Icebreakers / Warm Ups: The Life Map
Recently, I had a colleague ask me for a suggestion for an icebreaker to help a new team get to know each other better. I suggested one of my all time favorite icebreakers: The Life Map. This a great icebreaker for a team building workshop or to start an extended training session. I frequently use…
Social Media is vital to building a career (Especially in L&D)
LinkedIn. Having a professional presence on LinkedIn is super important. 1) Recruiters and hiring managers search LinkedIn profiles for passive candidates for jobs. So if a recruiter is looking for a training coordinator in Austin, you want to come across their list. 2) Hiring managers will immediately look at LinkedIn after meeting you to see…
Bite sized learning
In my last post, I mentioned the supplemental lab sessions in college that were a huge help in learning the material. Another area higher education has really gotten learning right has been having short, focused sessions. Ideally the idea is that a student covers the material in class and then practices those concepts after class…
Supplemental discussion session
When I was a freshman in college, I frequently found myself in classes as large a 200+ people. My saving grace in really understanding the material and an avenue for my unrelenting questions was the lab session. The lab session was a supplemental session of 15 people or so, often led by a teaching assistant…
Including Internal Leaders as Speakers
When designing a leadership development program it is important to include internal leaders in the design of a program but its also important to leverage them as speakers for the program as well. Recently I launched a leadership accelerator program with an external instructor providing the bulk of the content. However I also added an…