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Energize and Thrive: 5 Employee Activities to Beat Burnout

The Training by Nelle Blog | Corporate Training and Consulting

Here are a few fun and interesting ideas to use for lunch and learn topics you can launch today: Cooking or Food Workshops 30-Minutes or Less: Healthy Office Lunch Ideas Introduction to International Cuisine: Cooking Demo Mastering the Art of BBQ (even indoors!)

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“Everyone Loves a Winner” – Except When We Don’t

Learningtogo

This tendency seems to validate the statement that our brain is hard-wired for survival , an observation made by John Medina and others. The Underdog Effect ” was published in the Journal of Applied Psychology in 2008. But human behavior is rarely that straight forward. Emotional Contagion gets us on the “band wagon”.

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The Psychology and Neuroscience of the Underdog Effect: Why We’re all Leicester City Football Fans!

Learningtogo

This tendency seems to validate the statement that our brain is hard-wired for survival , an observation made by John Medina and others. “ The Underdog Effect ” was published in the Journal of Applied Psychology in 2008. But human behavior is rarely that straight forward. Emotional Contagion gets us on the “band wagon”.

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100 Twitter accounts for Philomaths (Lovers of Learning)

Jane Hart

Brain Pickings : @brainpickings This is the Brain Pickings bot – daily blog posts, automated. Did you know : @Know Feed your brain with things to know. Internet Archive : @internetarchive digital library offering access to millions of free books, movies, and audio files, plus an archive of 450+ billion web pages.

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Friday Finds: The Best of Learning, Design & Technology | February 14, 2020

Mike Taylor

We’ll be making some chocolate covered strawberries and piling on the couch for a family movie night tonight. Myles Runham ( @mylesrun ) takes a peek some parallels between disruption of L&D and the news/journalism fields. Just like your body, your brain needs to be regularly looked after, fed and trained.

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Higher Ed’s Commitment to Freedom of Inquiry Benefits Business

CLO Magazine

Earlier this year a study in the journal Frontiers in Human Neuroscience suggested that some of us are hardwired to be more agreeable than others. That’s not terribly hard to believe considering that human brains are wired to seek balance. Learning, unfettered by stop signs and caution signals, is literally good for the brain.

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Respect Your Learners to Maximize ROI

Training Industry

After all, even our dreams are unique “movies” we play in our brains during sleep. Training programs designed by Sharon have been featured in Simulations and the Future of Learning, Digital Game-Based Learning, Training and Simulation Journal, Time Magazine, New York Times, Washington Post, Washington Times and on NBC TV and CNN.

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