Even when I am on a diet, I can usually justify a small piece of dark chocolate as an afternoon pick-me-up. After all it’s rich in anti-oxidants and, better yet, eating dark chocolate has been found to increase the levels of endorphins released into the brain—excellent news to knowledge trai...
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As Trainers Warehouse has been celebrating its 20th anniversary, we’ve been looking back at some of our favorite innovations, not all of which have been embraced by our customers. One that comes to mind is a set of Role Play Hats. We envisioned a set of hats that participants could wear to mak...
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Let me begin by saying I’ve always been a sucker for rhymes . . . Who’s Addie, you ask? If you’re a seasoned trainer who does your own Instructional Design work, you may know “Addie” very well already. For those newer to instructional design, ADDIE is an acronym for a...
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For a long time, I’ve been aware that Trainers don’t consider themselves Presenters. Whenever Trainers Warehouse tried to sell “presentation” products, our customers were clearly not into them. These days, as I’ve been attending a handful of conferences, I recognize t...
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The Myth: The image Edgar Dale’s Cone of Learning is so tempting. For those of us who are advocates active learning, it visually tells us that talking at people, lecturing, just isn’t enough. We do better as teachers and trainers if we let learners see, hear, experience, try and teach ...
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As much as I think this would help me, I think it’s a great reminder to facilitators and learners alike! The synopsis of this article on email comes from Kim Marshall’s synthesis in The Marshall Memo. “Every minute you spend on email is a minute you’re not devoting to doing something...
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Lou Russell is an expert trainer, a consultant in Team and Project Management and an old friend. In her recent article, she explores the truth behind John Merrow’s 2005 article entitled “Unlearning Bad Science.” What happens when we “learn” something that isn’t ...
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We talk a great deal about the importance of engaging the body so that the mind can learn. The Zip-Zap Circus School in South Africa takes this concept to the extreme. They take “ordinary” kids (including “youth-at-risk”), teach them Circus Arts skills, and thereby help them ...
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Another interesting article summarized by Kim Marshall in his weekly Marshall Memo. The original article, “Why Twitter and Facebook Are Not Good Instructional Tools,” was written by Paul Barnwell and published in Teacher, May 30, 2012. Can Cell Phones and Social Media Be Useful Classroom Too...
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Maybe it’s the fact that I have two elementary school-aged boys that this article on virtues captured my attention. Ironically, it addresses teaching virtues in college. However, I believe facilitators and teachers should always model these five virtues, whether we’re teaching young stud...
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