A pirate’s guide to engaging training & development workshops
Posted by Lee-Anne Ragan | Filed under Humor & comedy, Training & development
Ever listen to a pirate say ‘arrrrrr’? They do it with commitment. With enthusiasm. With zest and zeal. Much like training and development. Before I show you a sterling example, first here are 10 mistakes a trainer made during a workshop I was a participant in recently (no names have been used, in order to […]
Tags: enthusiasm, mistakes, pirate
Borrowed husbands = more money, more wine
Posted by Lee-Anne Ragan | Filed under Training & development
Sometimes as a trainer you gotta fake it til you make it. I don’t mean with your content expertise – participants will know in a nano-second if you don’t know your stuff. I also don’t mean with knowing how to teach – participants will sniff that out too PDQ. What I mean is confidence. Self-confidence. […]
Tags: confidence, sandra oldfield, tinhorn creek vineyards
What ironing underwear can teach you about learning
Posted by Lee-Anne Ragan | Filed under Diversity & culture, Training & development
If you’re a regular ready you’ll know that I’ve recently moved to Africa. My learning curve is wonderfully curly and curious. Take ironing underwear for instance. I am fortunate enough to have house help. My clothes are washed, dried and ironed for me. Even my underwear. Ironed. Back home, my ‘ironing’ would consist of hanging […]
Tags: africa, culture, learning, perspective, teaching
How NOT to teach someone to swim (mis-match your learning domains)
Posted by Lee-Anne Ragan | Filed under Training & development
I had to laugh when I saw this cartoon. It’s such a great example of how NOT to teach someone to swim. As a trainer you can be as engaging as possible but if the learning domains you’re using to teach don’t match your intended learning outcomes you’ve got a big problem. In other words, […]
Tags: learning domains
Training & development learning well September blog post round up
Posted by Lee-Anne Ragan | Filed under Training & development
September passed in a blur and you missed out on some Rock.Paper.Scissors’ blog posts? No worries. Here they are – laid out like a picnic for your perusing – here’s the Rock.Paper.Scissors’ monthly training & development round up. You’ll find all the blog posts for the month of September below. Learn well in the training […]
Tags: access and inclusion, creativity, harpaul sambhi, innovation, jessica fraser, mobile movement, resilience, social media
Perspective on public peeing – are public toilets a gift? (& other issues of access & inclusion)
Posted by Lee-Anne Ragan | Filed under Social Responsibility, Training & development, Travel
Skip to the loo – why public toilets matter is a fascinating article by Michael Harris in the Walrus magazine. Have you ever been caught needing to use a public toilet and yet not being able to find one? Ever talked your way into a restaurant bathroom, in a restaurant that you weren’t eating in, […]
Tags: access and inclusion
When you’ve had a hard day training, listen to this answering machine message for a laugh
Posted by Lee-Anne Ragan | Filed under Change management & wellness, Humor & comedy, Training & development
Some days it’s hard to remain professional, resilient, supportive, prepared yet spontaneous, calm, centred and understanding as a trainer. Training and development is hard work. It’s not for the faint of heart. The following is an school’s answering machine message – it’s not real, it’s a joke. But on some days …. Caveat: while I […]
Tags: resilience
29 ways to stay creative when you’re training (part 3 of 3) plus a contest
Posted by Lee-Anne Ragan | Filed under Creativity & innovation, Training & development
Note: this post contains a chance to win a free song. Keep reading for how to enter… I came across this great video (see below) from Tofu Design called 29 ways to stay creative. I really like the title because it assumes you and me are creative to start with, which is my mantra. Creativity […]
Tags: agenda, creativity, curiousity, inspiration, organization
29 ways to stay creative … when you’re training (part 2 of 3)
Posted by Lee-Anne Ragan | Filed under Creativity & innovation, Training & development
I came across this great video (see below) from Tofu Design called 29 ways to stay creative. I really like the title because it assumes you and me are creative to start with, which is my mantra. Creativity is in our DNA – some of us just have to dig deeper for it if we’ve […]
Tags: collaboration, creativity, danielle laporte, Dolly Hopkins, dyana valentine, feedback
29 ways to stay creative … when you’re training (part 1 of 3)
Posted by Lee-Anne Ragan | Filed under Creativity & innovation, Training & development
I came across this great video from Tofu Design called 29 ways to stay creative. The title caught my eye – particularly the word stay as it assumes you and me are creative to start with, which I firmly believe. You can view the video below. I’ve added to each point to emphasize how you […]
Tags: inspiration, organization