Over the years, I have done a lot of seminars, workshops, and talks – both virtually and in-person. The main challenge in virtual presentations is that your audience can’t see you and vice versa. It can be tricky to capture…
Tag: e-Learning Strategy
7 Reasons Stories Work for the Modern Learner – Tip #210
Storytelling has been a very effective learning tool since time immemorial. But even with the changing learning landscape, big shifts in work environments and tech disruption, why do stories in eLearning designs still work? Simple. Everybody is a sucker for…
Step Up Your eLearning Game – Go for Hyper-Stories – Tip #209
Can you think of the most recent viral video or story you have seen and shared? What about it caught your attention? Let me guess. It probably made you laugh out loud, or tugged at your heartstrings, or got you…
STOP, THINK, FOCUS: 4 Ways to Design Time-Saving Lessons – Tip #208
Who hasn’t been stuck in debilitating traffic or spent hours waiting in line? Have you ever taken a very long training course and wished you were someplace else? So much precious time wasted when you could’ve spent it doing other…
Story-Based Design Models That Bridge the Gap Between Learners and Content – Tip #207
In one of my previous blogs, I shared with you my insights on how technology has changed the way stories are told and how we can actually use it to create stories that will help learners learn better. Gone were…
Steps in Creating Content That Helps Learners Achieve Their Goals – Tip #206
Here’s an initial question to you. How do participants learn in a situation? Let’s find out by comparing certain examples. THE CASE OF ECONOMICS I like this video simply because it is a “shining” example of how you can bore…
Gaining Superior Motivation Skills for Webinar and Virtual Delivery – Tip #205
Many of you are well aware that I run a workshop titled The Masterful Virtual Trainer Workshop. A number of the things I will be sharing today will be drawn from it. Let me start with this question for you…
Technical eLearning Made Easy – Tip #204
Technical training appeals to me a great deal because of the way training is designed around technical and factual information and the ability to get returns from whatever investment has been made. The challenge presented by these trainings, has always…
A Dash of Exaggeration Makes Story-Based Lessons More Captivating – Tip #203
Two coworkers met during break time and shared the interesting things that happened to them so far. One worked through his story in a linear fashion, i.e., from point A to point B. The other started with, “You won’t believe…
Microlearning That Kicks Learners Into Thinking and Acting – Tip #202
Remember that science experiment where you use a magnifying glass to burn or ignite a piece of paper or dried leaf? Microlearning is (or should be) like that. Etching Lessons Through Glass and Sun This magnifying glass experiment is perhaps…
How Visual Arts Inspire Microlearning Lessons – Tip #201
If you have an important lesson to share with your learners, how do you ensure that it sticks to their memories? You might want to take a page out of the artist’s work. Exaggeration and the Artist When you look…
Democratization of Learning Content: Ride the Wave of Learning Revolution with Knowledge-Sharing – Tip #200
Do you want to learn how to use Instagram Stories? There’s a course for that. How about handling difficult conversations? There’s a course for that, too! Think about something you really want to learn, whether for personal, professional or business growth, and…
Becoming an Expert: What Has Intuition Got to Do With It? – Tip #199
Think about this problem from the book “Thinking, Fast and Slow” by renowned psychologist Daniel Kahneman: “A baseball bat and a ball together cost $1.10. The bat costs $1 more than the ball. How much is the cost of the ball?”…
SMART or FAST: Which Wins the Goal-Setting Race? – Tip #198
We’ve all heard the tale of the turtle and the hare. In the story, the speedy hare loses to the slow turtle. I want you to imagine this as the traditional way of setting goals. SMART, which stands for…
5 Ways L&D Can Adapt to the Evolution of Employees – Tip #197
There’s an interesting book that talks about the future of work by Jacob Morgan titled The Future of Work: Attract New Talent, Build Better Leaders, and Create a Competitive Organization. In his book, he urges organizations to “rethink and challenge everything…