How a learning circle taught me something new
How do people learn things? By listening, or doing, or watching. And sometimes in groups like learning circles…
Category: Training How to be a good trainer
Why new tech can be hard to learn (and what to do about it)
We’ve all had a moment when we just could not make our phone or computer do what we wanted it to. Here’s why new tech can be hard to learn…
Why training is so expensive
Training is big business. Virtual or in-person skills transfer is a priority for companies and individuals. But why is it so expensive?
Trainers – how to tell the good from the bad
Training is expensive, and there’s a lot of it out there. How to tell if you are going to get your money’s worth…
Learn how to run an online newsroom
To non-journalists, the word newsroom is probably only mildly meaningful. A room where news is written about and edited is the thought that probably comes to mind. To journalists, a newsroom is the centre of life. It is where your desk is, where your computer is, where your friends are – the place you spend many, many hours of your working life. Traditionally a newsroom comprises the reporters (people who write articles) and their management…
Who cares about award ceremonies? I do
I recently completed a course in search engine optimisation through GetSmarter, which offers an online platform for short-course training from the University of Cape Town. My statement of results is in, and so is my certificate. My pieces of paper made me happy. As did the 10 weeks of being a student again (one of my most recurring dreams is that of returning to university). I’m a serial over-achiever in exams, motivated to learn and…
How to learn new things
My first foray into the world of training could not have been more fraught. It was the mid 1990s and the afternoon newspaper on which I worked as a sub-editor was about to make the change from one production system to another. Editorial staff were already working on computers (the Atex system) but the newspaper was still being made up by human hand. Now, people were going to move to a fully electronic system, on…
How to be a good trainer
Why new tech can be hard to learn (and what to do about it)
We’ve all had a moment when we just could not make our phone or computer do what we wanted it to. Here’s why new tech can be hard to learn…
Why training is so expensive
Training is big business. Virtual or in-person skills transfer is a priority for companies and individuals. But why is it so expensive?
Trainers – how to tell the good from the bad
Training is expensive, and there’s a lot of it out there. How to tell if you are going to get your money’s worth…
Learn how to run an online newsroom
To non-journalists, the word newsroom is probably only mildly meaningful. A room where news is written about and edited is the thought that probably comes to mind. To journalists, a newsroom is the centre of life. It is where your desk is, where your computer is, where your friends are – the place you spend many, many hours of your working life. Traditionally a newsroom comprises the reporters (people who write articles) and their management…
Who cares about award ceremonies? I do
I recently completed a course in search engine optimisation through GetSmarter, which offers an online platform for short-course training from the University of Cape Town. My statement of results is in, and so is my certificate. My pieces of paper made me happy. As did the 10 weeks of being a student again (one of my most recurring dreams is that of returning to university). I’m a serial over-achiever in exams, motivated to learn and…
How to learn new things
My first foray into the world of training could not have been more fraught. It was the mid 1990s and the afternoon newspaper on which I worked as a sub-editor was about to make the change from one production system to another. Editorial staff were already working on computers (the Atex system) but the newspaper was still being made up by human hand. Now, people were going to move to a fully electronic system, on…