Friday Finds | January 26, 2018

“Those who don't believe in magic will never find it.” ― Roald Dahl This week I had a nice adventure out to San Jose (via Ft Lauderdale and Austin due to weather) for the ATD TechKnowledge Conference.  It is always great to see old faces and make new friends....and getting back home to the comfortContinue reading "Friday Finds | January 26, 2018"

The Sanity Saving PowerPoint Secret You Should Know!

Around here, it is pretty common to have a lot of cooks in our slide deck kitchen. In most places, it is a rare deck that results from a totally solo effort. Even if you only share slides occasionally, you can still benefit from a little time and sanity-saving knowledge. At a minimum, most peopleContinue reading "The Sanity Saving PowerPoint Secret You Should Know!"

Friday Finds | January 19, 2018

Prejudice is an emotional commitment to ignorance. -Nathan Rutstein I’m excited to be in San Jose next week for ATD’s TechKnowledge Conference. Spend face-to-face time with super smart, like-minded people is always ultra energizing for me. Plus, I always come away with new thoughts and ideas to try out back home. Will you be inContinue reading "Friday Finds | January 19, 2018"

Tech Tuesday: Working in PowerPoint’s Full Screen

I’ve written about my tip of the week microlearning adventure before and it had quite a good run. Ultimately situations and priorities conspired to end it after over 400 consecutive weeks. (You can see most of them here.) Every tip in that collection is aimed to help show people how to work smarter instead ofContinue reading "Tech Tuesday: Working in PowerPoint’s Full Screen"

Friday Finds | January 12, 2018

So much great stuff this week, it was hard to keep this short. If 2018 continues at this pace it is going to be an amazing year. I think one of the most amazing of all things is the opportunity to meet awesome people like you in person. Fortunately, I’ll be at the ATD TechKnowledgeContinue reading "Friday Finds | January 12, 2018"

Learning Conferences Calendar

After a long quest for a site that consolidates L&D-related events in a searchable, easy-to-use place I’ve given up and decided to create one myself. There are a lot of great events in our space but to find them you’ve gotta check a zillion different places. In addition to the events themselves, I also wantedContinue reading "Learning Conferences Calendar"

Friday Finds | January 5, 2018

Welcome to the first Friday Finds of 2018. No matter where you are or what holidays you did (or didn’t) celebrate, I hope your new year is off to a fantastic start!! I also hope you're not doing any first hand learning about what ‘bombogenesis’ is. Want to Grow Your Network? Stay Home and WriteContinue reading "Friday Finds | January 5, 2018"

Talkbook: A Must-Have for Trainers and Presenters

If you’re a trainer, presenter or do any type of public speaking you know there’s a lot more that goes into it than just what people see. Beyond the obvious prep work leading up to an event, there is also a fair amount of work afterward to collect feedback, distribute the supporting resources or handoutsContinue reading "Talkbook: A Must-Have for Trainers and Presenters"

2017 Curated Design Roundup

This is the third of the series recapping topics from my 2017 curated newsletter series. This one covers design and you can also see two previous to this one: 2017 Curated Workplace Learning 2017 Curated Slide Design, PowerPoint & Presenting You can keep up with these and other similar things by subscribing to my newsletterContinue reading "2017 Curated Design Roundup"

2017 Curated Slide Design, PowerPoint and Presenting Roundup

Next up in this series of recaps from my weekly curated articles, posts, and resources is this collection for designing slides, PowerPoint and presenting. Top curated items from 2017: 2017 Curated Workplace Learning Roundup 2017 Curated Slide Design, PowerPoint & Presenting Roundup 2017 Curated Design Roundup You can keep up with these and other similarContinue reading "2017 Curated Slide Design, PowerPoint and Presenting Roundup"