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Positive Communication

One of the most powerful ways to improve training is to simply be a more positive communicator. Positive communication is contagious and...

Communication Skills 101

So, what exactly is communication? Communication is the transfer of information or signals from one party to another. Communication can...

Communicating Effectively for Trainers

Whether you are giving a speech, leading a workshop, or talking one-to-one with a colleague, your goal is to be a clear and effective...

Understanding Learning Styles

Discovering the learning style(s) of staff you train and/or manage can be incredibly useful when tailoring coaching or feedback to an...

Step By Step: Planning Your Training

Having a step by step plan as you create training will make the sessions you deliver more effective. 1: Evaluate the Audience Before you...

Difficult Delegates

In my experience it's fortunately very rare that you have to deal with difficult trainees, however it seems to be the biggest fear that...

Attention Spans

"The average British person has an average attention span of just 14 minutes, new research has found." You may have seen a headline like...

'Out' And 'In' Context Framing

Grabbing an audience's attention early on in a training session is key to its success. So many things compete for a learners attention...

Principles of 'Experiential' Learning

With experiential learning, the clue is in the title - learners absorb and encode the information delivered by their trainer by...