A participant’s edit to a workshop activity leads to an innovative new twist

It’s one of those iffy training exercises.  Asking a North American audience to use their bodies to form a picture is risky.  Eyebrows tend to head north.  Question marks (or the equivalent, #$@#$!) dance above participant’s heads. We North Americans, especially corporate North America tend to divide our brain from the rest of our body.  […]

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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 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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