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Your Brain on Change

Learningtogo

Your Brain on Change. The first thing we need to understand about the human brain is that it evolved to keep us safe in a dangerous world, where our ancestors met deadly threats at every turn. For those of us who are responsible for change management, we need to consider how the brain responds to change.

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Writing Process from Brain Dump to Storyboard

Experiencing eLearning

Specifically, she wanted to know how I get from content like a SME “brain dump” to a finalized storyboard that’s ready for elearning development. Sometimes, a SME writes some sort of “brain dump” of what they know and think is important. Last week, an ID asked me about my writing process.

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The Brain Science of Keeping Resolutions

Learningtogo

The Brain Science of Keeping Resolutions. The Brain on Change. So why is change so hard? In a previous post, we explored applications of neuroscience to change management and consulting. In a previous post, we explored applications of neuroscience to change management and consulting. Rich Brain/Poor Brain.

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Billions and Billions – Reshaping our Brains with Numbers

Learningtogo

Billions and Billions – Reshaping our Brains with Numbers by Margie Meacham A number is a number is a number? Some brains see numbers differently My interest in how our brains manipulate numbers into meaning has fascinated me since I was a little girl with undiagnosed dyslexia and dyscalculia. Why do so many prices end in.99

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Brain Fog HQ: Memory Enhancement Techniques for Professional Development

Speaker: Chester Santos – Author, International Keynote Speaker, Executive Coach, Corporate Trainer, Memory Expert, U.S. Memory Champion

In October, scientists discovered that 75% of patients who experienced brain fog had a lower quality of life at work than those who did not. At best, brain fog makes you slower and less efficient. At worst, your performance and cognitive functions are impaired, resulting in memory, management, and task completion problems.

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Work as Improv Theater: Teaching the Right-Brained Learner.

Dashe & Thomson

The era of “left brain” dominance, and the Information Age that it engendered, are giving way to a new world in which “right brain” qualities-inventiveness, empathy, meaning-predominate. I’ve often wondered what all this right-brained thinking means for the learning industry. Good content.

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The Brain Science of Keeping Resolutions

Learningtogo

The Brain on Change. So why is change so hard? In a previous post, we explored applications of neuroscience to change management and consulting. One of the key points in that article is that our brain is structured with one primary purpose: to keep us alive so that we can transmit our genes to the next generation.

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Leading Successful Change to Remote Training

Speaker: Dr. Britt Andreatta, PhD, CEO, 7th Mind, Inc.

Britt Andreatta, former Chief Learning Officer at Lynda.com and author of several books on the brain science of success, as she covers: The unique challenges of training employees in new software - especially at a distance - while supporting the flow of work; The impact a crisis has on people’s abilities to learn and adapt to change; The resources (..)

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How Healthy is Your Learning Program? Protect the Physical and Mental Health of Your Learners With These Insights From Neuroscience

Speaker: Margie Meacham, Chief Freedom Officer of Learningtogo, LLC

The answers to these questions lie in new scientific research on how online learning can actually alter the structure of the brain -- and these changes might be inhibiting learning, making your employees physically ill, and motivating them to run from you as fast as they can. Why are our best people looking for other jobs?

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Give Your Microlearning Strategy a Makeover

Speaker: Margie Meacham

Social media has changed learner expectations. But it’s not so easy to change the way you design learning. With disruptive technologies changing the nature of work, you’re facing pressure to produce more results with less – less time, smaller staffs, fewer resources and shorter learner attention spans. You’ll learn….

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12 Ways to Get the Most Out of Your Authoring Tool

Knowing what you need from an eLearning authoring tool can be hard, especially when there are so many options on the market. gomo’s new ebook aims to save you time and hassle by identifying 12 must-have authoring tool features.