If you didn't catch all the posts this month simply peruse & click what's below.Here's the Rock.Paper.Scissors' monthly training & development round up for the month of November.Learn well in the training & development learning well. Dive deep into the learning well or take a small … [Read more...] about Training & development learning well November blog post round up
From Bureaucrats to Bandwidth, a Behind the Scenes Look at the Making of a United Nations Social Media Strategy
I'm headed to the Social Media Strategies Summit in London to present From Bureaucrats to Bandwidth, a Behind the Scenes Look at the Making of a United Nations Social Media Strategy with my lovely colleague Mohamed El Sioufi. By the time you're reading this I'll have just about touched down.I'll … [Read more...] about From Bureaucrats to Bandwidth, a Behind the Scenes Look at the Making of a United Nations Social Media Strategy
Training & development learning well October blog post round up
If you didn't catch all the posts this month simply peruse & click what's below.Here's the Rock.Paper.Scissors' monthly training & development round up for the month of October.Learn well in the training & development learning well.Dive deep into the learning well or take a small … [Read more...] about Training & development learning well October blog post round up
3 lessons from a cheeky email – here's the initial bumpf
When I asked about information on the urban resilience index, I got this back from a UN colleague: 'Here's the initial bumpf.''Huh? What's a bumpf,' I thought.Here's what he said when I asked... Bumpf (bumf, or bumph): It’s an expressive and pithy word for all the dross that comes in the mail. … [Read more...] about 3 lessons from a cheeky email – here's the initial bumpf
A peek inside UNHABITAT training for Urban Youth Fund Grantees in Cairo
Hello from Cairo! I've just finished day 2 of 6 days of training for the UN. I'm revamping the UN LEL series curriculum for a youth audience & the training participants, from around the world, are participating in a gap & asset assessment to examine how youth can better engage with local … [Read more...] about A peek inside UNHABITAT training for Urban Youth Fund Grantees in Cairo
Suck or blow? Power surges & power vacuums
Waaaaay back when, when I used to do leadership training with youth, we'd sometimes play a game called suck & blow. It involved passing a playing card around a seated, circle of people, without using your hands, only by way of mouth to mouth. You could only pass the card by sucking in (holding … [Read more...] about Suck or blow? Power surges & power vacuums
Speaking English kills you (& other ways evaluations can go sideways)
Program evaluation can leave you feeling like you don't know if you're coming or going.I do a lot of program evaluation work because it's often so painful for my clients that I'm eager to show how it can be done with ease & even creativity & humour.I was particularly proud to be asked by … [Read more...] about Speaking English kills you (& other ways evaluations can go sideways)
There’s a 6 foot long green snake living in my banana tree
There’s a 6 foot long green snake living in the banana tree in my yard.So said my ‘friend’ Roman the other day while we were out walking the dogs. Trying not to faint, with eyebrows askance, I said ‘Really?’ ‘Sure,’ he says, ‘but don’t worry it’s utterly harmless.’I was pretty sure he was … [Read more...] about There’s a 6 foot long green snake living in my banana tree
No better way to learn about your own cultural training & development roots than to immerse yourself in another
Have you entered the cultural training & development contest yet and grabbed a chance of winning a free Life Lenses® assessment? No? What are you waiting for - deadline is June 15th. As I mentioned in a previous post watching out for too-near hippos by night and too-curious monkeys by day, … [Read more...] about No better way to learn about your own cultural training & development roots than to immerse yourself in another
Where's your off switch?
When I was doing some training for the United Nations in East Africa a while back, some friends and I got together one night at a house to watch a movie and make cookies. The cookie dough never made it to the oven (a destination few cookie dough batches in my world meet) and the movie was … [Read more...] about Where's your off switch?
Learning about change & the power of music to rock the world from United Nations 'Messenger of Truth' Sara Mitaru©
Imagine being able to write “Messenger of Truth” as a job title on your CV. That’s what the incomparable Sara Mitaru can claim.What exactly is a messenger of truth? The United Nation’s Messengers of Truth (MOT) Project has 3 major objectives:to inform youth living in slums and inner cities … [Read more...] about Learning about change & the power of music to rock the world from United Nations 'Messenger of Truth' Sara Mitaru©
Learning means converting & translating
I was recently in Turkey doing program evaluation training for the United Nations, which meant carrying a variety of ubiquitous plug adapters. I laughed at the above combination of plugs - all feeding into one that would fit the hotel outlet, allowing computer and IPhone to charge.The need to … [Read more...] about Learning means converting & translating
