Problem: I shelved my need for a real-time word cloud maker until …..Calling on all creative people! (That’d be you.)Ever heard of Wooclap? If not, you're in for a treat! Wooclap is an easy, effective engagement tool for events or presentations (both … [Read more...] about Woohoo for Wooclap, an easy and fun tech tool
I’ve worked with more than 50,000 participants in and from more than 150 countries, doing team building, trainer of trainers, and tech tool training.I’ve held workshops with hippos, whales, and waterbuck nearby. (That's a waterbuck above at a recent training by the way.)I carried … [Read more...] about And now for something really fun! How to (literally) animate yourself and others.
For the last three weeks I’ve written about seven reasons why you REALLY need to add interactive activities to your workshops and shared three sets of twelve examples of easy peasy engaging and fun activities. This week I’m back with twelve final examples plus a bonus.If you’ve … [Read more...] about Easy peasy activities to make your workshops more interactive Part Four
Last week and the week before 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 … [Read more...] about Easy peasy activities to make your workshops more interactive Part Three
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 youThe next time you need to design … [Read more...] about Easy peasy activities to make your workshops more interactive Part One
Did you know I bring together folks from around the world, for a free, monthly Learning and Development Roundtable workshop on a range of interesting and engaging topics that members have asked for?Our community is a brilliant group of diverse, social change-makers, who are committed to … [Read more...] about That’s a wrap for 2022 – Highlights of the year’s Learning and Development Roundtables Part Two
Did you know I bring together folks from around the world, for a free, monthly Learning and Development Roundtable workshop on a range of interesting and engaging topics that members have asked for?Our community is a brilliant group of diverse, social change-makers, who are committed to … [Read more...] about That’s a wrap for 2022 – Highlights of the year’s Learning and Development Roundtables Part One
We’ve all heard the old adage - monkey see, monkey do. While we may have become more familiar with online meetings, it doesn’t mean they’re engaging or effective. There’s way too much monkey see, monkey do -a.k.a. boring, noninteractive, lecture style, exhausting online … [Read more...] about How to make online meetings more interactive and effective
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)
Working on program evaluations with vulnerable communities for the Federal Government of Canada gave me a great opportunity to look at how assessing learning can not only be (almost) pain-free but fun, engaging, and motivating.Last week I shared the first five tips on assessing learning that … [Read more...] about Ten tips for assessing learning that prevent migraines and bring on magical motivation, part two
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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