I was speaking with a group of apprentices the other day and we were discussing some of my previous jobs. My career path hasn’t been straight as an arrow (whose has?) but they were interested in one of my first roles, that of a trainee butcher. It was hard work with long hours but immensely… Read More Butcher, Baker, Candlestick Maker…
8 weeks ago today I facilitated a session at Learning Live about the 50 big ideas I wrote about earlier in the year, It was a different session, participative and creative with outputs which, over a 5 week period, I’ve shared on this blog. Each post in the previous 5 weeks listed the ideas… Read More What can you achieve in 40 days?
I had a brilliant time at the Charity Learning Consortium conference last week. I was lucky enough to have read this great blog post by Donald Taylor which was published the day before the event. It made me think about the presentation I’d prepared and realised that it wasn’t up to scratch. Although I wasn’t a keynote… Read More LCD design
I’m speaking at the Charity Learning Consortium Conference right now about how to be innovative on a minimal budget. A core part of how I suggest we develop L&D is about peer to peer sharing. In that vein, please find below links to the resources, people and concepts which have influenced my thinking and practise.… Read More Resources not courses
This is the 2nd in a series of 5 weekly posts that are following up from my session at Learning Live this year. This post is all about number 41 on my list of 50 big ideas. The big idea says: Require Subject Matter Experts to design and deliver learning support There are a few… Read More Require Subject Matter Experts to design
Lost and Desperate 