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How to Avoid Making Snap Judgments in Training

May 13th, 2013 Ron Chambers

Imagine you are the instructor in a classroom when one of your students falls asleep...
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How to Overcome Barriers to Creativity

April 18th, 2013 Ron Chambers

My first experience with personal creativity came when I was asked to design an evening management course for a university...
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How to Market Training Internally

April 11th, 2013 Ron Chambers

With so many tasks on our training plates, from needs analysis to course evaluations, we often forget ...
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How to Listen More Effectively in Your Classroom

March 25th, 2013 Ron Chambers

Isn’t it great that we were given two ears and only one mouth – and isn’t it too bad that we sometimes don’t take advantage...
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How to Use Comparison for Professional Growth

February 21st, 2013 Ron Chambers

One of my favorite Ben Franklin quotes is; “When you are finished learning, you are finished...
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10 Instructional Design Tips for Simplifying Online Learning

January 28th, 2013 Ron Chambers

The CEO of Comcast states it so well: “With an overwhelming amount of content choices...
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Ron’s Festive Holiday Salad

December 12th, 2012 Ron Chambers

On the fourth day of recipes, my trainer sent to me, a salad dressed with Balsamic...
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3 Ways to Incorporate Informal Learning in Your Organization

November 8th, 2012 Ron Chambers

You may have heard the following statistic: people learn 70 to 80% of what they need to know to perform...
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How to Deal with Soft Data in your Evaluation of Training

August 20th, 2012 Ron Chambers

We live in a world of numbers. We have to because numbers are such an integral part...
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How Good Leadership Training Impacts the Bottom Line

July 16th, 2012 Ron Chambers

As training managers, we are focused—as we should be—on making a direct impact...
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