The Secret Behind the Secret

Let’s face it, ‘the Secret’ was and is no big secret. Or perhaps, it really is!  Perhaps it’s much bigger and more of a secret than what we’ve even begun to recognize. If you consider that most people don’t have a clue about the great universal laws, the ‘life laws’ that make it all work 24-7-365, then perhaps it really is a secret.

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President's Pen - Highlights and Reflections from the ASTD International Conference in Atlanta

What has 3 renowned key note speakers, 190+ concurrent sessions, 370+ exhibitors and close to 9,000 of your closest friends?  ICE…ASTD’s International Conference and Exhibition 2007.

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Training Basics: Adult Learning Theory

To begin our journey, we will examine the underlying principle of adult learning and professional development programs – andragogy.  One of the most respected names in andragogy, which is the theory and practice of adult learning, is Malcolm Knowles.

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Building Street Cred from the Classroom to the Boardroom

It’s become a common head-nodder within our profession. When someone says “training departments are the first to go in economically slow times”, most will unequivocally shake their heads up and down in agreement. Why? Because if you have been around long enough, you know it is true from first-hand experience.

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Call for SLS Volunteers

August is next month and so is the Southwest Learning Summit and Exposition.  We need people to volunteer to help make this event a success by helping your chapter in the following roles:  set-up/take-down, presenter liaison, event registration, lunch registration and payment, and more.  Please contact Karen Kraft, SLS Project Manager, at 214-706-1451 or Karen.Kraft@heart.org for details if you would like to help us out.

Initiating Change - Black Hole Activity

When I teach change management or facilitate a change agent/leader work session, I use an activity I created called "Black Hole."  In it the participants brainstorm change initiatives that succeeded or failed.  Afterwards we discuss why some failed and why others succeeded.  It makes them much more receptive to learning how to facilitate change since they do not want their initiative to go into a black hole too. 

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