Keeping track of everything you find on the Internet is a potentially tedious task. Especially since I started using Twitter I encounter loads of links that are interesting and useful to read, and that could really be helpful in future tasks. But how on earth to keep track of all that in a way that makes this information truly accessible at the moment I need it or have time to [full post]
Improvisation theatre and facilitation & training jobs share a few common traits. I had no idea about this, until I had a chance to try out improvisation theatre a few months back. While the improv trainer was explaining the basics I found myself nodding at almost every turn. For instance, training & facilitation is also about “accepting” – taking what is being said to you as a given, and basing [full post]
Even before social media there were so many tools to be used for training and facilitation that it was hard to get a grip. Nowadays, this seems even harder. Fortunately, there are people out there providing a helping hand. Top 100 Tools for Learning 2011 provides a useful list of practical tools that are actually used by the people voting for the list. One of the tools that made the [full post]
Arriving home late last night I zapped for a bit and ended up watching a TED Talk on motivation by Daniel Pink. “There is a mismatch between what science knows and what business does”. Employees are being incentivised with carrots and sticks, while according to research this type of motivators work only in case the task to be performed is of a mechanical nature, not requiring creativity at all. As [full post]
