Icebreakers & energisers
Are you a PRAT?
Over 20 years ago, when I was a senior manager in corporate life, I underwent a great deal of management training. One of the things they taught us was that people have distinct learning styles: Read more…
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Gamification
Experiential learning in practice
One of the highlights of Christmas is watching the Royal Institution Christmas lectures. The tradition was started by Michael Faraday in 1825 and the lectures have been shown on TV every year since 1936 (except Read more…
Gamification
Escape Zoom fatigue
Here’s the recording of this week’s festive webinar for Ideas on Stage. We played three games you can play online that help with: Engagement Revision Team-building For more ideas, please get in touch.
Remote speaking
Chatiquette
October is traditionally conference season, and I spoke at three online events last month: The Pro Copywriters’ Conference (which would have been in London, UK). CopyCon used a webinar-style platform called Attendify, supported by separate Read more…
Icebreakers & energisers
Ideas on Stage
Here’s the full interview I did for the Ideas on Stage podcast – thank you to Andrea Pacini (and to Andy Lopata for introducing us).
Remote speaking
Jolly good fellow
I remember when I first started at senior school at the age of 11. I looked at all the cool sixth-formers walking down the corridor and thought: “How OLD they all are! I might never Read more…
Icebreakers & energisers
Thank you, Andy
Thanks to Andy Lopata for crediting me in this podcast about how to give a powerful presentation. He talks about using red and green cards for audience voting – one of the ideas from my Read more…
The book
A story about proofreading
As a child, I remember seeing my Dad reading the newspaper at the breakfast table and circling any errors he spotted. “My father used to pay me one anna* for any mistake I found,” he Read more…
Remote speaking
Interactive games you can play on Zoom
Here’s an edited recording of the interview I did with Paul du Toit where I demonstrated some of the games speakers can play online to help engage the audience and embed the learning.
Icebreakers & energisers
What’s neuroscience got to do with it?
I’ve recently worked through Dr Lynda Shaw’s neuroscience programme as part of my ongoing personal development (and to build on my psychology degree and subsequent study into the subject). Reassuringly, it’s clear that there’s a Read more…