Three Things Trainers Need to Know About Project Management
Launching a training program can be a daunting task, one that take months or even years to shepherd from its inception (identifying the need for an intervention) to its closure (evaluation). It takes planning, organizing, and managing resources to successfully complete your goals — or, in other words, it takes … Read more
Required Learning for Training Managers: Business 101
Learning professionals need a host of skills in order to be successful. One that often gets overlooked is business acumen. If trainers don’t truly understand how a business works, what it expects out of its training department, or what it ultimately wants its employees to be able to do, they simply … Read more
What Storytellers Can Teach Instructional Designers
People love to hear stories and think in terms of the traditional beginning, middle, and end structure we all associate with a classic yarn. It’s a reality that many of have suggested putting to good use in a business context, from improving your presentations by making them follow the essential pattern of … Read more
3 Ways Training Managers Can Focus on Results
As educators, we’re intimately familiar with the time and effort required to prepare and present any kind of training program, whether it’s in a classroom or online, self-directed or a collaboration. Under-preparing for a program is a recipe for disaster, but sometimes even when we put the effort in to … Read more
Five Must-Have Skills for Learning Professionals: An Update
The first post I wrote here was called Critical Skills Learning Professionals Need Now, back in October 2010. Since then, I’ve been on a quest to help people in the learning and development industry continuously learn new skills and stay current. Fueled by a personal quest to avoid professional stagnation and … Read more
