Gyrus

JULY 28, 2016

With the only resolution to this issue being to schedule yearly training meetings/events, or requiring intensive eLearnings where the floating personnel is not only taken away from their work, but they are often participating with varied levels of attention and an abundance of distractions.

Mobile Learning 58

Mobile Learning Mobile Learning eLearning 58

Gyrus

SEPTEMBER 20, 2016

With so many social elements making their way into our learning programs today, learning professionals are faced with the all too real decision of how many social facets should be included in their learnings before they become a distraction. Will your learner base actually utilize the new proposed functionality?

Program 61

Program Learning Social Learning Environment 61

Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

JANUARY 3, 2012

Over the holiday break, I read 18 Minutes: Find Your Focus, Master Distraction, and Get the Right Things Done by Peter Bregman who blogs at at the HBR. Each chapter starts with a personal story that illustrates a concept related to managing unproductive distractions. This book is a gem.

Reflection 102

Reflection Technique Journal Teach 102

Bloomerang

AUGUST 31, 2022

I’ve included a graphic for my visual learners to help demonstrate what this journey looks like. It is also important to remember not to bog this part of the story down with too many details that distract from the main point. Step 2: Focus on one character. All good stories focus on one main character.

Storytelling 111

Storytelling Guide Structure Audience 111

.orgSource

MARCH 25, 2024

And business as usual can’t survive in an environment where lifelong learners live. If you’ve been distracted by operational activities turn your focus back to people. Above all, take responsibility for helping the employees you supervise advance in their careers. I am an enemy of the status quo.

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Attitude Skills Environment Team 221

Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

FEBRUARY 8, 2013

” Movement does not distract learners – although some audiences are so formal and stilted they aren’t use to moving and the initial discomfort to asking them to move can make you believe otherwise. As a facilitator, speaker, or trainer, when in doubt get them to move.

Training 103

Training Train Audience Activities 103

Gyrus

AUGUST 5, 2016

By giving a time window reflecting the duration of the games themselves, you could ward off office distractions, and obtain a level of focus an organization typically does not experience at this time of a 4-year cycle. Statements like, “Did you see John in Human Resources has 35 Gold Medals?

Learning 61

Learning Badge Game Learning Environment 61

Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

AUGUST 9, 2016

Bersin by Deloitte’s infographic “Meet the Modern Learner”. Bersin by Deloitte’s infographic “ Meet the Modern Learner ” is an excellent summary of the challenges facing trainers who need to design and deliver professional development for nonprofit professionals.

Professional 50

Professional Design Develop Exercise 50

sgEngage

AUGUST 11, 2023

An LMS helps learners and educators alike through many attractive features. Saves Time An LMS empowers learners with valuable educational tools while centralizing all their coursework and resources. Saves Time An LMS empowers learners with valuable educational tools while centralizing all their coursework and resources.

Learning Management 62

Learning Management System Learning Management 62

Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

FEBRUARY 24, 2009

One thing I learned many years ago, is that as an instructor you have to be in the moment, focus on your learners more than yourself, and don't be afraid to flush your lesson plan down the toilet if it isn't working. It also means that I can't stubbornly soldier on with a lesson plan if it is bombing.

Reflection 69

Reflection Conference Resource Arts 69

Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

JANUARY 27, 2014

Movement does not distract learners – although some audiences are so formal and stilted they aren’t use to moving and the initial discomfort to asking them to move can make you believe otherwise. When participants move, oxygen to the brain increases, thereby enhancing both learning and memory.

Instructional Design 111

Instructional Design Instruction Instructional Training 111

Gyrus

APRIL 12, 2018

The dictionary accepted definition of what we are talking about: “a person who was born in the 1980s or 1990s” (Merriam-Webster’s Learner’s Dictionary) is relatively broad. To many, this is construed as a distraction. Or as many as they’re currently being distracted on. Putting It All Together.

Training 33

Training Train Develop Comparison 33

Gyrus

JULY 19, 2016

The moment the content becomes tainted with alternative concepts or distractions from the general topic, the effectiveness deteriorates sort of like a sidebar conversation you would have with one of your co-workers without the benefit of an immediate follow-up communication to serve as a reminder.

eLearning 60

eLearning Instructional Design Alternative Mobile Learning 60

Tech Soup

MARCH 28, 2014

As an energetic trainer with SeniorNet Welllington and life-long learner, he says that if you get one useful thing out of a workshop then you can be contented. As a first timer at a LARGE-scale conference, it was actually possible to be too distracted to actually learn anything. It’s this advice I’m thinking about now.

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NTC New Zealand Netsquared DC 36

Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

AUGUST 24, 2016

While we didn’t go deep with diagnostics and theory, the exercises were extremely useful. It makes me think of ways to design in a way that matches the context of today’s distracted learner or what I’ve called “Leadership Development Lite.”

Leadership 50

Leadership Develop Exercise 50