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What happens after you get home?

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May 21, 2013

How often have you attended a conference or a course and while you are there you get excited about the endless possibilities for improving your training. You have ideas on new drills and exercises, ways to improve your PowerPoint presentations, and methods for getting participants more involved in their own...
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Entertaining is NOT Enough

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May 14, 2013

You have likely been to presentations over the years that were entertaining. The presenter got lots of laughs, told lots of stories, had a really flashy PowerPoint presentation and you walked out of there going wow, that was fun. However, the next day when someone asked you what one or...
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Stage Time, Stage Time, Stage Time

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May 7, 2013

One piece of advice I hear from some of the best speakers in the world to those who are new to the speaking profession is Stage Time, Stage Time, Stage Time. Get as much time speaking in front of audiences as possible. Speak to community groups, Rotary and Kiwanis Clubs,...
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Embrace the Suck

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April 30, 2013

There are things that happen in the life of a trainer, and life in general, that suck. When you get struck by the suck you two choices: Let it get you down, ruin your day and make you miserable. Embrace The Suck. It sucks when your training budget gets cut....
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Remember – They Are Recruits

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April 23, 2013

I hear a lot of trainers getting frustrated with recruits as the recruits struggle to learn new techniques, skills and tactics. Too often the trainers have forgotten one simple fact: these are recruits, not fellow trainers. Do you remember what it was like to be a recruit and bombarded with...
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Trainers as Gardeners and Farmers?

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April 16, 2013

One of my favorite training blogs is Garr Reynold’s Presentation Zen. Reynolds is the author of the book Presentation Zen, which has been on my recommended reading list since I first read it a few years ago. In a recent post on Education and the 21st Century Presentation Reynolds referenced...
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Know it All?

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April 9, 2013

“It is what you learn after you know it all that counts.” John Wooden If you are like most trainers at some point you have fallen into the trap of thinking you know it all. You might start believing you have been doing this for so long there is no...
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Learning Through Teaching

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April 2, 2013

As a trainer for the past 23 years I have learned something from every class I have taught. I have learned: How to more effectively engage a variety of audiences. Which stories work and which ones do not. How to tell the stories more effectively. How to ask better questions...
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Drop and Give me 20

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March 26, 2013

I am often asked my thoughts on using exercise as a form of punishment for “inappropriate behavior” of officers during training. My answer is always the same. I am strongly opposed to it. If you want officers to be fit and to make a lifetime commitment to fitness then why...
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The Mother of Wonder

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March 19, 2013

“It is not ignorance but knowledge which is the mother of wonder.” Joseph Wood Krutch Last week I talked about having the attitude of a student and about the importance of asking questions. This week’s post continues to build on that theme. What do you wonder about? Do you wonder...
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