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5 Tips for Better Writing
Written by: Marsha So a panda walks into a café, orders a sandwich, eats it, then draws a gun and fires two shots in the air. The waiter asks, “Why did you do that?” The panda tosses him a wildlife...
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5 Tips for Transitioning to Performance Consulting
Written by: Marsha Many training departments are expanding their role to include performance consulting. Some trainers are even referring to themselves as performance consultants. Now, right off the...
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5 Instructional Techniques to Address Individual Training Needs
Written by: Marsha I hear it all the time… “The session went horribly.” “It was the worst class of my life.” “They didn’t pay attention and weren’t engaged.” Yes, it’s true. Sometimes we have...
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How to Calculate the Potential to Improve Performance
Written by: Marsha To train or not to train…that’s the question. Every year, we spend billions of dollars on training in corporate North America, with no change in performance back on the job. So why...
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How to Train the Different Generations
Written by: Marsha Today it’s very common to have four different generations working side-by-side in the workplace. Can you imagine when they’re all in the same classroom? What’s a trainer to do? How...
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6 Simple Steps to Deal with Difficult Participants
Written by: Marsha Let’s face it, no one likes it AND it’s the hardest part of our job. We all have our own “war stories” that we love to share. So, what am I referring to? Of course, it’s how to deal...
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Four Levels for Evaluating Training
Written by: Marsha Ode to Donald Kirkpatrick – Father of the Four Levels of Evaluation I was very sad when I heard, quite some time ago, of the passing of Donald Kirkpatrick, the creator and founder of...
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How to Influence Others
Written by: Marsha So, you need a favor from me. What’s the best way to ask for it? Do you present me with facts and numbers? Do you use the model, “I’ll scratch your back if you scratch mine?” How...
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Are You Using Facilitation Skills?
Written by: Marsha Have you ever wondered what your training style is and where it came from? Do you like presenting most of the material in the course or do you prefer when participants direct their...
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How to Get a Standing Ovation in Training
Written by: Marsha You may not know this about me but I’m obsessed with starting and finishing a class with a bang. Yes, I’ve written about it before but I’m always looking for new ways to wow our...
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10 Tips on How to Study
Written by: Marsha Learning how to drive all over again with the help of Langevin’s How Adults Learn workshop… Well, here’s a funny story. I recently relocated to Atlanta, Georgia. No, not because I...
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5 Tips to Make Training Stick
Written by: Marsha I hear it all the time…how do we sustain the learning? How do we get our participants to apply what they’ve learned back on the job? How do we transfer the learning from the...
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10 Tips for Instructor Preparation
Written by: Marsha It’s 3:00 pm on a Friday and the training manager calls you to his/her office with the news…we need you to teach this new course on Monday. What? Well, the good news is you have the...
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Top 10 Tips to Keep Learners Engaged
Written by: Marsha After more than 15 years with Langevin (how the time flies!), the number one question I still hear is, “How do you keep learners engaged in the classroom?” Let’s face it, no one...
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