From the Coleface

APRIL 12, 2021

Whether you use 5Di, ADDIE or another model for learning design, here are the 12 questions I’ve found most important to ask at the start of a learning and development project (and validated with my network via LinkedIn): 1. Who is the target audience? total numbers and segments) 2. What would success look like?

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From the Coleface

OCTOBER 3, 2007

So how does this apply to training? Well, you can apply TA to delegation, business development, time management, handling potentially difficult conversations more effectively, assertiveness…pretty much any interpersonal skills training that you’re involved in.

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From the Coleface

JANUARY 24, 2013

lets you get the train time you have looked up straight into Outlook with just the click of a button. You may have noticed that more and more websites are allowing you to download appointments into your calendar e.g. www.nationalrail.co.uk Though the technology for sending iCalendar files (.ics)

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From the Coleface

JULY 2, 2012

Waiting for a train/ plane. This is where learners will have more appetite for a deeper learning experience and be able to more reflective (personal development focus). Two opportunities that mobile opens up are: In the taxi on the way to a meeting. The second situation suits content which is Non-Urgent and Important. Does it fit?

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From the Coleface

DECEMBER 18, 2007

December’s TJ has an article highlighting the importance of supervision for coaches as part of their continuing professional development. Vendor training. And if the people whose job it is to promote e-learning actually think it’s rubbish, what hope has e-learning got as a credible method of developing people?

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From the Coleface

MAY 31, 2017

I worked with external consultants to produce a self-managed learning product which had 3 elements: Personal Development Workbook folder. Continuous learning skills, tactics for personal development, competency frameworks, appraisal guidance and models for identifying career goals. Online development activities.

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From the Coleface

AUGUST 3, 2009

Budget cuts have moved the goalposts; it used to be a choice of “face to face training or e-learning”, increasingly it’s a choice between “work it out yourself or e-learning” This has driven up e-learning usage and consequently driven down scepticism. It’s the recession, stupid.

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From the Coleface

MARCH 13, 2012

For formal learning, social media can be used to enhance/ replace existing activities that happen before, during and after a training or e-learning event. In broad terms the answer “what should L&D do about/ with Social Learning” question seems to depend on whether it’s informal or formal social learning we’re dealing with.

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From the Coleface

FEBRUARY 29, 2008

When you first turned your thoughts to evaluating training, it’s odds-on that a colleague or consultant recommended you to have a look at the Kirkpatrick model. In March’s TJ, Hatty Richmond writes about her research on L&D practitioners who had been involved in evaluating training courses.

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From the Coleface

JUNE 24, 2008

Last week at the Trainers & Developers Network , I led a series of activities and discussions about Web 2.0 L&D’s role will be more to facilitate the process of self-managed learning rather than being the monopolistic provider of training courses. and its impact on learning. A fascinating day.

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From the Coleface

JULY 21, 2008

I have read TJ (aka the Training Journal) for several years and found it a good read for fresh ideas and CPD the face to face training that I’ve been doing over that time. Whilst its parent company Huveaux also owned Epic, there were efforts to wring some synergy out of the two companies being stablemates.

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From the Coleface

DECEMBER 21, 2007

It’s the time of year that I, like many other professionals, have cleared my desk enough to think about whether I have met with my Continuing Professional Development (CPD) requirements. And I wonder just how necessary it is for me to have to meet these requirements and document them.

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From the Coleface

DECEMBER 20, 2007

A few times when I’ve been talking to potential clients about their wanting to have some diversity e-learning developed, it’s quickly become apparent that the task is not as easy as it looked at first glance.

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From the Coleface

NOVEMBER 15, 2018

The term SME was commonplace in software development. Would changing the name remove some of those preconceptions and accelerate progress by avoiding the need for those assumptions to be surfaced and influenced? How did we get here? Reasons why L&D adopted it probably include: SMEs are usually volunteers.

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From the Coleface

DECEMBER 4, 2007

A stimulating day was had by all on Friday at the Trainers & Developers Network where the theme was Transactional Analysis. Not all of the time management techniques that are typically found on training courses work for everyone. Scripts give us an insight into why and the path to greater effectiveness.

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From the Coleface

NOVEMBER 23, 2009

In the November Issue of TJ , Des Woods and Henry Marsden have an article called “How professionals learn” As the former head of learning at Ernst & Young and head of professional development at Linklaters, Des is writing from considerable experience. Professionals like business school style case studies.

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From the Coleface

NOVEMBER 12, 2009

If you’d like to find out more, come along to the Trainers & Developers Network on 4 Dec. Or how much of it is based on theories invented by management consultants? How much is actually backed up by scientific evidence? Is Kolb’s theory really true? Contact me if you want more details.

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From the Coleface

NOVEMBER 19, 2008

Find out how at the Trainers & Developers Network. Her particular areas of expertise include strengths-based selection and recruitment, leadership development and performance management. If you’d like to come along as my guest, just get in touch.

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From the Coleface

FEBRUARY 8, 2009

Look no further than the Trainers & Developers Network who will be having a day on MBTI in May. I was also tickled by the idea that websites might use this to decide compatability for sites for reciprocal linking (a technique to improve search engine rankings). Want to find out more about MBTI?

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From the Coleface

MAY 15, 2008

Trainers & Developers Network at Wates in Leatherhead. Is this the next big thing? Or is it a load of reheated ideas under a fine pastry crust of hype? On Friday 20 June, I will be facilitating a session to explore this at the. I can smuggle a couple of guests in for free, so if you’d like to attend, do let me know.

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From the Coleface

JANUARY 28, 2008

The Trainers & Developers Network is serving up: Improvisation for trainers. My methodology is surprisingly simple – take what two bodies who try to predict what conferences people will pay to attend have included in their programmes for the year. Impact of Web 2.0 on learning. Applied positive psychology.

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From the Coleface

FEBRUARY 26, 2008

The Trainers & Developers Network has a day called “Improvisation for Better Business Performance” coming up on Friday March 14. Would you like to be there? “Improvisation for Better Business Performance” will be facilitated by Belina Raffy and Paul Z Jackson.

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From the Coleface

FEBRUARY 3, 2009

Various e-learning companies use for marketing purposes the metric “days to build e-learning content” This looks good compared to the 8-12 week development cycle that is often quoted. What’s not so obvious from this measure is that it took them over 8 weeks to set us up as a supplier beofre they would process the payment!

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From the Coleface

MARCH 19, 2019

Hack #1: Develop your own niche. In the meantime, I trust these hacks help you develop new verticals to your Ts even faster. There is no shortage of chess books and Youtube videos that delve into different openings, strategies, tactics and techniques. The challenge is to make time to study these and stay up to date.

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From the Coleface

OCTOBER 18, 2007

Potential trainess could be forgiven for thinking that high retention is a good thing (certainly firms seem to trumpet this if they can), but high retention rates could imply that there’s a lack of development opportunities that translate into finding a better job once qualified.

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From the Coleface

OCTOBER 4, 2017

I trust you find these evidence points helpful when developing and implementing your learning strategy. People are more likely to use Google than to use L&D (HR) as resource to solve problems. L&D provides better information than Google (that’s a relief…).

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