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Learning Design isn’t for the wimpy

Clark Quinn

Yet that’s hard, particularly when they’re not domain experts, and SMEs have issues. It’s up to the ID to push back and unpack the models that guide performance.

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How to get everyone to write like Ernest Hemingway

Making Change

We stopped talking around the issue and stated it directly, the way our CEO might say it. And by using “we” and “you,” we made clear that we’re human beings in a conversation, not robots issuing edicts. Use strong verbs instead of wimpy “is.” Say “you” and “we.”

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Meet the CLO Advisory Board: Justin Lombardo

CLO Magazine

So that got me interested, which led me to look at — when I was ready to leave higher ed — issues of learning and development as competency-based, which led me to corporate. Lombardo was profiled in a 2012 issue of Chief Learning Officer magazine. I was so lucky to be one of Bill Wiggenhorn’s first hires at Motorola University.

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How to Write the Perfect Learning Objective

OpenSesame

And clients don’t want wimpy objectives. Wimpy objectives use what are considered to be weak verbs. Loading… Sharlyn Lauby is the HR Bartender , whose blog is a friendly place to discuss workplace issues. One of the most essential and challenging components to designing training is creating the learning objective.