By Deepa
In this month?s newsletter, I’ve written about two powerful techniques that can be used in group facilitation. Left Hand Column Exercise: This technique was used originally by Chris Argyris and made popular by Peter Senge through his book, The Fifth Discipline to understand the underlying causes while interacting with one another. Confrontation Meeting: This technique […]
By Deepa
Today, December 01 has been declared as Employee Learning Day by ASTD These are some of the suggestions listed on their site to promote learning: Set up an on-site learning centre with information about learning opportunities within the organization and throughout the community Encourage membership and involvement in a professional association Inform employees about business-critical […]
By Deepa
“You must be the change you wish to see in your life.” Mahatma Gandhi “If you don’t like change, you’ll like irrelevance even less.” General Shinseki “Distinct or Extinct. Life in the ‘brand you’ world is not Optional.” Tom Peters Welcome to the turbulent times! At one end of the spectrum white collar jobs are […]
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Consider the following statements: “For the first time in history, we have youth knowing more than adults about something central to society, and that’s technology”, said Dennis Harper, who founded Generation www.Y, a national student computer training program, with a grant from the U.S. Department of Education. “Recently, I was with a young researcher, albeit […]
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The corporate world is beginning to realize the power of stories at the workplace. My first newsletter features storytelling and how it is being used to connect to people. ?Stories carry with them little worlds that make their know-how situational, allowing us to remember them easily and adapt them to new circumstances.? John Seely Brown, […]
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Via Todd at A Penny for If only we could see… Learning can be as creative and as fun as we choose to make it… A brilliant project to teach kids to learn the alphabets by keeping “An Eye for an Alphabet”
By Deepa
Via Maish Nichani’s e-learningpost Masie Centre has compiled a set of 701 e-Learning tips as a free download. It is neatly arranged under different categories; offers ?tried and tested bits of wisdom from the trenches?. Keeping it short and sweet, interactive and interesting is advice shared by many contributors, emphasizing one of the key tenets […]