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You don’t really want to make a wrong turn and there is no GPS for this. How often do you consider the training method you will use to train a particular topic in terms of its actual outcome? To do that requires much thought and speculation. With all the products out to choose from, the …
In an article I wrote called How to Make Training “An Affair to Remember I didn’t talk a lot about different training methods; I was concerned mostly with the trainer’s role and responsibilities in making classroom instruction most effective. For a long time I highlighted this point on my website. Even though some time has …
I am thankful for the opportunity to share what I think is one of the most important topics to society at large, and to the world at large: good, clear, effective communication in public speaking training among us all. I am fortunate to teach at a fairly basic level as well as coach corporate executives …
Are Your Cave Drawings Distracting Your Audience? It is an abuse of a less serious nature, but important in the world of training and development, and of course, public speaking in general. I thought I’d dwell on a Cave Man basic of training a little. Using visual aids. My cave drawings were distracting my audience. …
It was an amazing experience. Perhaps, “amazing” isn’t the right word, but it was an experience I will never forget. Nor should you if you ever decide to speak or lecture on a cruise ship. Sounds like great fun to anyone who likes cruising and enjoys talking to groups. Even though I am an experienced …
We all go through egocentric phases, and we need to understand them. We admit our audiences or trainees are all egocentric. The fact is that we all are, but we, as trainers, even need to see how we change over time and how it affects our decisions, attitudes and choices. Shakespeare’s quote never made more …
Either I have weird friends or friends who just know weird things. To be quite honest, they know true, scary things about true trainer stories. Not exactly Edgar Allan Poe but still interesting facts of history I thought I’d share on Halloween. Not exactly Cave Man stuff, but close. I’m thinking more than 15,000 B.C., …