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I was attending a fantastic training event last week, the Bronze level of Kirkpatrick four levels evaluation certificate program. I’m going to try to explain the model taught and (of course) used in class with an example a little bit more close to he

Thought I would add to my blog this evening.  I have recently attended workshop 5 preparing for success and there is alot to do.  However, with the help of Phil, our facilitator he has broken down the tasks into nice bite size chunks.  Actually one o

Mini-rant...my apologies!  I just need to get this out of my system.  

I don't even work in HR yet and I'm getting so sick of the negative sarcastic comments being thrown at me about how HR just talk BS and are 'the enemy'.  Instead of seeing them as

So often training departments are either deemed as ineffective or their effectiveness is completely unknown because of lack of measurement. Training isn’t as simple to measure as other functions such as sales where leads and bottom line sales can eas

Back at the start of my DPG course, we all took a 'lucky dip' for a challenge and as I saw that my number related to 'post a blog' my heart sank!

I have never been one for putting my thoughts out there. I obviously have opinions, and am quite happy pu

Post completing my CIPD in L&D with DPG I was successful in joining a growing L&D company called Catseye Development. Catseye is an innovative and fresh L&D company working with Blue Chip companies and other great businesses. Catseye is looking to ex

I have recently been participating in a discussion on LinkedIn about "What makes a great trainer" in the "How to Market Training" group and this has sparked off a great debate.

While some people mention empathy , passion and being learner focused, thi

  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

In my first post "On the road to becoming a Google Guru" I described the journey I’d been on that led me to become a Google Technology Advocate. I also detailed experiences from my previous role that allowed me to ‘see the light’ in terms of working

For Christmas, my lovely husband bought me a day with a chocolatier in Patisserie Viennoise, Otley (West Yorkshire). A few weeks ago I went in to book my day - ta-dah and I remember feeling so excited about it. Firstly it was all about chocolate ……

It was brought to my attention a little while ago that I was a member of something called ‘Generation Y’.  Who knew? Moreover, I was informed that as a member of this exclusive and occasionally taboo faction, my brain has developed in such a way

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

Earlier this year I shared a post raising awareness of the 10 Tool Challenge

Social learning guru Jane Hart challenged us all to find 10 new tools in 2013 and use them in some capacity to help us become more productive, more organised, to help you d

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

As we turn our attention to this years Training Journal awards it's a time to think about the things we've achieved within our organisations. The TJ awards are a fantastic opportunity to share your successes and gain external recognition across the L

I’ve always been pretty good at procrastinating, especially if I’ve felt daunted or over-whelmed by a task. In the absence of a deadline, I can employ a whole range of avoidance tactics and excuses not to get going. Indeed some things I’ve planned,

In the last few months I have joined the Spring intake for HRM Diploma and have been working with colleagues in the IT department to get access to this site. I originally found that the company firewalls would not permit access as it was classified u

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

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

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