This recent NPR story on the brevity of the Gettysburg Address, Lincoln’s 272 Words, a Model of Brevity for Modern Times got me thinking a bit about training. I’ve often compared training to public speaking and the importance of having those skills, and this is definitely one of those skills. As Pascal said well back…
Students, you have a problem. I see it frequently, and when in online classes, I can tell when it’s happening, and it almost always happens. The problem is that you are trying to pay attention to your training, but you’re also trying to get work done. You are being sent to this training class because…
According to this article, storytelling will be the number 1 business skill of the next five years. I don’t know that I’d make it the number 1 skill, but it’s definitely higher than most people think. When it comes to training, storytelling is a huge part of being successful. The dirty little secret of training,…
As someone who spends a fair amount of time speaking to groups, I’m always interested when I come upon posts with titles like 10 Ways to Avoid Bombing While Public Speaking. The on that jumped out at me, and made me smile to myself, was actually number 10: Finish on time – Stand up, speak…
This is the idea behind Presntation.io, which I saw this post about this week. In a nutshell: Presentation.io does this by allowing the members of your audience to see your slides on their laptops, iPads, and Android tablets and watch them change when you advance your slides. This ensures that everyone is on the same…
After taking a read of this post, Start with the Why, and the linked Ted presentation, I’ve been thinking about software trainers and how much we could learn from this. It’s easy, when teaching people how to use software, to focus on how to get things done. Obviously, those details are somewhat important, you buy…
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