Pulling a rabbit out of your (training & development) hat. Is it magic?

A while back I wrote a post called Learning about learning with tuiles.  It was about creating content and delivery methods that are inclusive and welcoming. Bill Ursel commented on the post –  ‘Hail the Tuiles! I am very jealous and recognize the learning that happened . . . magical when it works and student […]

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How you teach is how you do everything – part 8: heeding the call to teach

‘How you teach is how you do everything’ is the title of a recent blog post written by Jen Louden and Michele Lisenbury Christensen, the queens of TeachNow. The essence of the post is an 8 point outline of what it does and doesn’t mean to teach with heart and soul. I liked their post […]

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How you teach is how you do everything – part 7: an end to learning

‘How you teach is how you do everything’ is the title of a recent blog post written by Jen Louden and Michele Lisenbury Christensen, the queens of TeachNow. The essence of the post is an 8 point outline of what it does and doesn’t mean to teach with heart and soul. I liked their post […]

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How you teach is how you do everything – part 6: five ways to deal with ‘difficult’ students

‘How you teach is how you do everything’ is the title of a recent blog post written by Jen Louden and Michele Lisenbury Christensen, the queens of TeachNow. The essence of the post is an 8 point outline of what it does and doesn’t mean to teach with heart and soul. I liked their post […]

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How you teach is how you do everything – part 5: spontaneity via improvising

‘How you teach is how you do everything’ is the title of a recent blog post written by Jen Louden and Michele Lisenbury Christensen. The essence of the post is an 8 point outline of what it does and doesn’t mean to teach with heart and soul. I’ve written a post for each point.  You […]

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How you teach is how you do everything – part 4: Bears? Fireplace in the way? No heat? No problem!

‘How you teach is how you do everything’ is the title of a recent blog post written by Jen Louden and Michele Lisenbury Christensen.  Teaching is an art and a science, a calling and a passion.  When done with integrity and attention to access and inclusion issues, magic can and does happen. Kind of like […]

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How you teach is how you do everything – part 3: humble pie – there’s power in humility

‘How you teach is how you do everything’ is the title of a recent blog post written by Jen Louden and Michele Lisenbury Christensen, which I think is hands down, one of the most eloquent pieces on teaching I’ve read in a long time. The post covers 8 points about teaching, which I’m following up […]

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How you teach is how you do everything – part 2: be brave & bold

‘How you teach is how you do everything’ is the title of a recent blog post written by Jen Louden and Michele Lisenbury Christensen, which I think is hands down, one of the most eloquent pieces on teaching I’ve read in a long time. The post covers 8 points about teaching, which I’m following up […]

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How you teach is how you do everything – part 1: How not to suck on fumes

‘How you teach is how you do everything’ is the title of a recent blog post written by Jen Louden and Michele Lisenbury Christensen.  I started to read it with skepticism as I don’t usually find a lot of great writing about what it really means to be a teacher – trainer – leaning and […]

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You make sex boring – 2 funny resources about speaking & training from Scott Berkun, author of Confessions of a Public Speaker

The most recently monthly Rock.Paper.Scissors e-newsletter includes an interview with Scott Berkun, author of  ‘Confessions of a Public Speaker’ and 7 tips on speaking and training I pulled from his book. The newsletter also includes 2 funny resources related to speaking & training.  Things couldn’t possibly go this bad for you: Check out Stuart McLean’s […]

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