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25 Random Acts of Kindness for L&D Professionals

Scissortail's Learning Nest

Know a coworker who’s doing an amazing job? Watch your favorite movie—again. Or share them via Slack, email, or social media. Text someone you’ve been meaning to reach out to, just to let them know you’re thinking of them. Sing their praises to the boss! Help a colleague with their workload. Make a list of things you’re grateful for.

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Beneath the surface

Clark Quinn

For instance, we still can surface from involvement in a movie/book/game and note “how’d it get so late?” Again, think about attending to a movie for more than an hour! Nuances matter , and we can’t expect others to go into the depths we do, but they do have to let us do our jobs. Please, do!

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Beneath the Surface

Upside Learning

For instance, we still can surface from involvement in a movie/book/game and note “how’d it get so late?” Again, think about attending to a movie for more than an hour! Nuances matter , and we can’t expect others to go into the depths we do, but they do have to let us do our jobs. Which means we have to know our stuff.

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Which Workplace Quest—Job Seeker, Employee, or Talent Seeker—Is Yours?

SweetRush

Whether it’s a job, meaning, new talent—or even purple squirrels riding rainbow unicorns—we’re all searching for something in the workplace! Job seekers can also feel like this when trying to find the “just right” employer that pays well, cares about their mental well-being, and provides them tools to grow professionally.

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What a Disney Movie Can Teach Us About Transforming a Learning Culture

Degreed

It’s been a few years since the famed Disney movie, “Frozen,” came out. If you have children, nephews or nieces — or if you’re a Disney movie fan — you’re now probably singing out loud or in your head, “Let it go! It’s L&D’s job to go to where the learning is occurring — on their mobile devices.! Can’t hold it back anymore!”

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How to Navigate Difficult Internal and External eLearning Customers

eLearning Brothers

For example, many people understand the amount of work required to create a movie. (It Refer movie production examples when you’re talking about your eLearning course: If we need to replace the characters in the eLearning course, it’s similar to removing and replacing an actor from every scene in which they appear. Build an activity.

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Steve Jobs steps down: a homage

Challenge to Learn

This week Steve Jobs has resigned as CEO of Apple. He founded Next and turned a small company ‘The graphics group’ into a giant named Pixar (well know of Toy story and many other movies) and sold it to Disney. Steve Jobs is a brilliant presenter. I consider myself an innovator and again Steve Jobs is an example.

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