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5 Reasons Training Activities Suck

by Jennifer V. Miller

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  What’s your opinion on training activities – love ‘em or hate ‘em? My colleague Robin Schooling has a love-hate relationship with training activities. I can relate, having attended my share of workshops where I’ve found myself thinking, “Really?! Move about the room and act like MONKEYS?” (Seriously. One time, a group of us were…

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Fun with Factoids Icebreaker

by Jennifer V. Miller

As a learning facilitator, I have a toolbox full of ice breakers, team builders and group facilitation techniques that have served me well over the years. Just the other day, I freshened up one of my favorite standbys called “Fun with Factoids” with the addition of audience voting technology. It worked so well that I…

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My Take on “If I Could Change 1 Thing About HR . . .”

by Jennifer V. Miller

About a month ago, Michael Carty, editor for the United Kingdom’s XpertHR Employment Intelligence blog reached out to introduce himself and inquired if I would contribute an article to his blog series “If I Could Change One Thing About HR. . .”  I asked if he would consider a contribution that explores training and development….

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What We Teach How We Learn

by Jennifer V. Miller

I’m pleased to announce the launch of a resource that focuses on my core passion: helping people grow professionally. Learning and development professional Benjamin McCall has launched a new e-book called What We Teach How We Learn. The book features ten essays from people in the world of learning and development. Inside this book, you…

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Leaders: Maximize Employee Training

by Jennifer V. Miller

“How do we begin to change the culture of expectations in our organizations where instead of being held accountable for participating in learning and development activities, people will be held accountable for applying and using and changing their job performance?” —Robert Brinkerhoff   This quote appeared in the August 2010 issue of T+D magazine. Brinkerhoff…

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