Building Confidence with Training Design
Learning alongside others - whether it's skiing or designing training highlights lots of little improvements that may be missed if you just work alone or even if you follow a structured training path.
Learning alongside others - whether it's skiing or designing training highlights lots of little improvements that may be missed if you just work alone or even if you follow a structured training path.
Whether used as an ice-breaker, a metaphor (analogy?) or as a way to kick-start a problem-solving/creative thinking session. Rather than re-invent the wheel I thought I'd just share some useful links. 20 Lateral Thinking Puzzles Icebreakers - lateral thinking puzzles Some fun and more serious conundrums here Creative/Lateral thinking puzzles in categories This content is...
This exercise is taken from the 'Manage the Impact of Change' Power Hour. It works best in a face-to-face environment, and is a great way to highlight the emotional reaction to change, why change fails and explore change fatigue. TAKE A LOOK This content is only available to logged in users. If you would like...
When working with someone over a period of time, it can be difficult for them to see the progress that's being made. OR perhaps you are being engaged by an organisation and are expected to demonstrate how things have changed for the person you are coaching. This simple but very useful record is an ideal......
When setting up a coaching arangement, it's important to agree ground rules and set expectations. Soozi Parker and Thierry Gauthier have very kindly shared their contracts/agreements for you to use as reference to create you own. Please use them for inspiration to create an agreement/contract that right for you rather than taking a direct copy.......
A useful model by Larry Senn, linking thoughts, feelings, behaviours and (ultimately) outcomes. Here's a simple diagram outlining the principle and couple of articles giving a little more detail. https://www.linkedin.com/pulse/8-tips-riding-mood-elevator-larry-senn-jane-anderson/ https://hbr.org/2009/11/lead-from-the-top-of-the-mood This content is only available to logged in users. If you would like to become a member of the Training Designer's Club, you can...
This exercise was shared by Jon Britain and is a way for participants to explore good and poor leadership behaviour (this uses the lens of Emotional Intelligence) but you can can focus on other specific aspects if you prefer. It then delves further by looking at how that makes us feel, and the impact of......
If you seem to lose HOURS looking for a decent short video to include in your training, and are (inevitably) disappointed with what you find, you're going to LOVE TrainerTV. Clare Samuels gave us a sneak preview of her library of short work-based videos that are realistic and easy to facilitatee around in this showcase.......
The ADDIE model of training design has 2 D's.... Top level design and detailed development. But most facilitators seem to have forgotten about the second D. Here's why it matters....
Most of us are now comfortable with designing (and delivering) virtual training BUT there are very many plates to keep spinning. Sometimes, handling the technical aspects required to keep your course engaging and interactive can be a distraction - ESPECIALLY if you have a large group. That's where using a virtual producer can help: They......