Learning Resolutions: Make the Investment in Yourself

Originally posted in the OpenSesame blog on January 2nd, 2013 BE CURIOUS. ASK A LOT OF QUESTIONS. Obviously a lot of learning comes from asking questions. But too often we don't ask the right question. The right question is far more valuable than a great answer to the wrong question. Eric Schmidt of Google said,Continue reading "Learning Resolutions: Make the Investment in Yourself"

No Photoshop Required

Ethos3 recently posted a 'How to' on how they made their cut out images in Photoshop for their fabulous “Simplify, Simplify, Simplify” deck. I saw a question asking if this could be done using ONLY PowerPoint and the answer is yes and it's super simple. Here is one way it can be done: 1. RemoveContinue reading "No Photoshop Required"

Training Is Only One Part of the Puzzle.

A recent report "The Science of Training and Development in Organizations: What Matters in Practice" informs us about how to best apply training solutions. One of the most important things that “matters”, is that training should be viewed as a whole system and not a one-time event. Not only does this mean that what happensContinue reading "Training Is Only One Part of the Puzzle."

Top 10 Tools

It's that time of year again to update the Top 10 tools list. I've been making my contribution to Jane Hart's Top Tools compilation for several years now. So, wIthout further ado, here is this year's list. Google Reader (RSS) This is my single most used source for my personal learning. It's increasingly rare thatContinue reading "Top 10 Tools"

Getting BETTER Results by Doing LESS Training

In thinking about my conversation coming up later today (6/27 11am Eastern/8am  Pacific) on elearn chat with Rick & Coline , I keep coming back to this idea that we really need to have a holistic view of what were doing. In short, we are NOT in the 'course creation' business. To truly be aContinue reading "Getting BETTER Results by Doing LESS Training"

The Secret of Happiness

via Brain Pickings http://vimeo.com/3686182 Secret of Happiness: A TED remix  An exploratory story of what happiness is, told in TED soundbites and kinetic typography featuring: Dan Gilbert, Matthieu Ricard, Cameron Sinclair, David Carson, Sherwin Nuland, , Dan Gilbert, Martin Seligman, Paula Scher, Matthieu Ricard, Dan Gilbert, Martin Seligman, Matthieu Ricard, Martin Seligman, Paola Antonelli, SirContinue reading "The Secret of Happiness"

Three simple things that will drastically improve your learning designs

via Modern Meeting Standard — a revolutionary new approach to meetings. When people don’t read your memos, it’s not because they don’t like you, it’s because your writing is dreadful. While reading this article, I realized many of these 14 writing tips also apply to a broader range of communications and learning design. Three thingsContinue reading "Three simple things that will drastically improve your learning designs"

Audience Feedback with Poll Everywhere

At the Learning Solutions session I presented with Patti Shank last week I wanted to try some way to include live, real-time audience feedback. After looking at a few different options I decided on Poll Everywhere and it worked out really well. (At least I think it did. If you were there and have aContinue reading "Audience Feedback with Poll Everywhere"

Buffer

I do a lot of reading and try to share a lot of the best stuff I find via twitter. Usually this resulted in a big mass flood of tweets in the dark hours of the morning when most people here in the U.S. are still sleeping.  Recently I discovered a much better way toContinue reading "Buffer"

Plain English

I just wanted to share this great little "Plain English Guide" that I discovered today. Among the wisdom in this 20 page gem are these writing guidelines: 1. Know your audience. 2. Get to the point. 3. Use everyday words. 4. Avoid jargon and abbreviations 5. Keep sentences and paragraphs short. It looks like they'veContinue reading "Plain English"