more...] about How you teach is how you do everything – part 2: be brave & bold
Looking for inspiration? Try an ad (especially these unusual ones from Fast Company)
The roots of engaging training can be found anywhere. You do however have be on the lookout.Some of my ideas have come from advertisements - yep ads. When I say I'm going to be talking about hairy, naked guy (above specimen) I can see participant's question marks dancing in the air. … [Read more...] about Looking for inspiration? Try an ad (especially these unusual ones from Fast Company)
Creativity lies everwhere, even in how you store your business cards
Meet Yann Cramer, editor at InnovToday and Global Technology Manager at Shell. I met Yann at the W.I.N. conference in Paris where we were both speakers. I thoroughly enjoyed his workshop on creativity and saw him walk his talk when we exchanged business cards.More about that in a … [Read more...] about Creativity lies everwhere, even in how you store your business cards
"We are born with the capacity to hear, we must learn to listen" Miha Pogacnik
His arm flew, directing the bow in a wild and frenetic dance with the strings, while his chin hung onto the base of the violin for dear life. His hair looked like a bowl of fine spaghetti flying off in one direction, only to be pulled back in another with the rhythmic sway of his … [Read more...] about "We are born with the capacity to hear, we must learn to listen" Miha Pogacnik
