Thought for the day
“What is left UNSAID gets in the way of relationships. What is left UNASKED-FOR is a missed opportunity.” Thomas Leonard
Change and Innovation
Those two words go so well together. To change, one has to adapt and evolve. Innovation is about adapting and evolving in a way. Viv Waters is an understated presenter who delivers the goods and I confess I don’t know Jonnie Moore but for $150 for the day this seems like a worthwhile investment. It may be more a practitioner’s event than a corporate one but all learning is learning! Sounds good and eventful. Check it out if you’re in Sydney. Click here - http://innotecture.wordpress.com/crumbs/
Go To Training: a new e-learning option?
I woke up bleary-eyed this morning to sit in on a webinar explaining the new GO TO TRAINING – Online Training Made Easy. Why would people be interested in an online learning tool? In a snap poll the reasons included having to do more with less (72%), being able to access more people with training (72%) and being able to deliver training more quickly (58%). So savings (time and money) and reach are the biggest motivators. For me, being able to deliver training in smaller chunks at times that more people are able to be available is also a key reason. For example, this tool enables you to deliver a 5 hour session on a weekend, a 2 hour session in the evening or a 1 hour session at…
What a Cool Tool
I came across this site purely by default, as I often do. What it does is take any word you choose and instantly populate in graphical terms, all the antonyms and synonyms associated with it. For example, I used my company name, “Natural” and it produced this brilliant graphic with related nouns and adjectives. So cool! Practical and pretty. Click on the image to see a larger version. What could you use it for? - Explaining terms. - Communication courses. - Definitions. - Smarten up your next presentation. A myriad of uses really. A cool tool that’s quick to use and needs no prior knowledge! Love it. See it in action yourself at http://www.visualthesaurus.com/
Presentation Tip – 10 Ways To Stop Boring Your Listeners (How to use Vocal Variety)
Here’s the problem and its remedy is vocal variety. You are giving a speech or presentation and, although the content is excellent and matches your audience’s expectation and needs, nobody is listening. Vocal variety can cure your bored audience. Instead you are looking at blank, disinterested faces. Someone is checking their watch, another is doodling, and that person in the front row is struggling to stay awake. Your voice is turning ears off. To put it bluntly, it is boring. The cure for deaf by monotone, (mono-speed, mono-pitch or any other one way or no way), is vocal variety. You need it if you want to be actively heard. Vocal variety is achieved through varying your voice pitch, tone, volume and speaking rate. It’s the combination of these elements…