This week’s “Friday Finds” emphasizes gratitude for good health and features a music playlist, popular read from last week, cognitive science-based instructional tips, a guide to mastering prompt writing for AI language models, repurposing video content, and resources for eLearning. Also included are tech tools, a podcast, and upcoming event details.
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Friday Finds — Unlock a Summary of 2023’s Best L&D Insights – Contribute Yours!
sponsored by iSpring Sign up here to get Friday Finds in your inbox every Friday Hey Learning Champions, As we prepare to welcome 2024, let’s reflect on our collective L&D journey in 2023. I invite you to share your experiences and the tools that guided your growth. Inspiring Resource: Share the book, podcast, or resourceContinueContinue reading “Friday Finds — Unlock a Summary of 2023’s Best L&D Insights – Contribute Yours!”
Friday Finds — AI Content, Slidewise, Skewed Perception
sponsored by iSpring Sign up here to get Friday Finds in your inbox every Friday “I think a life properly lived is just learn, learn, learn all the time.” — Charlie Munger Unfortunately, winter has arrived with a not-so-pleasant gift: my first (and hopefully only) cold of the season. My hacking cough and unwelcome germsContinueContinue reading “Friday Finds — AI Content, Slidewise, Skewed Perception”
Friday Finds — Formatting Long-Form Content, LOAF Model, Google Docs
sponsored by iSpring Sign up here to get Friday Finds in your inbox every Friday Live your life and forget your age. — Norman Vincent Peale Yesterday was Thanksgiving for us here in the U.S. and I’m super grateful for so many things including the amazing tapestry of friends and memories I’ve collected over theContinueContinue reading “Friday Finds — Formatting Long-Form Content, LOAF Model, Google Docs”
Friday Finds — Animations for Learning, Make Your Own GPT, Designing to Persuade
sponsored by iSpring Sign up here to get Friday Finds in your inbox every Friday “Holding on to anger is like grasping a hot coal with the intent of throwing it at someone else — you are the one who gets burned.” — Buddhist proverb It’s been a warm and sunny birthday week. I can’tContinueContinue reading “Friday Finds — Animations for Learning, Make Your Own GPT, Designing to Persuade”
Designing to Persuade: 5 Elements of Messages that Stick
In today’s world, we are constantly bombarded with messages from all sides. From the ads we see on TV and online to the social media posts we read from our friends and family, it’s hard to escape the pressure to conform. But if you want to stand out from the crowd and make your voiceContinueContinue reading “Designing to Persuade: 5 Elements of Messages that Stick”
Friday Finds — Interleaving, Open AI Assistants, Sludge Toolkit
sponsored by iSpring Sign up here to get Friday Finds in your inbox every Friday There is only one way under high heaven to get anybody to do anything…. And that is by making the other person want to do it. — Dale Carnegie We’re coming up on birthday week for the boys in ourContinueContinue reading “Friday Finds — Interleaving, Open AI Assistants, Sludge Toolkit”
Friday Finds — Killer Workshops, Value of Pre-Tests, Slow Productivity
sponsored by iSpring Sign up here to get Friday Finds in your inbox every Friday Learning is the result of attention. — Robert Gagne Columbus might not take home the gold in very many competitions, but we’re apparently the undisputed champions of swearing damn it! In the same vein, my son’s acing his own game—landingContinueContinue reading “Friday Finds — Killer Workshops, Value of Pre-Tests, Slow Productivity”
Friday Finds — Good Mistakes, Science of Learning, Working Out Loud
Sign up here to get Friday Finds in your inbox every Friday A person with a healthy self approaches life with a lens of agency and gratitude. Even in the face of difficulty, engagement and enthusiasm for life persist. Paul Conti Lately, I’ve been thinking about all the exciting new tools that are replacing theContinueContinue reading “Friday Finds — Good Mistakes, Science of Learning, Working Out Loud”
Friday Finds — Writing for Learning, Transform Boring Answers, L&D Curation
sponsored by iSpring Sign up here to get Friday Finds in your inbox every Friday “Happiness consists more in small conveniences or pleasures that occur every day, than in great pieces of good fortune that happen but seldom to a man in the course of his life.” — Benjamin Franklin You may know that I’mContinueContinue reading “Friday Finds — Writing for Learning, Transform Boring Answers, L&D Curation”
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