It's 7:15 a.m. Your training session is scheduled to begin at 8:00 a.m. You arrive in your training room; it is set up and seemingly ready to go. An amateur trainer might just fire up her laptop, assume everything is ready to roll, and kick back with a cup of coffee for the next 45 … Continue reading Before Your Training Session: 3 Simple Things to Remember
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10 Tips for Facilitators (and why I hate public speaking)
Several years ago, I participated in a train-the-trainer program to become certified to facilitate a sales training program for my then-day job. As we were mock-facilitating sections of the training, the leader was giving us feedback. She said to me, "I'll bet you were really good at speech class when you were in school." Well... … Continue reading 10 Tips for Facilitators (and why I hate public speaking)
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Cold Weather and Good Planning
This photo was taken from my car this morning on my way to work. A few things to notice about this photo: 1. I am not exactly a morning person, so the fact that it is 7:55 a.m. (actually, 7:49...that clock is about 6 minutes fast) and I was almost to the office is amazing. … Continue reading Cold Weather and Good Planning
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These Are a Few of My Favorite Things…for Training Workshops
What a busy couple of weeks at the day job! We are getting ready for a big event on Tuesday; a one-day offsite workshop for about 50 employees. I cannot tell you how excited I am about this workshop! It's the first of its kind for this particular group of employees, and it's going to … Continue reading These Are a Few of My Favorite Things…for Training Workshops
