Adventures come in all different shapes and sizes from the swash buckling and daring to the more reserved adventures of self-discovery and enlightenment. Adventures can be exciting things and for my 5 year old Sam, everything is one big adventure. I

  I’m currently on secondment as part of the Change Management team at United Biscuits. My job title is Google Technologies Advocate and I am currently part of a team rolling out Google Applications across our business. It feels a long way from who I

One of the worst academic crimes is plagiarism. This is the presentation of another person’s work as if it were your own, without acknowledgement of where it has come from. It’s important not to plagiarise because not only is it considered a form o

Just to let everyone know I spent this Tuesday in Birmingham court house viewing a mock tribunal.  It was really interesting and brought up so many different questions as to how we handle investigations and disciplinarys at work - I would highly reco

Is this the year that e-learning explodes within the UK, and is there anything that is head and shoulders above the rest?   What about exciting new providers of “soft” skills training, are there any that are bold enough to do something different and

I was talking to a colleague yesterday on the subject of helping people and sharing. I explained that in the past few weeks I have been able to help people and get help numerous times through using the fabulous DPG Community. She said, or rather demo

One aspect of assessment writing that participants can find challenging is the issue of word counts. Some consistently find that they've written twice as much as they should, while others struggle to find enough quality content to write about. This a

We’ve noticed an increase in demand from our clients to organise In-house or Onsite training in a wide range of topics including Management Programmes, Sales Training, Health & Safety and more so we thought we’d highlight some of the advantages and b

Last week facilitator Krystyna Gadd posted a link to a very funny post which provided popular in last week's message. If you didn't see it then here is the link again

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One of the things that I really like was #12 where the songs titles or

One of the key assessment requirements of the Level 5 and Level 7 HRM and HRD programmes is to plan a small-scale research project to investigate an HR-related issue in your organisation. At level 5, you don't have to conduct the research itself for

I spent the day at the Learning Skills & Learning Technologies exhibition in London last week and sat in on a number of the free seminars that took place throughout the day. In three out of the five seminars the speaker talked about spending at least

On Wednesday I attended Mike Collins’ talk on Social Leaders. This was a really  inspiring session so when I returned to work on Thursday I felt it would be useful to share this with my colleagues

Mike gave a brief overview of how Social tools can hel

As a facilitator on the Certificate in HR Practice programme I am often asked for advice on how to get that elusive first job in HR. Many of our delegates come to us because they’ve already made the choice to look for a career in the HR profession &

So you’ve decided to study for a professional qualification, one which will enable you to develop your knowledge and skills, give you more confidence in yourself, and help you achieve your career goals – maybe even lead to a pay rise or a new job. Fa

It's a cold and wet Monday morning and I'm on my way to meet Dr. Jim Kirkpatrick at a hotel near Heathrow.  As I climbed in to my car my thoughts reflected back to a conversation I had with Jim during the recent Kirkpatrick Partners Bronze level prog

On the 10th December, Training Journal held their Winter Conference on Using Social Media in Learning. It was a great event with lots of varied talks and nowhere was as busy as the twitter backchannel using the #TJ12 hashtag. With @StirTheSource and

According to a study by Richard Wiseman, a psychologist at the University of Hertfordshire, 78% of us fail to keep our New Year’s resolutions. Whether it’s kicking a bad habit, sorting out our finances or hitting the gym, this figure is alarmingly hi

Just got back to normal today ,getting my head down to complete this unit not even started it yet.This is what happens when you go away and  have to much fun.

Having dispelled some of the myths around accelerated learning my research has led me to develop what I call the “5 secrets of accelerated learning”. They are not really secrets, as they can be found, if you look hard enough in the popular texts – it