Analogies in training?
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Analogies? They're a bit like making love to a beautiful woman!
The “Fast Show's†comic character, Swiss Tony, has one analogy for every eventuality: that of “making love to a beautiful womanâ€. His one-track mind can twist almost any situation to fit.
Most people are capable of coming up with a wider range of analogies and, in my experience, it's something we human beings can't stop doing. Personally I like the maxim “if an analogy is with pushing, it's worth pushing too farâ€.
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May 7, 2007 at 6:10 am
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The Gift (group exercise)
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How often do we tell people that they are really good at something, they have impressed us with the way they organized an event or we really appreciated a gesture that they did for us or someone else…? If we are really honest - generally it is not enough. Interestingly much work in the training room around team building is about what is not being said within the team - not always the said stuff!!
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May 4, 2007 at 5:47 am
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Photos on Tap
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Of all our senses, the one with the potential to receive the most information per second is sight. According to Paul Scheele, 10 million bits per second come to us through our eyes, compared with a total of 1 million plus bits per second from the ears, skin, taste and smell combined. Out of those 11 million bits per second received, we only consciously process 70…yes, that's 70 out of 11,000,000, 40 of which come to us through our eyes.
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May 4, 2007 at 5:38 am
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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? (…)
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April 1, 2007 at 9:05 pm
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