Topic: Who should (and shouldn’t) be in class together? Articles for this Week: Presenting for Twitter at Conferences (ProfHacker) Using pre-mortems for proactive performance analysis (Instructional Design Fusions) Top 100 Tools for Learning 2012 (Center for Learning & Performance Technologies) Tip of the Week: Remember to use open-ended questions to open up […]

            whoops…we said this was show #97. We were ahead of ourselves; it’s show #96! Topic: Prepping for Presenting at Conferences Prezi webpage, demo, tutorials Sliderocket webpage, tutorials   Articles for this Week: Pause your email to get some real work done (Business Hacks) How (and Why) to Participate in […]

            Topic: Level 1 evaluation: Keep it, pitch it, repurpose it Level 1 — Keep It or Ditch It? (Chief Learning Officer blog) Kirkpatrick 4-Level Model (Kirkpatrick Partners) Kirkpatrick’s Four Level Evaluation Model (Don Clark’s Big Dog & Little Dog’s Performance Juxtaposition) Articles for this Week: Learning in a Social […]

        Topic: Beginnings The Right Way to Start a New Job – and Leave Your Old One (HBR) The Best Beginning: 7 Tips for Starting Out Strong Starting Out on the Right Foot Articles for this Week: How Tech Will Transform the Traditional Classroom (Mashable’s Tech blog) Three Ways to Speed Up […]

            Topic: Employee Recognition Why the Buzz Around Employee Recognition (Bersin & Associates)   Articles for this Week: What Can Angry Birds Teach us About Universal Design for Instruction? (Prof Hacker) The Secret to Delivering a Timed Presentation (Business Hacks) and 6 Tips for Outstanding Presentation Design (American Express OPEN) […]

      Apologies in advance…we had a little trouble with the audio quality this week.   Topic: Storytelling as a Tool for Learning & Development Business Story-Telling: Using Stories to Inspire Tell Me a Story: Why Stories are Essential to Effective Safety Training Tips & Techniques for Using Storytelling in Technical Training Story-making and […]

  Topic: Change is (still) coming How To Avoid Becoming Irrelevant – Change is a’Come’n (Kevin Jones blog) Articles for this Week: Five Must-Have Skills for Learning Professionals: An Update (Mindflash) Games, Gamification, and the Quest for Learner Engagement (ASTD Learning Circuits) How to Deal with Difficult People at Work? (Work Awesome) Business Trips: 5 […]

          Topic: Working with SMEs What Everyone Should Know About Working with Subject Matter Experts (Rapid eLearning blog) Working with Subject Matter Experts (Learning Solutions) 20+ Helpful Tips for Working with SMEs (Flirting with eLearning)   Articles for this Week: 5 Ways Process is Killing Your Productivity (Fast Company) How to […]

  Topic: SORRY!  It’s been a while since we’ve shared an episode of TLW.  Sorry about that!  No excuse, just a crazy summer of work, business travel and moving.  But we’ll be back on track with weekly episodes from now on.  Thanks for your patience…and you’re emails!       We love to hear your […]

      Topic: Pre-work: Setting it up and getting it done The problem with pre-work (Clive on Learning)   Articles for this Week: Career Wisdom in Just Six Words (CNN Money) Tough Questions for Your Professional Development (Bamboo Project) How to Get Your Boss to Say Yes (HBR blog) 5 Social Media Activities for […]