Training & development learning well November blog post round up
Posted by Lee-Anne Ragan | Filed under communication, Conflict resolution, training & development
If you didn’t catch all the posts this month simply peruse & click what’s below. Here’s the Rock.Paper.Scissors’ monthly training & development round up for the month of November. Learn well in the training & development learning well. Dive deep into the learning well or take a small sip. Shower yourself in training & development [...]
Tags: alexandra trenfor, businessfriend, carl jung, Conflict resolution, creativity, culture code, drawing, element14, fast company, holly weeks, hubspot, intuition, jennifer bilec-sullivan, learning & development, mike volpe, perspective, rhonda marable, social consciousness, social media, steven fisher, united nations, warner brothers, yasmin joomraty
The best teachers are those who show you where to look, but don’t tell you what to see (Alexandra Trenfor)
Posted by Lee-Anne Ragan | Filed under training & development
What do you think? Is this what good teachers do? Do we, as learning & development folk, show or do we create space for exploration? Do we demonstrate or do we encourage experimentation? Do we tell or do we guide participants to their own learning? Food for thought. Let me know what you think. Thanks [...]
Tags: alexandra trenfor, learning & development, social consciousness
The art of being an unconventional trainer (with a nod to Chris Guillebeau)
Posted by Lee-Anne Ragan | Filed under training & development
I saw Chris Guillebeau speak recently, the author of The Art of Non-Conformity. He thinks instead of looking for efficiency we should be looking for adventure. I agree and as an adventure seeker when it comes to learning and development here’s my 10 point take on how a conventional trainer stacks up against an unconventional [...]
Tags: art of non-conformity, chris guillebeau, learning & development, unconventional trainer, unconventional training
‘Don’t fake it – you gotta feel it’ Mr. B. to his PS 22 Chorus at the Oscars
Posted by Lee-Anne Ragan | Filed under training & development
Mr B is the phenomenal teacher and conductor of PS22 Chorus, the choir that’s taken Youtube by storm. A recent Time Magazine article describes them as having a tendency to skip traditional chorus tunes in favor of exuberant renditions of pop songs. Mr B recently gathered his charges, from Graniteville, New York, a racially diverse [...]
Tags: christain science monitor, engagement, learning & development, mr. b, oscars, passion, PS22 chorus
Learning about learning with tuiles
Posted by Lee-Anne Ragan | Filed under training & development
I recently wrote about an example of what not to do if you want your learners to feel included and your content to be accessible. It had to do with differentiated learning and not being told upfront what that meant. Harumph! (e.g. I’m tired, it’s the end of a long day and you, the presenter, [...]
Tags: access, access and inclusion, inclusion, learning & development, tuile
Confessions of an introverted trainer
Posted by Lee-Anne Ragan | Filed under communication, Conflict resolution, training & development
I adore being a learning and development specialist. Being with people. Lots of people. Different and diverse people. And with them, creating a process that unfurls the heads of confusing question marks into tall and proud exclamation marks. I get it! I never thought of it like that. That’s why my (insert your choice of: [...]
Tags: alone, andrea dorfman, how to be alone, introvert, learning & development, tanya davis, trainer
Top 100 Tools for Learning in 2010
Posted by Lee-Anne Ragan | Filed under Business & organizational development, training & development
Since 2007 Jane Hart, of the Centre for Learning & Performance Technologies, has been putting together an annual list of top learning tools. The completed 2010 list is at the end of this post and the emerging 2011 list is here. I tried out a couple that were new to me; Glogster, for making posters [...]
Tags: centre for learning & performance technologies, glogster, jane hart, learning & development, livebinder, mindmeister, tools, voki, wallwisher
What’s your theory of change? Evolution or Revolution?
Posted by Lee-Anne Ragan | Filed under change management & wellness
Ever wondered what your theory of change is? How do you believe change happens? If you’re a learning and development specialist then you’re out to change – change minds, expand learning, influence behaviour. Face it, you’re a changemaker. One way to look at change is on a continuum with evolution at one end and revolution [...]
Tags: alicia kritsonsis, change, change theory, effecting change, learning & development, sara mitaru
Not paying attention as a trainer can make you take an unwanted bath
Posted by Lee-Anne Ragan | Filed under Human resources, training & development
I once took a university course, early Friday mornings at 8:30 am, with only 3 others in the class. There was another painful aspect to it other than the early hour. The professor lectured from notes so old they were yellowed. Plus his monotonous tone matched the static nature of his notes. Mother of mertle [...]
Tags: attention, learning & development, life lenses, perspective, training & development
The view from Dolores Umbridge (Harry Potter) on a bad, very bad day
Posted by Lee-Anne Ragan | Filed under Human resources, training & development
The word’s aflutter with the release of the new Harry Potter movie, which made my kids take the opportunity to watch a previous version, specifically the Order of the Phoenix. We were all snuggled up in bed watching when it occurred to me that the character Dolores Umbridge is a great example of a worldview, [...]
Tags: delores umbridge, harry potter, learning & development, life lenses, perspective, worldview