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Teaching Adults to Learn

What works for me…

Teaching adults to learn requires some unique skills on the part of the facilitator and an understanding of how adults learn. In many cases, adults attend professional development programs to learn something new that will help them solve a problem and/or get ahead in their career. Certainly there are those of […]

10 Ways to Make the Training More Active for the Attendees

Attendees want to participate in their learning – make it easy for them!

Too often trainers don’t think about how to make the training more active, so that participants can fully engage and be part of the learning. There are many ways to make your training programs more active. And you’ll find that by doing […]

Make vs. Buy Curriculum – How Do You Choose?

For internal training departments, a key question is whether or not to “make” or “buy” curriculum for their internal offerings. There are certainly pros and cons to each decision and the choice you make is depending on a variety of factors including:

Do you have people who can develop the curriculum? Do you […]

One Company – Two Business Units

Two Distinct Results for the Same Training Program! A Mini Case Study

Just recently, I was having lunch with a friend who works for a large organization based in Boston. She heads up the Learning & Development (L&D) group and was working with two business units to deliver a training program for improving written […]

Training vs. Education

I often hear clients use the terms “training” and “education” interchangeably. But they aren’t the same at all. Companies may offer both training and education – depending on their goals – to their employees.

Let’s define each term. According to Wikipedia,training “refers to the acquisition of knowledge, skills and competencies as a result of […]