IT Meets Brain-Friendly Learning

Category: Train the Trainer, Blog

For all you afficionados of brain-friendly learning - some IT training can be the very antithesis - “chalk and talk”, or Death by PowerPoint, and endless drills (aka “dentistry”)

However, there is a technique used by software companies that is an excellent training device in a wide range of settings called Structured Walkthroughs.

Posted: April 19, 2007 at 4:53 am | 653 Views | Email Post |
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Manage State Transitions

Category: Train the Trainer, Blog

From State to State…

You may want to stand up to read this tip. Walk around, or even just change your breathing.

OK, so those of you who have worked with Kaizen for some time will know of our obsession with STATE! This tip is intended to be a refresher on some of the fundamentals AND to highlight again that state transitions are where it's at. I can honestly say that my most outstanding results gained while working with clients can be largely credited to a great state management strategy.

Posted: April 19, 2007 at 4:46 am | 733 Views | Email Post |
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What's in a Name?

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What’s in a name? Well for me, quite a lot. Working with a fellow Kaizen team member recently on a design project, we were stopped in our tracks creating the title by one simple question:

Does that word have any ‘baggage’?

Meaning, would our potential customers have any historical or emotional context anchored to the word in question?

Posted: April 10, 2007 at 5:08 am | 819 Views | Email Post |
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How Flexible is your Trainer State?

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One of the key principles of Brain Friendly Learning is to Honour Uniqueness. (…)

Posted: April 1, 2007 at 11:01 pm | 892 Views | Email Post |
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Defogging your Communication

Category: Instructional Design, Presentation Skills, Blog

Communication is a key business priority. With a diverse workforce and with the ever increasing number of communication tools, how do you ensure everyone gets the message? (…)

Posted: April 1, 2007 at 9:05 pm | 1,119 Views | Email Post |
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Putting the Cart before the Horse

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I recently learned a very valuable lesson during a day spent working with horses who are completely at liberty - i.e. (…)

Posted: April 1, 2007 at 8:15 pm | 871 Views | Email Post |
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