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Happy New Year: What’s Your Theme for the Year?

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I have a couple of New Year’s rituals that help prepare me for a new year. They capitalize on our brains’ ability to direct our behavior on autopilot, allowing us to reach our goals even when we are distracted or preoccupied with other things. But, it isn’t just about learning new techniques or ideas.

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Six Tips for Evaluating Your Nonprofit Training Session

Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

Here are six tips that will help you deliver highly successful technology training workshops by using effective evaluation techniques. I have written a lot about how it is important to understand how the brain works, how people learn by using learning theories to guide the design of your workshops. Use Learning Theory. Documentation.