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Lost and Desperate

Random ramblings that might, or might not, relate to training, learning, development, and management

Author: andrewjacobslnd

An L&D Manager, determined that Learning and Development should be an integral part of business activity. Too often managers ask for training as an afterthought, and, since L&D haven't been involved in the design, it fails. Let's get L&D included as an intrinsic part of business practice; we need to demonstrate its value, successes, and how it adds to the business performance.

Alt text

A few days ago I found a great image online via a free non-attribution based photo site. Using the image I wanted to – as I always try and do – add some Alt text so it can be picked up by screen readers. A complicated image, I thought I’d use the Chrome shortcut ‘Search… Read More Alt text

September 28, 2023September 27, 2023 andrewjacobslndLeave a comment

SOAP-ier

I mentioned Strategy On A Page the other week and was asked by Joan Keevil to provide some examples so here’s a few thoughts: A learning strategy shouldn’t detail the how but the why. This means you don’t need to include the operators and processes, but the thinking behind how those things will happen. A… Read More SOAP-ier

September 27, 2023September 26, 2023 andrewjacobslnd1 Comment

When algorithms don’t help

Blogging daily and re-posting on LinkedIn is a bit of a pain, so I thought I’d try out the WordPress/Jetpack connecting tool. 2 days later, I disconnected it and went back to the previous way of doing things. It saves me a few minutes each day at the cost of several hundred post views. LinkedIn… Read More When algorithms don’t help

September 26, 2023September 26, 2023 andrewjacobslndLeave a comment

Get booking

I’m lucky to be involved in many webinars and events. Finding the signal of quality activity amongst the noise is always challenging, but was impressed with a couple of webinars last week as part of the Learning and Skills Group Webinar series. The topic of AI was part of both sessions and there were many… Read More Get booking

September 25, 2023September 22, 2023 andrewjacobslndLeave a comment

A quick guide to…show notes

This is the next in the occasional series about what no-one tells you about podcasts. Show notes are often misunderstood; They should be the hard copy of what people might want to know about your podcast, and have some essential elements which need to be considered. Show notes need to be consistent – you can’t… Read More A quick guide to…show notes

September 22, 2023September 21, 2023 andrewjacobslnd3 Comments

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