E-Learning Provocateur

OCTOBER 7, 2012

Compliance training is everyone’s favourite punching bag. I deduce two main reasons for this: It’s usually drop-dead boring, and. People don’t like being told what to do. So we in the L&D department are put in the unenviable position of selling the unsellable to our colleagues. To do so, we typically resort to a couple of irreproachable messages: It’s the law (so we have to do it), and.

Compliance Training 214

Compliance Training Compliance Training Train 214

E-Learning Provocateur

OCTOBER 18, 2012

That’s the tag line for Microsoft’s latest promo for that much maligned browser, Internet Explorer. I love it! It’s irreverent, it’s cheeky, it’s self-deprecating. In other words, it’s un-Microsoft. Part of the fun is their use of clever graphs to depict the evolution of, say, bird-based communication: I had a go at depicting the evolution of preparing for battle, and they’re using it!

Microsoft 156

Microsoft Internet Tagging Communication 156

E-Learning Provocateur

OCTOBER 7, 2012

Compliance training is everyone’s favourite punching bag. I deduce two main reasons for this: It’s usually drop-dead boring, and. People don’t like being told what to do. So we in the L&D department are put in the unenviable position of selling the unsellable to our colleagues. To do so, we typically resort to a couple of irreproachable messages: It’s the law (so we have to do it), and.

Compliance Training 138

Compliance Training Compliance Training Train 138

E-Learning Provocateur

OCTOBER 18, 2012

That’s the tag line for Microsoft’s latest promo for that much maligned browser, Internet Explorer. I love it! It’s irreverent, it’s cheeky, it’s self-deprecating. In other words, it’s un-Microsoft. Part of the fun is their use of clever graphs to depict the evolution of, say, bird-based communication: I had a go at depicting the evolution of preparing for battle, and they’re using it!

Microsoft 100

Microsoft Internet Tagging Communication 100

E-Learning Provocateur

OCTOBER 28, 2012

Last weekend I was privileged to contribute to the Human Brochure – a world first initiative by Australian Capital Tourism to promote the nation’s capital city, Canberra. When I told my friends that I was going down to Canberra for the weekend, they invariably asked: “Why.?” You see, Canberra has a reputation among Australians as being boring.

Social Media 220

Social Media Sound Reputation Social Networks 220

E-Learning Provocateur

OCTOBER 28, 2012

Last weekend I was privileged to contribute to the Human Brochure – a world first initiative by Australian Capital Tourism to promote the nation’s capital city, Canberra. When I told my friends that I was going down to Canberra for the weekend, they invariably asked: “Why.?” You see, Canberra has a reputation among Australians as being boring.

Social Media 100

Social Media Sound Reputation Social Networks 100