A day wasted at the lake is time well spent.
Welcome to the vacation edition of this weekly newsletter. We’ve been enjoying the beautiful Wisconsin weather out on the boat and just generally lazing around this. Slowing down for some good meals off the grill and game nights with the family have been just what the doctor ordered. Which is why this week is a little different than usual. I’ve taken the lazy way out and shared the top 5 most-read posts from my website.
Happy Friday! Thanks for reading.
What I’m Listening to: My music this week has been all over the map with the kids contributing some interesting options. Here is one that is actually pretty good by Marshmallow.
Last week’s most clicked item:
Radically Remote Facilitation Toolkit
Better Than Bullet Points: Alternative Text Slide Designs
One of the most common challenges for anyone designing slides for presentations or elearning projects is what do with text content. Not only can too much text can be boring, but it can also distract your audience from the message you want them to take away. Here are some good options and a free downloadable PowerPoint deck to give you a jump on your next project.
https://mike-taylor.org/2018/06/12/better-than-bullet-points-alternative-text-slide-designs/
100 MORE TOOLS FOR LEARNING
In the course of reading and curating my weekly newsletter, I discover lots of new tools and apps. Here is a collection of 100 of them all in a single place for you to browse.
https://mike-taylor.org/2020/01/07/100-more-tools-for-learning/
Free PowerPoint Visual Resume
This one is another free PowerPoint download for anyone looking to stand out from the crowd with a visual resume.
https://mike-taylor.org/2017/04/20/free-powerpoint-visual-resume-template/
21 QUESTIONS TO ASK BEFORE DESIGNING ANY TRAINING PROGRAM
There are a lot of different causes for performance problems and most of them can NOT be solved by training. These questions can help you identify the source of a performance problem and avoid building a training program that is doomed to fail from the beginning.
https://mike-taylor.org/2011/06/10/21-questions-to-ask-before-designing-any-training-program/
A few other things just because I can.
Podcasts
Here are three podcast episodes from this week that are worth a listen:
- How to Make the Business Case for Change with Lori Niles-Hofmann & Dave Buglass on the Learning Uncut podcast.
- How to be a corporate trainer with Michael Bungay on the Speaker Lab podcast
- Top 10 Tips & Tricks for Effective eLearning Content Writing with Nyla Spooner on the If You Build It, Will They Learn? podcast
Tools & Resources
- Temporarily in vacation mode.
Check out my Twitter posts for a few that I’ve shared over there this week.
Conferences & Learning Events
Here are a couple of helpful resources if you’re looking for a L&D-related conference or webinar.
- Check out the upcoming conference schedule
- L&D Webinars for this month by Limestone Learning
Where You Can Find Me
The online Learning Development Conference is running now and Bianca Baumann and I will be running an online master class for the VOV Network in Belgium starting in November.
I’m super excited to be participating in The Learning Conference 2020 next month!
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Mike Taylor 