Learning comes in all shapes, sizes & venues (including family reunions)
Posted by Lee-Anne Ragan | Filed under Communication, Diversity & culture, Training & development, Travel
Some prefer their learning delivered through stacks of facts. Facts lined up with their edges squared and precise, like the desks in an old classroom. Facts stuffed to (over)fill precious time. Trainers channeling their knowledge into (supposed) empty and (un)willing brains. Others (in the know) realize that learning needs to be coupled with engagement. Learning […]
Tags: change management & wellness, engagement, family, learning, pedagogy, story
Knowledge management – how about a ‘to-consider’ list
Posted by Lee-Anne Ragan | Filed under Business & organizational development, Training & development
I’m all about learning, about soaking up new knowledge and creating a sumptuous, creative smorgasbord of learning opportunities for my workshop participants. I have lists of books that I’ve read, dog-eared, highlighted, scribbled in and otherwise marked up for how to transfer the knowledge they contain. I use Delicious, youtube, and flickr to help me […]
Tags: catalogue, course design, insructional design, knowledge, knowledge management, learning, learning & development, workshop design
Doing things differently gets attention- even when it comes to saying thanks
Posted by Lee-Anne Ragan | Filed under Business & organizational development, Training & development
I’ve been on a roll with two prior posts about how we as trainers can do things differently, in order to help prime our participants for learning. I think being creative and doing things differently is critical to being a great trainer. If participants don’t want to learn, if they’re not paying attention (to us […]
Tags: creativity & innovation, learning, life lenses, thank you, tom peters, trainer
Doing things differently as a trainer gets attention
Posted by Lee-Anne Ragan | Filed under Creativity & innovation, Training & development
Learning can’t happen without attention. Our brains have to be sitting up, ready to absorb, in order to learn. One way of getting our participant’s attention is by doing things differently. By doing things creatively. How much have the estimates changed of how much oil is pulsating into the Gulf? A lot. Loads. More than […]
Tags: attention, development, gulf oil spill, Human resources, learning, oil spill, powerful learning, rorschach, rorschach test, training & development
Doing things differently gets attention
Posted by Lee-Anne Ragan | Filed under Training & development
I’m all about creating a sumptuous banquet of learning opportunities that participants can’t help themselves but dive into. One way to do that is to do things differently. Doing things differently gets our brain’s attention. “Hey you gray matter – pay attention – something unusual is happening.” Synapses fire, eyes sparkle and our participant’s attention […]
Tags: corporate training, creativity & innovation, education, graph, jessica hagy, learning, this is indexed, training & development, venn diagram
The pros and cons of training stubborness, from a baboon’s point of view
Posted by Lee-Anne Ragan | Filed under Change management & wellness, Training & development
As a trainer you’re likely passionate about your content matter (if you’re not, uh, maybe you shouldn’t be teaching it). You probably have tried and true methods that you’re confident in and killer hip pocket activities that you have at the ready. Great! Really. These are good signs of being assertive, on track and stubborn […]
Tags: change management & wellness, stubborn, training & development
We find what we’re looking for
Posted by Lee-Anne Ragan | Filed under Communication, Training & development
Attention: if you are a monk, currently in a sensory deprivation chamber or on a deserted island there’s no need to read this post. Really. Please go back to what you were doing. If none of the above apply to you please read on. Our brains aren’t sponges they’re sieves. Unless you fall into one […]
Tags: attention, brain, brain based learning, focus
An older woman who dares sounds a lot like a fantastic trainer
Posted by Lee-Anne Ragan | Filed under Human resources, Training & development
A post by my new friend Sam made me think about how the qualities of an older woman who dares are similar to the qualities of a trainer who dares (indented parallel bits are mine, the rest is Sam’s). An older woman who dares A trainer who dares Is eager to explore the unknown. Is […]
Tags: africa, dare, daring, first, older women, program evaluation united nations, sam crespi, tanzania buffalo, trainer, training & development, uganda
Who am I? That’s a good, albeit tough, question
Posted by Lee-Anne Ragan | Filed under Communication, Human resources, Training & development
Recently I wrote a post about two scenarios: 1. social media as a halloween grab bag, where you reach out into the dark and don’t know what you’re going to bump up against or 2. social media as a place to meet, connect and build relationships, like meeting in a gorgeous field of flowers. Regarding […]
Tags: introduction, social media, who am i, who are you
A trainer’s tale of a Social Media Halloween grab bag
Posted by Lee-Anne Ragan | Filed under Communication, Training & development
While much of the planet is now accessible via social media it still feels like a Halloween grab bag. You remember the kind when you were a kid? You’d reach into a dark space, touch something (usually spaghetti masquerading as brains) and you’d have to figure out what it was. That’s what social media can […]
Tags: crones, older women, rumi, sam crespi, social media, strategy