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Managers team facilitation session

Hi L&D folk

I have to design a session for a team of managers and the brief is to:

• Reflect on past and future activity - how will they galvanise their teams in the face of high volume activity
• What currently works…

Early Christmas Pressie from me-FREE CPD event in Liverpool Tuesday 11th Dec

Hi everyone, 

I'm delivering workshops in Liverpool with ITOL next Tuesday 11th Dec.  I've been given a limited number of tickets to give away for free as a Christmas…

Resources for Train the Trainer - looking for a provider

Back in the day, it used to be called the Craft Trainer Award, a programme providing the knowledge and skills concentrating on the training process rather than the content for those wanting to deliver “on-the-job” practical training skills. It…

Games in Learning

I have just read an interesting article wrtitten by Jason Seebaruth for Training Journal.  Jason wrote about a memorable session he had attended at the L&D Show last month.

The session was presented by Jez Light from…

NLP Practitioner Training

Hi All,

I am currently researching courses to become an NLP practicioner. Can anyone recommend a course in the North? 

I am based in Manchester. 

Thanks

Learning and Development vs Continuous Improvement

How do L&D and Continuous Improvement fit…

Calling all Level 3 LDP qualified community members!!!

The 70:20:10 Institute Joins Forces with DPG

Earlier this month DPG partnered with the 70:20:10 Institute to bring the 70:20:10 methodology to the UK and offer the first…

The Brain is less flexible than we thought when learning!

I came across this interesting article on the back of research carried out by Carnegie Mellon University and the University of Pittsburgh. It reveals that the brain has various mechanisms and constraints which re-orgnaises its neural activity…

Would you like some help curating useful resources?

Curating resources to support learning is a valuable activity. The internet is full of useful articles, videos, documents and discussions that are useful to support people developing their skills and knowledge in any area. As part of the mix in a…

The best mentors think like Michelangelo

I want to share an article I found about mentoring. It starts off with an almost poetic approach where it likens mentoring to an art form. I like that.

It breaks down the skill of a mentor into perceptual affirmation and behavioural…

Make collaborative learning a new habit for 2018!

The ‘4 habits of people who are always learning new skills’ article from the Harvard Business Review by Mike Kehoe is spot on for me. 

One particular element that stands out is around why people don’t stick with learning they have…