Class Size Matters

August 31, 2009

 We are always charged to do more with less.   At what cost?  In multiple situations I have designed and delivered classes, targeted at a specific size audience.  Hours of development time were invested to identify the most effective learning activities, calibrate the number of teams and estimate time to debrief.  Then, the class was “crammed” [...]

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Evil Mutant Lizard

August 26, 2009

              The Evil Mutant Lizard lives in training classes. He mutates the delivery of training material from what the instructional designer wrote. He mutates the training away from the objectives. He mutates away from the needs of the organization. He replaces the original intent with fluffy games, koosh balls [...]

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Adventures of Ted and Tina Trainer-Overload

August 20, 2009

  So how do you prevent particpant’s brains from suffocating?  How do you control the urge to have too many PowerPoint slides? Do you even use PowerPoint?  Give us your thoughts.

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What Do Words Have To Do With It?

August 13, 2009

  Multiple Intelligence – Linguistic/Verbal  Multiple Intelligence.  We’ve heard of it, studied it, checked off a box that we have incorporated it into our training.  But what does it really mean?  What impact does it make on learning?  How do we use it in training?  The primer In 1983 Dr. Howard Gardner, professor of education at [...]

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Don’t Be an OEBF

August 6, 2009

So maybe you didn’t like One Eyed Booger Face (OEBF) blog that much. Maybe you were offended by it. Did it make you think? How often have we been bored to tears in training classes by facilitators who didn’t know, and, moreover, did not care about their audiences. One of the most effective techniques to [...]

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One Eyed Booger Face

August 3, 2009

One Eyed Booger Face You keep one eye closed so you can’t see the clock And one eye open to the inside of your mind You drone on and on Words fill up the place and run out of your nose I wonder what you are saying, One Eyed Booger Face You lost me a [...]

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Freedom to Learn

August 2, 2009

Three ways to promote learning and create an attitude that values learning in organizations.

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Do You Honor Learners? Part 2

July 28, 2009

Stop. Read the previous “Do You Honor Learners?” Don’t want to? OK, proceed, but I’m not going to explain Maslow all over again. As facilitators, our body language either communicates that we honor or discount the learner. What is your body doing as the learner is talking? We all know about eye contact, head nodding [...]

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Do You Stretch?

July 24, 2009

              Trainers Stretching Learning Doing things differently Adapting to the learner Trying new technology Trying new skills Trying new techniques Stretching learners’ abilities Stretching companies’ possibilities Stretching trainings’ credibilities Stretching organizations’ operabilities Stretching businesses’ sustainabilities Are you stretchy? ©  Linda M. Farley  www.LMFarley.com  LMF@onr.com  Follow Me on Twitter:  http://twitter.com/LindaFarley [...]

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Do You Honor Learners?

July 21, 2009

 How facilitators handle questions and answers from learners makes a huge impact on the learning environment. Why?  It goes way back to Maslow’s Hierarchy of needs.  Once basic survival is attained, safety is next in order of importance.  Responding in a supportive manner to learners’ input creates emotional safety in the session.  After safety, Maslow [...]

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