Virtual classrooms are taking off all over the globe. Organisations on a daily basis are discovering the cost saving element to them, time and efficiency savings amongst staff, the global reach they have and connecting experts from offices on one side of the globe to people who need their knowledge on the other side. However... Continue Reading →
For many people delivering a webinar or virtual classroom is something not done on a regular basis. Therefore it can be hard to stay confident with the tools and your own delivery skills, especially if you are a subject matter expert rather than a full-time trainer. In this blog I look at some ways you... Continue Reading →
Conference details Jo was a keynote speaker at the E-Learning Fusion conference in Poland, she spoke about digital body language. The #ELFconf hashtag regarding her talk had some great responses! If you want to know more about what digital body language is, Jo wrote an epic blog post all about it, 'What is digital body... Continue Reading →
The practice of facilitating in a virtual environment is unique in so many ways. When planning a piece of virtual learning, one of the key challenges is that it can appear incredibly abstract. If you’ve never designed a piece of e-learning, webinar content or other virtual learning solutions, it can be helpful to pick a... Continue Reading →
All my adult life I have worked in “normal” employment. When I was younger often this was part time, sometimes split or strange working shifts. As I got older this changed to full time, 9-5 or a variation of it. This had been the norm for a long time and then it all changed. I... Continue Reading →
I recently signed up for a live online webinar-based free course. It’s delivered over twelve sessions and boasted plenty of interaction. It states that you would walk away an expert after finishing. I’m not going to name and shame here, but I do want to walk you through the experience I had and some of... Continue Reading →
I wrote a blog about a free conference I went to and how it was sales over substance. After recently attending the CIPD L&D Show in London I thought I would share my thoughts again to see what was done differently, and if it was better. The same... but worlds apart Both the conferences I attended contained... Continue Reading →
How a hard sales pitch at a conference is a no if you really want sales!
